Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 No. 108 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL H.R. 1548 called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- pore (Mr. BROWN of Maryland). resentatives of the United States of America in ant to section 4(a) of House Resolution Congress assembled, 967, the Journal of the last day’s pro- f SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR ceedings is approved. MARIA CARMEN CASTRO RAMIREZ AND J. REFUGIO CARRENO ROJAS. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub- PRO TEMPORE sections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Im- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- migration and Nationality Act, Maria Car- men Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rojas shall each be eligible for issuance of an nication from the Speaker: immigrant visa or for adjustment of status BISHOP) come forward and lead the WASHINGTON, DC, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per- June 11, 2020. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. manent residence upon filing an application I hereby appoint the Honorable ANTHONY Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina led for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec- G. BROWN to act as Speaker pro tempore on the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of sta- this day. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the tus to lawful permanent resident. (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Maria Car- NANCY PELOSI, United States of America, and to the Repub- men Castro Ramirez or J. Refugio Carreno Speaker of the House of Representatives. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Rojas enters the United States before the fil- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. f ing deadline specified in subsection (d), he or f she shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eli- PRAYER APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS gible, be eligible for adjustment of status The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick TO INDEPENDENT MEXICO under section 245 of the Immigration and Na- J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: LABOR EXPERT BOARD tionality Act as of the date of the enactment Loving God, thank You for giving us of this Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OR another day. Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- DENIAL OF ADMISSION.— Numbers of infections and hos- pointment, pursuant to section 732(a) (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections pitalizations are again spiking in var- of the United States-Mexico-Canada 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Na- ious sectors of our Nation as we con- tionality Act, Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. tinue to consider social concerns about and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas may not be re- 116–113), and the order of the House of peace and justice in our communities. moved from the United States, denied admis- January 3, 2019, of the following indi- As it is a time of high feeling and re- sion to the United States, or considered in- viduals on the part of the House to the eligible for lawful permanent residence in action, we ask Your blessing of peace, Independent Mexico Labor Expert the United States by reason of any ground patience, and good discernment in the Board for a term of 6 years: for removal or denial of admission that is re- days and weeks to come. Ms. Catherine Feingold, Takoma flected in the records of the Department of Opinions and positions of interested Park, Maryland Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the parties are heightened. Calm our pas- Department of State on the date of the en- Mr. Frederick Gibson Ross, Berkeley, sions, that those responsible for mold- actment of this Act. California ing a future in the wake of such monu- (2) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF mental shifts in our sense of what is f REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu- rity shall rescind any outstanding order of normal or usual are taking place. removal or deportation, or any finding of in- We thank You that we, as Americans, MARIA CARMEN CASTRO RAMIREZ AND J. REFUGIO CARRENO ROJAS admissibility or deportability, that has been have faced such challenges in the past. entered against Maria Carmen Castro Rami- Help us to have faith in You, and con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without rez or J. Refugio Carreno Rojas by reason of fidence in our constitutional way of objection, the Chair lays before the any ground described in paragraph (1). proceeding, that we have good cause to House the following bill (H.R. 1548) for (d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAY- have hope in what is to come. the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ra- MENT OF FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for issuance of Bless us all this day, and every day, mirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas. an immigrant visa or the application for ad- and may all that we do be for Your The Clerk read the title of the bill. justment of status is filed with appropriate greater honor and glory. There was no objection. fees within 2 years after the date of the en- Amen. The text of the bill is as follows: actment of this Act.

b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.

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(e) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUM- level’’ refers to the amounts of spending and that comply with their allocations from the BER.—Upon the granting of an immigrant revenues estimated for each fiscal year based point of order under section 311(a). visa or permanent residence to Maria Car- on laws enacted or awaiting the President’s Table 4 displays the current level of ad- men Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno signature. vance appropriations in fiscal year 2020 ap- Table 1 compares the current levels of Rojas, the Secretary of State shall instruct propriations bills. This table is needed to en- total budget authority, outlays, and reve- the proper officer to reduce by 2, during the force a rule against appropriations bills con- nues to the overall limits filed in the Con- current or next following fiscal year, the taining advance appropriations that: (i) are gressional Record on May 3, 2019, as ad- total number of immigrant visas that are not identified in the statement of the Chair- justed, for fiscal year 2020. These compari- made available to natives of the country of man published in the Congressional Record sons are needed to implement section 311(a) the aliens’ birth under section 203(a) of the on May 3, 2019 or (ii) would cause the aggre- of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Immigration and Nationality Act or, if appli- gate amount of such appropriations to ex- cable, the total number of immigrant visas which establishes a rule enforceable with a point of order against measures that would ceed the level specified in section 2 of H. Res. that are made available to natives of the 293. country of the aliens’ birth under section breach the budget resolution’s aggregate lev- 202(e) of such Act. els. In addition, a letter from the Congres- (f) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION Table 2 compares the current status of dis- sional Budget Office is attached that sum- TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The cretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2020 marizes and compares the budget impact natural parents, brothers, and sisters of with the section 302(b) suballocations of dis- oflegislation enacted after May 3, 2019 Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. cretionary budget authority and outlays against the budget aggregate in force. Refugio Carreno Rojas shall not, by virtue of among Appropriations subcommittees. The If you have any questions, please contact such relationship, be accorded any right, comparison is needed to enforce section Jennifer Wheelock or Raquel Spencer. 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 privilege, or status under the Immigration Sincerely, because the point of order under that section and Nationality Act. JOHN YARMUTH, equally applies to measures that would Chairman. The bill was ordered to be engrossed breach the applicable section 302(b) sub- and read a third time, was read the allocation. The table also provides supple- TABLE 1—REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE COM- third time, and passed, and a motion to mentary information on spending authorized MITTEE ON THE BUDGET, STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR reconsider was laid on the table. in excess of the base discretionary spending limits under section 251(b) of the Balanced 2020 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET, REFLECTING ACTION f Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 5, 2020 PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY of 1985. [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars] MATERIAL Table 3 compares the current levels of budget authority and outlays for legislative Fiscal year STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT LEVELS OF ON- action completed by each authorizing com- 2020 BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FY 2020 mittee with the limits filed in the Congres- Appropriate Level: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, sional Record on May 3, 2019, for fiscal year Budget Authority ...... 3,806,162 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, 2020. These comparisons are needed to en- Outlays ...... 3,722,823 Revenues ...... 2,740,533 Washington, DC, June 11, 2020. force the point of order under section 302(f) Current Level: DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: To facilitate appli- of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Budget Authority ...... 3,876,565 cation of sections 302 and 311 of the Congres- which prohibits the consideration of meas- Outlays ...... 3,779,711 Revenues ...... 2,625,712 sional Budget Act of 1974, I am transmitting ures that would breach the section 302(a) al- Current Level over (+)/under (¥) Appropriate Level: an updated status report on the current lev- location of new budget authority for the Budget Authority ...... 70,403 els of on-budget spending and revenues for committee that reported the measure. It is Outlays ...... 56,888 ¥ fiscal year 2020. This status report is current also needed to implement section 311(c), Revenues ...... 114,821 through June 5, 2020. The term ‘‘current which provides an exception for committees Note: Excludes all emergencies. TABLE 2—DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS [Unified budget amounts, in millions of dollars]

Allocations constrained by Current level reflecting Current level less allocation Allocations for cap adjust- Current level reflecting Current level less alloca- caps as of June 21, 2019 action completed as of ments as of June 21, 2019 action completed as of tion Appropriations subcommittee (H. Rpt. 116–124) 1 June 5, 2020 2 (H. Rpt. 116–124) 1 June 5, 2020 2 BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA ...... 24,310 22,900 23,493 22,803 ¥817 ¥97 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Commerce, Justice, Science ...... 66,395 72,000 70,675 74,133 4,280 2,133 7,500 5,400 2,500 1,800 ¥5,000 ¥3,600 Defense ...... 622,082 624,175 622,665 622,591 583 ¥1,584 68,079 38,227 70,665 40,318 2,586 2,091 Energy and Water Development ...... 46,413 44,800 48,343 45,605 1,930 805 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Financial Services and General Government 3 ...... 24,550 24,300 23,828 23,835 ¥722 ¥465 400 338 151 116 ¥249 ¥222 Homeland Security 4 ...... 49,736 60,023 50,468 58,829 732 ¥1,194 14,075 704 17,542 1,014 3,467 310 Interior, Environment ...... 37,277 35,650 35,989 34,839 ¥1,288 ¥811 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,250 – – – – – – Labor, Health and Human Services, Education ...... 189,876 190,500 183,042 186,925 ¥6,834 ¥3,575 1,842 1,481 1,842 1,481 – – – – – – Legislative Branch...... 5,010 5,037 5,049 4,996 39 ¥41 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs ...... 105,217 99,500 103,486 98,154 ¥1,731 ¥1,346 921 7 645 1 ¥276 ¥6 State, Foreign Operations ...... 48,381 48,750 46,685 48,079 ¥1,696 ¥671 8,000 2,174 8,000 2,326 – – – 152 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development ...... 75,771 133,300 74,277 133,041 ¥1,494 ¥259 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Subtotal, 302(b) Allocations ...... 1,295,018 1,360,935 1,288,000 1,353,830 ¥7,018 ¥7,105 103,067 50,581 103,595 49,306 528 ¥1,275 Unallocated portion of Section 302(a) Allocation 5 ...... ¥7,018 ¥2,935 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 528 ¥1,275 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Total, 302(a) Allocations ...... 1,288,000 1,358,000 1,288,000 1,353,830 – – – ¥4,170 103,595 49,306 103,595 49,306 – – – – – –

302(a) cap adjustments as Current level reflecting Current level less 302(a) of December 17, 2019 action completed as of Section 251(b) designated categories (cap adjustments) June 5, 2020 1 BA OT BA OT BA OT

Overseas Contingency Operations ...... 79,500 42,791 79,500 42,791 – – – – – – Program Integrity ...... 1,842 1,481 1,842 1,481 – – – – – – Disaster Relief ...... 17,503 984 17,503 984 – – – – – – Census ...... 2,500 1,800 2,500 1,800 – – – – – – Wildfire Suppression ...... 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,250 – – – – – –

Total Adjustments ...... 103,595 49,306 103,595 49,306 – – – – – –

1 The House Committee on Appropriations provided 302(b) suballocations consistent with committee-reported legislation. 2 Current level excludes amounts designated as emergency requirements. 3 The Financial Services and General Government subcommittee received a cap adjustment for program integrity amounts pursuant to the deeming resolution (H. Res. 293). The amounts indicated in current level were provided for disaster relief requirements. 4 The Homeland Security subcommittee received a cap adjustment for disaster relief requirements. The amounts indicated in current level include amounts for disaster relief requirements and overseas contingency operations. 5 Amounts include 302(a) adjustments for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (P.L. 116–37), as well as cap adjustments included in the final enacted appropriations, that have not been adjusted in the 302(b) suballocations.

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2020 House Committee BA Outlays

Agriculture: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 10,561 10,561 Difference ...... 10,561 10,561 Armed Services: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 28 31 Difference ...... 28 31 Education and Labor: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 967 690 Difference ...... 967 690 Energy and Commerce: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 39,218 38,646 Difference ...... 39,218 38,646 Financial Services: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... ¥2 8 Difference ...... ¥2 8 Foreign Affairs: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 2 37 Difference ...... 2 37 Homeland Security: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... – – – – – – Difference ...... – – – – – – House Administration: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... – – – – – – Difference ...... – – – – – – Judiciary: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 1,015 960 Difference ...... 1,015 960 Natural Resources: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 68 68 Difference ...... 68 68 Oversight and Reform: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... – – – – – – Difference ...... – – – – – – Science, Space, and Technology: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... – – – – – – Difference ...... – – – – – – Small Business: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... – – – – – – Difference ...... – – – – – – Transportation and Infrastructure: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 7,571 2 Difference ...... 7,571 2 Veterans’ Affairs: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... ¥10 ¥10 Difference ...... ¥10 ¥10 Ways and Means: Change in Allocation ...... – – – – – – Enacted Legislation ...... 11,135 10,190 Difference ...... 11,135 10,190

TABLE 4—ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO TABLE 4—ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SEC- May 3, 2019, as adjusted, pursuant to sections SECTION 2 OF H. RES. 293 AS OF JUNE 5, 2020 TION 2 OF H. RES. 293 AS OF JUNE 5, 2020—Contin- 1 and 2 of House Resolution 293 of the 116th Congress. [Budget authority in millions of dollars] ued Since our last letter dated January 15, 2020, [Budget authority in millions of dollars] For 2021: the Congress has cleared and the President Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations For 2022: has signed the following legislation that has Appropriate Level ...... 28,852 Enacted advances: significant effects on budget authority, out- Accounts identified for advances. Enacted advances: lays, and revenues in fiscal year 2020: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...... 445 Accounts identified for advances: Other: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Employment and Training Administration ...... 1,772 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ..... 1 Implementation Act (Public Law 116–113); Education for the Disadvantaged ...... 10,841 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response School Improvement ...... 1,681 Subtotal, enacted advances ...... 446 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub- Career, Technical, and Adult Education ...... 791 lic Law 116–123); Special Education ...... 9,283 Families First Coronavirus Response Act U.S. CONGRESS, Tenant-based Rental Assistance ...... 4,000 (Public Law 116–127); Project-based Rental Assistance ...... 400 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Other: Washington, DC, June 11, 2020. An act to make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ..... 1 Hon. JOHN YARMUTH, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Act (Public Law 116–132); Subtotal, enacted advances ...... 28,770 Representatives, Washington, DC. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se- ¥ Enacted Advances vs. Section 2 limit ...... 82 DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The enclosed report curity Act (Public Law 116–136); Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations shows the effects of Congressional action on Paycheck Protection Program and Health Appropriate Level ...... 87,637 the fiscal year 2020 budget and is current Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139); Enacted advances: through June 5, 2020. This report is sub- Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act Veterans accounts identified for advances: mitted under section 308(b) and in aid of sec- of 2020 (Public Law 116–140); and Veterans Medical Services ...... 56,158 Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Veterans Medical Support and Compliance ...... 7,914 tion 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, as Veterans Medical Facilities ...... 6,433 amended. Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–142). Veterans Medical Community Care ...... 17,131 The estimates of budget authority, out- Sincerely, lays, and revenues are consistent with the PHILLIP L. SWAGEL, Subtotal, enacted advances ...... 87,637 allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary Director. Enacted Advances vs. Section 2 limit ...... – – – levels printed in the Congressional Record on Enclosure.

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Budget authority Outlays Revenues

Previously Enacted: ab Revenues ...... n.a. n.a. 2,740,533 Permanents and other spending legislation ...... 2,402,273 2,307,950 n.a. Appropriation legislation ...... 0 595,528 n.a. Offsetting receipts ...... ¥954,573 ¥954,573 n.a. Total, Previously Enacted ...... 1,447,700 1,948,905 2,740,533 Enacted Legislation: bc Authorizing Legislation: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (P.L. 116–23) ...... ¥10 ¥10 0 Taxpayer First Act (P.L. 116–25) ...... 0 0 5 Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act (P.L. 116–34) ...... 950 950 0 Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019 (P.L. 116–39) ...... 17 16 0 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Div. B, P.L. 116–59) ...... 693 667 0 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Div. B, P.L. 116–69) ...... 8,058 415 0 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (P.L. 116–71) ...... ¥2 ¥2 0 Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act (P.L. 116–91) ...... ¥720 ¥997 0 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (P.L. 116–92) ...... 32 35 1 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. I–K, M–Q, P.L. 116–94) ...... 8,360 6,720 ¥34,449 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 116–113) ...... ¥19 ¥9 10 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–123) ...... 110 110 0 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116–127) ...... 53,072 53,276 ¥80,388 An act to make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act (P.L. 116–132) ...... 12 12 0 Subtotal, Authorizing Legislation ...... 70,553 61,183 ¥114,821 Appropriation Legislation: abc Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Div. A, P.L. 116–59) d ...... 0 128 0 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–93) ...... 883,208 530,066 0 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. A–H, P.L. 116–94) ...... 1,578,581 1,238,034 0 Subtotal, Appropriation Legislation ...... 2,461,789 1,768,228 0 Total, Enacted Legislation ...... 2,532,342 1,829,411 ¥114,821 Adjustments to Entitlements and Mandatories ...... ¥103,477 1,395 0 Total Current Level bc ...... 3,876,565 3,779,711 2,625,712 Total House Resolution e ...... 3,806,162 3,722,823 2,740,533 Current Level Over House Resolution ...... 70,403 56,888 n.a. Current Level Under House Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. 114,821 Source: Congressional Budget Office. n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law. a Sections 1001–1004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114–255) require that certain funding provided for 2017 through 2026 to the Department of Health and Human Services—in particular the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health—be excluded from estimates for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act) and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Congressional Budget Act). Therefore, the amounts shown in this report do not include $567 million in budget authority and $798 million in estimated outlays. b For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, H. Res. 293, which established budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for 2020, does not include budget authority, outlays. or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a result, amounts in this current level report do not include those items. c In the House of Representatives, and pursuant to section 314(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for purposes of title III and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and are excluded from current level totals. In addition, emergency funding that was not designated pursuant to the Deficit Control Act does not count for certain budgetary enforcement purposes. Those amounts, which are not included in the current level totals, are as follows: Discretionary and Mandatory Emergency Requirements Budget authority Outlays Revenues Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (P.L. 116–20) ...... 8 4,951 0 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (P.L. 116–26) ...... 0 1,300 0 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–93) ...... 1,771 914 0 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–94) ...... 6,764 1,705 0 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 116–113) ...... 843 334 0 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–123) ...... 7,767 1,041 0 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116–127) ...... 2,471 843 0 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116–136) ...... 1,771,612 1,026,556 ¥568,425 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116–139) ...... 483,435 434,467 0 Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (P.L. 116–140) ...... 5 5 0 Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (P.L. 116–142) ...... 0 0 ¥9,498 Total, Discretionary and Mandatory Emergency Requirements ...... 2,274,676 1,472,116 ¥577,923 d Section 124 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of P.L. 116–59), appropriated funding for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Defense) and designated those amounts as funding for overseas contingency operations. That provision took effect upon enactment on September 27, 2019. e On May 3, 2019 the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget published the aggregate spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to H. Res. 293. In accordance with section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and section 1 of H. Res. 293 the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget may revise the budgetary aggregates. Revisions to date are listed below. Budget authority Outlays Revenues Original Aggregates Printed on May 1, 2020: ...... 3,709,585 3,676,452 2,740,533 Revisions: Adjustment for H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 1,842 1,481 n.a. Adjustment for H.R. 2745, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 921 7 n.a. Adjustment for H.R. 2839, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 8,000 2,174 0 Adjustment for H.R. 2968, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 68,079 38,227 0 Adjustment for H.R. 3052, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 2,250 2,250 0 Adjustment for H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 7,500 5,400 0 Adjustment for H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 400 338 0 Adjustment for H.R. 3931, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 14,075 704 0 Adjustment for P.L. 116–37, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ...... ¥9,918 ¥5,488 0 Adjustment for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ...... 3,428 1,278 0 Revised House Resolution ...... 3,806,162 3,722,823 2,740,533

PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY level’’ refers to the amounts of spending and table does not show budget authority and MATERIAL revenues estimated for each fiscal year based outlays for fiscal years 2022 through 2030 be- on laws enacted or awaiting the President’s cause annual appropriations will not be con- STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT LEVELS OF ON- signature. sidered for those years until future sessions BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR FY 2021 Table 1 compares the current levels of of Congress. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, total budget authority, outlays, and reve- Table 2 shows the current status of discre- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, nues to the overall limits filed in the Con- Washington, DC, June 11, 2020. gressional Record on May 1, 2020 for fiscal tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2021, DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: To facilitate appli- year 2021 and for the 10-year period of fiscal which will be compared with the section cation of sections 302 and 311 of the Congres- years 2021 through 2030. These comparisons 302(b) suballocations of discretionary budget sional Budget Act of 1974, I am transmitting are needed to implement section 311(a) of the authority and outlays among Appropriations an updated status report on the current lev- Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which es- subcommittees. The comparison is needed to els of on-budget spending and revenues for tablishes a rule enforceable with a point of enforce section 302(f) of the Congressional fiscal year 2021. This status report is current order against measures that would breach Budget Act of 1974 because the point of order through June 5, 2020. The term ‘‘current the budget resolution’s aggregate levels. The

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Allocations constrained by Current level Current level less allocation Allocations for cap Current level reflecting Current level less caps reflecting action completed adjustments action completed as of allocation June 5, 2020 Appropriations Subcommittee as of June 5, 2020 1 BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT BA OT

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA ...... – – – – – – 7 10,186 7 10,186 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Commerce, Justice, Science ...... – – – – – – – – – 29,379 – – – 29,379 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Defense ...... – – – – – – 45 269,205 45 269,205 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Energy and Water Development ...... – – – – – – – – – 20,760 – – – 20,760 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Financial Services and General Government ...... – – – – – – – – – 5,674 – – – 5,674 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Homeland Security ...... – – – – – – 9 27,867 9 27,867 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Interior, Environment ...... – – – – – – – – – 12,910 – – – 12,910 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Labor, Health and Human Services, Education ...... – – – – – – 24,679 136,260 24,679 136,260 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Legislative Branch ...... – – – – – – 1 859 1 859 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs ...... – – – – – – 83,233 99,405 83,233 99,405 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – State, Foreign Operations ...... – – – – – – – – – 36,159 – – – 36,159 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation, Housing & Urban Development ...... – – – – – – 4,400 84,768 99,405 84,768 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Subtotal, 302(b) Allocations ...... – – – – – – 112,374 733,432 112,374 733,432 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Unallocated portion of Section 302(a) Allocation 2 ...... 1,298,000 1,410,172 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 77,000 41,456 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Total, 302(a) Allocations ...... 1,298,000 1,410,172 112,374 733,432 ¥1,185,626 ¥676,740 77,000 41,456 – – – – – – ¥77,000 ¥41,456 1 Current level excludes amounts designated as emergency requirements. 2 As of June 5, 2020, the 302(b) subcommittee allocations for 2021 have not been filed. TABLE 3—DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION, COMPARISON TABLE 3—DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION, COMPARISON TABLE 3—DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION, COMPARISON OF AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH OF AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH OF AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR BUDGET CHANGES, REFLECT- 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR BUDGET CHANGES, REFLECT- 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR BUDGET CHANGES, REFLECT- ING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 5, 2020 ING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 5, 2020—Contin- ING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 5, 2020—Contin- [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars] ued ued [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars] [Fiscal years, in millions of dollars] 2021 2021–2030 Total House Committee 2021 2021–2030 Total BA Outlays BA Outlays 2021 2021–2030 Total House Committee House Committee BA Outlays BA Outlays BA Outlays BA Outlays Agriculture: Change in Alloca- Judiciary: Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Armed Services: Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 U.S. CONGRESS, Change in Alloca- Natural Resources: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Washington, DC, June 11, 2020. Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Hon. JOHN YARMUTH, Education and Labor: Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Change in Alloca- Oversight and Reform: tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Representatives, Washington, DC. Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The enclosed report Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Energy and Commerce: Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 shows the effects of Congressional action on Change in Alloca- Science, Space, and the fiscal year 2021 budget and is current Technology: tion ...... 0 0 0 0 through June 5, 2020. This report is sub- Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 mitted under section 308(b) and in aid of sec- Financial Services: Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, as Change in Alloca- amended. tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Small Business: Change in Alloca- Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 The estimates of budget authority, out- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 lays, and revenues are consistent with the Foreign Affairs: Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Transportation and Infra- allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary tion ...... 0 0 0 0 structure: levels printed in the Congressional Record on Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- May 1, 2020, pursuant to section 202 of the Bi- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Homeland Security: Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 partisan Budget Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– Change in Alloca- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 37). tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Veterans’ Affairs: Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- This is CBO’s first current level report for Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 fiscal year 2021. House Administration: Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Sincerely, tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Ways and Means: PHILLIP L. SWAGEL. Enacted Legislation 0 0 0 0 Change in Alloca- Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 tion ...... 0 0 0 0 Enclosure.

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Budget authority Outlays Revenues

Previously Enacted: abc Revenues ...... n.a. n.a. 2,800,378 Permanents and other spending legislation ...... 2,430,505 2,337,008 n.a. Authorizing and Appropriation legislation ...... 40,128 673,779 n.a. Offsetting receipts ...... ¥1,029,908 ¥1,030,145 n.a. Total, Previously Enacted ...... 1,440,725 1,980,642 2,800,378 Total, Enacted Legislation ...... 0 0 0 Adjustments to Entitlements and Mandatories ...... 1,170,527 1,141,090 0 Total Current Level abc ...... 2,611,252 3,121,732 2,800,378 Total House Resolution ...... 3,867,565 3,834,593 2,800,378 Current Level Over House Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. n.a. Current Level Under House Resolution ...... 1,256,313 712,861 n.a. Memorandum: Revenues, 2021–2030: House Current Level bc ...... n.a. n.a. 35,724,078 House Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. 35,724,078 Current Level Over House Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. n.a. Current Level Under House Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. n.a. Source: Congressional Budget Office. n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = public law. a Sections 1001–1004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114–255) require that certain funding provided for 2017 through 2026 to the Department of Health and Human Services—in particular the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health—be excluded from estimates for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Deficit Control Act) and the Congressional Budget and lmpoundment Control Act of 1974 (Congressional Budget Act). Therefore, the amounts shown in this report do not include $646 million in estimated prior outlays. b For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, the aggregate spending and revenue levels for 2021 published in the Congressional Record on May 1, 2020, by the Chair of the House Committee on the Budget pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (P.L. 116–37), do not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a result, amounts in this current level report do not include those items. c In the House of Representatives, and pursuant to section 314(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for purposes of title lll and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and are excluded from current level totals. In addition, emergency funding that was not designated pursuant to the Deficit Control Act does not count for certain budgetary enforcement purposes. Those amounts, which are not included in the current level totals, are as follows: Budget authority Outlays Revenues Emergency Requirements: Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (P.L. 116–142) ...... 0 0 ¥8,091 Total, Emergency Requirements ...... 0 0 ¥8,091

ADJOURNMENT 967, the House stands adjourned until 3 House adjourned until Monday, June p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2020. 15, 2020, at 3 p.m. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Thereupon (at 9 o’clock and 3 min- ant to section 4(b) of House Resolutionh utes a.m.), under its previous order, the EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for Official Foreign Travel during the first quarter of 2020, pursuant to Public Law 95–384, are as follows:

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JAN. 1 AND MAR. 31, 2020

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Hon. Albio Sires * ...... 1/21 1/22 Guyana ...... 570.00 ...... * 610.35 ...... 1,717.00 ...... 2,897.35 Alexander Brockwehl ...... 1/21 1/22 Guyana ...... 570.00 ...... 610.35 ...... 1,180.35 Mariana Cruz Munoz ...... 1/21 1/22 Guyana ...... 570.00 ...... 1,097.95 ...... 1,667.95 Rep. Gregory Meeks ...... 1/21 1/22 Guyana ...... 570.00 ...... 2,189.35 ...... 2,759.35 Jennifer Hendrixson White * ...... 1/18 1/21 Brazil ...... 575.00 ...... * 3,159.89 ...... 379.00 ...... 4,113.89 1/22 1/23 Chile ...... 652.00 ...... 1,880.00 ...... 2,532.00 1/23 1/27 Peru ...... 823.40 ...... 625.82 ...... 1,449.22 Brendan Shields ...... 1/19 1/21 Brazil ...... 264.00 ...... 2,795.39 ...... 3,059.39 1/22 1/23 Chile ...... 652.00 ...... 652.00 1/23 1/27 Peru ...... 823.40 ...... 823.40 Carlos Monje ...... 1/18 1/21 Brazil ...... 575.00 ...... 3,295.89 ...... 3,870.89 1/22 1/23 Chile ...... 652.00 ...... 652.00 1/23 1/27 Peru ...... 823.40 ...... 823.40 James Walsh ...... 1/19 1/21 Brazil ...... 262.00 ...... 2,795.39 ...... 3,057.39 1/22 1/23 Chile ...... 652.00 ...... 652.00 1/23 1/27 Peru ...... 823.40 ...... 823.40 Eric Jacobstein * ...... 1 /20 1 /22 Argentina ...... 927.60 ...... * 2,189.20 ...... 1,122.77 ...... 4,239.57 1/22 1/24 Colombia ...... 455.00 ...... 4,861.00 ...... 5,316.00 Janice Kaguyutan ...... 1/20 1/22 Argentina ...... 927.60 ...... 2,189.95 ...... 3,117.55 1/22 1/24 Colombia ...... 455.00 ...... 455.00 Meghan Gallagher ...... 1/20 1/22 Argentina ...... 927.60 ...... 1,766.55 ...... 2,694.15 1/22 1/24 Colombia ...... 455.00 ...... 455.00 Hon. Karen Bass * ...... 1/22 1/26 Sudan ...... 951.50 ...... * 7,623.60 ...... 2,460.51 ...... 11,035.61 Janette Yarwood ...... 1 /22 1 /26 Sudan ...... 1,160.50 ...... 7,623.60 ...... 8,784.10 Hon. Sensenbrenner ...... 1/22 1/26 Sudan ...... 1,424.37 ...... 7,623.60 ...... 9,047.97 Corey Holmes ...... 1/22 1/26 Sudan ...... 1,037.50 ...... 7,623.50 ...... 8,661.00 Chris Farrar ...... 1 /22 1 /26 Sudan ...... 1,424.37 ...... 7,623.60 ...... 9,047.97 Hon. Karen Bass ...... 2/08 2/10 Ethiopia ...... 40.73 ...... 10,588.15 ...... 10,628.88 Janette Yarwood ...... 2 /08 2 /10 Ethiopia ...... 84.74 ...... 12,432.15 ...... 12,516.89 Hon. Ami Bera * ...... 2/15 2/17 Sri Lanka ...... 951.00 ...... 10,713.85 ...... 5,740.00 ...... 17,404.85 2/17 2/20 India ...... 1,007.67 ...... 1,007.43 ...... 2,015.10 2/20 2/23 Nepal ...... 737.01 ...... 4,257.82 ...... 4,994.83 Nikole Burroughs ...... 2 /15 2 /17 Sri Lanka ...... 951.00 ...... 10,200.65 ...... 11,151.65 2/17 2/20 India ...... 1,007.67 ...... 1,007.67 2/20 2/23 Nepal ...... 852.01 ...... 852.01 Sajit Gandhi ...... 2/15 2/17 Sri Lanka ...... 951.00 ...... 10,160.65 ...... 11,111.65 2/17 2/20 India ...... 1,007.67 ...... 1,007.67 2/20 2/23 Nepal ...... 852.00 ...... 852.00 Hon. Tom Malinowski ...... 2/14 2/16 Germany ...... 937.44 ...... (3) ...... 937.44 Hon. Gregory Meeks ...... 2/17 2/22 Austria ...... 2,087.57 ...... (3) ...... 2,087.57 2/22 2/23 United Kingdom ...... 536.98 ...... 536.98 Alexander Brockwehl * ...... 2/18 2/21 Honduras ...... 774.00 ...... * 696.99 ...... 2,040.32 ...... 3,511.31 Alex Sadler ...... 2/18 2/21 Honduras ...... 774.00 ...... 696.99 ...... 1,470.99

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Caroline Campbell ...... 2/18 2/21 Honduras ...... 774.00 ...... 696.99 ...... 1,470.99 Katy Crosby * ...... 2 /15 2 /21 Ethiopia ...... 919.69 ...... 2,134.35 ...... 3,054.04 2/21 2/22 Switzerland ...... 474.47 ...... 159.90 ...... 634.37 Lesley Warner * ...... 2/16 2/22 Mauritania ...... 669.73 ...... * 3,625.35 ...... 498.03 ...... 4,793.11 Meghan Gallagher ...... 2/16 2/22 Mauritania ...... 669.73 ...... 3,600.55 ...... 4,270.28 Matt Finkel ...... 2/16 2/22 Mauritania ...... 669.73 ...... 3,625.35 ...... 4,295.08 Committee total ...... 37,733.48 ...... 129,990.18 ...... 26,749.60 ...... 194,473.30 HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL, Apr. 29, 2020. 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military air transportation. * Indicates Delegation costs. h EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 4420. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media (RIN: 1018-AU96) received May 22, 2020, pursu- ETC. Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive rule — Amendments of Parts 73 and 74 to Im- on Natural Resources. communications were taken from the prove the Low Power FM Radio Service 4426. A letter from the Acting Chief, Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Technical Rules [MB Docket No.: 19-193]; Branch of Domestic Listing, U.S. Fish and 4414. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Modernization of Media Regulation Initia- Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- tive [MB Docket No.: 17-105] received May 22, transmitting the Department’s final rule — ment’s final rule — Impact Aid Program; Ex- 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and tension of the Application Amendment Dead- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Plants; Threatened Species Status for line [Docket ID: ED-2015-OESE-0109] (RIN: Committee on Energy and Commerce. Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and Western 1810-AB24) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 4421. A letter from the Director, Office of Glacier Stonefly With a Section 4(d) Rule 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory [Docket No.: FWS-R6-ES-2016-0086; 4500030113] 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Edu- Commission, transmitting the Commission’s (RIN: 1018-BB52) received May 22, 2020, pursu- cation and Labor. final rule — Safety Evaluation by the Office ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 4415. A letter from the Secretary, Securi- of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ‘‘BWRVIP-25, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ties and Exchange Commission, transmitting Revision 1: BWR Vessel and Internals on Natural Resources. the Commission’s temporary final rule — Project BWR Core Plate Inspection and Flaw 4427. A letter from the Acting Chief, Temporary Amendments to Regulation Evaluation Guidelines’’, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Crowdfunding [Release No.: 33-10781] received 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and of the Interior, transmitting the Depart- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Commerce. ment’s final rule — Endangered and Threat- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial 4422. A letter from the Branch Chief, Do- ened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassifying the Services. mestic Listing, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- Hawaiian Goose From Endangered to Threat- 4416. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media ice, Department of the Interior, transmitting ened With a Section 4(d) Rule [Docket No.: Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- the Department’s final rule — Endangered FWS-R1-ES-2017-0050; FXES11130900000C6-189- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Des- FF09E42000] (RIN: 1018-BC10) received May rule — Implementation of Section 1003 of the ignation of Critical Habitat for Black 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 [MB Pinesnake [Docket No.: FWS-R4-ES-2014- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to Docket No.: 20-31] received May 22, 2020, pur- 0065; 4500090023] (RIN: 1018-BD52) received the Committee on Natural Resources. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4428. A letter from the Acting Chief, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, on Energy and Commerce. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 4417. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media sources. of the Interior, transmitting the Depart- Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- 4423. A letter from the Branch Chief, Do- ment’s final rule — Endangered and Threat- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final mestic Listing, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- ened Wildlife and Plants; Removing rule — Amendment of Section 73.3580 of the ice, Department of the Interior, transmitting Oenothera coloradensis (Colorado Butterfly Commission’s Rules Regarding Public Notice the Department’s final rule — Endangered Plant) From the Federal List of Endangered of the Filing of Applications [MB Docket and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Section and Threatened Plants [Docket No.: FWS-R6- No.: 17-264]; Modernization of Media Regula- 4(d) Rule for Louisiana Pinesnake [Docket ES-2018-0008; FXES11130900000C6-189- tion Initiative [MB Docket No.: 17-105]; Revi- No.: FWS-R4-ES-2018-0010; 4500030113] (RIN: FF09E30000] (RIN: 1018-BC02) received May sion of the Public Notice Requirements of 1018-BD06) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Section 73.3580 [MB Docket No.: 05-6] re- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ceived May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Nat- the Committee on Natural Resources. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ural Resources. 4429. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 4424. A letter from the Branch Chief, U.S. FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Commerce. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the transmitting the Department’s Major in- 4418. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Inter- Interior, transmitting the Department’s terim final rule — Emergency Management national Bureau, Federal Communications final rule — Migratory Bird Permits; Regula- Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS) Commission, transmitting the Commission’s tions for Managing Resident Canada Goose [Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0019] (RIN: 1660-AB04) final rule — Mitigation of Orbital Debris in Populations; Agricultural Facilities in the received May 28, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the New Space Age [IB Docket No.: 18-313] re- Atlantic Flyway [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-MB- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ceived May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2018-0080; FF09M21200-190-FXMB1231099BPP0] Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 (RIN: 1018-BD74) received May 22, 2020, pursu- tation and Infrastructure. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 4430. A letter from the Associate Adminis- Commerce. 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee trator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier 4419. A letter from the Program Analyst, on Natural Resources. Safety Administration, Department of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Fed- 4425. A letter from the Acting Chief, Transportation, transmitting the Depart- eral Communications Commission, transmit- Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, ment’s Major final rule — Hours of Service of ting the Commission’s final rule — Review of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department Drivers [Docket No.: FMCSA-2018-0248] (RIN: the Commission’s Rules Governing the 896- of the Interior, transmitting the Depart- 2126-AC19) received May 28, 2020, pursuant to 901/935-940 MHz Band [WT Docket No.: 17-200] ment’s final rule — Endangered and Threat- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Ha- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 waiian Hawk From the Federal List of En- Transportation and Infrastructure. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and dangered and Threatened Wildlife [Docket 4431. A letter from the Management and Commerce. No.: FWS-R1-ES-2007-0024; 92220-1113-0000-C6] Program Analyst, FAA, Department of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:54 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JN7.003 H11JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H2386 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 11, 2020 Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 39-19860; AD 2020-05-12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) re- 4446. A letter from the Management and ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ceived May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of tives; International Aero Engines LLC Tur- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Transportation, transmitting the Depart- bofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0614; Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Area Product Identifier 2019-NE-14-AD; Amend- tation and Infrastructure. Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-56 in the Vicin- ment 39-19878; AD 2020-05-28] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 4439. A letter from the Management and ity of Atlanta, GA [Docket No.: FAA-2020- received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 0274; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-8] (RIN: 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2120-AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. tation and Infrastructure. tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 4432. A letter from the Management and FAA-2019-0713; Product Identifier 2019-NM- Transportation and Infrastructure. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 116-AD; Amendment 39-19855; AD 2020-04-18] 4447. A letter from the Management and Transportation, transmitting the Depart- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- tives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Dock- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ment’s final rule — Amendment of VOR Fed- et No.: FAA-2019-0974; Product Identifier on Transportation and Infrastructure. eral Airway V-18 in the Vicinity of 2019-NM-155-AD; Amendment 39-19856; AD 4440. A letter from the Management and Talladega, AL [Docket No.: FAA-2018-1028; 2020-04-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Airspace Docket No.: 17-ASO-6] (RIN: 2120- 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Transportation, transmitting the Depart- AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Committee on Transportation and Infra- tives; CFM International, S.A., Turbofan En- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on structure. gines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1093; Project Transportation and Infrastructure. 4433. A letter from the Management and Identifier AD-2019-00144-E; Amendment 39- 4448. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 21103; AD 2020-06-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ment’s final rule — Revocation of VHF tives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Air- (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Se- tation and Infrastructure. way V-61 and Amendment of Area Naviga- ries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); 4441. A letter from the Management and tion Route T-286 Due to the Decommis- Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: Program Analyst, FAA, Department of sioning of the Robinson, KS, VOR [Docket FAA-2019-0988; Product Identifier 2019-NM- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- No.: FAA-2019-0677; Airspace Docket No.: 19- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 175-AD; Amendment 39-19861; AD 2020-05-13] ACE-5] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received May 22, tives; Robinson Helicopter Company Heli- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public copters [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1053; Product ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Identifier 2018-SW-037-AD; Amendment 39- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Committee on Transportation and Infra- 19863; AD 2020-05-11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received on Transportation and Infrastructure. structure. 4434. A letter from the Management and May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4449. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- tation and Infrastructure. ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Air Traf- 4442. A letter from the Management and tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: fic Service (ATS) Route V-165; Western Program Analyst, FAA, Department of FAA-2019-0861; Product Identifier 2019-NM- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- United States [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0846; 129-AD; Amendment 39-19864; AD 2020-05-14] ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Airspace Docket No.: 19-AWP-78] (RIN: 2120- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- tives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes [Docket AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- No.: FAA-2020-0198; Product Identifier 2020- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee NM-018-AD; Amendment 39-19859; AD 2020-05- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on on Transportation and Infrastructure. 10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, Transportation and Infrastructure. 4435. A letter from the Management and 4450. A letter from the Management and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ture. ment’s final rule — Amendment of VOR Fed- tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: 4443. A letter from the Management and eral Airways V-56, and V-209 in the Vicinity FAA-2019-0979; Product Identifier 2019-NM- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of of Kewanee, MS [Docket No.: FAA-2017-0665; 182-AD; Amendment 39-19868; AD 2020-05-18] Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Airspace Docket No.: 17-ASO-7] (RIN: 2120- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- tives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on on Transportation and Infrastructure. Royce plc) Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: Transportation and Infrastructure. 4436. A letter from the Management and FAA-2020-0179; Project Identifier MCAI-2019- 4451. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 00125-E; Amendment 39-21102; AD 2020-05-01] Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- ment’s final rule — Amendment of VOR Fed- tives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Lim- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee eral Airway V-159 in the Vicinity of Ham- ited Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0221; on Transportation and Infrastructure. ilton, AL [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0431; Air- Product Identifier 2019-SW-042-AD; Amend- 4444. A letter from the Management and space Docket No.: 19-ASO-9] (RIN: 2120-AA66) ment 39-19862; AD 2020-04-21] (RIN: 2120-AA64) Program Analyst, FAA, Department of received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- tives; Fokker Services B.V. Airplanes [Dock- tation and Infrastructure. tation and Infrastructure. et No.: FAA-2020-0105; Product Identifier 4452. A letter from the Management and 4437. A letter from the Management and 2019-NM-172-AD; Amendment 39-19851; AD Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 2020-04-12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public ment’s final rule — Amendment of Area ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Navigation Routes Q-75 and Q-475, Northeast tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: Committee on Transportation and Infra- Corridor Atlantic Coast Routes; North- FAA-2019-0712; Product Identifier 2019-NM- structure. eastern United States [Docket No.: FAA- 115-AD; Amendment 39-19849; AD 2020-04-10] 4445. A letter from the Management and 2019-0661; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-9] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, 2020, pursu- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of (RIN: 2120-AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. tives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Dock- on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4438. A letter from the Management and et No.: FAA-2019-0875; Product Identifier 4453. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 2019-NM-143-AD; Amendment 39-19850; AD Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2020-04-11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 22, Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- tives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0199; Prod- Committee on Transportation and Infra- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- uct Identifier 2020-NM-035-AD; Amendment structure. cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31302;

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A letter from the Management and BUTTERFIELD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RASKIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. TED LIEU Transportation, transmitting the Depart- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS of California, Mr. BROWN of Mary- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E land, and Ms. WEXTON): Airspace; Bend, OR [Docket No.: FAA-2019- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of H.R. 7153. A bill to require Federal law en- 0887; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANM-32] (RIN: committees were delivered to the Clerk forcement officers, including contract em- 2120-AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to for printing and reference to the proper ployees, and members of the armed forces 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. calendar, as follows: engaged in crowd control, riot control, or ar- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Re- rest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, Transportation and Infrastructure. sources. H.R. 3250. A bill to require the Sec- or riots to visibly display identifying infor- 4455. A letter from the Management and retary of the Interior to conduct a special re- mation; to the Committee on the Judiciary, Program Analyst, FAA, Department of source study of the sites associated with the and in addition to the Committee on Armed Transportation, transmitting the Depart- life and legacy of the noted American philan- ment’s final rule — Correction of Class E Services, for a period to be subsequently de- thropist and business executive Julius termined by the Speaker, in each case for Airspace; Mountain Home, ID [Docket No.: Rosenwald, with a special focus on the FAA-2019-0972; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANM- consideration of such provisions as fall with- Rosenwald Schools, and for other purposes; in the jurisdiction of the committee con- 30] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received May 22, 2020, with an amendment (Rept. 116–431). Referred pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law cerned. to the Committee of the Whole House on the By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- state of the Union. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- sylvania (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, ture. f Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- vania, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. 4456. A letter from the Management and PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Program Analyst, FAA, Department of BEATTY, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. BLUNT Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public ROCHESTER, and Mr. RUSH): ment’s final rule — Amendment of Air Traf- bills and resolutions of the following H.R. 7154. A bill to amend title XVIII of the fic Service (ATS) Routes V-82, V-217, and T- titles were introduced and severally re- Social Security Act to improve and ensure ongoing Medicare beneficiary access to out- 383 in the Vicinity of Baudette, MN [Docket ferred, as follows: No.: FAA-2019-0729; Airspace Docket No.: 19- patient therapy services, and for other pur- By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Ms. NOR- AGL-12] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received May 22, poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- TON, and Mr. LIPINSKI): 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public merce, and in addition to the Committee on H.R. 2. A bill to authorize funds for Fed- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- eral-aid highways, highway safety programs, quently determined by the Speaker, in each Committee on Transportation and Infra- and transit programs, and for other purposes; case for consideration of such provisions as structure. 4457. A letter from the Management and to the Committee on Transportation and In- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Program Analyst, FAA, Department of frastructure. concerned. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- By Mr. LATTA: By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- ment’s final rule — Oxygen Mask Require- H.R. 7147. A bill to amend the Community self and Mr. BACON): H.R. 7155. A bill to form the National Com- ment: Supplemental Oxygen for Emergency Mental Health Service Block Grant to au- mission on Modernizing Military Installa- Descent and for First Aid; Turbine Engine thorize a set-aside for crisis care services, tion Designations, and for other purposes; to Powered Airplanes With Pressurized Cabins and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Committee on Armed Services. [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0289; Amdt. No.: 121- Energy and Commerce. By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- 383] (RIN: 2120-AL62) received May 22, 2020, By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for self, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mrs. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law himself and Ms. HOULAHAN): H.R. 7148. A bill to establish a United HARTZLER): 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- H.R. 7156. A bill to amend title 10, United mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- States-Israel Operations-Technology Work- ing Group, and for other purposes; to the States Code, to establish a program to en- ture. hance the participation of Department of De- 4458. A letter from the Management and Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, fense contractors in science, technology, en- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of gineering, and mathematics activities; to Transportation, transmitting the Depart- and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the the Committee on Armed Services. ment’s final rule — Amendment of Area By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- Navigation Routes, Florida Metroplex Speaker, in each case for consideration of self, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, and Mr. Project; Southeastern United States [Docket such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. MURPHY of North Carolina): No.: FAA-2019-0687; Airspace Docket No.: 19- H.R. 7157. A bill to require pilot programs By Mr. PALMER (for himself, Mr. ASO-17] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received May 22, in connection with Senior Reserve Officers’ COOK, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mrs. WAGNER, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Training Corps units at Historically Black Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Colleges and Universities and minority insti- BALDERSON, Mr. PERRY, Mr. GIBBS, Committee on Transportation and Infra- tutions, and for other purposes; to the Com- and Mr. STEWART): structure. mittee on Armed Services. H.R. 7149. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 4459. A letter from the Management and By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- enue Code of 1986 to provide special disposi- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of self, Mr. HOYER, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- tion rules for unused benefits in flexible Transportation, transmitting the Depart- bama, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, spending arrangements of individuals for cal- ment’s final rule — Establishment of Area and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER): Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Northeastern endar year 2020; to the Committee on Ways H.R. 7158. A bill to provide for the designa- United States [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0339; and Means. tion of areas as Health Enterprise Zones to Airspace Docket No.: 18-AEA-21] (RIN: 2120- By Mr. STANTON: reduce health disparities and improve health AA66) received May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 H.R. 7150. A bill to require the use of body outcomes in such areas, and for other pur- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. cameras for law enforcement officers as a poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on condition of eligibility for COPS ON THE merce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. BEAT grants, and for other purposes; to the Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- 4460. A letter from the Chairman, Surface Committee on the Judiciary. quently determined by the Speaker, in each Transportation Board, transmitting the By Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. case for consideration of such provisions as Board’s statement of board policy — Policy CUELLAR, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. THORN- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Statement on Demurrage and Accessorial BERRY, and Mr. LUJA´ N): concerned. Rules and Charges [Docket No.: EP 757] re- H.R. 7151. A bill to amend the Intermodal By Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself and Ms. ceived May 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of WILD): 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 1991 with respect to future interstate des- H.R. 7159. A bill to amend the Community Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- ignations, and for other purposes; to the Mental Health Service Block Grant to au- tation and Infrastructure. Committee on Transportation and Infra- thorize a set-aside for crisis care services, 4461. A letter from the Chief, Publications structure. and for other purposes; to the Committee on and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue By Mr. BANKS (for himself and Mr. Energy and Commerce. Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule TIFFANY): By Mr. BUTTERFIELD: — The Treatment of Certain Interests in H.R. 7152. A bill to prohibit the Secretary H.R. 7160. A bill to amend the Communica- Corporations as Stock or Indebtedness [TD of Education from providing funding to cer- tions Act of 1934 to promote broadband de- 9897] (RIN: 1545-BN68) received May 28, 2020, tain educational institutions unless the in- ployment by increasing participation in

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A bill to restore American lead- New York, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. VIS- expansion of facility capacity under rural ership in semiconductor manufacturing by CLOSKY, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. provider and hospital exception to ownership increasing federal incentives in order to en- LEE of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. or investment prohibition during able advanced research and development, se- LEWIS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and coronavirus 2020 emergency period; to the cure the supply chain, and ensure long-term Mr. KENNEDY): Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in national security and economic competitive- H.R. 7161. A bill to direct the Smithsonian addition to the Committee on Ways and ness; to the Committee on Science, Space, Institution and the American Folklife Cen- Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- and Technology, and in addition to the Com- ter at the Library of Congress to jointly mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- mittees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, carry out the COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial sideration of such provisions as fall within Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Quilt Project to honor and remember Ameri- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse- cans who have lost their lives to the COVID- By Mr. HASTINGS: quently determined by the Speaker, in each 19 Pandemic, and for other purposes; to the H.R. 7169. A bill to direct the Comptroller case for consideration of such provisions as Committee on House Administration, and in General of the United States to prepare a re- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee addition to the Committee on Education and port on the progress of the Department of concerned. Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter- Defense toward reaching net zero goals, and By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- for other purposes; to the Committee on himself and Mr. HARRIS): H.R. 7179. A bill to provide liability protec- sideration of such provisions as fall within Armed Services. tion for covered providers during the COVID- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. By Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma (for 19 outbreak, and for other purposes; to the By Ms. CHENEY (for herself, Mrs. MIL- himself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. SPANO, Mr. Committee on the Judiciary. LER, and Mr. MCKINLEY): BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. POSEY, Mr. By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for H.R. 7162. A bill to amend the Federal Meat ROY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. himself, Mr. BUDD, Mr. POSEY, and Inspection Act to allow the interstate sale of BABIN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina): State-inspected meat, and for other pur- HARTZLER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. MUR- H.R. 7180. A bill to reduce the annual rate poses; to the Committee on Agriculture. PHY of North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of of pay during a succeeding Congress of Mem- By Mr. CISNEROS (for himself and Mr. North Carolina, and Mr. GARCIA of bers of the House of Representatives who ROSE of New York): California): cast a vote or record their presence in the H.R. 7163. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 7170. A bill to require institutions of House by proxy during a Congress, and for Veterans Affairs to reduce the backlog of re- higher education to disclose gifts from for- other purposes; to the Committee on House quests for information made to the Depart- eign sources in the publications of certain Administration, and in addition to the Com- ment of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section professors and affiliates, and for other pur- mittee on Oversight and Reform, for a period 552 of title 5, United States Code, and for poses; to the Committee on Education and to be subsequently determined by the Speak- other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- Labor. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- erans’ Affairs. By Mr. HORSFORD (for himself and visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Ms. CLARKE of New York (for her- Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia): committee concerned. self, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. LEE H.R. 7171. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. CON- of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line AWAY, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. TURNER, KHANNA, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. KEN- deduction for attorney fees and costs in con- Mr. STEWART, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. NEDY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. nection with consumer claim awards; to the WENSTRUP, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MAR- NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. HASTINGS, Committee on Ways and Means. SHALL, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. By Mr. HORSFORD (for himself and WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HOLD- WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. Mrs. LEE of Nevada): ING, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MENG, H.R. 7172. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- DIAZ-BALART, Mr. GARCIA of Cali- Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LAWSON of enue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for fornia, Mr. COOK, Mr. KUSTOFF of Florida, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. POCAN, installation of regionally significant electric Tennessee, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, power transmission lines; to the Committee BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. SPANO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New on Ways and Means. Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, and Mr. York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. DEGETTE, By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Ms. ROUZER): Ms. ADAMS, Mr. PRICE of North Caro- HAALAND): H.R. 7181. A bill to amend the Sarbanes- lina, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and H.R. 7173. A bill to protect the status of Oxley Act of 2002 to require the Public Com- Mr. KIM): lands held in trust for the benefit of feder- pany Accounting Oversight Board to main- H.R. 7164. A bill to require the Secretary of ally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other tain a list of certain foreign issuers, to pro- Defense to change the name of any military purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- hibit certain nationals of the People’s Re- installation or other property under the ju- sources. public of China from receiving non- risdiction of the Department of Defense that By Mr. KHANNA: immigrant visas, and for other purposes; to is currently named after any individual who H.R. 7174. A bill to enhance protections of the Committee on Financial Services, and in took up arms against the United States dur- civilians during United States military oper- addition to the Committees on the Judici- ing the American Civil War or any individual ations, and for other purposes; to the Com- ary, and Education and Labor, for a period to or entity that supported such efforts, and for mittee on Armed Services. be subsequently determined by the Speaker, other purposes; to the Committee on Armed By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. THOMP- in each case for consideration of such provi- Services. SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRINDISI, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Ms. FUDGE (for herself and Ms. and Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania): committee concerned. NORTON): H.R. 7175. A bill to modify the calculation By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. H.R. 7165. A bill to amend the District of of the maximum loan amount for certain TAKANO, and Mr. VARGAS): Columbia Home Rule Act to redesignate the farmers and ranchers under the paycheck H.R. 7182. A bill to require certain heli- Office of the Mayor of the District of Colum- protection program of the Small Business copters to be equipped with safety tech- bia as the Office of the Governor of the Dis- Administration, and for other purposes; to nologies, and for other purposes; to the Com- trict of Columbia and to redesignate the the Committee on Small Business. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Council of the District of Columbia as the By Mrs. LURIA: ture. Legislative Assembly of the District of Co- H.R. 7176. A bill to amend title 10, United By Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. lumbia, and for other purposes; to the Com- States Code, to improve dependent coverage KING of New York, Mr. CLINE, Mr. mittee on Oversight and Reform. under the TRICARE Young Adult Program, BEYER, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. CONNOLLY, By Ms. FUDGE (for herself and Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. WENSTRUP): Armed Services. WITTMAN, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. MCEACHIN, H.R. 7166. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. LYNCH: Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ZELDIN, enue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate H.R. 7177. A bill to require a joint task Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New housing and infrastructure grants; to the force on air travel during and after the York, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. Committee on Ways and Means. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, and for ROSE of New York, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. By Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. other purposes; to the Committee on Trans- SUOZZI, Mr. KATKO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, GRAVES of Louisiana): portation and Infrastructure, and in addition Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. H.R. 7167. A bill to amend the Magnuson- to the Committees on Homeland Security, PAYNE, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be FITZPATRICK, Ms. DEAN, and Ms. NOR- ment Act to add a pandemic as a potential subsequently determined by the Speaker, in TON):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:54 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L11JN7.100 H11JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2389 H.R. 7183. A bill to amend title 36, United program to provide public transportation in the wake of protests following the killing States Code, to designate the Freedom Flag agencies with grants to be used during a dis- of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by as an official symbol of the United States to aster declaration; to the Committee on police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, re- honor and remember the victims and emer- Transportation and Infrastructure. affirming the centrality of a free and inde- gency responders who died on September 11, By Ms. WATERS: pendent press to the health of democracy, 2001, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 7193. A bill to amend title 28, United and reaffirming freedom of the press as a pri- mittee on the Judiciary. States Code, to adjust the penalty for unjust ority of the United States in promoting de- By Mr. STEUBE: conviction and imprisonment, and for other mocracy, human rights, and good govern- H.R. 7184. A bill to prohibit importation of purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- ance; to the Committee on the Judiciary. commercially produced fresh citrus fruit ary. By Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Ms. originating from the People’s Republic of By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. SCHA- BROWNLEY of California, Ms. China; to the Committee on Ways and KOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. LURIA, Mrs. BUSTOS, Means. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. Ms. MENG, Mr. BRINDISI, Ms. By Mr. SWALWELL of California: KHANNA): WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MATSUI, H.R. 7185. A bill to amend title 18, United H.R. 7194. A bill to eliminate mandatory Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. DINGELL, and States Code, to make the disclosure of the minimum sentences for all drug offenses; to Mr. ALLRED): identity of a whistleblower a criminal of- the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi- H. Res. 1000. A resolution expressing sup- fense, to provide a civil right of action for tion to the Committee on Energy and Com- port for the designation of June 12, 2020, as the disclosure of the identity of a whistle- merce, for a period to be subsequently deter- ‘‘Women Veterans Appreciation Day’’; to the blower, and for other purposes; to the Com- mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Committee on Oversight and Reform. mittee on the Judiciary. sideration of such provisions as fall within f By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. himself, Mr. BERA, Mr. DESAULNIER, By Mr. WITTMAN (for himself and Mr. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. PALAZZO): STATEMENT KHANNA, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. LOFGREN, H.R. 7195. A bill to authorize the Secretary Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. of the Navy to enter into contracts for the SWALWELL of California): procurement of amphibious vessels, and for the Rules of the House of Representa- H.R. 7186. A bill to amend the Federal other purposes; to the Committee on Armed tives, the following statements are sub- Power Act to require the Electric Reliability Services. mitted regarding the specific powers Organization to propose a reliability stand- By Ms. WATERS (for herself and Mr. granted to Congress in the Constitu- ard that addresses the resilience of the bulk- MEEKS): tion to enact the accompanying bill or power system, and for other purposes; to the H.J. Res. 90. A joint resolution providing joint resolution. Committee on Energy and Commerce. for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 By Mr. DEFAZIO: By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania of title 5, United States Code, of the rule H.R. 2. (for himself and Mr. BUTTERFIELD): submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7187. A bill to amend title XVIII of the the Currency relating to ‘‘Community Rein- lation pursuant to the following: Social Security Act to provide for permanent vestment Act Regulations’’; to the Com- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and payments for telehealth services furnished mittee on Financial Services. Clause 18 of the Constitution. by Federally qualified health centers and By Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: By Mr. LATTA: rural health clinics under the Medicare pro- H. Con. Res. 102. Concurrent resolution rec- H.R. 7147. gram; to the Committee on Energy and Com- ognizing September 30, 2020, as a national Congress has the power to enact this legis- merce, and in addition to the Committee on day of mourning to recognize the loss of life lation pursuant to the following: Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- of Americans across the country to the Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress quently determined by the Speaker, in each COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on shall have the power . . . ‘‘to regulate Com- case for consideration of such provisions as Energy and Commerce. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee merce with foreign Nations, and among the [Omitted from the Record of June 8, 2020] concerned. several States, and with the Indian tribes.’’ By Mr. TIMMONS (for himself, Mr. By Mr. RASKIN: By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina: CLINE, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. H. Res. 995. A resolution ranking a Member H.R. 7148. HURD of Texas, and Mr. BISHOP of on a certain standing committee of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- North Carolina): House of Representatives; considered and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7188. A bill to require law enforcement agreed to. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. agencies to report the use of lethal force, and By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. By Mr. PALMER: for other purposes; to the Committee on the FITZPATRICK, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. H.R. 7149. Judiciary. KINZINGER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. TIPTON (for himself and Ms. H. Res. 996. A resolution expressing the lation pursuant to the following: SHERRILL): sense of Congress that the activities of Rus- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 7189. A bill to establish a youth study sian national Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his af- The Congress shall have Power to lay and abroad program in the Department of State filiated entities pose a threat to the national collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises. for United States secondary school students interests and security of the United States By Mr. STANTON: to study in Normandy, France, to learn and of its allies and partners; to the Com- H.R. 7150. about the relationship between the United mittee on Foreign Affairs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States and France, the World War II military By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: lation pursuant to the following: operation known as Operation Overlord, and H. Res. 997. A resolution expressing support Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution for other purposes; to the Committee on For- for the Fourth of July, America’s birthday, By Mr. ARRINGTON: eign Affairs. and the hundreds of businesses and workers H.R. 7151. By Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mex- that make up the fireworks industry; to the Congress has the power to enact this legis- ico (for herself and Mr. NEWHOUSE): Committee on Energy and Commerce. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7190. A bill to amend the Public By Mr. POSEY (for himself and Mr. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 Health Service Act to provide for the estab- BISHOP of Georgia): By Mr. BANKS: lishment of a virtual health pilot program to H. Res. 998. A resolution expressing support H.R. 7152. facilitate utilization of remote patient moni- for the designation of July 10 as ‘‘Collector Congress has the power to enact this legis- toring technology to maintain or expand ac- Car Appreciation Day’’ and recognizing that lation pursuant to the following: cess to health care services for individuals in the collection and restoration of historic and The constitutional authority of Congress rural areas during the COVID-19 emergency classic cars is an important part of pre- to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- period, and for other purposes; to the Com- serving the technological achievements and cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu- mittee on Energy and Commerce. cultural heritage of the United States; to the tion, specifically clause 18 (relating to the By Mr. TRONE (for himself and Ms. Committee on Oversight and Reform. power to make all laws necessary and proper WATERS): By Ms. SCANLON (for herself, Mr. for carrying out the powers vested in Con- H.R. 7191. A bill to amend the Omnibus SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Mr. VARGAS, gress). Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. RUSH, By Mr. BEYER: condition eligibility for grants under the Ed- Mr. RASKIN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. WELCH, H.R. 7153. ward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Grant Program, and for other purposes; to NEGUSE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HUFFMAN, lation pursuant to the following: the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Article 1, Section 8 By Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ: Ms. ESHOO): By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 7192. A bill to amend chapter 53 of H. Res. 999. A resolution recognizing the sylvania: title 49, United States Code, to establish a threats to press freedom in the United States H.R. 7154.

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Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- shall have power to lay and collect taxes, du- Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion ties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas: and provide for the common defense and gen- Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, H.R. 7168. eral welfare of the United States; but all du- Section 8, Clause 18) Congress has the power to enact this legis- ties, imposts and excises shall be uniform By Mr. BROWN of Maryland: lation pursuant to the following: throughout the United States.’’ H.R. 7157. Article 1, Section 8 Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of By Mr. NUNES: Congress has the power to enact this legis- the United States Constitution H.R. 7181. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HASTINGS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, H.R. 7169. lation pursuant to the following: Section 8, Clause 18) Congress has the power to enact this legis- Clause 1 of Section 8 of article I of the Con- By Mr. BROWN of Maryland: lation pursuant to the following: stitution of the United States H.R. 7158. Article 1, Section 8 By Mr. SHERMAN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma: H.R. 7182. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7170. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Commerce Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3) Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. BUSTOS: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. H.R. 7159. Article 1, Section 8, Constitution of the Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States of America. By Ms. SPANBERGER: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HORSFORD: H.R. 7183. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 7171. Congress has the power to enact this legis- granted to Congress under Article I, Section Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 tion. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- By Mr. STEUBE: By Mr. BUTTERFIELD: stitution of the United States H.R. 7184. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7160. By Mr. HORSFORD: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7172. lation pursuant to the following: Article l, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have Power To lay and Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the lation pursuant to the following: collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Constitution, Congress has the power to col- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- to pay the Debts and provide for the common lect taxes and expend funds to provide for stitution of the United States. Defence and general Welfare of the United the general welfare of the United States. By Mr. KENNEDY: States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises Congress may also make laws that are nec- H.R. 7173. shall be uniform throughout the United essary and proper for carrying into execution Congress has the power to enact this legis- States; lation pursuant to the following: their powers enumerated under Article I. To borrow money on the credit of the Article 1, Section 8 By Mr. CARSON of Indiana: United States; H.R. 7161. By Mr. KHANNA: To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7174. tions, and among the several States, and lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- with the Indian Tribes; Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the lation pursuant to the following: To establish an uniform Rule of Natu- Constitution. For the Protection of Civilians in Military ralization, and uniform Laws on the subject By Ms. CHENEY: Operations Act of Bankruptcies throughout the United H.R. 7162. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution States; Congress has the power to enact this legis- gives Congress the power to make laws that To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, lation pursuant to the following: are necessary and proper to carry out its and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Con- enumerated powers. Weights and Measures; gress with the power to ‘‘regulate commerce By Mr. KIND: To provide for the Punishment of counter- with foreign nations, and among the several H.R. 7175. feiting the Securities and current Coin of the states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States; By Mr. CISNEROS: lation pursuant to the following: To establish Post Offices and Post Roads; H.R. 7163. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 To promote the Progress of Science and Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. LURIA: useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7176. Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- their respective Writings and Discoveries; tion lation pursuant to the following: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the su- By Ms. CLARKE of New York: Article I, Section 9, Clauses 12 and 13, preme Court; H.R. 7164. which grant Congress the power to establish and Offenses against the Law of Nations; Congress has the power to enact this legis- a military, and Clause 18, which grants Con- To declare War, grant Letters of Marque lation pursuant to the following: gress the necessary and proper powers to and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Article 1, Section 8 carry out its other enumerated powers. Captures on Land and Water; By Ms. FUDGE: By Mr. LYNCH: To raise and support Armies, but no Appro- H.R. 7165. H.R. 7177. priation of Money to that Use shall be for a Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- longer Term than two Years; lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: To provide and maintain a Navy; Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 Article I, Section 8, Cl. 18 To make Rules for the Government and The Congress shall have Power *** To exer- By Mr. MCCAUL: Regulation of the land and naval Forces; cise exclusive Legislation in all Cases what- H.R. 7178. To provide for calling forth the Militia to soever, over such District (not exceeding ten Congress has the power to enact this legis- execute the Laws of the Union, suppress In- Miles square) as may, by cession of par- lation pursuant to the following: surrections and repel Invasions; ticular States, and the Acceptance of Con- Article I, Section 8 To provide for organizing, arming, and dis- gress, become the Seat of the Government of By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina: ciplining, the Militia, and for governing such the United States, and to exercise like Au- H.R. 7179. Part of them as may be employed in the thority over all Places purchased by the Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Service of the United States, reserving to sent of the Legislature of the State in which lation pursuant to the following: the States respectively, the Appointment of the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Article I, Section 8 of the United States the Officers, and the Authority of training Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other Constitution, which states ‘‘[t]he Congress the Militia according to the discipline pre- needful Buildings. shall have power to lay and collect taxes, du- scribed by Congress;

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To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2639: Mr. NADLER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. Cases whatsoever, over such District (not ex- lation pursuant to the following: CRAIG, and Ms. SCHRIER. ceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 2733: Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ and Mr. of particular States, and the acceptance of tion. TRONE. Congress, become the Seat of the Govern- By Mr. WITTMAN: H.R. 2803: Mr. KIM. ment of the United States, and to exercise H.R. 7195. H.R. 2859: Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee. like Authority over all Places purchased by Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2895: Mr. HUFFMAN. the Consent of the Legislature of the State lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2927: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. in which the Same shall be, for the Erection Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: SAN NICOLAS, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, and of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, The Congress shall have power to make all Mr. KIND. and other needful Buildings; And Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 2965: Mr. KIM. To make all Laws which shall be necessary carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 3107: Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. and proper for carrying into Execution the ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- EVANS, and Mr. LYNCH. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 3121: Mr. SCHIFF and Mr. SHERMAN. ed by this Constitution in the Government of States, or in any Department of Officer H.R. 3250: Mr. HILL of Arkansas. the United States, or in any Department or thereof. H.R. 3315: Ms. SPEIER. Officer thereof. By Ms. WATERS: H.R. 3534: Mr. GALLEGO. By Mr. SWALWELL of California: H.J. Res. 90. H.R. 3545: Mr. SCHRADER and Mr. GONZALEZ H.R. 7185. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of Ohio. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3637: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, cl. 1, To pay debts and H.R. 3795: Mr. TED LIEU of California. Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18; Ar- provide for the common Defense and General H.R. 4104: Mr. MALINOWSKI and Mr. ticle I, Section 9, Clause 7 Welfare of the United States. GOTTHEIMER. By Mr. THOMPSON of California: Article I, Section 8 cl. 3, To regulate Com- H.R. 7186. merce with Foreign Nations, Among the Sev- H.R. 4164: Mrs. WALORSKI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- eral States, and with the Indian Tribes. H.R. 4168: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, cl. 18, To make all MCCOLLUM, and Mr. SWALWELL of Article 1 laws which shall be necessary and proper for California. By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania: carrying into Execution the powers enumer- H.R. 4179: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. H.R. 7187. ated under section 8 and all other Powers BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- vested by the Constitution in the Govern- SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, lation pursuant to the following: ment of the United States, or in any Depart- Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. ment or Officer thereof. ENGEL, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. ESCOBAR, Constitution in that the legislation exercises Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, legislative powers granted to Congress by f Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COHEN, that clause ‘‘to make all Laws which shall be ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HUFFMAN, necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- Mr. COOPER, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. CLAY. cution the foregoing Powers and all other Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 4243: Mr. MORELLE. Powers vested by the Constitution in the were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 4359: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. Government of the United States or any De- tions, as follows: LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SOTO, Ms. partment or Office thereof.’’ SPEIER, Ms. MENG, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- H.R. 51: Mr. KIND. By Mr. TIMMONS: fornia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. DEFAZIO, H.R. 303: Mrs. NAPOLITANO and Mr. GON- H.R. 7188. Mr. TAKANO, Mr. VARGAS, and Mr. PRICE of ZALEZ of Ohio. Congress has the power to enact this legis- North Carolina. H.R. 372: Mr. CASE, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4374: Mr. BACON. bama, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. KILDEE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 4408: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KIND, Mrs. H.R. 463: Mr. FORTENBERRY. By Mr. TIPTON: CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. ROY- H.R. 510: Mrs. LAWRENCE. H.R. 7189. BAL-ALLARD, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. DAVIDS of H.R. 1002: Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Kansas, and Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 1055: Mr. BRINDISI. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4708: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SAR- H.R. 1155: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Article 1, Section 8: ‘‘The Congress shall BANES, and Mrs. LAWRENCE. have the power to provide for the common H.R. 1251: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- sylvania. H.R. 4709: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SAR- defense and general welfare of the United BANES, and Mrs. LAWRENCE. States’’ H.R. 1367: Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HASTINGS, and H.R. 4836: Mr. LYNCH, Ms. DAVIDS of Kan- By Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mex- sas, and Mr. PHILLIPS. ico: Mr. SAN NICOLAS. H.R. 1407: Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WILSON of South H.R. 5046: Mr. WATKINS, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. H.R. 7190. WEXTON, and Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Carolina, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. JOYCE of Penn- H.R. 5138: Mrs. BEATTY. lation pursuant to the following: sylvania, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. H.R. 5221: Mr. KIM. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. BANKS, Mr. H.R. 5297: Mr. GUEST. Constitution NADLER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. H.R. 5416: Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. RUSH, and By Mr. TRONE: STAUBER, Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 7191. Mrs. ROBY, Mr. KELLER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and H.R. 5481: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. COMER. WESTERMAN. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 H.R. 1507: Mr. DOGGETT. H.R. 5531: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. To make all Laws which shall be necessary H.R. 1557: Mr. COURTNEY. H.R. 5552: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. COX of and proper for carrying into Execution the H.R. 1574: Mr. HECK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LAR- California, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- SEN of Washington, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kan- DESAULNIER. ´ ed by this Constitution in the Government of sas. H.R. 5602: Mr. LUJAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. RYAN, the United States, or in any Department or H.R. 1684: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Officer thereof. New York. Ms. DELBENE, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. By Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ: H.R. 1705: Mr. CARBAJAL. HOULAHAN, Mr. BERA, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DAVID H.R. 7192. H.R. 1714: Mr. LARSEN of Washington and SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. DEUTCH. PAPPAS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MCADAMS, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1733: Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 LANGEVIN. ida, and Mrs. BEATTY. The Congress shall have Power to . . . pro- H.R. 1787: Ms. CASTOR of Florida and Mrs. H.R. 5614: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. vide for the . . . general Welfare of the BEATTY. H.R. 5637: Ms. PORTER. United States; . . . H.R. 1975: Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. H.R. 5685: Mr. RIGGLEMAN. By Ms. WATERS: HARTZLER, and Mr. MITCHELL. H.R. 5775: Mr. LARSEN of Washington and H.R. 7193. H.R. 1997: Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. Ms. CRAIG. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ZELDIN, and Mr. PERLMUTTER. H.R. 5777: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2184: Mr. ZELDIN. ESTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S Constitu- H.R. 2350: Ms. DEAN, Mrs. WAGNER, and Mr. OMAR, Ms. PORTER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BROWN of tion. STIVERS. Maryland, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. DAVID By Ms. WATERS: H.R. 2457: Mr. COOPER. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and H.R. 7194. H.R. 2501: Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. KHANNA.

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H.R. 5778: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- H.R. 6825: Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. JACKSON TON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. ESTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. POR- LEE, and Ms. NORTON. CROW, Mr. MAST, Mr. WELCH, Ms. STEFANIK, TER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. H.R. 6848: Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. Ms. CRAIG, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. SAN NICOLAS, and Mr. GREEN of Texas. OMAR, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. PINGREE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. GONZALEZ of H.R. 5779: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- HAYES, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, and Ms. Texas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- ESTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. POR- SCANLON. sissippi, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LUJA´ N, Mr. HURD of TER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. H.R. 6861: Mr. SAN NICOLAS. Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. ROSE of SAN NICOLAS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and Mr. H.R. 6902: Mr. POCAN, Mrs. WATSON COLE- New York, and Ms. DEGETTE. KHANNA. MAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KIND, Mr. H.R. 7094: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. H.R. 5801: Ms. WILD. MFUME, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. H.R. 7096: Mrs. LAWRENCE and Mr. KHANNA. H.R. 5845: Ms. JUDY CHU of California. KILMER, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. H.R. 5986: Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SOTO, Ms. KAP- JAYAPAL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. H.R. 7108: Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota TUR, and Mr. SARBANES. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. MATSUI, and and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. H.R. 5995: Ms. DELAURO, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 7111: Mr. LAMB. and Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 6906: Mr. WELCH, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. H.R. 7120: Mrs. AXNE, Mr. CASE, Mr. CASTEN H.R. 6027: Mr. SOTO. HASTINGS, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. of Illinois, Mr. COOPER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. CRIST, H.R. 6072: Mrs. RADEWAGEN and Ms. CASTOR H.R. 6909: Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOS- of Florida. Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. WATERS, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. TER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. H.R. 6076: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- GRIJALVA, Mr. HIMES, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of JUDY CHU of California. sissippi, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Mr. WELCH. Oklahoma, Mr. KIM, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRK- H.R. 6094: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 6934: Mr. HECK and Mr. MORELLE. PATRICK, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. H.R. 6141: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. H.R. 6956: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. POCAN, and LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LEVIN of Michi- H.R. 6142: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. gan, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. Luja´ n, Mrs. LURIA, H.R. 6143: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 6957: Mr. HASTINGS and Mr. BEYER. Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MORELLE, H.R. 6192: Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio. H.R. 6959: Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. O’HALLERAN, H.R. 6364: Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. BURGESS, and H.R. 6965: Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. QUIGLEY, Miss RICE of Mr. STAUBER. KHANNA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. New York, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SCHNEI- H.R. 6365: Mr. SOTO. JAYAPAL. DER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Mr. H.R. 6394: Mrs. AXNE. H.R. 6966: Mr. SAN NICOLAS and Ms. VARGAS, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. H.R. 6428: Mrs. BUSTOS. SHERRILL. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. WILD, Ms. HOULAHAN, H.R. 6487: Ms. FINKENAUER. H.R. 6976: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia and Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. H.R. 6492: Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. SMITH of Missouri. SPANBERGER, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. HARDER of H.R. 6977: Mr. EMMER, Mr. SMITH of Ne- H.R. 6531: Mr. VAN DREW. California, Mr. RUIZ, and Mr. CUELLAR. H.R. 6556: Mr. MULLIN and Mr. COHEN. braska, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. BACON, and Mr. H.R. 7124: Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 6559: Ms. UNDERWOOD. BRINDISI. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. COHEN. H.R. 6561: Ms. LEE of California. H.R. 6987: Mr. BOST and Mr. POCAN. H.R. 6574: Mr. TURNER. H.R. 6999: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 7125: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. H.R. 6581: Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. OCASIO-COR- H.R. 7015: Mr. KATKO and Mrs. HAYES. H.R. 7129: Ms. HAALAND, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TEZ, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. H.R. 7017: Mr. WALKER. GARCIÁ of Illinois, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. DOGGETT, LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 7023: Mr. KELLER, Mr. BROWN of Mary- Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. SAN NICO- New York, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of land, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Mr. MCGOV- LAS. Georgia, and Ms. PRESSLEY. ERN. H.R. 7130: Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. PENCE, Miss H.R. 6582: Ms. ADAMS. H.R. 7027: Mr. HECK, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N of Puerto Rico, and Mr. H.R. 6621: Mr. STEWART. Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, GRAVES of Louisiana. H.R. 6626: Ms. SPANBERGER. Ms. SCANLON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. H.R. 7134: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. H.R. 6637: Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, and SOTO, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. TLAIB, and Ms. JOHN- LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. PORTER, and Mr. Mr. KILMER. SON of Texas. SAN NICOLAS. H.R. 6639: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 7059: Mr. STIVERS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. New York. MARSHALL, Mr. PETERSON, and Mr. DAVID H.R. 7135: Ms. HAALAND, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ´ H.R. 6644: Ms. CRAIG. SCOTT of Georgia. GARCIA of Illinois, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DEFAZIO, H.R. 6646: Mr. MORELLE and Ms. MENG. H.R. 7061: Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 6660: Mrs. HAYES. Mr. TIPTON, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. MCCAUL, H.R. 7136: Mr. SAN NICOLAS. H.R. 6666: Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. STIVERS, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. MOONEY of H.R. 7143: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. H.R. 6674: Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. West Virginia, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. TLAIB, and Mr. ADAMS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLe RIGGLEMAN, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SMITH of Ne- BEYER. braska, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. SARBANES. H. Con. Res. 100: Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. Mr. COLE, Mr. DUNN, Mr. GRAVES of Lou- H.R. 6680: Mr. RUIZ. WATERS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, isiana, Mr. FLORES, and Mr. KUSTOFF of Ten- H.R. 6696: Mr. CISNEROS. Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CROW, Ms. UIZ ARAMENDI nessee. H.R. 6697: Mr. R and Mr. G . CASTOR of Florida, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. DELAURO, H.R. 6698: Ms. HAALAND. H.R. 7066: Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. COLE, and Mr. CISNEROS. H.R. 6699: Mr. ROUDA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. H. Res. 114: Mr. MULLIN and Mr. GARCIÁ of Ms. CASTOR of Florida. TAYLOR. California. H.R. 6718: Mr. NADLER. H.R. 7070: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire H.R. 6722: Mr. KENNEDY. and Ms. CLARKE of New York. H. Res. 493: Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. COLLINS of H.R. 6726: Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 7071: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. Georgia, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. BISHOp of North H.R. 6742: Mr. TAYLOR. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. CROW, Carolina. H.R. 6753: Mr. COLE and Mr. LUCAS. Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. FITZPATRICK, H. Res. 745: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 6757: Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. CALVERT, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. H. Res. 835: Mr. KHANNA. H.R. 6761: Mr. TAKANO. NEGUSE, and Mr. CRAWFORD. H. Res. 879: Mr. O’HALLERAN and Mr. H.R. 6762: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 7073: Ms. ESHOO and Mr. DESAULNIER. GOSAR. H.R. 6781: Mr. KING of New York. H.R. 7074: Mr. KENNEDY. H.R. 6788: Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, H.R. 7076: Ms. SCHRIER and Ms. CASTOR of H. Res. 931: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. BUSTOS, and Ms. Florida. MOONEY of West Virginia, and Mr. HASTINGS. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico. H.R. 7078: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER and Mrs. H. Res. 960: Mr. GARCIÁ of Illinois and Mr. H.R. 6792: Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. WESTERMAN, BEATTY. CARTWRIGHT. and Mrs. WALORSKI. H.R. 7085: Ms. DELBENE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, H. Res. 966: Ms. MOORE, Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 6793: Ms. JACKSON LEE and Ms. Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. LEVIN of Mississippi, and Mr. GRIJALVA. Michigan, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CASTEN of Illi- SHERRILL. H. Res. 988: Mrs. LEE of Nevada. H.R. 6802: Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. nois, Mr. NEAL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, H. Res. 990: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. COMER, and Mrs. MILLER. Mr. SOTO, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MCCLIN- BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. H.R. 6805: Mr. LOUDERMILK. TOCK, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. POR- GREEN of Texas, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. H.R. 6810: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. TER, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. HASTINGS. LOWENTHAL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. SAN H.R. 6813: Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. COLE, Ms. H.R. 7092: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. NICOLAS, Ms. OMAR, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, BONAMICI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. RASKIN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KEATING, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. MENG, Mr. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. H. Res. 992: Mr. MEEKS. SUOZZI, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Mr. ROUDA. MALINOWSKI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. HORSFORD, H. Res. 994: Mr. MALINOWSKI and Ms. KAP- H.R. 6814: Mr. HUFFMAN and Mr. FOSTER. Mr. COHEN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Ms. NOR- TUR.

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Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 No. 108 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was nesses that a generation ago delivered cover from the pandemic can succeed. called to order by the President pro a death sentence to many Americans. We have confirmed a Special Inspector tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine in 1953 General for Pandemic Recovery. Com- f eradicated the fatal effects of the virus mittees are overseeing the CARES Act, that killed thousands of children in the and Senator CORNYN is crafting meas- PRAYER first half of the 20th century. ures to make sure a second epidemic of The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- I have every confidence that our sci- frivolous lawsuits does not block fered the following prayer: entific community will unlock a vac- schools and colleges from reopening or Let us pray. cine to stop the coronavirus pandemic. employers from rehiring workers. Almighty God, thank You for Your Testing, developing, and reviewing vac- At the same time, the killings of great and precious promises. You have cines take time, but all of that is well Black Americans like George Floyd promised to keep a record of our pain. underway. and Breonna Taylor have accelerated You have promised that no weapon However, there is no time to lose for important conversations. With the formed against us will prosper. You Congress to pass my bipartisan Pre- leadership of Senator SCOTT of South have promised to supply our needs and scription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. Carolina, the Senate is preparing to to surround us with the shield of Your We have the responsibility to ensure add to the conversations surrounding blessings. You have promised to keep that pharmaceutical treatments, law enforcement with our own serious us from stumbling or slipping. therapies, and vaccines are affordable proposal—policies that would take Lord, You have promised that noth- for all Americans facing this pandemic smart steps without attacking the vast ing can separate us from Your love. or any of the future ones. majority of police officers who bravely You have promised to do for us more I yield the floor. do their jobs the right way. Of course there is also a long list of than we can ask or imagine. Great and f legislative priorities which the Senate precious are Your promises. was going to tackle before these new Give our lawmakers confidence in RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME issues materialized. This week, Chair- Your promises as they face these tu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under man INHOFE and the Armed Services multuous times. Sustain them with the previous order, the leadership time Committee have been marking up the Your unfailing love and keep them on is reserved. 60th consecutive National Defense Au- the right path. f thorization Act, which I hope the full We pray in Your matchless Name. Senate will be voting on later this Amen. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER month. f Here on the floor, we have also been The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE considering a landmark bill to protect jority leader is recognized. and preserve our Nation’s public lands The President pro tempore led the f for future generations. Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE In my home State of Kentucky, we I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the know all about the important role that United States of America, and to the Repub- Mr. MCCONNELL. Over the last sev- public lands play in preserving our lic for which it stands, one nation under God, eral weeks, major challenges have physical heritage, providing access for indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. dominated the headlines on a daily outdoor recreation, and sustaining jobs The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROM- basis. Following the sacrifices Ameri- and prosperity in the process. Across NEY). The Senator from Iowa. cans have made to fight the the Commonwealth, outdoor recreation Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask coronavirus, our Nation is gradually supports 120,000 jobs and drives nearly unanimous consent to speak for 1 beginning to reopen. Our economy has $13 billion in consumer spending. From minute in morning business. started adding back jobs. But as some natural wonders like Red River Gorge The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without States are seeing their numbers in- and Mammoth Cave National Park to objection, it is so ordered. crease, the fallout for American work- historic sites like Mill Springs Battle- f ers remains historic, and schools, uni- field and Camp Nelson, Kentuckians versities, and employers are still look- have grown up enjoying our public PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING ing for smart and safe ways to step lands, and we intend to protect them REDUCTION ACT back toward normal. for future generations. Mr. GRASSLEY. The miracles of sci- The Senate is working to ensure that Let me give just one example. As I entific innovation have cleared ill- our efforts to treat, contain, and re- mentioned yesterday, when I came to

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And the way preserve it. legislation earlier this week by an to do that is with comprehensive police With the support of hunters, boaters, overwhelming bipartisan margin. reform legislation in Congress. and outdoorsmen in the Jackson Pur- President Teddy Roosevelt once said House and Senate Democrats have al- chase region, I led the establishment of this about our Nation’s national treas- ready drafted legislation that would the Clarks River National Wildlife Ref- ures: ‘‘We have fallen heirs to the most ban the use of choke holds and other uge. It was a huge step to protect local glorious heritage people ever received, tactics that have taken the lives of species and our treasured Kentucky and each one must do his part if we Black Americans like George Floyd pastimes. This refuge has continued to wish to show that the Nation is worthy and Eric Garner; that would also ban grow over the years. Thanks to the of its good fortune.’’ the use of no-knock warrants in drug Land and Water Conservation Fund I want to thank Senator DAINES and cases, which is one of the reasons for and many willing sellers, it now makes Senator GARDNER for their leadership the death of Breonna Taylor; that thousands of acres available for appre- in making sure that we keep up our would limit the transfer of military ciation, recreation, and tourism. end of the bargain with the generations equipment to police departments; and, Like many public lands, these wild- of Americans who came before us and crucially, that would make it easier to life areas make great neighbors. In a those yet to come. I am also grateful hold police accountable for mis- single year, more than 50 million visi- for Senator ALEXANDER, Senator conduct, as well as institute several re- tors come to America’s wildlife refuges PORTMAN, and our Democratic col- forms to prevent that misconduct in nationwide and spend billions in near- leagues, Senators MANCHIN and WAR- the first place. by communities. NER, for helping to assemble this bipar- The moment does not call for cherry- Decades later, another Kentucky tisan bill. I will be proud to speak for picking one or two things to do; it calls community was looking to safeguard Kentucky and to vote for it. for bold, broad change—whole-scale re- its own natural treasure. The Green I suggest the absence of a quorum. form, not piecemeal reform. I know the River, which flows through Kentucky The PRESIDING OFFICER. The inclination of some of my Senate col- and meets the Ohio River near Hender- clerk will call the roll. leagues would be to cherry-pick a few The senior legislative clerk pro- son County, is one of the most bio- small improvements and say the job is ceeded to call the roll. diverse waterways on the entire con- done. It will not be. We need to start— tinent. I was proud to take the lead Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for start—with the Justice in Policing Act, once again, and alongside strong local a strong, comprehensive bill that peo- supporters and a broad coalition of the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ple, particularly Senators BOOKER and groups, we sent a bill to President objection, it is so ordered. HARRIS, the CBC, spent a lot of time Trump, and he signed it into law. We with experts who have studied this welcomed the Interior Secretary to f issue for many, many months and Western Kentucky last year to cut the RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY years. ribbon on the Green River National LEADER For too long, when major issues wash Wildlife Refuge. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The over the country, the waves of change But Kentuckians know that ribbon Democratic leader is recognized. and progress crash against the rocks of cuttings are just the beginning. Our f a disinterested Republican Senate ma- State has newly designated public jority. lands that need attention to get off the JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT When Americans watched in horror ground. We have well-established pub- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, the as another spate of mass shootings lic lands that have opportunities to killings of George Floyd, Breonna Tay- rocked the Nation, they rose up and de- grow and improve, and we have places lor, and Ahmaud Arbery catapulted the manded change. President Trump and like the Daniel Boone National Forest, issues of racial justice, police violence, Senate Republicans initially tried to established more than 80 years ago, and systemic racism to the forefront of make the right noises. Leader MCCON- that need our careful attention and up- this Nation’s conscience. These issues NELL promised that a debate on ex- keep. are not new. Some are even older than panding background checks would be This legislation before the Senate the Nation itself. The anger felt by ‘‘front and center’’ in the Senate after will help all of them. It will help us re- hundreds of thousands of protestors is shootings in Dayton and El Paso, but, pair levees at the Clarks River Na- about that historical and pervasive in- predictably, that debate never came to tional Wildlife Refuge. It will also help justice. It is rooted in our decades-long pass. our two wildlife refuges continue to failure to reform police departments That seems to be the M.O. of our Re- grow. It will help Mill Springs Battle- and the yawning gap between our ideal publican friends. When there is a na- field and Camp Nelson continue to of equal justice under law and the re- tional crisis, major issues, people in teach the history of emancipation and ality of equal justice for only some. the streets worried and concerned and the Civil War to new generations. It America is an experiment. The wanting change, we hear words, and will help us make infrastructure up- Founding Fathers said that. We know then the strategy is delay and, at the grades at Mammoth Cave National it deep in our bones. An experiment end, do nothing. We cannot go through Park for the safety of 2 million annual means you can change, and some of the these same motions again. visitors. It will help enhance the Land best observers of the difference—I This is about the original sin of Between the Lakes and its $600 million think de Tocqueville was one of these— America that we must try to deal with economic impact. It will fund transpor- of America and the difference between head-on. There are Americans in the tation and structural maintenance in us and other countries—we are willing streets, shouting at the top of their the Daniel Boone National Forest, to change. lungs for change, young people, ideal- which supports more than 900 jobs. It I am touched and moved—I was with istic people—the best of America. The will help us rehabilitate the Cum- the demonstrators on Saturday in New Senate must pursue comprehensive re- berland Gap and give future Americans York, in Brooklyn—by how many peo- form, not the lowest common denomi- the opportunity to literally follow in ple were there—great diversity—and nator and certainly not more empty the footsteps of our early explorers. how many were young and idealistic rhetorical resolutions. Kentucky is proud of our public and doing things for just the right rea- f lands. We are proud of the role our nat- sons—not selfish reasons but for the ural inheritance plays in our vibrant betterment of the country, to make us CORONAVIRUS present and our promising future. Of a more perfect union. Mr. SCHUMER. Of course, there is course, we are only just one State. We must seize this moment. We can- another crisis in the country crying Every one of my Senate colleagues has not let it pass. This isn’t about simply out for action and leadership.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11JN6.002 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2903 The COVID–19 pandemic didn’t go nomic hit from the coronavirus on the least get the straight story. Let’s at away while the Nation rightfully chin, but Senate Republicans, led by least hear witnesses who might have turned its eyes to issues of racial jus- Leader MCCONNELL, are reportedly un- something different to say. This is not tice. willing to consider another emergency a dictatorship. This is not how courts Yesterday, the United States eclipsed relief bill until late July. How many or hearings are supposed to work, I 2 million cases of coronavirus. Another more workers will lose their jobs be- would say to the Republican chairman, 1.5 million Americans filed for unem- tween now and late July? How many and it is beneath his dignity and the ployment this week. Federal Reserve renters will be kicked out of their dignity of the body to conduct such officials—sober, nonpolitical—are pre- homes between now and late July? How sham, kangaroo court hearings. dicting that, best case, we will end the many State and local government I yield the floor. year around 10 percent unemploy- workers will lose their jobs, as State f ment—a staggering figure. One out of and local governments meet their every 10. budget deadlines on July 1 and don’t CONCLUSION OF MORNING The disease is spiking in a number of have the dollars to deal with them? BUSINESS States around the country. Arizona of- How many of them will lose their jobs? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BAR- ficials have warned that its hospitals Waiting until late July is callous, it is RASSO). Morning business is closed. could be filled by next month. Texas cold, and it is wrong for our economy. has gone 3 straight days with record f f numbers of hospitalizations. North LEGISLATIVE SESSION Carolina, New Mexico, California, Or- NOMINATIONS egon, and several other States are ex- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, the periencing a resurgence or peak levels Republican majority seems to have a TAXPAYER FIRST ACT OF 2019— of COVID–19. whole lot of time to push rightwing Resumed As the President continues to fixate judges. That is what they want to do The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under on the stock market and Senate Re- next week. And both of the judges that the previous order, the Senate will republicans are prematurely ready to de- they nominate—to show the hypocrisy sume consideration of H.R. 1957, which clare victory, we need to wrest the of those who talk about wanting to the clerk will report. focus back to these crucial issues. So help and compare it to their actions, The senior assistant legislative clerk today I am requesting that Dr. Fauci both of those judges have an antipathy read as follows: and Dr. Birx and other members of the to our healthcare law. In the middle of administration’s Coronavirus Task a public healthcare crisis, the Repub- A bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and im- Force conduct a briefing for Demo- lican majority thinks they can get cratic Senators on the recent spikes prove the Internal Revenue Service, and for away with stuff like this, but they other purposes. and do it next week. We need to under- can’t. Americans are catching on. One Pending: stand why these spikes are happening of the nominees, Cory Wilson, has an and how to adapt our national re- alarming record on voting rights in the McConnell (for Gardner) amendment No. sponse. 1617, in the nature of a substitute. middle of a national reckoning on ra- The President—always interested in McConnell amendment No. 1626 (to amend- himself, not in the good of the coun- cial injustice, and you are all going to ment No. 1617), to change the enactment try—was too quick to sideline the vote for him? This guy has opposed date. Coronavirus Task Force, too eager to voting rights, and you are going to McConnell amendment No. 1627 (to amend- pretend that everything was back to vote for him. They oppose healthcare. ment No. 1626), of a perfecting nature. You are going to vote for them. And McConnell amendment No. 1628 (to the lan- normal and better than ever. The coun- guage proposed to be stricken by amendment try needs Dr. Fauci on billboards, but then they are going to give nice speeches on how they want equality. No. 1617), to change the enactment date. the President wants to put him on a McConnell amendment No. 1629 (to amend- milk carton. The two have to add up together. ment No. 1628), of a perfecting nature. The Vice President yesterday was f McConnell motion to commit the bill to photographed with campaign staffers ELECTION SECURITY the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- in a tight space, no social distancing, sources, with instructions, McConnell without anyone wearing a mask. The Mr. SCHUMER. The Republican ma- amendment No. 1630, to change the enact- very least the administration could do jority also seems to have time to chase ment date. McConnell amendment No. 1631 (to (the in- is lead by example and often cannot all of President Trump’s wild conspiracy theories about how he was structions) amendment No. 1630), of a per- even manage that much. fecting nature. At the same time, we cannot forget wronged by law enforcement—the poor, beleaguered President Trump. My McConnell amendment No. 1632 (to amend- that the issues of racial justice and ment No. 1631), of a perfecting nature. COVID–19 are intricately related. The goodness. That is what is happening in Judiciary today. Republican Majority The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- COVID–19 pandemic disproportionately ator from South Dakota. kills Black Americans. Communities of Leader MCCONNELL can devote time to that, but they can’t commit to time on (The remarks of Mr. THUNE per- color have less access to quality taining to the introduction of S. 3938 healthcare, greater food insecurity, the floor about how Black Americans are printed in today’s RECORD under greater percentages of poverty, and a are being wronged by law enforcement. ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and disproportionate number of our front- In order to bring a small appearance Joint Resolutions.’’) line essential workers—41.2 percent— of fairness to this ridiculous Judiciary Mr. THUNE. I yield the floor. are African American and Latino. The Committee vote today, Democrats will The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- majority of African Americans are be requesting subpoenas for Trump ator from Washington. renters and dedicate more than 50 per- campaign associates like Michael Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask cent of their income to rent. Cohen, Rick Gates, George The truth is, an emergency bill on Papadopoulos, and Michael Flynn, unanimous consent to speak as in COVID–19 is a racial justice issue too. among others. These men have at one morning business. Hazard pay for essential workers is a time or another pled guilty to offenses The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without racial justice issue too. Healthcare is a related to Putin’s interference in the objection, it is so ordered. racial justice issue too. Rent assistance election. Let’s hear what they have to PROTESTS and forbearance from eviction is a ra- say, or should this be just a one-sided Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, it has cial justice issue too. These are all kangaroo court to please President been 17 days since Minneapolis police items that must be discussed in an- Trump? murdered George Floyd; 90 days since other COVID relief bill, and it is past If the Republican conspiracy caucus police in Louisville, KY, killed time to get to work. wants to waste the Senate’s time Breonna Taylor, who would have African Americans, Latinos, and dredging up old conspiracy theories turned 27 just days ago; and 109 days other minorities are taking the eco- about the previous election, let’s at since Ahmaud Arbery was killed by

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An- anger and grief we have seen on display warrants in Federal drug cases and pro- other Black leader in Seattle shared in streets across the country. We know vide strong incentives to State and with me how absolutely critical it is that these protests are not only about local governments to do the same. It that Black and other underserved com- unjust tragedies. They are also about would strengthen transparency of po- munities have access to COVID–19 test- Tony McDade, Sandra Bland, Mike licing through data, like creating a na- ing and healthcare during this ongoing Brown, Atatiana Jefferson, Walter tional police misconduct registry to pandemic, that these were both impor- Scott, Philando Castile, Aiyana Stan- prevent misconduct from being swept tant, and that it isn’t an either/or prop- ley-Jones, and Tamir Rice, as well as under the rug and requiring the Fed- osition. Manny Ellis, Charleena Lyles, and Che eral Government to finally begin na- That people are rushing to the Taylor, from my home State of Wash- tional tracking of incidences of use of streets to make their voices heard in ington. There are countless Black peo- force. the middle of a global health emer- ple and people of color whose vast ma- It would limit the transfer of mili- gency underscores how serious this mo- jority of names we don’t know whose tary-grade equipment to State and ment in our country is and highlights lives have been unfairly taken. local law enforcement, as well as steps the depths of the injustices baked into Even more important, these protests to restore and build on many of the po- our systems at every level. This means are driven by people, including many licing reform efforts initiated during that during this unprecedented public young people, who are justifiably sick the Obama administration. None of health emergency, we must prioritize and tired of the systemic racism behind these policies should be controversial equity in our response, including en- those killings that is deeply woven for any of us here in the Senate, Demo- suring that we are collecting the nec- throughout the fabric of our democracy crat or Republican. We have all seen essary demographic data to target our and our history and rightly believe we the same egregious violence and the efforts toward those most in need and are not moving forward nearly fast same abuses of power from police in using this data to aggressively address enough. the communities we represent—com- disparities; making sure critical sup- I know this is true in my home State munities whose safety should be our plies like testing kits and PPEs are of Washington, where according to data priority. It is undeniable that change is getting to our hardest hit commu- compiled by the Mapping Police Vio- not only necessary but long overdue, nities, which is not happening consist- lence database, between 2013 and 2019, and there is absolutely no reason this ently and is contributing to Black and Black people were more than three body shouldn’t be able to take up these Brown communities suffering dis- times more likely to be killed by po- straightforward vital steps and pass proportionately from the health and lice. It is beyond clear that the dis- them immediately. economic impacts of this virus; not to proportionate impact of police violence Now, I don’t think Senators HARRIS mention planning now for equitable on Black communities—as well as or BOOKER or any of us cosponsoring distribution of a safe and effective vac- other communities of color—is not the bill think this is a panacea or a so- cine. some accident, and it speaks to a rot lution to all of the longstanding prob- More broadly, the protests are a pas- that is deep in the design of our Na- lems the last few weeks have laid bare, sionate call for meaningful change in tion. I come to the floor today because but this is action that we can start our systems and institutions to combat our Nation has to change, because the taking now to begin ensuring justice the status quo of racism and anti- people are demanding it, and I believe and accountability in our laws and in Blackness that stains our democracy. each of us, especially those of us privi- our law enforcement and, hopefully, In order to make the right policy and leged enough to serve in the U.S. Sen- help put us on a path to begin to heal resource decisions to help us change ate, is responsible for being a part of our Nation’s deep wounds. America for the better and move to- the solution. While we need to pass legislation to ward a more just and peaceful future, It has been more than 2 weeks since address police brutality, we can’t stop it is critical that we all try to stand in George Floyd’s murder, and we are still there. The Justice in Policing Act is the shoes of those demanding change seeing protests across the country in the first of many steps we need to take and hear what they are saying from the towns big and small, in urban and rural in Congress to help reset our Nation’s perspective of their life experience, not areas. More importantly, they don’t moral compass. It isn’t lost on me—the solely of our own, because like I have seem to be stopping. More and more massive uprising of peaceful protests heard recently in my conversations people are getting engaged and learn- against police brutality we have seen with Black Washingtonians, it is not ing and listening and signaling. We in recent days—that it is happening that these are new ideas or proposals, have a real opportunity to make while many of our States are still but that as a Nation we haven’t paid change in our country. I believe strong- working overtime to address the im- nearly enough attention to the pro- ly this is a problem we can start to pacts of the COVID–19 pandemic and to found grievances Black people have solve today, and we have policies to do keep people safe as we reopen commu- been raising for a long time. it. nities. What I hear is people crying out for One major step we can take is by Over the last couple of weeks, I have this country to live up to its values, passing the legislation offered this been in contact with Black leaders and saying it is time for all of us, espe- week by Senators HARRIS and BOOKER. activists on the ground back home, and cially elected officials, to listen and I thank them for their moral leader- I have heard over and over again about act by reinvesting in supporting our ship on so many challenges but espe- the connection between the racism at communities, rather than allowing law cially this week with the introduction the heart of the policing of Black com- enforcement to be an unaccountable, of the Justice in Policing Act. Their munities and the disproportionate im- militarized nonanswer to perfectly un- legislation would, among other things, pact of COVID–19 on them and their derstandable calls for better reform qualified immunity that is an families, and, more importantly, how healthcare, better schools, and real antiquated judicial doctrine that has traumatizing multilayered challenges safety. kept so many officers from being held like these can be for Black people in It means not only addressing the rac- accountable for violating Americans’ our lives who deal with these injustices ism and police violence in our national constitutional rights. It would ban the day in and day out. COVID–19 response but also in how we use of choke holds and carotid holds For instance, one Black civil rights address maternal mortality, which dis- and make Federal funds available only leader in southwest Washington told proportionately impacts Black women for State and local departments com- me how their community has had a and families; and access to healthcare

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Our focus yesterday, our Senate Education Com- Black and Brown communities that must be on the painstaking work to ac- mittee held a hearing on going back to have suffered some of the worst im- tually address the deep, systemic rac- school safely—a subject on the minds pacts of growing pollution; in how we ism in our country, which continues to of tens of millions of American fami- work to close the gender pay gap that create these moments of understand- lies—since today two-thirds of married has Black and Latina women hardest; able despair. parents both work outside the home, and in how we ensure equity of re- I am going to keep listening to the and they have children. The children sources and opportunity and quality in people who are at the forefront of these are ready to go back to school, and the our schools and our colleges and our movements, including leaning on the parents are even more ready for them universities; and much, much more. work that has already been done to to go back to school. Now, none of this will happen over- help reimagine our Nation’s approach Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- night, but it is important that we start to public safety, working to redirect sent to have printed in the RECORD fol- the work now to dismantle systemic taxpayer dollars towards community lowing my remarks this morning my racism if we ever want to make justice resources that invest in the health, opening statement from that hearing. and equality realities instead of dis- safety, and security of Black people The commissioner of education from tant ideas. and others who have been historically Tennessee—and I know that the Pre- There is also another big piece. I overlooked, and acting, not just talk- siding Officer, while he is a proud Sen- would be remiss if I didn’t mention it. ing, to keep our momentum and efforts ator from Florida, also knows a little I want to talk about something that I on this front progressing forward. bit about Tennessee, having lived and so many people across this coun- I am so glad I have been able to con- there—was one of our witnesses there. try—especially White people, who don’t nect with leaders in Washington State She said: We want children to do live every day feeling the impacts per- on these issues. As an elected leader, I things. We want them to be safe, but sonally—are grappling with right now, know I have to keep stepping up and we want them to thrive. That is the sense I got from all of the which is the part of this work that amp up these necessary voices. Even witnesses yesterday, which includes isn’t about our systems or our institu- though our country is at a crossroads— the Denver school superintendent; a tions. It is about looking inward. perhaps the most perilous one we have national representative of education, Far too often the fear of finding out faced in recent memory—we have an Dr. Benjamin; and it included the com- that you have been wrong or com- opportunity for real progress right missioner of education for the State of pletely misunderstood closes us off now. I feel it in the demands for change Nebraska, who is also the head of the from honest self-reflection and growth. coming from the streets and on social Chief State School Officers. We can’t let it. Let’s be clear: Change media. I feel it in the energy, the resil- Anyone who looks at the children in in our own hearts and our own minds ience, and the courage of civil rights America today knows they need to go and in our communities is as funda- leaders on the ground in Washington State. And I feel it in the Justice in back to school. They have been out for mental and essential to truly over- 5 to 6 months now. This is a time when coming racism in our country as re- Policing Act. In closing, I hope every single Sen- we are especially concerned in our forming policies and systems. country, and our attention is focused Instead of letting fear of getting it ator in this Chamber will join Senators HARRIS, BOOKER, and myself in cospon- on racial injustice, on problems that wrong lead to inaction or complacency, minority families and minority chil- I urge you to let it motivate you to lis- soring this critical legislation and getting it signed and on the books as dren have. The single best thing we ten and to learn because we all have could do to help minority children and more to do. I am personally committed quickly as possible. I challenge each of my colleagues and all of us to commit minority families is to help them go to doing more. We all need to play a back to school safely in August and role in this work, especially our Na- ourselves to a fairer, more compassionate vision for our future. September. tion’s leaders, which is why it is so Any teacher can tell you and most frustrating that next week, instead of Some will say that nothing will change or can change, that we are parents can tell you that emotional, addressing the profoundly urgent intellectual, and physical damage to issues we are hearing about from lit- stuck to live out this historical loop of racial intolerance in perpetuity. But, children has been caused by being out erally all corners of this country, the of school since March, and that will Senate will be working toward con- as Seattle-based writer Ijeoma Oluo reminds us, ‘‘you don’t have to pretend continue to be the case until they re- firming a personal friend of the major- open in August. Articles have talked ity leader’s to a lifetime judicial nomi- to be free of racism to be an anti-racist . . . [a]nti-racism is the commitment about 50 percent learning deficits. We nation—and very little else. I refuse to have that every summer when children accept this, and we all should. to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only are away from school. Teachers in the I also haven’t mentioned the Presi- fall know they have to catch back up. dent of the United States yet. Before I way forward.’’ As a country, let’s commit to fight It has also shown us the limits, as do, I want to make one thing really well as the benefits, of remote learn- racism in our laws and systems. As in- clear: He is not the cause of all this in- ing. My daughter has three young sons, dividuals, let’s commit to fight racism justice; he is the symptom. And we, all two of them in school. She said they in ourselves and in our communities. of us, are the only cure. Instead of ris- have had it about up to here with re- ing to try to unify the country, the This is the work before all of us. As a voice for my State and as some- mote learning, even though they are in President has shown more interest in one committed to forming a more per- a very good public school system. fanning the flames of divisiveness and fect union for everyone, I intend to There are limits as to what you can making dangerous, unconstitutional work for justice every day until it ar- learn remotely. Teachers aren’t trained threats to intimidate into silence and to teach remotely. In many parts of rives. suppress these vital protests. I yield the floor. our country, broadband isn’t sufficient To see this President at the helm of I suggest the absence of a quorum. to allow students to learn remotely. our country in this moment is tragic The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Teachers haven’t made lesson plans to and frightening. But try as he might, SCOTT of Florida). teach remotely, so they have to change the President cannot simply dismiss The clerk will call the roll. the whole way they go about teaching. the legitimate anger on display in Se- The legislative clerk proceeded to So much of the children being home attle or Tacoma or Spokane or across call the roll. affects homeschooling. Homeschooling the country at the pervasive and crush- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I is a good thing for parents who are able ing impact of racism on Black people ask unanimous consent that the order to do that, but homeschooling is hard. and other people of color. for the quorum call be rescinded. It takes a lot of time. If you are in a For generations, we have seen in our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without family, as two-thirds of married fami- newspapers and on our televisions and objection, it is so ordered. lies are, where you are both working

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Some of those children—many of whom get one or who are more subject to being told that will need to be flexible are the two meals a day at school—we need to what to do. So we have a setting where States, the Federal Government, and go back to school as a country. When we should be able to create commu- the unions with their rules and regula- we do—when 100,000 public schools and nities—there are 100,000 public schools, tions. Colleges have a lot of flexibility 36,000 private schools, 55 million chil- as I said—little communities that are in rearranging class schedules, class dren go back to school and 20 million among the safest in our country. On sizes, and class times. Schools have a students go back to the college—that the other hand, little children may lot less because they have State rules will be the surest step toward regain- have a difficult time wearing masks. and union rules that restrict what they ing the rhythm of American life that They aren’t the best at hygiene. Chil- can do. They need some flexibility so we can have. That would show we are dren go home every day; they may they can reschedule. Then there is the question of money. actually going back toward normal. come back and forth bringing germs It will be another year before we get Just as we say we want children to be with them. safe, we want them to learn, there are to normal. I think we all understand We have those basics that I talked two arguments on behalf of more that. We are going at warp speed to about—plus, testing. What we know money from the Federal Government. find a new vaccine. We are building about testing is that we have the ca- manufacturing plants for vaccines be- One would be Federal spending to help pacity to do about 10 million tests a fore we even know that they work. We them learn. Generally, that is the re- month this month, according to Admi- have never done that before. In fact, sponsibility of State and local govern- ral Giroir, the Assistant Secretary of there has probably never been a time in ments. They spend about 90 percent of Health. He says we will have a 40 to 50 our history where we had more sci- that. million test capacity by the time we go entific brainpower in this world de- In our first COVID–19 bill, the Fed- back to school in August, September. voted toward a specific target than we eral Government was generous with That is four to five times as many as do right now at trying to increase the schools, recognizing that we shut down we have today. number of fast, rapid, accurate diag- the economy, and then that shut down What is going on now is that in Flor- nostic tests, the number of treatments the schools, and that caused a lot of ex- ida and in Tennessee—every State is to reduce the effects of COVID–19, and pensive problems. The Federal Govern- making its plan for the tests that it a vaccine for COVID–19. We probably ment supplied $23 billion, and Ten- needs and sending it to the admiral. have never had so many scientists in nessee got about $260 million for just They are working on it together. If the the world working on a single project K–12 schools. There was another slug of State has needs the State can’t deal like that. We will probably have good money for colleges, and then there was with, the Federal Government helps results, but it will take a while. $150 billion for States. As the Presiding All of the plans that are being with that. In our second month of that Officer knows, a big part of the State made—and we heard about them yes- kind of relationship, that seems to be budget—30 to 40 percent—goes to edu- terday—will take a whole year. In the working pretty well. cation. So my thinking is that a part next semester, we will have more tests, I know that in Tennessee, which is of that $150 billion—$23 billion we have we will have more treatments, we will 11th among all the States in terms of already allocated for K–12 and the $25 have more contact tracers, and there testing per capita, the Governor’s billion that we allocated to testing, should be, hopefully, the beginning of motto is, if in doubt, get a test. You which could include contact tracers, vaccines, but our plan should be for a can go to the local public health de- some of which could be a part of year. partment and get one in 5 minutes. It schools—should help pay for keeping How do you make sure the schools takes 2, 3 days to get the result, but schools safe enough to reopen. are safe? The formula is pretty simple, there are no delays. Anybody who If there is more money, we need to be although it is not as simple in its ap- wants it can get it. That has created an open to that, I think, here in the Fed- plication. The things that we know environment where everybody feels eral Government, but not before we see work are, No. 1, staying apart some more comfortable. If they are worried whether it is really needed. distance; No. 2, washing your hands; about COVID–19, if they don’t want to The Tennessee commissioner—and I and No. 3, wearing a mask. go home and see their older relatives or put a lot of stock in her thinking. Be- In colleges, that will be easy because their spouse, if they wonder if they are cause Tennessee is a conservative colleges have more space. In fact, they sick, they can go get a test. State, it doesn’t spend a lot of money, are big wasters of space. They usually So tests should be available for the has no debt, a big rainy day fund, low don’t teach in the morning or in the schools. taxes—a lot like Florida. She esti- evening or on Saturday or in the sum- We will have to be careful and recog- mates that it will cost about $1.5 mil- mer, and colleges can spread out and nize that the way schools open will lion per school district, with the aver- create smaller classes. There are more vary by community. There are many age school district being about $3,500, lectures. You can do lectures more eas- counties in Nebraska, the commis- in her words, to provide the things the ily. sioner of Nebraska said yesterday, school districts need to reopen safely. You can have a culture of mask- where there is not a single case of Those are things like more sanitizing wearing—as President Mitch Daniels of COVID–19. So on his dial of green to equipment, barriers that separate chil- Purdue University testified the week red in terms of school opening, they dren in the lunchroom or maybe even before—at colleges. I think colleges would be very green and wouldn’t have in class, extra money for busing be- will have an easier time than schools. to do much in response to the COVID– cause when you create a lot of new In addition to that, we know that, 19 in terms of changing the way they classes, a lot of new schedules, you unfortunately, COVID–19 affects older operate. On the other hand, in Omaha, may have to change the bus schedules, people. In Tennessee, for example, 5 NE, it might be different. In Nashville, and that will cost more than most percent of the cases of COVID–19 are in it might be different. In New York City things. So it is about $1.5 million. nursing homes, and nearly 40 percent of or Phoenix, it might be different. I will be very interested to see how the deaths are in nursing homes. The The Denver school superintendent much of the money we have already ap- same is true in other States. COVID–19 talked about perhaps having children propriated or how much of the money affects younger people a lot less. Dr. come for 2 or 3 days a week on alter- that we have appropriated that is very Fauci has warned us not to be cavalier nate days in order to have smaller inflexible and might be made more about that, but the truth is, younger classes and about having extra time for flexible for Governors to use just for people seem not to be as affected by disabled children or children from opening schools safely and whether we COVID–19. homes where they have less support, need to add any more.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11JN6.010 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2907 I think it is in our interest to make some of them being left with remote Restructuring classrooms and extra- sure that principals and school boards learning that doesn’t help and devel- curricular activities Providing meal services in a safe way know that they will have sufficient oping a learning gap that will leave Making sure the school has gloves, masks, funds to open 100,000 public schools them at a disadvantage for the rest of and other protective equipment safely, because school administrators, their lives. Protecting students and adults in the with all respect, sometimes are a little As we look at all of the issues we school buildings who are at a higher risk. bit conservative and reluctant to take have to deal with, I hope we include ap- To accomplish this, schools will also need risks. If there is the excuse that ‘‘We propriate steps to put limits on liabil- to create a strategy for testing and tracing don’t have enough money to open safe- ity, at least as a result of the COVID– students who may have been exposed. You want your school’s testing needs to be in ly,’’ they may just say ‘‘Let’s keep up 19 experience. your state plan. with remote learning.’’ I think we are There being no objection, the mate- The availability of widespread testing will about up to here with remote learning rial was ordered to be printed in the allow schools to identify teachers and stu- in most places in the country. It is es- RECORD, as follows: dents who have the virus or have been ex- pecially not good for the youngest chil- [June 10, 2020] posed to it and trace their contacts. Widespread testing not only helps contain dren and for children who are from dis- COVID–19: GOING BACK TO SCHOOL SAFELY advantaged families or low-income the disease; it builds confidence that the A May 28 story in the Memphis Commer- school is safe. Fortunately, U.S. Assistant families. I think it is important to get cial Appeal about schools planning for the Secretary for Health Admiral Brett Giroir the country going. It is good for the 2020–2021 school year included a bittersweet says there will be 40–50 million tests avail- children and it is good for the parents image—a young girl reaching her hand out able per month by September. That is 4–5 to make sure that schools have suffi- to touch a teacher, who is standing in line to times today’s number—and today’s number cient funds to reopen safely. welcome students to the first day of school is twice as many as any other country. It was a very good hearing yesterday. in 2019. As the Commercial Appeal reporter Dr. Francis Collins, who led the Human I thank the witnesses for their partici- writes: ‘‘The first day of school in August Genome Project, now leads a competitive 2019 would flunk 2020’s course on social pation. It was all remote, even for all ‘‘shark tank’’ enterprise at the National In- distancing.’’ stitutes of Health to discover new ways to of the Senators. Today’s hearing is about how we reopen conduct tens of millions of additional accu- We will have another hearing next schools safely this fall—that means teachers rate tests with quick results. week on telehealth. We have had to welcoming students back without hugs or Schools’ COVID–19 plans should last for at cram 10 years of experience into 3 high fives. least a year: The government is pursuing months to learn about telehealth, The opening of schools in 2020 is not going vaccines at warp speed, but no one expects telework, and telelearning. While this to look like 2019. one by August. has been a very painful way to learn a But today’s witnesses will talk about their In the second half of the school year, work to help 56 million students from kin- schools should be able to provide more tests, lesson, we should take advantage of dergarten to 12th grade go back to the 100,000 more treatments, better contact tracing and these lessons because, as we will find public schools and 34,000 private schools in we should have vaccines. It will likely be the out in our hearing next week on tele- the fall as safely as possible. Fall of 2021 before school life approaches nor- health, we have gone from almost none In doing so, they will help our country mal. of it to seeing that 40 or 50 percent of take its surest step toward normalcy. There are several reasons schools have an the physician-patient visits are done Witnesses: advantage in providing a safe environment remotely. If that were to turn out to Dr. Penny Schwinn, Commissioner of Edu- for students and faculty: The first reason is that younger people be, over the long term, 15 or 20 percent, cation, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN have been less hurt by COVID–19, although that would produce a massive oppor- Dr. Matthew Blomstedt, Commissioner of Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned against tunity for change in the way we deliver Education, Nebraska Department of Edu- ‘‘cavalierly’’ assuming that young people are medical services in the country. cation, Lincoln, NE not at risk. The Centers for Disease Control The one other thing I would mention Ms. Susana Cordova, Superintendent, Den- and Prevention says it is ‘‘investigating re- is that I heard about liability yester- ver Public Schools, Denver, CO ports of multisystem inflammatory syn- day. Colleges and the schools I have John B. King, Jr., President and CEO, The drome in children (MIS–C) associated with talked to want to be included in what- Education Trust, Washington, DC coronavirus disease.’’ The question for governors, school dis- Second, schools are generally small com- ever the Federal Government does to munities that are closely supervised and make sure that teachers and adminis- tricts, teachers and parents is not whether schools should reopen—but how. monitored. Third, outbreaks can be traced— trators and schools and universities are Any teacher can explain the risk of emo- if a child becomes sick, that child’s class- appropriately protected from lawsuits tional, intellectual and social damage if a mates can be tested. Fourth, individual as a result of the COVID–19 epidemic. child misses a school year. schools can close to control the spread of the As long as they meet a standard of Schools need to assess how this year’s dis- virus—while other schools remain open. care that is reasonable, they should ruption has affected our children and get Schools are not unfamiliar with outbreaks of not have to worry about being liable if student learning back on track. flu and other illnesses that have resulted in the temporary closure of individual schools a child who is 8 years old forgets to At our hearing last week on the reopening of colleges, we heard about a variety of to prevent further spread. wear a mask, coughs on another child, But school environments pose challenges and that child goes home and makes strategies that colleges are using to help keep classrooms and campuses safe, includ- as well: First, there’s not much extra space in a k– Grandma sick and Grandma sues the ing keeping class sizes small so students can 12 school to enable distancing—whereas school. stay 6 feet apart, creating campus-wide poli- there’s a lot of extra space on most college Teachers are always worried about li- cies for wearing masks, and rigorous hygiene campuses. ability. The teachers’ unions often use improvements. Second, school administrators face more As with colleges, k–12 schools’ plans will liability insurance as one of the major rigid rules as a result of state and local regu- vary for each community and will also de- incentives to join the unions. Many lations and contracts with teachers’ unions, pend on the prevalence of the virus in the States, like my State, provide tort li- so making changes to the academic calendar, fall. ability for teachers. class times and class sizes are more difficult. I think we need to make sure that The goals for schools working to reopen Third, creating a mask-wearing culture is are fundamentally the same as the colleges here in the Senate, as we consider any harder with young children. Seeing facial ex- we heard from last week: social distancing, pressions is also important for young chil- additional legislation that has to do aggressive hygiene practices, face masks with COVID–19, we include colleges and dren—they learn to socialize and self-regu- where appropriate, and then a system of late, so obscuring faces with masks prohibits we include schools. We received a let- testing and contact tracing. some learning for early elementary school- ter from all of the colleges from the In order to accomplish those goals, it’s aged children. American Council on Education spe- clear that school boards, superintendents Fourth, rigorous hygiene isn’t always easy cifically asking us to do that. Other- and principals need to be focused on: with children. wise, we might discourage schools and Creating an environment where students Fifth, children go home at night, poten- and teachers can socially distance colleges from opening. If we discourage tially exposing older adults. Making modifications to the school year Sixth, even systematic testing of children schools from opening, that leaves chil- calendar and daily schedule is a lot of tests. dren sometimes home alone, some- Preparing to integrate more distance Today 91.3 percent of families with chil- times home without being educated, learning dren have at least one parent employed, and

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We are driven by a deep need to solve here today to pass it so that this It’s also the place where almost 30 million lift one another, to discover break- generation of American doers and students receive a school lunch—more than throughs that will lead to the better- dreamers and their children can propel 70 percent of those students qualify for free ment of all of mankind. us forward and win the 21st century. or reduced-priced meals. And among the most powerful allies Here is how and why we should act. Administrators have a responsibility to we have in accomplishing this are The Endless Frontier Act would bol- make our schools among the safest small science and research and the innova- ster U.S. leadership in science and tech communities this fall. tions that they fuel. innovation and boldly increase pre- In doing so, they will help our country In the 20th century, Vannevar Bush take its surest steps toward normalcy. market investment in emerging tech. Mr. ALEXANDER. I yield the floor. beautifully captured the essence of the It will provide $100 billion in stra- I suggest the absence of a quorum. American culture of discovery and in- tegic investment in the National The PRESIDING OFFICER. The novation. He first coined the memo- Science Foundation to bolster science clerk will call the roll. rable term ‘‘endless frontier.’’ Bush, and technology research and develop- The legislative clerk proceeded to you see, was a visionary, an unsung ment. call the roll. hero of World War II. He was the man It will deliver $10 billion to establish Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I ask who saw the importance of science and regional tech hubs across the country unanimous consent that the order for discovery in defeating the Axis Powers. to launch innovative companies, revive the quorum call be rescinded. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s American manufacturing, and create The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. unofficial science adviser, he initiated new jobs to jump start our local communities. And in the coming years, it FISCHER). Without objection, it is so the Manhattan Project and ensured ordered. that it received top priority from the will strengthen American power, in- Mr. DAINES. I would suggest the ab- highest levels of government. crease American prosperity, and carry sence of a quorum. Later, in his 1945 report to the Presi- on America’s never-ending quest to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dent, entitled ‘‘Science: The Endless continuously improve the world clerk will call the roll. Frontier,’’ Bush called for an expansion through innovation. The bill clerk proceeded to call the of public support for science and paved Let us pass this act. If we do, another roll. the way for the creation of the Na- endless frontier will be before us, and Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, I ask tional Science Foundation. He believed with it, a stronger, freer, more pros- unanimous consent that the order for that America’s security and prosperity perous nation, and a world in which the quorum call be rescinded. depended upon premarket investment free men and women author this new The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in science and technology. Basic re- century. Dating back to the Cold War, after objection, it is so ordered. search, in his words, was the ‘‘pace- maker of technological progress.’’ China had developed military might, ENDLESS FRONTIER ACT ‘‘New products and new processes do its leaders focused on science and tech- Mr. YOUNG. Madam President, on a not appear full-grown,’’ he said. ‘‘They nology as a means to reorder the global recent Saturday afternoon, the world are founded on new principles and new balance of power. watched as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off conceptions, which in turn are pains- Since then, Beijing has aimed to from American soil, streaked through takingly developed by research in the overtake America, not with weapons, the sky, and sent the Crew Dragon cap- purest realms of science.’’ but with innovation. Offensively, China sule beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. Bush was right. The years that fol- is investing in 5G, quantum computing, By Sunday, its crew was successfully lowed proved it. The National Science artificial intelligence, advanced energy docked at the International Space Sta- Foundation was created, a space age systems—all of which have the poten- tion. The following morning, Indianap- was ushered in, a space race was won, tial to fundamentally change this cen- olis-based Eli Lilly & Company an- and an evil empire was defeated—all in tury’s economic and security environ- nounced the start of human testing of an era of historic prosperity that was ment for good or for ill. a potential treatment for COVID–19. only possible because of America’s eco- Defensively, China is shoring up do- Falcon 9, the first rocket to send men nomic and technological supremacy, mestic industries while exploiting our to space from America in a decade was itself built on government-funded pre- economic downturn and cynically traveling at 10 times the speed of market research. using the pandemic to play the part of sound, and Lilly’s COVID–19 therapy is Bush originally articulated the im- concerned global citizen to further its moving nearly as fast. It often takes a portance of science to the Nation’s for- position in the world. And that is not a dozen years to develop a drug. This one tunes in a time of peril. While the chal- conspiracy theory. It is public knowl- could be available in just months. lenges we face today are of a different edge. Neither happened spontaneously, nature, we are again in such a time. A A new report from the Chinese Acad- though. They are the result of years of mysterious virus with no known cure emy of Sciences bluntly observes: ‘‘It is savvy, technological, and scientific in- has spread across the globe, killed possible to turn the crisis [of COVID– vestments, of partnerships between pri- thousands of Americans, and crippled 19] into an opportunity—to increase vate industry and government. Such our economy. A new power competition the trust and the dependence of all investments, such partnerships open is now underway, and America’s pre- countries around the world in ‘Made in new horizons in space exploration and dominant challenger is an unscrupu- China.’ ’’ disease fighting, and they show us the lous authoritarian regime whose values Tellingly, for China, the search to endless frontier into which American are the inverse of our own. find treatments for COVID–19 is not imagination and ingenuity can carry For proof, witness Beijing’s simply a race to stop the virus but a us. leveraging of COVID–19 to further its race for bragging rights and global su- We Americans have always been goal of global dominance and author- periority. drawn to the frontier—yes, the natural ship of this new century. To meet these The CCP is dedicating millions of frontier of wildernesses and unfamiliar new challenges, we must once again— dollars to research into drug develop- territories from which States such as once again—show the entire world the ment. Five out of the 10 top vaccine mine spring, but also the frontier that resiliency and dynamism of the Amer- candidates are coming from China. bounds what we as humans were once ican people, the American economy, As they have in other fields of re- imagined to be capable of accom- the American spirit, and the American search, China has recently ramped up plishing after our forbearers settled project itself. spending on pharmaceutical research, across this great continent. And to do this, we must not simply no doubt with an eye on surpassing Americans see the heavens and don’t advance again toward the endless fron- America in yet another field. The first simply wonder what they hold. We see tier but accelerate into it. COVID–19 vaccine could be the key.

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When life resumes as normal, this thwart the aggression of the CCP: We are a creative people with a generation of Americans must not be blocking Huawei, tightening export penchant for plunging ahead when we content with merely recovering our controls, and improving foreign invest- have an idea and searching for a solu- losses. Instead, we must push ourselves ment rules. These are important and tion when we see a problem. to lead. must remain in place. You know, it takes courage to be cre- Now is the time to pass the Endless But if America is to lead the world in ative, and in America, we encourage Frontier Act, to strengthen U.S. lead- the 21st century, it is neither realistic and honor that courage. We celebrate ership in science and tech innovation, nor practical to build an economic iron those who try and fail and coura- and to dramatically increase public in- curtain around China. geously get up and dust off their trou- vestment in emerging technologies. We are not in a 20th century cold sers and try again. We venerate our in- Let us choose to lead for ourselves and war, but we can learn and apply lessons ventors—Bell, Edison, George Wash- for our children. from that Cold War. Just as we did in ington Carver, Jonas Salk, the Wright I suggest the absence of a quorum. the 20th century, we must not simply brothers, Tesla, Einstein, Page and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The contain a competitor but instead Brin, Jobs, Musk. clerk will call the roll. outinnovate and outgrow them. We know and remember their names, The legislative clerk proceeded to Something else is in the balance here and we benefit daily from their con- call the roll. Mr. COTTON. I ask unanimous con- too. China longs to become the world’s tributions. Their life’s work is a monu- sent that the order for the quorum call leader but lacks the attachment to ment to human potential and Amer- human rights and dignity required of be rescinded. ican greatness. Their work would not The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. those that seek to fill that role. What have been possible without a hallmark becomes of liberty in a world led by YOUNG). Without objection, it is so or- of American culture: breathing space— dered. such a power? yes, breathing space. It is space for the However imperfectly, every Amer- CANCEL CULTURE creative process—the very process re- ican generation, from the founding for- Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, ‘‘cancel quired to connect things that already ward, has labored to preserve and pass culture’’—we hear that in the news a exist, that no one ever thought of con- down the blessings of freedom here and lot these days—the idea that we all wherever its friends may be found, and necting, and to take new discoveries need safe spaces from mean words, trig- this current generation must carry this and turn them into new products and ger warnings on op-eds, or TV shows on and provide the world with a services. that might constitute a microaggres- When we join research with Amer- choice—a choice between a great power sion. ican creativity, we do more than that defends freedom or one that tram- This is the language of the campus produce faster cars and TVs with clear- ples upon it. social justice seminar, but increasingly But we will be powerless to offer this er pictures, and we do more than gen- it is the language of our workplace and alternative if we don’t keep pace with erate material wealth. You see, our our culture. China, and we will not have a shot at innovators are part of something far We saw an instance of it just last this unless we invest in ourselves. Im- more profound. It is an endless pursuit week at the New York Times. I pub- plementing the Endless Frontier Act of human knowledge and progress and lished an op-ed there that said simply, will provide that investment. It will a quest that fulfills our deepest human while we respect peaceful protesters, prevent us from being outflanked, and needs as a people. That is what they we can have zero tolerance for looting it will pave the way for a second are a part of. In the words of my friend and rioting, and if the police are over- ‘‘American century.’’ Water Russell Mead, it is our ‘‘built-in whelmed or outnumbered, the National One of the primary reasons why the human belief that through change we Guard and, if necessary, Federal troops 20th century was America’s rather than encounter the transcendent and the di- have to restore order. Russia’s was because we produced more vine.’’ Passing the Endless Frontier It has gotten support from a large prosperity. You see, wealth is a crucial Act will keep this quest going, and the majority of Americans, if you believe weapon in global competition. Bold in- quest will make our lives richer in so the polls. The New York Times pub- vestment in premarket research, like many ways. lished it. The editorial page editor de- that proposed in our Endless Frontier That image of a Falcon 9 taking off fended it publicly. The publisher de- Act, will generate more of it and make and the orange streak of its engines fended the decision publicly. But a us a wealthier nation. The connection cutting the blue sky sparked a memory woke-child mob at the New York Times is undeniable and historic. dear to so many Americans. Over 10.3 rose up and demanded heads on pikes. When human beings began to apply million people worldwide watched that They demanded that the op-ed be taken science and technology to industry and launch. For many, it was no doubt a re- down. They demanded that the in pursuit of new goods and services, of minder of an era—that era when rock- grownups—maybe I should say the sup- greater efficiency and output, human ets regularly setting out for space from posed grownups—who run the New wealth grew by historic bounds. Cog- that very same station was an awe-in- York Times apologize, and that is ex- nitive scientist Steven Pinker charted spiring symbol of American optimism actly what happened. In what could this progress, and it is staggered. and accomplishments. only be called a struggle session from Human wealth barely advanced in the There were images, too, from Indian- the Cultural Revolution, in the great- millennium after the year 1 A.D., and apolis. There, Lilly’s scientists rushed est traditions of Mao, the publisher of had only doubled a half millennium cases containing the company’s poten- the New York Times fired the editorial later. tial COVID–19 treatment to the airport page editor, and he reassigned the dep- Then the industrial revolution ar- and sent them on their way to patients uty editorial page editor. He apolo- rived. Between 1820 and 1900, the for trials. For those who saw these im- gized—prostrated himself—in front of world’s income tripled. Fifty years ages, they inspired hope and amaze- the woke-child mob, and he said: ‘‘We later, it had tripled again, and again in ment—hope that we can soon stop this will do much better.’’ 25 years, and again 30 years after that. virus and amazement that our The new editorial page editor has This represents a 100-fold expansion of innovators have moved so quickly to told everyone at the Times: If you see the world’s gross domestic product find remedies. anything that gives you the slightest since the industrial revolution, thanks These are both inspiring moments for pause, please contact me immediately. to advancements in science and tech- all Americans, ones that transcend so If you have any trigger warnings, don’t nology. many of the differences that threaten worry; I will find a safe space for you.

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They are gle ideal: that America at its core is You see other manifestations of the not going to take them out of distribu- fundamentally irredeemable and wick- cancel culture all across the country tion. They are not going to recall them ed. today. In many cases, they have adopt- from stores. No, no—woke capitalism I reject that claim fully and whole- ed the spirit of a Jacobin mob in the only goes so far. They are still capital- heartedly. America is a great and noble French Revolution. In a reign of terror, ists. They are just not going to adver- nation. It is the noblest Nation in the they are trying to completely erase our tise police sets anymore. history of mankind that has struggled culture and our history. Unfortunately, HBO announced they are not going to throughout our history, imperfectly many Democrats are vying to be the run ‘‘Gone with the Wind’’ anymore— but ceaselessly, to live up to our found- Robespierre for this Jacobin mob. ‘‘Gone With the Wind,’’ for which Afri- ing creed that all men are created Look at what is happening in Se- can-American actress Hattie McDaniel equal—the single greatest defense attle. Revolutionaries, anarchists have won the first Academy Award, the first against tyranny, against racism, taken over city government buildings. Oscar ever given to an African-Amer- against oppression. That is the stake of They have taken over neighborhoods. ican women. HBO says: ‘‘No, we are this debate. They have declared themselves an au- going to cancel it.’’ I yield the floor. tonomous zone. They put up a sign that If you think it is just limited to stat- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- says ‘‘You are leaving the United ues or TV shows or toys, you would be ator from Florida. States’’ when you enter this autono- wrong. This woke mob could very soon f mous zone. be coming for any one of you. The Democratic Party today, I sup- At UCLA, a college professor has HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE pose, is still the party of secession. been suspended and is under police in- VICTIMS OF THE HEINOUS AT- It is not just in Seattle. Look at vestigation because he declined to TACK AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB what is happening to statues and postpone final exams so students could ON JUNE 12, 2016 monuments all around our country. In apparently go out and participate in Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, several cities, statues of Christopher protests. Floridians will never forget the hor- Columbus have been pulled down, or Another professor is being inves- rific events of June 12, 2016. Four years they have been defaced or destroyed— tigated for reading aloud from Martin ago, our State, Nation, the city of Or- statues that in most cases were put up Luther King, Jr.’s letter from a Bir- lando, and Hispanic and gay commu- by Italian American immigrants who mingham jail because it uses offensive nities were attacked, and 49 innocent were proud of their part in the great language—Martin Luther King, Jr.’s and beautiful lives were lost. It was an American story. This was not done in letter from a Birmingham jail. evil act. It was an act of terrorism de- accordance with law. It was not done A professional soccer player, Alex- signed to divide us as a nation and after thoughtful debate in city councils ander Katai, was fired for his wife’s strike fear in our hearts and minds, but or State legislatures. It was done by tweet—not his own, his wife’s tweet. we didn’t let it because Floridians are mobs. Just last week, the Lincoln Me- Multiple different business execu- resilient. We came together, and we morial—a temple to the great emanci- tives and editors at newspapers and supported each other. pator—was defaced. The World War II magazines have been fired. The weeks following the attack will Memorial—a memorial to those who If you think this is only for people always stay with me—days spent in fought and liberated the world from who are not powerful and not rich, you hospitals with families, at funerals, at fascism—was defaced. Now, across the would be wrong. Ivanka Trump was wakes with loved ones, and countless Atlantic, the ideological kin of this scheduled to give a commencement events throughout the community. As Jacobin mob defaced statues of Church- speech last weekend at a Wichita tech- a father and grandfather, it was one of ill. Wait until they hear about what nical school. The speech was canceled the hardest things I ever had to do. It the other guy did on the other side. because she was being too controver- was heartbreaking. Yet, in this hor- But, you know, history is not the sial. It was a speech about workforce ribly dark time, the selfless courage of long suit of these woke children. They training and women’s opportunities in so many—from community members, didn’t take history classes, apparently, our economy, and Ivanka Trump was to law enforcement, to healthcare in high school and college. They were canceled. workers—provided a sense of hope. This too busy taking social justice semi- Where does this cancel culture take incredible strength, love, and bravery nars. You can see that, too, in Phila- us? What is the logical conclusion? uplifted the community and helped us delphia, where the statue of Matthias What is the end of the cancel culture? repair and rebuild. Baldwin was defaced. Matthias Baldwin I will tell you what it is—it is right On the fourth anniversary of this un- was a committed and devoted aboli- here in this city, Washington, the Dis- thinkable tragedy, the State of Florida tionist who funded education for freed trict of Columbia. That is where it will comes together to honor the lives lost African Americans. He gave them jobs, end if we don’t put an end to the mad- too soon, and we vow to always stand and they defaced his statue. ness now. Just up the Mall is the Wash- up and fight against evil and hatred in Even more amazing, in Boston, the ington Monument. Are we going to tear this world. Shaw Memorial was defaced. The Shaw down the Washington Monument? Are Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Memorial honors the 54th Massachu- we going to rename it the ‘‘Obelisk of sent that the Senate proceed to the setts Regiment—the first African- Wokeness?’’ consideration of S. Res. 614, submitted American regiment formed after the Up the hill is the Washington Na- earlier today. Emancipation Proclamation, whose tional Cathedral, where so many times The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bravery and valor in battle on behalf of we have gathered as a nation over the clerk will report the resolution by the Union cause was memorialized in years to mourn our great leaders, to title. the movie ‘‘Glory.’’ Yet it was defaced pray for God’s protection and deliver- The bill clerk read as follows: by these mobs. ance in moments of national strife and A resolution (S. Res. 614) honoring the It is not just our history; it is pop struggle. Are we going to rename the memory of the victims of the heinous attack culture and entertainment too. You Washington National Cathedral the at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. may have seen the news that ‘‘Live ‘‘Temple of Reason,’’ as the Jacobins There being no objection, the Senate P.D.’’ and ‘‘Cops’’ television shows did to Notre Dame during the French proceeded to consider the resolution. were canceled. ‘‘Paw Patrol’’ was on Revolution? Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I ask unani- the cutting board too. You may know What are we going to call this city? mous consent that the resolution be that Chase is the police cop in ‘‘Paw We can’t call it Washington. We can’t agreed to, the preamble be agreed to,

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The preamble was agreed to. National Park have been purchased You can see these archaeologists who (The resolution, with its preamble, is using the Land and Water Conservation are actually hanging on to a wall as printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- Fund. they do their work. This is known as mitted Resolutions.’’) If you look at the Restore Our Parks the fossil wall. Hundreds of millions of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Act, the money in the Great American years’ worth of fossils are in this long ator from Colorado. Outdoors Act that will go toward wall at Dinosaur National Monument. f catching up with the maintenance You can see the fossils and the bones in TAXPAYER FIRST ACT OF 2019— backlog, this park has about $85 mil- this picture, layer after layer. It is a Continued lion worth of needs in terms of that remarkable resource in one of the most backlog. It has $85 million worth of truly unique areas of Colorado. The H.R. 1957 projects, from visitors centers to roads needs here are tremendous, too, as they Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, as we and trails. face erosion and challenges from visi- continue our debate today on the Great Let me show you one of those trails tors and access needs to some of these American Outdoors Act, I thought I right here. You can see this is what it resources. would come to the floor one more time looked like. You can see the erosion If you go to Mesa Verde National to talk about the benefits of this his- and washouts. This is what happens Park, this is truly spectacular. If you toric conservation package and what it over time with heavy use and weather. look at Mesa Verde—for those who means for the great State and the peo- You can see the work we have been never had a chance to go there, I hope ple of Colorado. able to do to maintain and to catch up people will have a chance to visit. This Several years back, this Congress with the needs in Rocky Mountain Na- park was established in 1906. Look at worked in a bipartisan fashion to pass tional Park. We can do this across our this beautiful ridge. Look at the pla- legislation by Senator SHAHEEN and me Park System thanks to the Restore teau. Look at the cliff dwellings. It is that required the Commerce Depart- Our Parks Act. We will put $1.9 billion remarkable. It was established in 1906 ment, for the first time in our coun- a year—paid for by oil and gas reve- to preserve and interpret the archae- try’s history, to break out the outdoor nues—into our national parks to catch ological heritage of the ancestral Pueb- economy as a part of our economic up with the maintenance and backlog lo people who made it their home for numbers, to determine how many jobs needs at places like Rocky Mountain over 700 years. The park protects near- this country had in the outdoor indus- National Park. ly 5,000 known archaeological sites, in- try in recreation, and to determine the It is $85 million in Rocky Mountain cluding 600 cliff dwellings—some of the overall revenues generated by the National Park. It is $7 to $8 million in best and most notable preserved dwell- recreation economy. What we discov- the Great Sand Dunes National Park. ings in the United States. ered was what we knew intuitively: In Mesa Verde National Park, it is al- In 2019, they had about 556,000 visi- that the recreation economy is a huge most $75 million. I will show you Black tors. This is in the Four Corners area part of jobs in this country, with over Canyon of the Gunnison right now. of the State, surrounded by towns like 5 million jobs. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is in Cortez, CO; Mancas, CO; Durango, CO— In Colorado, you are looking at about need of nearly $7 to $8 million as well areas that rely on tourism and recre- a $28 billion part of our economy. If I for its backlog needs. ation and farming and ranching for could, I just want to talk a little bit This is a picture I actually took on their jobs. more about what that means for Colo- my iPhone. This is a picture I had In 2018, visitors spent about $58 mil- rado and what this bill means as ap- taken while attending a press con- lion in these local gateway regions. plied to our State, the benefits envi- ference to celebrate a Land and Water This supported nearly 1,000 jobs, $22 ronmentally of this legislation and the Conservation Fund purchase. You can million in labor income, $40 million in economic impact it will have. see Park Superintendent Noble is value added, and about $72 million in I talked on the floor about the Great pointing across the canyon to the land economic help in the gateway economy Sand Dunes National Park. Right that was purchased using the Land and surrounding the Mesa Verde National around the year 2000, this legislation Water Conservation Fund. The canyon Park. They operate about $700 million turned this national monument into a is right here. It is not over the horizon; worth of facilities, and they have about national park. Hundreds of thousands it is right here. This land was on the 10 percent of that in need of deferred of people come to the valley to visit rim of the canyon. It was not a part of maintenance. So $76 million is their every year. What is neat about this is the park. You can imagine, if some- total deferred maintenance needs. that it is not just a national park, the body had decided to build something They need to rehabilitate the Chapin Great Sand Dunes National Park, but there and said ‘‘Why don’t we develop Mesa Civilian Conservation Corps. it is also an example of how the Land that? Why don’t we do something They need to replace the water, elec- and Water Conservation Fund works else?’’ what that would have meant to tric, information, and sewer systems. together because it established the the national park and enjoyment of They need to replace the campground, Great Sand Dunes National Park to that park. Using this, they were able to water, and road systems. They need to make sure that the water resource was get the entire rim of the canyon for the improve the historic maintenance op- protected that is so instrumental to National Park System. That is where erations buildings. That is just some of keeping the sand dunes in place. We that is. the need at Mesa Verde National Park. used the Land and Water Conservation If you go to this next picture, you see When we talk about the Great Amer- Fund to purchase elements of land it is not just about national parks. The ican Outdoors Act, we talk about na- around it, like the Baca Ranch and Za- Great American Outdoors Act is not tional parks, national forests, and BLM pata Ranch and other areas, to make just about Land and Water Conserva- land and monuments, but we should sure we had this great resource main- tion Fund. It is about our forests. It is also talk about recreation, because so tained for future generations to come. about our national forests, our Bureau many times this gets lost in our con- Of course, Rocky Mountain National of Land Management, Fish and Wild- versation on the floor, because it is not Park is the third most heavily visited life, and it is about the Bureau of In- only recreation in terms of parks and park in the Nation. Almost 5 million dian Education. the National Forest Service, but it is visitors come to Rocky Mountain Na- This is actually a national monu- sports complexes, baseball fields, soc- tional Park every year. A few years ment. This is Dinosaur National Monu- cer fields, tennis courts—the ability for

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It This list goes on and on, from the Look how beautiful that is and the creates opportunity. work we can do with the Land and John Gayle, conservation director of Archery Trade Association to the Out- Water Conservation Fund. the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers door Industry Association. The Out- Look at the total economic impact. I and a Colorado resident says: ‘‘The door Industry Association said: think it is important that we recognize Great American Outdoors Act not only The outdoor industry applauds the U.S. that before coronavirus, we were work- creates permanent certainty for the Senate for seizing the opportunity to pass ing on the Great American Outdoors the Great American Outdoors Act, a land- Land and Water Conservation Fund, mark piece of bipartisan legislation. Along Act, this package that presented two America’s most successful conserva- with the social and health benefits that great American values: the crown jewel tion and access program, it also en- being outdoors provides, there is also a of our conservation program, the Re- sures sound stewardship of our public strong economic case for doing this now. The store Our Parks Act, and the Land and lands and waters.’’ outdoors are bipartisan, and investing in Water Conservation Fund, to catch up Carlos Fernandez, Colorado State di- LWCF means investing in local economies with our maintenance backlog, both of rector of the Nature Conservancy says: and creating thousands of jobs, both of which which are paid for by oil and gas reve- we desperately need right now to help the The Great American Outdoors Act is crit- country bounce back from COVID–19. nues. We talked about them, and we ical to Colorado’s recovery from this crisis. There is the Corps Network, the Out- talked about how good it would be for Of course, he is talking about door Recreation Roundtable, and the our environment and the conservation COVID–19. and preservation for future genera- RV industry also. The Presiding Officer Our mountains, trails, fields and streams has a significant RV industry in the tions. We also acknowledged, then, have been a welcome respite for many during that there was a great economic ben- the pandemic, but local economies have great State of Indiana. efit. We talked about the numbers. We struggled. Fully funding the Land and Water The National Marine Manufacturers talked about the recreation economy. Conservation Fund and investing in our na- Association—believe it or not, we have But now that economic benefit be- tional parks will put Coloradans back to marine manufacturing in Colorado, comes even more important because work, protecting important landscapes, in- even though we are a pretty dry, land- the first industries that were hit by the vesting in their care, and creating more out- locked State. door recreation opportunities throughout shelter-in-place orders and the eco- Look at the Motorcycle Industry the State. These are time-tested, effective Council, the Specialty Vehicle Insti- nomic shutdowns were the travel in- investments in conservation that will dustry, hotels, restaurants, tourism, strengthen Colorado’s economy and amazing tutes of America, the Recreational Off- outfitters, and ski areas. In Colorado, outdoors. Highway Vehicle Association, and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Founda- they closed down the ski areas months Larry Selzer, the president and CEO tion. Jeff Crane said: ‘‘The Great ahead of time. The summer recreation of the Conservation Fund said that the American Outdoors Act represents the start has been delayed because of lin- ‘‘momentum to bring a vote on the largest commitment to public lands in gering effects of phases in restoring our Great American Outdoors Act to the our lifetime.’’ economy. So the economic benefits of Senate floor is critical to the future vi- ‘‘The Great American Outdoors Act the Great American Outdoors Act be- tality of America. Advancing legisla- represents the largest commitment to come all the more important. tion in both houses to fully fund conservation and public lands in our Some of the hardest hit communities LWCF, as well as to address the main- lifetime.’’ by the coronavirus in Colorado in the tenance backlog on our public lands, is The National Wildlife Federation: first wave have some of the highest un- a huge step to support our public lands ‘‘Now when we need it most, the Great employment levels in the State. Hotels and rekindle and grow local outdoors American Outdoors Act will put hun- emptied early, and restaurants emptied and recreation economies.’’ dreds of thousands of Americans to early. But this bill will create thou- Will Shafroth, president and CEO of work restoring public lands infrastruc- sands and thousands of jobs, according the National Park Foundation—Will’s ture, expanding healthy outdoor expe- to a report that was just released by family is legendary in Colorado poli- riences, and restoring wildlife habitat, the National Park Service. In Colo- tics—says this: rado, thousands of jobs will be cre- all of which will help local economies The National Park Foundation is thrilled recover across the country.’’ ated—in Colorado alone. that the Great American Outdoors Act is Look at the Land and Water Con- moving closer to becoming law. Years in the Suzanne O’Neal—I know Suzanne servation Fund. For every $1 million making, this bipartisan bill would go a long well—the executive director of the Col- spent in the Land and Water Conserva- way toward addressing the critical mainte- orado Wildlife Federation, said: ‘‘This tion Fund, it supports between 16 and nance needs of our national parks. With the commonsense legislation is long over- 30 jobs. Support for 16 to 30 jobs—do funds made available through this bill, we due to help our national parks and you know what that means in a com- will ensure that these special places are even other public lands meet the burgeoning munity that may have 20 to 22 percent more special, remain accessible to all Ameri- demand of increased numbers of hikers, cans, and continue to serve as economic en- anglers, campers, and wildlife watchers unemployment? Surrounded by public gines for local communities. lands, the Great American Outdoors who have been flocking to Colorado’s Act will help to put them to work Theodore Roosevelt Conservation outdoor spaces in recent years.’’ while doing what we love in Colorado, Partnership: I talked about that, the fact that and that is protecting our environ- The Great American Outdoors Act is smart Rocky Mountain National Park has ment. If you look at the overall num- conservation. Senate passage of this historic gone from 2.8 million to nearly 5 mil- and bipartisan bill will improve our natural lion visitors. It is the third-most vis- bers that the National Park Service resources and enhance access for American provided, we are going to create and hunters and anglers. It also makes lasting ited national park in the country. help to support over 100,000 jobs investments in our outdoor recreation econ- What happens when one area of the through this legislation, and, again, omy at a time when we need to get Ameri- State gets heavily visited? It is not this is legislation that is paid for cans back to work. like they just stay in one area. They through oil and gas revenues. Benji Backer, president and founder actually start going to other areas of It was a commonsense approach back of the American Conservation Coali- the State. For instance, if you are in in 1965 when the Land and Water Con- tion: Colorado, you go to the national park, servation Fund was put together so Our national parks and public lands are and maybe it is busy one day. So you that we access one resource. We deplete part of our heritage as Americans. By pro- decide to go a little bit farther. You go a resource in oil and gas. They pay a tecting and investing in them we will ensure over toward Walden or you go over to severance tax and royalty to the Fed- that generations to come will benefit from the North Sand Dunes area or maybe

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They are seeing more and All of these States have benefited cific site in southeastern Colorado more visitors because all of the other from coast-to-coast, from sea to shin- known as Amache. I have legislation in public lands are under pressure. When ing sea, from Hawaii to Maine and that is a resource study on whether or they are under pressure, that means Florida to Alaska. Those are the States not Amache, CO, should be considered they are more used, and when they are that have benefited from the legisla- as part of the national park system. more used, they are experiencing more tion covered by the Great American Let me tell you the history about wear and tear and they are being loved Outdoors Act. Amache. There is a monument down to death. So we need to provide a way In Colorado alone, the popularity of the road from this building, just a cou- to fund it. That is what the Great our outdoor recreation and public lands ple blocks away from here. It was the American Outdoors Act does. continues to grow. Over the last 5 site in 1943 of a Japanese-American in- There is the National Parks Con- years, visitation numbers in national ternment camp. With Executive order servation Association, the American parks has continued to increase. Na- 9066, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said Horse Council, and the Trust for Public tional park visitation in 2019 overall that Japanese people would be ripped Lands. surpassed 2018 visits by more than 9 from their homes unconstitutionally Teresa Martinez, the executive direc- million visits. That is 327 million and put into these camps. tor of the Continental Divide Trail Co- recreation visits across the country, In 1943, there was a high school es- alition, said: ‘‘In the Rocky Mountain over 1.4 billion recreation visitor tablished at Amache, and a woman by West, public lands and trails are vital hours, 13.8 million over the United the name of Marion Konishi Takehara to our region’s economy and our qual- States. That is 2019. became a valedictorian of the high ity of life.’’ And 2020, of course, is going to look a school that they had created. In the The Nature Conservancy’s Sally little different. Some of our national speech she wrote for her valedictorian Jewell, former Secretary of the Inte- parks are not opened yet. Some of speech, she talked about what the rior, signed a letter with six other Sec- them are staging their openings. Rocky country meant to her today. Did the retaries of the Interior to talk about Mountain National Park is open, but country mean the same things it the importance of this bill. Two of its reservations are reduced, and the meant to her before she was behind the them are from Colorado. Secretary Ken entries are reduced to accommodate searchlights, removed from her home? Salazar and Secretary Gale Norton are the need to protect people during this Did it mean justice and equality and talking about the need for this legisla- pandemic. These numbers are going to fairness? Did she believe in America? tion. be different. She went on to talk about all of the The American Society of Landscape So that means that places like Estes challenges and struggles and things in Architects—the list goes on and on of Park are going to have fewer people in our history that we know are the dark- people who support this legislation. their restaurants and fewer people in est moments of our Nation—the origi- They support it because we value the their hotels. Fewer people are stopping nal sin of slavery, the continued dis- outdoors. We value our environment, at the saltwater taffy shop on Main crimination faced by African Ameri- and we value our public lands. Street in Estes, and fewer people are cans in our communities, the treat- Colorado has long been the gateway doing things like bumper boats and ment of others in our society, waves of to public lands in this country, but now putt-putt golf along the way. immigrants. She talked about how the it is the headquarters to our Nation’s The Great American Outdoors Act is United States has learned from every public lands with the Bureau of Land one of those pieces of legislation that one of those moments, and we can Management headquartered in Grand brings everybody in the Chamber to- overcome them all because America is Junction, CO. gether for a bipartisan opportunity to where we learn from our mistakes in So these two bills put together rep- help these communities at a time that the past, and we take the actions to resent that chance in a lifetime, as we they need it the most. By helping the correct them, and we get back to the have heard from many of the sup- land, we are helping the communities, idea of justice and fairness and equal- porters of this legislation. In Colorado because it is there for future genera- ity. it was called ‘‘the holy grail of con- tions and because it belongs to future I don’t know about you, but I think servation legislation’’ by the Durango generations. that is the kind of spirit and the kind Herald this morning. This really is an opportunity for this of hope and the kind of belief and faith It is an opportunity for every State Nation to come together at a time of in this country that we need right now to benefit. I have a list of every State great need economically and spir- as we face some of the biggest chal- in the country right here and the work itually, and, quite frankly, to succeed. lenges this generation has ever seen, they have done. I will just pull one out. I am reminded also at this time confronting the issues of racism, con- In Alabama, if you look at Alabama, about something I read on the floor fronting the issues of inequality. the national parks backlog is nearly earlier this week by one of the moving Our national parks, our historic $30 million. The Land and Water Con- leaders of Rocky Mountain National areas, and our public lands provide us servation Fund has provided Alabama Park. He talked about how in our na- with one more opportunity, one more with $165 million in funding over the tional parks and trails and forests, we chance to not forget the dark moments last five decades. Alabama National find the space we need to think, the as we look for greater inspiration Forest, Blowing Wind Cave National space we need to hope, to provide cour- ahead, as we use this to learn from the Wildlife Refuge, Clear Creek Recre- age, and that they can provide a little past, to reach our highest peaks as a ation Area—that is just Alabama. bit more kindness, that what they give nation. That is the inspiration of the Let’s just pull another one out and to us is a little bit more kindness. I Great American Outdoors Act—the see: Florida. Florida has received $1.06 said often throughout the COVID–19 ex- work we can do with the Land and billion in funding from the Land and perience that we have to keep in mind, Water Conservation Fund to bring our Water Conservation Fund over the last as we learned in Sunday school, that parks up to snuff for future genera- five decades. There is the Big Cypress our struggles and tribulations give us tions. National Preserve, Everglades Head- perseverance, and that perseverance I know my colleague from the great water National Wildlife Refuge, Apa- leads to courage, and courage leads to State of Iowa is on the Senate floor. I lachicola National Forest—I hope I got hope. thank him for his support in the work that one right—and the Canaveral Na- So as we think about what Enos we have been doing. tional Seashore, plus 27 other areas. Mills, the father of national parks, said I yield the floor.

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Their job is to run to tics in withholding crucial data from proceeded to call the roll. trouble, and hundreds of thousands of the World Health Organization. That Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask police officers in my community and in information that was held was about unanimous consent that the order for all of yours fulfill their duty with skill the novel coronavirus that caused the quorum call be rescinded. and with courage every day. COVID–19. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without But I think there is something else Now, this article gives us a glimpse objection, it is so ordered. lurking behind our inaction. The vast behind the scenes of the World Health RACISM majority of policymakers, especially Organization, and there are a lot of Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, last week here in Washington, are White, and the questions raised about the World I attended a memorial service for my vast majority of the interactions that Health Organization today in regard to constituent Mr. George Floyd, who was White people have with police officers their relationship with China. The po- murdered by Minneapolis police. Like are positive. litical leaders at WHO pursued a strat- so many Minnesotans, my heart is bro- When we are scared or threatened or egy of placating China in a seemingly ken for Mr. Floyd and his family and hurt, well, police officers come to help. haphazard attempt to coax China’s for a Black community that has been And when we hear the siren or we see leader into cooperating more fully. here too many times. I will once again a blue uniform, we breathe a sigh of re- Now, despite red flags raised by med- add my voice to the chorus demanding lief, and it is uncomfortable for White ical experts within the organization that the police officers responsible for people to acknowledge that this feeling about the lack of data coming out of his death face justice. of relief is really about privilege. It is China and also serious doubts about But I keep finding myself thinking uncomfortable to imagine giving up the Chinese Government’s claim that that Mr. Floyd’s death wasn’t just a some piece of that privilege. human-to-human transmission was not tragedy and it wasn’t just a crime. It After all, we all want clean, safe of any concern, WHO leadership, was a failure. It was our failure. Sys- streets. We all want quiet, orderly through all of that, continued lauding temic racism is built into every level neighborhoods. We want to be able to China’s approach and transparency on of our society, and for 400 years, Black call 911 when we are in danger and this whole virus issue. and Brown and Indigenous people have know that the police officers will rush Many career officials openly voiced paid its price. to our aid. their frustration with how the World Racism isn’t just evil, though it is. It We may even catch ourselves wor- Health Organization leadership lacked is dangerous. And racism isn’t just a rying that a police force held account- the willingness to push China to hand moral issue, though it is. It is a public able for its abuse of power against over vital information about the virus. health issue. And the death of Mr. Black and Brown bodies will be a police Remember, the World Health Organiza- Floyd, like the deaths of so many force a little less empowered to protect tion did publicly push China when it Black and Brown people before him, is us. withheld information on the SARS out- an indictment of our failure as policy- Often, when White people talk about break in 2003 but didn’t seem to be as makers to fulfill our first and most im- racism, we define it as a hatred that interested pushing China as much this portant duty, which is to protect the lurks within people’s hearts, and then time. lives of the people whom we serve. we search within ourselves and we can The Chinese Government then re- Black lives matter. We need to say it feel satisfied that we are free from fused to share data about COVID–19 loud and often, with strength and with prejudice. But racism, colleagues, is test results that would have allowed purpose, and if we truly mean it, then manifested as behavior—behavior that researchers around the world to make we need to be very clear about why it hurts, that kills. Who even knows what independent assessments of the virus’s is that so many Black and Brown lives is in ‘‘how to change hearts and spread. are being stolen, and that means we minds’’? But we do know, I think, let’s Now, weeks passed before the Chinese can’t just point to systemic racism say: Let’s start with changing behav- Government allowed the World Health writ large. We have to talk about the ior. Organization to see the map of the police. So this is something that I think virus genome, and that genome was This is about the impunity with about a lot as a Minnesotan. In my created by Chinese researchers. So which police officers are allowed to kill home State we pride ourselves on our they had the information where other Black and Brown Americans. This is legacy of progressive activism. We be- people could start out to try to find a about a society in which police depart- lieve deeply in civic participation, and vaccine. By that time, the virus was al- ments have become fundamentally un- we are proud to have the highest voter ready spreading around the globe, accountable institutions. This is about turnout in the whole country. We are which has led to countless needless the fact that law enforcement in Amer- home to a diverse array of commu- deaths and immeasurable economic ica does not deliver equal justice for nities—African American, Somali, damage globally that now rests on the all. Hmong, Latinx, Native, and more—all shoulders of the Chinese for that hap- The institutional racism that plagues people who belong here just as much as pening. American law enforcement is real. This anyone else. I am glad that the World Health Or- is not just a few bad cops. It is the en- And we are home to some of the Na- ganization member countries approved tire culture of policing—a culture that tion’s worst racial disparities. It is not an investigation as to how the organi- far too often encourages violence, con- just that Black men are more likely to zation handled COVID–19. I hope this dones abuse, and resists reforms and be stopped, more likely to be searched, will be a truly independent investiga- accountability at every turn. more likely to be assaulted and killed tion that will prevent future mishaps. This culture kills, and it will con- by police officers. A Black or Brown or Now, in the meantime, we already tinue to do so unless we stop it. If we Native child growing up in the neigh- know enough about the actions by the can’t see that, if we can’t say it, if we borhood where George Floyd was mur- World Health Organization manage- aren’t ready to use our power and our dered can expect worse education out- ment to warrant immediate changes. privilege to address this unforgiveable comes, worse health, fewer opportuni- Politics must never again get in the failure, well, then we might as well say ties than a White child that lives just way of those medical professionals in nothing at all. a few miles down the road. the organization who are actually dedi- So why is it so hard for us to talk The truth is that for all of the cated to fulfilling the World Health Or- about these issues? Why is it so hard to progress that we have made in America ganization’s mission to share accurate even admit that there is something over the course of my lifetime and for

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Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist piece of legislation or even by a single Consider this. African Americans Church in Minneapolis said to me, ‘‘we generation of legislators, but we can’t make up less than 14 percent of the need to make it right. It’s not right let the enormity of the task blind us to population, but they account for 23 per- now, but we need to make it right.’’ the urgency of this work. cent of fatal police shootings and near- I want to tell my Minnesota commu- The last 2 weeks have been extraor- ly one-third of our prison population. nity, my colleagues, and the American dinarily difficult for Minnesotans and Studies repeatedly show that Black people exactly how I want to use my for our country. But, throughout his- people and White people use drugs at power and my privilege to help make it tory, the hardest times have always roughly the same rate, but Black peo- right. been the times of the greatest progress. ple are more than twice as likely to be In the coming weeks, my office will I choose to find purpose in making sure arrested for drug offenses and nearly be moving forward with legislative ac- that, in this moment, we lead to real four times as likely when it comes to tion focused on three priorities: first, progress towards justice and equality. marijuana. fundamentally transforming the role of That is why I came to the floor No matter where you look, our crimi- the police in our society from the way today. No statement of intent, no mat- nal justice system unfairly targets we fund and train and equip officers to ter how thoughtful, will change the re- Black and Brown and Native people, the relationships between departments ality of this crisis, but I want this threatening their freedom and often and the communities that they serve. statement to be on the record, part of their lives, and you can’t just blame We must rethink the responsibilities my record as a U.S. Senator. I want to that on racist cops. That is us doing we assign to the police and the author- be accountable for these commitments. that. Even if we harbor no hatred in ity we give them to fulfill those re- I want Minnesotans to hold me ac- our hearts, we are responsible for the sponsibilities. We need to imagine and countable. I want to be a part of hold- racist impact of a system that was reinvent American policing from the ing this body and all of us in the Sen- built historically by White Americans ground up. ate accountable. to serve White Americans. Second, we must fix the systems in This, then, will be the first in a series We are the beneficiaries of a system police departments that obstruct ac- of floor speeches I intend to deliver ex- that killed George Floyd, Breonna Tay- countability and transparency at every amining the systemic injustice that lor, Ahmaud Arbery, Atatiana Jeffer- turn. Our system effectively puts cops plagues American policing and plagues son, Sandra Bland, Aiyana Stanley- above the law by insulating them from Native, Black, and Brown communities Jones, Rekia Boyd, Jessica Hernandez, civil and criminal liability for their ac- more broadly. It will be about the steps Eric Salgado, Philando Castile, Jamar tions. This leads people of color to con- we need to take to address this injus- Clark, and so many others. clude that they can’t trust the police, tice: redefining the role of the police, So that is a hard thing to admit, but and it leads the police to conclude that reinforcing accountability for police right now hundreds of thousands of our they will never face consequences for officers, and restoring the communities fellow citizens are demanding that we crossing the line. They are both right, I am so blessed to serve. face this ugly truth. and this means something is wrong. If This is a big fight. The scale of the The people marching in our streets we want to change the way officers act, injustice is overwhelming. It can be have watched us forgive ourselves time we need to change the rules that shield hard to know where to start, but the and again for failing Black and Brown them from accountability. Account- people who took to the streets last Americans, like George Floyd, and ability and preventing this misconduct week—in the Twin Cities, in commu- they are angry, they are grieving, and from being ignored will not only hold nities large and small across Min- they are exhausted, and this time they police departments responsible for per- nesota, and in cities across this coun- will not be denied. petuating violence and unequal justice, try—are a movement for change, and It may make us uncomfortable to but it will help prevent violence and in- they are showing us the path forward. hear this anger, to see the images on justice the next time. This path requires us to be courageous, television, to experience this turmoil The Justice in Policing Act, led by requires us to be humble, and requires when our country is going through so my colleagues Senator HARRIS and us to be uncomfortable, but it is a path much already, but that is the whole Senator BOOKER, is an important step rooted in love and in trust and in hope. point of protest. This crisis has long forward. I am proud to support it, and We saw it in the way the protesters deserved our attention, and because we I urge all of my colleagues to join in. brought joy to the most serious of withheld that attention, these pro- Racism is about behavior. We can’t leg- fights they faced. We saw it in the way testers are demanding it now. islate what police officers believe, but they stood up to those who would do We cannot claim to support the goal we can and we must legislate how they damage to their communities and to of justice if we object to being con- behave. their cause. We saw it in the way they fronted with the reality of injustice. Third, restoring the communities kept their focus, even in the face of un- We cannot walk away from this moral that have been torn apart by injus- imaginable brutality. crisis. We have done that too many tice—in the Twin Cities, neighbors are So many Minnesotans have shown times after too many deaths, and every already coming together to clean up such courage and grace. I am proud to time we do, we fail the next Black or the damage sustained by the unrest be your Senator, and I am proud to be Brown American who dies in police and upheaval of the last 2 weeks, but your neighbor. I am committing myself custody. the task of making our communities to the path that you are forging. I hope I just can’t live with that. We have to whole goes far beyond repairing the my constituents, my colleagues in the make a change, and this time, White physical damage. We need a new and Senate, and all of my fellow Americans people have to get past our discomfort. sustained push for racial and economic will do the same. Black and Brown people have been try- justice, not just law enforcement but I yield the floor. ing for too long to tell us that systemic in healthcare and education and in The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. racism isn’t just limiting their oppor- housing and in environmental policy. BRAUN). The Senator from Maine. tunities. It is killing their children. The people I spoke to when I was H.R. 1957 To the communities of color in Min- home last weekend are grieving, they Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am nesota, whom I am proud to represent, are angry, and they are hurt, but most pleased to join my colleagues in sup- I want you to know that I hear you and of all, they are exhausted. Commu- porting the Great American Outdoors that I will do everything I can to make nities of color have spent years fight- Act, a bill to provide full funding for

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In its current form, this bill en- 59 bipartisan Senators have cospon- 110-acre tract along the coast in Bidde- ables the Federal Government, if it is sored this bill that will allow land- ford was preserved for natural habitat enacted, to purchase new lands in per- owners, States, local communities, and and expanded recreational access. petuity, without accountability and conservation partners to plan for the Of the more than 850 Land and Water without oversight or any measures to future and to restore our national Conservation Fund sites in Maine, 650 make sure that it can actually care for parks. are community-based projects, from the land that it owns, perpetuating and More than 50 years ago, the Land and Riverside Park in Fort Kent in north- worsening our already highly problem- Water Conservation Fund Act estab- ern Maine to Haley soccer fields in atic Federal public lands policy. lished America’s most successful con- Kittery, right near the New Hampshire This policy will have one overarching servation and outdoor recreation pro- border. impact: to make life easier for politi- gram. There is truly nothing else like I want to repeat that statistic again. cians and bureaucrats and harder for it. The fund was designed to ensure Out of the 850 Land and Water Con- the American people whom they, osten- that outdoor recreational lands would servation Fund sites in the State of sibly, serve. be secured for future generations. Maine, 650 are community-based This is not the way the Senate is sup- I remember, in one of my first years projects, like the park in Fort Kent posed to run. The point of this body, its in the Senate, working with my col- that I mentioned and the soccer fields whole reason for existence, is to take league from Colorado, Senator and in Kittery. imperfect bills, bring them to the floor later Secretary of the Interior Ken In its more than 50-year history, of the Senate, and then come together Salazar, as we sought to boost the however, this program has been funded so that we can hone and fine-tune funding for the stateside part of the fully only twice at the authorized level them, so that we can debate them and program. of $900 million. I believe that Congress discuss them, so that we can identify If you look at a map of the United should fully fund this program to de- their weak points and make them States and put a pin in every place liver on the promise that was made to stronger—or at least less weak. where there was a Land and Water Con- the American people back in 1964 to The Senate is supposed to have an servation Fund stateside supported take a portion of the proceeds from open debate and amendment process program, you would find that every natural resource development, such as precisely so that we can raise concerns single county in the country had at offshore oil drilling, and invest a por- and we can find solutions and arrive at least one project. Oftentimes, people do tion in conservation and outdoor recre- genuine, rather than forced, compromise and consensus. This week, I not realize that local ballpark or the ation. have been encouraged to discover just trails that run along a local stream or I do want to recognize two of my col- how many of my colleagues want to do lake are the result of funding from the leagues who have other ideas—Senator just that. Many of my colleagues from Land and Water Conservation Fund, CASSIDY and Senator WHITEHOUSE—for different States and from both parties and those are projects that are de- bringing up the issue of funding for are filing amendments in response to signed by local people, selected by coastal States. Representing a coastal this bill. Some of those amendments local people, and then the Federal Gov- State, I agree that we need to do more would significantly change it; others ernment helps in the funding to ac- for our coastal States, and I support would present simply small tweaks to quire and maintain the land. their efforts to ensure additional fund- tighten up the language or to provide Just last year, this important pro- ing that can be directed to coastal for better congressional oversight so gram was permanently authorized, and States and coastal communities. I be- that the American people are guaran- now we have the opportunity to ensure lieve, however, that that issue, regret- teed that what it says in the law is for the American people that this pro- tably, is going to have to be dealt with going to reflect what happens on the gram will have consistent funding to at a later time, but I do support their ground. These amendments have al- play the strongest possible role in pre- effort. ready been written. They are waiting Furthermore, another important serving open spaces, special lands, and for consideration. revitalizing communities for years to piece of this bill addresses our deferred Anyone watching C–SPAN 2 today come. maintenance backlog on our Nation’s will notice there is nothing else hap- Investments in this landmark con- public lands. Now, what I am most in- pening on the Senate floor—I mean, lit- servation program support access to terested in here is our national parks. erally nothing else happening on the the outdoors for all Americans, as Our national parks have a huge main- Senate floor. In fact, I would note for LWCF, as I have mentioned, has in- tenance backlog, and that includes at the record that there are exactly three vested in literally every county in our Acadia National Park, a true gem of a Members of the Senate in the Chamber country. Its funding has been used to park on the coast of Maine where we right now—two on the floor and one at open up key areas for hunting, fishing, have seen record numbers of visitors in the Presiding Officer’s desk. There is and other recreational access; to sup- recent years. This bill will help Acadia literally nothing else happening on the port working forests and ranches and National Park tackle the more than $60 Senate floor. There is literally no other protect them from development; to ac- million of maintenance backlog work— business with pressing deadlines pend- quire inholdings and protect critical on trails, roads, bridges, buildings—to ing before this body right now. The lands in national parks, national wild- ensure that every visitor can experi- House of Representatives is adjourned life refuges, national forests, Civil War ence the absolute beauty of this true and is apparently set to remain ad- battlefields, and other Federal areas; gem of a national park on the Maine journed until June 30, so it is not as and, as I mentioned, my favorite part coastline. though we have any realistic deadline of the program, which is the stateside I would urge my colleagues to join with the other side of the Capitol. part of the program, which supports me in supporting this important legis- The Senate, right now, would simply State and local projects, from ball- lation. rather do nothing than vote on amend- parks to recreational trails. I yield the floor. ments that those of us from the West, Over the past five decades, Maine has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Senators from the gulf coast and from received more than $191 million in ator from Utah. various States around the country, funding from LWCF. Examples of this UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST would like to propose and have, in fact, funding include the Cold Stream For- Mr. LEE. Mr. President, it is telling proposed. est, a Forest Legacy Program project that the bill we are considering this I myself have proposed several. One in Somerset County to preserve a beau- week called the Great American Out- of my amendments would require State tiful area that continues the long and doors Act was written behind closed legislative approval for any land acqui- proud Maine tradition of conservation, doors and has now been hermetically sition proposed in that State so that

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In every State east port Utah’s interests under the Antiq- erally the room where America is sup- of Colorado, the Federal Government uities Act. Right now, other States posed to have these conversations. This owns less than 15 percent. In every have received protection and are pro- place right here, within these four State Colorado and west, the Federal tected from unilateral land grabs by walls, is where these conversations are Government owns more than 15 per- the Federal Government for designa- supposed to happen. It is not supposed cent. The average is more like 50 per- tion of national monuments. This is to be done only on Twitter. It is not cent in the Western United States, and important, you see, because when they supposed to be done only on cable news in many of those States, including my designate Federal land as a national shows. It is supposed to happen right own, it is more like two-thirds of the monument, that changes the way that here on this floor. land. land can be accessed, the way it can be Yet here we are on a Thursday after- In these States and particularly the used. It goes from one Federal land noon at 4:23, 4:24 p.m. Look around. rural communities and those rural classification to another. It is one of Three Members are in the Chamber— communities in particular where there the strictest classifications in the two on the floor, one in the Chair. That is the highest concentration of Federal sense that it is very, very difficult to is it. land, there is also poverty—poverty use that land or for local affected popu- This is where the conversation is sup- that is not just correlated with or coin- lations to have influence over that land posed to happen. It is not occurring— cidental to the Federal land ownership, once it becomes a monument. not this conversation, nor any other, but it is causally connected to its wide- This is significant for Utah because not on the Senate floor, not in the mid- spread existence. 28 percent of the national monument dle of the week. With a whole lot of Another of my amendments would re- acreage designated within the 50 States things going on in the world, we are quire the Federal Government to dis- over the last 25 years has been in Utah. not having it. We are not even having it on this pose of current Federal lands before ac- My State is due for the same types of piece of legislation, which, significant quiring new ones, forcing land agencies protections that are already in place in as it is, is dwarfed in comparison to the to exercise fiscal responsibility and Wyoming and in Alaska. Those States magnitude of many other issues that prioritize which lands they want to in years past have received far too we have to deal with. That doesn’t keep under their control. many monument designations against mean we don’t need to deal with this So getting back to referring a few their will. Eventually, they received legislation. We do. But as long as we minutes ago to those areas, particu- statutory protection. are going to deal with it, as long as we larly those rural areas in my State, Utah has borne far more than its are being asked to pass it, we need to places like San Juan County, UT—San share of the burden in the designation at least have a conversation about it, Juan County, UT, happens to be the of national monuments—monuments and we are not doing that. poorest county in the State. It is also designated that way, by the way, by The only reason that the U.S. Senate a place where the Federal Government Presidents who were acting in open was given the powers that we have in owns 95-plus percent of the land. This willful defiance of the will of the lo- this body by the Founders and by our is not a coincidence. cally affected populations. constituents is to facilitate those vital So there ought to be something in I believe that this is one of the most conversations. This isn’t the New York place that requires an offset so that important changes we need to see in Times op-ed page. We are not supposed when the Federal Government buys Federal lands policy. I will continue to to be afraid of debate here. The Senate new land under the Land and Water fight for it until we achieve justice for is here to provide the venue where all Conservation Fund or otherwise, it has Utah. In fact, this change could be Americans and all views can be heard, to offset it by disposing of land else- achieved through a single 1-page bill, to hash out our differences and arrive where. one mostly consisting of two words. In- at a consensus and compromise in the There also ought to be some mecha- serting the words ‘‘Or Utah’’ enables public eye. nism in place so as to give the State’s Utah to receive the same protection It is especially important to do this sovereign lawmaking body, the State from hostile designation of national in the Senate because this is the place legislature, the ability to accept or re- monuments by a President not inter- where each State has equal representa- ject the proposed expansion of the Fed- ested in the will of the local popu- tion. Big, heavily populated States eral land footprint in that State. lation. have two Senators. So do small, sparse- It is really easy for my colleagues As important as all of these amend- ly populated States have two Senators. from certain parts of the country—par- ments are to me and my State, I am This, by the way, is the one type of ticularly those living east of the Rocky not even asking for the right to pro- change that cannot be made to the Mountains—to suggest that, you know, pose all of them this week. I am willing Constitution. It is the one type of con- Federal land ownership is a great to set aside some of my priorities in stitutional amendment that is, itself, thing. First of all, a lot of people who order to help my colleagues pursue preemptively unconstitutional. You say that do live east of the Rocky theirs and, most of all, to help the Sen- can’t pursue article VI of the Constitu- Mountains, and a lot of people who say ate as an institution to get back to the tion or amend the Constitution in such that also incorrectly imagine that Fed- essential work that the Senate and the a way—even if you follow the article V eral public lands are more or less just Senate alone can do. The Senate was amendment procedures, you cannot national parks or declared wilderness created to be the place—the one place amend it in a way that changes the areas. They are not. in our constitutional framework— principle of equal representation in the In my State, most of the Federal where our diverse, divided Nation could Senate among and between the States. land is not a national park, is not a na- come together, where we could air our It is especially important to have tional recreation area, is not a declared disagreements and find common these debates and discussions when it wilderness area; it is just garden-vari- ground. comes to legislation like this one, like ety BLM or Forest Service land that is Every time we have a national con- the Great American Outdoors Act, chronically environmentally mis- troversy, a lot of people throw around that, while important to the entire Na- managed, and that leads to chronic en- the word ‘‘conversation.’’ We need to tion in many respects, affects some vironmental and economic problems. have a conversation about race, about States differently than it does others. I also have a number of other amend- police brutality, about freedom of This bill has a very different impact in ments that would reform the NEPA speech, about the environment, about Utah than it does in Colorado or in process—the process under the Na- the national debt. The list goes on and Montana or in Tennessee or in Maine. tional Environmental Policy Act—to on. These are all things about which we It is very, very different.

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There are other things that this is supposed to be one of the shut out of a process. What we get about it I can live with. Yet if we can’t two fundamental rules of the Senate, when we jettison that is, instead, a have the conversation, we don’t have where each Member has access to un- process by which a small handful of in- the ability to amend or improve the limited debate and unlimited amend- dividuals will write legislation, that legislation. As a result, the conversa- ments—when it does this, it is neither legislation gets airdropped on to the tion doesn’t happen. And most of the great nor deliberative. It is not living Senate floor in a hermetically sealed American people are excluded from up to its name, to its history, to its Chamber, and then Members are told: this debate and this discussion and this traditions, to its capacity, nor to its You have to vote for this entire pack- conversation entirely. constitutional purpose. age or against this entire package. You This is where these conversations are Five amendments are not a lot, espe- have a simple binary choice: Take it supposed to occur, where we can arrive cially considering this legislative text all or leave it all. at consensus and compromise in the bypassed the committee process all to- That isn’t fair. The American people public eye. And this, I should note, is gether in the first place. This bill, as a deserve better. We have settled. It is not for our convenience and comfort. bill, was never even processed by the time for us to no longer settle, but to Rather, the Senate’s purpose as a delib- Senate Energy and Natural Resources expect more, to expect the Senate to do erative body is to add another layer of Committee, on which I serve. It by- its work. republican and democratic legitimacy passed that committee all together. It Consistent with that, I think it is im- to the very laws we pass. The House ex- didn’t go through it. Even if the Senate portant for us to propose alternatives. ists to assert immediate public opinion votes on these amendments and votes I have nothing but a desire to see these on the basis of the proportional rep- them down—notwithstanding the fact things debated and discussed. In order resentation they have on that side of that we bypassed the committee—it is to do that, I am proposing a solution. the Capitol. here now. There is nothing in the Con- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- The Senate exists to identify broad- stitution that says it has to go through sent to set aside the pending amend- based compromise and consensus that committee. It is better if we do. We ments and call up the following amend- is essential to the political legitimacy didn’t here. We can still deal with some ments en bloc: Kennedy amendment in a nation as diverse as ours, and to do of the concerns that individual Mem- No. 1599, which would allow Gulf States so in a way in which each State is bers have. This is the appropriate place to receive a greater portion of revenues equally represented. That is why we re- to do that, after all, with or without produced from energy sources off their quire supermajorities to end debate committee action. coast; Cruz amendment No. 1651, which here. That is why we have 6-year Regardless of the outcome of those would reflect honest budgeting prac- terms. It is not to serve us. It is, rath- votes, even if the Senate votes those tices, direct the Secretary of the Inte- er, so we can serve everyone else. amendments down—every one of rior to sell off excess Federal lands to But right now, we are abusing our them—at least we will then be on the public as the ‘‘pay for’’ for this leg- constitutional privilege. We are will- record about our priorities and about islation, subject all Trust Fund spend- fully taking the powers of the Amer- our positions. At least then we have a ing to congressional oversight through ican people—the powers that they gave chance to weigh in and say: Here is the appropriations process, and strike us, that they have given us—to deny what I liked about the bill, and here is the provision that allows the Trust them their right to a diverse, delibera- what I didn’t like about the bill. Fund to receive credit for interest that tive, transparent, accountable process. That, in turn, helps us to commu- will not really be earned based on We are doing this for no other purpose nicate to the public about why we ei- money that does not really exist; than for our own convenience. No won- ther do or don’t support whatever leg- Braun amendment No. 1635, which der they can’t stand us. islation is intact at the end of that would prevent unrelated spending in- But it is not too late. It is not even process. That, in turn, would strength- creases in the future by reducing the too late for this week. There is still en the bonds of accountability between discretionary budget limit by $450 mil- plenty of time to salvage this process, the government and the governed, and, lion; Lee amendment No. 1647, which to flex our badly atrophied legislative I would hope, restore some of the pub- would prohibit the Federal Govern- muscles and to get to work. lic trust that Washington, DC, has ment from making acquisitions using After speaking with my colleagues squandered for the last several decades. LWCF funds until they have received all week, and, frankly, all of last week If we require Senators to speak on from the State, where the proposed ac- on these topics, I believe the consensus their amendments and then move to a quisition would be located, notice that concerns about this bill are as follows: vote, we could dispose of all five of the State has enacted legislation ap- one, the inequity of natural resource these amendments in just a few hours. proving the acquisition; and finally, revenue-sharing between the Federal We could do this today. We could have Lee amendment No. 1639, which would Government and the States; two, the done it earlier today. We could have require reports to Congress on costs of cost of the National Parks and Public done it at any moment yesterday. It is acquisition, maintenance, and adminis- Land Legacy Restoration Fund; three, just not too much to ask. We have to tration of lands obtained under the the cost of the Land and Water Con- give this, like all legislation, the due LWCF, reports to States and local servation Fund, or LWCF; four, the im- consideration and the careful delibera- units of government regarding lost plications of an ever-expanding Federal tion that it deserves and that the property taxes due to LWCF land ac- land ownership; and, five, transparency American people deserve. quisitions, and reports to Congress on for the Land and Water Conservation Now, more than ever, our country Restoration Fund projects to be fund- Fund. needs us to be able to come together, ed, currently being funded, and the We could pick just one amendment work together, and find solutions to amount of money expended for that for each of the aforementioned cat- the problems that we face. I believe project, as well as an estimate of ex- egories—just one for each of those cat- this bill presents us with an oppor- penditures needed to complete each egories. We could have just five amend- tunity to do precisely that. I am hope- project. ments all together. By so doing, we ful that my colleagues and I will get I further ask unanimous consent that could make significant progress on this the chance to take it. This is what we the Senate vote on the amendments in legislation. More than that, we could need to do. the order listed with no intervening ac- strengthen our legislative muscle We know that the Senate in the past tion or debate, and that the amend- memory and take a step toward restor- has functioned in such a way as to ments be subject to a 60-affirmative

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Any time you with the exception of the substitute than giving speeches in a legislative trigger any of these alarm bells, it amendment No. 1617, and the Senate body? ought to send a signal that this is not vote on the motion to invoke cloture That is what we are doing, and that an appropriate moment to expect that on the substitute amendment No. 1617. statement is true as far as it goes. Nev- no Member from any State will have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ertheless, in order for that debate to any different perspective. It is not objection. have full meaning, we need to follow right. Deep down they know it is not The Senator from Colorado. our own rules, and we need to allow right. Mr. GARDNER. I object. Members, pursuant to our rules—and I have seen each of my most vocal The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- not just our rules, but also our prece- proponents of this legislation on the tion is heard. dents—our time-honored traditions and receiving end of this very kind of strat- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the spirit of comity that once inhab- egy. I have stood with them as they ator from Utah. ited and pervaded every corner of this have stood against it, even when I Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I would like room. It is that spirit of comity, those don’t agree with their substantive pol- to note now for the record that there traditions, and those rules that really icy agenda, even if I don’t agree per- are exactly two Senators remaining in contemplate a much more collegial en- haps with their strategic plan in ques- the Senate Chamber. It is now 4:38 p.m. vironment, one in which we don’t come tion, but I stand with them anyway be- Now we are three again—now four. We to the floor with legislation and say: cause they are my colleagues. They are have four Senators in the Chamber at That is it. There is no more. That is it. my friends. It is what colleagues do for 4:39 p.m. on a Thursday. This is not the This legislation was written as if on each other. You see, the difference be- end of the week, unless perhaps you are stone tablets. There is no more to be tween a colleague and a subordinate is in the U.S. Senate. written. This book is sealed. You can’t that you don’t purport to tell a col- There is no reason why the Senate have anything more to say. league what he or she can do if you shouldn’t be convening and debating That is not how colleagues treat each don’t have the authority to do that. amendments right now in order to do other. That is how one would treat a You don’t act offended if your col- this. There is no valid reason why subordinate, and frankly, I think it is league doesn’t agree with you, and you Members who understand and appre- insulting—not to me but to those I rep- don’t try to silence your colleague. ciate the legitimate concerns that are resent and to those represented by my That is how you treat a subordinate. the focus of this or any other piece of colleagues doing it. legislation ought not be able to raise What I find also offensive is the no- It has happened for far too long here. concerns with that legislation and offer tion that it is so important somehow I have been here for 91⁄2 years, and I up amendments to improve the legisla- and so urgent to pass this legislation have seen it under Democratic leader- tion in question, especially as is the that we do so now, and that we not ship and I have seen it under Repub- case here. wait until next week to consider it. lican leadership. It is not how it used There are particular States, includ- But it is apparently not important to work here. It is not how it should ing my own, that would be dispropor- enough to allow individual Members to ever work. I find it revolting. It is one tionately disadvantaged and harmed by introduce amendments—even amend- thing to say: I want to vote on this leg- this legislation. It is interesting to ments crafted in good faith, amend- islation. It is quite another thing to note that the Federal Government ments that wouldn’t do any structural have the gall to say: I want to vote on owns more of my State than in almost damage to the bill, amendments that this legislation, but I don’t want any- any other State, than it does in any of may or may not pass, but that haven’t one else to have any say on what this the States of any of the sponsors or been written by the principal authors legislation says, and I don’t care what prominent cosponsors of this legisla- and principal proponents of this legis- this does to another State. I don’t care tion. Some of the cosponsors, in fact, lation. This institution is better than that there are other parts of other are people who live in States where the that, and I thought we were. I think we States in the Union, represented by my Federal Government owns very little owe each other more than that. friends and my colleagues, where peo- land. Look, I don’t complain—no fault. Look, this isn’t always going to be ple will suffer in this legislation. I In some cases our disagreements here the case in every single piece of legisla- don’t care—not my problem. I so don’t represent differences in our back- tion. There are a number of things that care that that is a problem for some- ground or differences in the preferences are passed by this body by unanimous body else, that I am going to make of our constituencies, but as much as consent. Others that come to the floor sure that the other person can’t care anything, I think they stem from and will receive an overwhelming vote one and that he can’t even make changes reflect differences in the States that way or another and don’t necessarily, to this legislation. we represent, not just the preferences in every circumstance, trigger the need If I were their subordinate, perhaps I of the voters, but also the way the pub- for amendments. Those are, in some would understand. As their colleague, I lic land is owned—the extent to which cases, matters that are relatively non- don’t. This isn’t how you treat a col- Federal public land is owned and the controversial. I see no reason for an league. This isn’t how colleagues inter- impact that it has on our local econo- open amendment process if we were, for act in a body that considers itself de- mies. This is a big deal. example, to declare June 2020 to be Na- liberative and collegial. So say what So like I say, I don’t fault them. I re- tional Sofa Care Awareness Month. I they want about this being bipartisan, gard each of the people behind this leg- don’t think anybody is going to care about there having been a collegial islation as beloved friends and col- that much about that legislation, cer- process about this bill’s creation—let leagues and as people who I deeply re- tainly not enough to care deeply about them say what they want about that. spect and trust and admire. They are filing amendments. In other cases, Make no mistake. This is wrong, what people with whom I have agreed and some legislation might have been ade- they are doing. I am not even talking cooperated with on countless instances quately vetted through a process of right now about the merits of the bill. on many wide-ranging topics. committee action and public debate to I disagree with the bill. I don’t like the They are not wrong to want to pass the point where maybe no one really substantive policy end that it seeks to legislation that they believe is correct. sees the need for additional amend- achieve, but I am not talking about They are, however, grossly mistaken in ment by the time it gets to the floor. that right now. What I am saying is believing that it is appropriate in this But that is not always going to be the wrong and even outrageous is the gall, circumstance to shut out Members of case. It should come as no surprise the temerity that they have to tell col- this body who have a different point of with a piece of legislation like this leagues that they don’t have an equal view, to exclude them from the debate one, sweeping in its effect, adding to seat at this table, that their election process. our already unaffordable mandatory certificate somehow matters less.

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This is the reason I am optimistic here has to making and become more powerful. why they are telling us that it wasn’t do with a very simple reality. Sooner But they do so in a dishonorable way, a homicidal cop who killed George or later, in a system like this one, at the expense of all of their col- Floyd. No, his death now is the product Members will find a way with the sys- leagues, at the expense of their rela- of systemic racism, we are told, and tem of rules of the Senate and as au- tionship with their colleagues, but anyone who doesn’t acknowledge their thorized by the rules and procedures most damning of all, at the expense of role in his death, anyone who doesn’t and traditions of the Senate. They will their relationship and obligations to bend their knee to this extreme ide- find a way to get around it, and I think the voters who elected them—and I ology, is complicit in violence. you will see a growing dynamic in mean those in every State. It is not enough, apparently, to bring which Members will reach across the I am sure they think they are doing Derrick Chauvin to justice for his aisle in order to solve this very prob- the right thing, that the end justifies crimes. No, now we have to defund all lem. the means. Nobody is immune to that the police. There is no scab they will This problem is not a Republican line of thinking. It is something we not pick at, no divide they will not ex- problem distinctively. It is not a have to be conscious of. The cir- ploit, no controversy they will not gin Democratic problem distinctively. We cumstance doesn’t make it OK. This is up to make us hate each other. Well, have seen it under the leadership of wrong. We can do better. We can, we we cannot take their bait. both parties, regardless of who has the must, and together, we will. majority. This is a problem that Sen- In the last weeks, we have seen a pro- I yield the floor. fessor put on leave for quoting the ators have among and between them- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- selves, and I think in time you will see words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Not ator from Missouri. woke enough. We have seen the New more and more Members coming to ISSUES FACING AMERICA each other’s defense, regardless of po- York Times fire its opinion page editor Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, we for daring to publish the words of a Re- litical ideology and regardless of the have a lot of problems in America substantive ends that we achieve in a publican Senator. He forgot the party today—a pandemic, a recession, a surge line. We have seen a literal insurrec- piece of legislation. I think the sun is of violence in our major cities drown- setting or at least preparing to set on tion in the streets of Seattle, a break- ing out a nationwide call for justice away Antifa enclave ruled by a self-de- the days of locking out individual and hope. We have work to do in this Members from the amendment process. scribed warlord—you cannot make this body and this city to solve these prob- stuff up—lauded now, in some quarters It isn’t right, and deep down we know lems and to heed that call. it is not. at least, as an experiment in post-po- Our voters sent us here to make lice governance. I will note that other than the Pre- things better, to rebuild, to heal, but We have had a bill introduced in the siding Officer, at 4:53 p.m. on a Thurs- that is not what we are doing. No, for day, I remain the only Member of the House to bring that experiment in the last several weeks, my colleagues U.S. Senate within this Chamber—just chaos to our cities and towns all across on the other side of the aisle and their the Presiding Officer and me. That is the country and to demonize the fine allies in the media and some profes- it. men and women who put their lives on sional political activists on a payroll We could be voting now. We could the line day and night to protect pro- have been trying to divide us against have started voting hours ago. We testers’ rights to demand justice. each other, to paralyze us, to stoke re- could have started voting yesterday. The madness is accelerating this sentment of our fellow citizens and ha- We could have voted on all of these month, but the radical left has been at tred of this Nation that we call home. amendments. For all I know, all of the this for a while. amendments that I am proposing could It is really remarkable, if you think about it. Just a few short weeks ago, The New York Times won a Pulitzer have been considered and voted down Prize for the 1619 Project—a propa- and they would have had their way. So we were united in outrage at the murder of George Floyd. We were united in ganda campaign designed to recast what difference would it make? I am America’s founding as an evil event not certain whether they would all fail. impatience for justice for his family. And nothing has changed about that. and American democracy as a system It is not up to me for all to fail. Third- of violent racial oppression. It won ly, even if they did all fail—every last All people of good will still want justice to be done. I do. But the call of the that prize despite wide criticism by one of them—at least then Members of historians who objected to its histor- this body would be able to face their marchers has been weaponized by par- tisans who want nothing more than to ical revisionism. constituents at the end of that process Now, with the Pulitzer’s seal of ap- and be able to say: Look, I liked this say that only some Americans really support equal justice under the law; proval, the Times is developing a 1619 legislation. Even though it had these grade school curriculum so that our problems, the reasons to support it only some institutions of government are really committed to that cause; children will be indoctrinated to hate outweighed those for opposing it. this country at taxpayer expense. They Or they would be able to say: Look, I only one party can be trusted to govern want to do to our public schools what tried to make it better. I failed. These in good faith; only one political coali- they have already done to the univer- problems remained. So I voted against tion is righteous enough to rule over it. the other. sities. That increases accountability, rather You don’t hear talk of unity when What does any of this have to do with than decreasing. That is good. That is watching MSNBC or reading the New healing our Nation? What does it have good for a constitutional republic like York Times these days. Instead, those to do with bringing about that more ours. It is essential for the U.S. Senate. outlets are drawing up a new list of vil- perfect union, whose achievement is It is how it is supposed to work. lains—not Floyd’s killer. No, not him. our shared ambition and shared obliga- So we could have done that yester- We are way past George Floyd now, I tion as Americans? The answer is, day. We could have done that this guess. No, we are talking about new nothing. And that is the point. morning. We could still do it right now. grievances, structural evils endemic to As has been widely reported, this We could start that process right now America itself—the police, the mili- week one of my Senate colleagues in- in a matter of hours. We would have tary, the flag, oh, and of course the troduced a measure to strip all mili- debated, discussed, and voted on these President. It is always about the Presi- tary installations and bases in this amendments. Then we could move on. dent. country of reference to Confederate We could put this whole thing behind Actually, what it is really about is soldiers or Confederate history. And for us. We could do it right now. the President’s voters. It is about the what purpose? To achieve justice for

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Whereas, in August 2011, Mr. Ferrer founded rent politics that Civil War that tore The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), a non- brother from brother and divided this clerk will call the roll. violent political movement dedicated to pro- Nation against itself. The legislative clerk proceeded to moting human rights, democratic principles, and You would think, the way some in call the roll. fundamental freedoms in Cuba; the media talk about this country, Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask Whereas, on June 7, 2012, Mr. Ferrer testified unanimous consent that the order for via digital video conference at a hearing of the that they are sad we are still not fight- Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; ing the Civil War. They would like us the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas, since he was released from jail in to fight a new civil war in our culture objection, it is so ordered. March 2011, Mr. Ferrer has been frequently har- day and night, without end. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I just assed, regularly surveilled, and repeatedly jailed I would suggest to my colleagues by Cuban authorities for his role in UNPACU; want to make sure that people under- that the Civil War not only gave us vil- Whereas, on October 1, 2019, Mr. Ferrer was stand we are tracking a 1 a.m. vote be- lains, it also gave us heroes and a more imprisoned arbitrarily by Cuban authorities for fore I get into some of these bills. perfect union to love. Maybe we should his leadership of UNPACU and outspoken advo- Again, we are tracking a 1 a.m. vote. learn from those heroes. cacy for human rights and democratic principles f in Cuba; We should learn from Lincoln, who Whereas, on October 1, 2019, Cuban authori- called our Nation to unity at Gettys- CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RE- ties detained 3 other members of UNPACU, Fer- burg. ‘‘It is for the living,’’ he told us, LEASE OF CUBAN DEMOCRACY nando Gonza´ lez Vailant, Jose´ Pupo Chaveco, ‘‘to be dedicated here to the unfinished ACTIVIST JOSE DANIEL FERRER and Roilan Zarraga Ferrer; work which they who fought here have AND COMMENDING THE EFFORTS Whereas the family of Mr. Ferrer was per- thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather OF JOSE DANIEL FERRER TO mitted to visit him only twice while he was im- for us to be here dedicated to the great PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND prisoned arbitrarily, and the wife of Mr. Ferrer task remaining before us—that from FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN reported that she saw evidence that he had been physically abused and mistreated; these honored dead we take increased CUBA Whereas, on April 3, 2020, Mr. Ferrer was ar- devotion to that cause for which they Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask bitrarily convicted and sentenced to 4 years and here gave the last full measure of devo- unanimous consent that the Senate 6 months of house arrest for the purported tion—that we here highly resolve that proceed to the consideration of Cal- crimes of ‘‘injuries’’ and ‘‘privation of liberty’’; these dead shall not have died in vain— endar No. 467, S. Res. 454. Whereas, on April 3, 2020, Mr. Gonza´ lez that this nation shall have a new birth The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Vailant, Mr. Pupo Chaveco, and Mr. Zarraga Ferrer were also arbitrarily convicted to of freedom and that the government of clerk will report the resolution by the people, by the people, and for the multiyear sentences of house arrest; and title. Whereas, since he was placed under house ar- people, shall not perish from the The legislative clerk read as follows: rest, Mr. Ferrer has informed international earth.’’ A resolution (S. Res. 454) calling for the media outlets that during his time in prison he If you visit Gettysburg, you will find immediate release of Cuban democracy ac- was subjected to ‘‘torture’’ and ‘‘constant hu- monuments to the dead of free States tivist Jose Daniel Ferrer and commending miliation’’, and denied access to food and med- and slave States alike, and you will see the efforts of Jose Daniel Ferrer to promote ical treatment: Now, therefore, be it children who are brought there by human rights and fundamental freedoms in Resolved, their parents after long car drives from Cuba. That the Senate— There being no objection, the Senate (1) condemns the arbitrary conviction, sen- their homes, drawn in by these old tencing, and imprisonment of leading Cuban de- symbols and memorials to the lessons proceeded to consider the resolution, mocracy and human rights activist Jose´ Daniel those teach about our Nation’s new which had been reported from the Com- Ferrer and calls for his immediate and uncondi- birth of freedom. mittee on Foreign Relations with an tional release; The Americans who visit these hal- amendment to strike all after the re- (2) calls for the immediate and unconditional lowed grounds all across our country solving clause and insert the part release of all members of the Patriotic Union of want to know why this Nation fought a printed in italic and with an amend- Cuba (UNPACU) that have been arbitrarily im- ment to the preamble to strike the pre- prisoned; war against itself, why brothers could (3) commends Mr. Ferrer for his unwavering not live under one flag together. We amble and insert the part printed in commitment to advance democratic principles, teach them there in those places how italic, as follows: human rights, and fundamental freedoms in we became a better nation through the Whereas Jose´ Daniel Ferrer Garcı´a is a Cuban Cuba; and crucible of that terrible war, and we democracy and human rights activist who has (4) recognizes the important contributions of dedicated his life to promoting greater political UNPACU and all of its members for their efforts teach them there to be proud that we pluralism and respect for fundamental freedoms did so. to promote greater respect for democratic prin- in Cuba; ciples, human rights, and fundamental freedoms That hard-fought pride in the shared Whereas Mr. Ferrer was born in Cuba on July in Cuba. struggle that unites us is now fading. 29, 1970, in the province of Santiago de Cuba; Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask That story is being erased. A nation Whereas, in the late 1990s, Mr. Ferrer joined unanimous consent that the com- the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), a united in the cause of justice is divid- mittee-reported substitute amendment ing, and we are increasingly at war peaceful political movement led by late Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya; to the resolution be agreed to; the reso- with ourselves. This cannot continue. lution, as amended, be agreed to; the This great Nation and its good people Whereas, through coordination with the MCL, Mr. Ferrer helped lead the Varela Project, an committee-reported amendment to the cannot continue our life of freedom to- initiative to collect the signatures of citizens to preamble be agreed to; the preamble, gether if we vilify and destroy each petition the Government of Cuba for democratic as amended, be agreed to; and that the other from within. reforms and protections for freedom of speech, motions to reconsider be considered Now, before we vote on this floor on freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly; made and laid upon the table. the National Defense Authorization Whereas, in March 2003, as part of a series of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Act, I will offer an amendment to undo sweeping arrests of 75 democracy activists, Mr. objection, it is so ordered. this effort at historical revisionism. I Ferrer was arrested by Cuban authorities for his The committee-reported amendment will offer it not to celebrate the cause work on the Varela Project and sentenced to 25 years in prison; in the nature of a substitute was of the Confederacy but to embrace the Whereas, in March 2004, Amnesty Inter- agreed to. cause of union—our union, shared to- national declared the group of 75 democracy ac- The resolution (S. Res. 454), as gether as Americans. tivists, including Mr. Ferrer, to be prisoners of amended, was agreed to. It is time for our leaders to stop conscience and called for their immediate and The committee-reported amendment using their position here to divide us. unconditional release; to the preamble was agreed to.

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Res. 567) was Cuban democracy and human rights activist tional release of all members of the Patriotic agreed to. who has dedicated his life to promoting Union of Cuba (UNPACU) that have been ar- The preamble was agreed to. greater political pluralism and respect for bitrarily imprisoned; (The resolution, with its preamble, is fundamental freedoms in Cuba; (3) commends Mr. Ferrer for his unwaver- printed in the RECORD of May 7, 2020, Whereas Mr. Ferrer was born in Cuba on ing commitment to advance democratic under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) July 29, 1970, in the province of Santiago de principles, human rights, and fundamental Cuba; freedoms in Cuba; and f Whereas, in the late 1990s, Mr. Ferrer (4) recognizes the important contributions RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF joined the Christian Liberation Movement of UNPACU and all of its members for their THE CHAIR (MCL), a peaceful political movement led by efforts to promote greater respect for demo- late Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya; cratic principles, human rights, and funda- Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask Whereas, through coordination with the mental freedoms in Cuba. unanimous consent that the Senate re- MCL, Mr. Ferrer helped lead the Varela cess subject to the call of the Chair. Project, an initiative to collect the signa- f tures of citizens to petition the Government The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without RECOGNIZING THE 199TH ANNIVER- objection, it is so ordered. of Cuba for democratic reforms and protec- SARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF tions for freedom of speech, freedom of the There being no objection, the Senate, press, and freedom of assembly; GREECE AND CELEBRATING DE- at 5:21 p.m., recessed subject to the call Whereas, in March 2003, as part of a series MOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE of the Chair and reassembled at 7:59 of sweeping arrests of 75 democracy activ- UNITED STATES p.m. when called to order by the Pre- ists, Mr. Ferrer was arrested by Cuban au- Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask siding Officer (Mr. ALEXANDER). thorities for his work on the Varela Project and sentenced to 25 years in prison; unanimous consent that the Senate f proceed to the consideration of Cal- Whereas, in March 2004, Amnesty Inter- TAXPAYER FIRST ACT OF 2019— endar No. 470, S. Res. 523. national declared the group of 75 democracy Continued activists, including Mr. Ferrer, to be pris- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The oners of conscience and called for their im- clerk will report the resolution by The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- mediate and unconditional release; title. ator from Louisiana. Whereas, in 2009, Mr. Ferrer was honored The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I rise with the Democracy Award given annually A resolution (S. Res. 523) recognizing the today because I am concerned about by the National Endowment for Democracy; the Great American Outdoors Act in Whereas, in March 2011, as part of an 199th anniversary of the independence of agreement brokered by the Catholic Church, Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece its current form. It spends billions on Mr. Ferrer refused to abandon his homeland and the United States. places where Americans vacation but and was released from prison to remain in There being no objection, the Senate absolutely nothing protecting the Cuba; proceeded to consider the resolution. areas where 42 percent of Americans Whereas, in August 2011, Mr. Ferrer found- Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask live, which are the parishes and coun- ed the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), a unanimous consent that the resolution ties on coastlines. Of course these par- nonviolent political movement dedicated to ishes and counties are in coastal promoting human rights, democratic prin- be agreed to; the preamble be agreed ciples, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba; to; and the motions to reconsider be States, and 85 percent of Americans Whereas, on June 7, 2012, Mr. Ferrer testi- considered made and laid upon the live in coastal States. fied via digital video conference at a hearing table. To repeat, the Great American Out- of the Committee on Foreign Relations of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without doors Act mandates spending billions the Senate; objection, it is so ordered. on the outdoors where Americans vaca- Whereas, since he was released from jail in The resolution (S. Res. 523) was tion but does absolutely nothing to March 2011, Mr. Ferrer has been frequently agreed to. protect the outdoors where Americans harassed, regularly surveilled, and repeat- The preamble was agreed to. live. edly jailed by Cuban authorities for his role Tonight, I will speak to why that is a in UNPACU; (The resolution, with its preamble, is Whereas, on October 1, 2019, Mr. Ferrer was printed in the RECORD of February 27, problem for coastal States like my imprisoned arbitrarily by Cuban authorities 2020, under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) State of Louisiana and how one amend- for his leadership of UNPACU and outspoken f ment, the coastal amendment, address- advocacy for human rights and democratic es this disparity. principles in Cuba; COMMENDING CAREER PROFES- These are uncertain times. Whereas, on October 1, 2019, Cuban authori- SIONALS AT THE DEPARTMENT Coronavirus continues to kill. Our ties detained 3 other members of UNPACU, OF STATE FOR THEIR EXTEN- country struggles to confront and ad- ´ ´ Fernando Gonzalez Vailant, Jose Pupo SIVE EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE dress the issues raised by the George Chaveco, and Roilan Zarraga Ferrer; UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND Floyd killing. Hindsight is 20/20, but we Whereas the family of Mr. Ferrer was per- LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS mitted to visit him only twice while he was wish that we had stockpiled more per- imprisoned arbitrarily, and the wife of Mr. DURING THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC sonal protective equipment. We wish Ferrer reported that she saw evidence that Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask Minneapolis had instituted police re- he had been physically abused and mis- unanimous consent that the Senate forms. If wise action had addressed treated; proceed to Calendar No. 474, S. Res. 567. these issues before, then these issues Whereas, on April 3, 2020, Mr. Ferrer was The PRESIDING OFFICER. The might be better now. arbitrarily convicted and sentenced to 4 It highlights the need for wise public years and 6 months of house arrest for the clerk will report the resolution by purported crimes of ‘‘injuries’’ and ‘‘priva- title. policy—looking beyond the immediate tion of liberty’’; The legislative clerk read as follows: and thinking about that which may Whereas, on April 3, 2020, Mr. Gonza´ lez A resolution (S. Res. 567) commending ca- occur. On the other hand, there are Vailant, Mr. Pupo Chaveco, and Mr. Zarraga reer professionals at the Department of some things that occur that we know Ferrer were also arbitrarily convicted to State for their extensive efforts to repatriate are going to happen because they hap- multiyear sentences of house arrest; and United States citizens and legal permanent pened before, so 20/20 hindsight is not Whereas, since he was placed under house residents during the COVID–19 pandemic. needed. Coastal flooding is an example. arrest, Mr. Ferrer has informed inter- There being no objection, the Senate Hurricanes happen regularly. Sea lev- national media outlets that during his time in prison he was subjected to ‘‘torture’’ and proceeded to consider the resolution. els are rising. There will be more coast- ‘‘constant humiliation’’, and denied access to Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask al flooding, more pictures of families food and medical treatment: Now, therefore, unanimous consent that the resolution on life rafts, the Cajun Navy in small be it be agreed to; the preamble be agreed boats doing rescues, the Coast Guard

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State, for example—that produces the ican Outdoors Act were being consid- To repeat, more money is being spent energy with the resources that dis- ered in committee, there was another on places where people vacation, not proportionately fund programs in bill passed to address coastal issues. protecting where they live. parks where people occasionally visit The authors of the Great American That is the Land and Water Con- is the one which has its needs Outdoors Act don’t live in coastal servation Fund aspects of it. Let’s talk unaddressed. States, or if they do, their States ben- about the parks with the deferred In my State of Louisiana, this is par- efit greatly from the Great American maintenance. ticularly troublesome. We are the hard- Outdoors Act legislation. But that These are the seven States that do est hit State in the Nation by land leaves the rest of us wondering, is it pretty well. They do fantastic. Sixty loss, so much so that if nothing is done, right to care more about parks than percent, roughly, of the money will go the energy infrastructure that comes about people? Because that seems to be to these—including Washington, DC— off of the coast of Louisiana to support the priority the Senate is going on. these States that are highlighted; ev- the oil and gas development that sup- Let’s establish context. The Senate is eryone else, not so much. In fact, if you plies the revenue for the Great Amer- nearing a vote on the Great American are in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, ican Outdoors Act—that energy infra- Outdoors Act. The bill dedicates bil- only 0.2 percent of the Nation’s de- structure will be threatened, which lions in funding for deferred mainte- ferred maintenance is in those States. means that the goose laying the golden nance, mostly in national parks where So out of the billions being spent in egg dies, along with my working coast Americans vacation and predominantly this program, 0.2 percent will go to and the communities of the people who in seven States. It also puts an addi- those States collectively. Clearly, live there. tional $900 million in the Land and there are winners and losers. If it seems like I am passionate about Water Conservation Fund, which is I spoke of Nebraska, Iowa, and Kan- this, by golly, I am. By golly, why do used to buy more land for the Federal sas. Other States also get far less. The people care more about parks than Government, principally in Western coastal States of Georgia, South Caro- they do about people? That just dis- States. lina, Connecticut, New Hampshire, turbs me. I have no problem with the idea be- Minnesota, Delaware, Maine, and other But it isn’t just the energy infra- hind the bill. National parks are na- coastal States do very poorly. structure lost; it will be lives and live- tional treasures. Americans flock to Midwestern States like Kansas, Iowa, lihoods, communities and community— them to learn about history and to ex- and Nebraska I have already men- again, by the way, costing taxpayers a perience the natural majesty of our tioned, and why is this important? lot of money. great country. I know some of the floor Well, I will mention it again in a little Let’s have some examples of this. speeches extolling this bill have shown bit, but I have been to some of those Hurricane Katrina. Federal taxpayers grizzly bears and mountains and pine coastlines. They are kind of going had to pay $125 billion in Louisiana, trees and such like that. I am with it. away too. If you go to a barrier island Mississippi, and other parts of the gulf I love them. I think they are beautiful. in Georgia, they are having to build coast for recovery; Hurricane Harvey, But I do take issue with how the bill seawalls because the waves are now $125 billion in Texas and Louisiana; ignores the environmental needs of crashing on beautiful homes, threat- Hurricane Maria, $90 billion in Puerto coastal States in favor of fixing broken ening to wash them away into the sea. Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; Hur- toilets and leaky roofs, because I can beautiful homes, threatening to wash ricane Sandy, $65 billion in the Mid-At- show the needs of coastal States, not in them away into the sea. lantic—New York, New Jersey; Hurri- terms of grizzly bears and pine trees We should be spending money not cane Irma, $50 billion in Florida; Hurri- and majestic mountains but in terms of just on parks but also where people cane Ike, $30 billion in Louisiana and people being flooded out of their homes live. That would be wise public policy. Texas. I could mention Rita. I could because of the lack of investment in All the coastal States I just men- mention many others that have cost coastal resiliency. tioned, including those which do re- the Federal taxpayers billions in order As a pictorial of where the money is ceive disproportionate benefit from the to help States recover. spent from the Land and Water Con- Great American Outdoors Act, would The combined cost of hurricane dam- servation Fund, the blue States, most- also benefit, as would the Gulf Coast age from every storm since 1990 is nearly inland—they have West Virginia States, if we invest collectively as a ly $685 billion. Not all of this damage kind of poking out there, but it is not nation in coastal resiliency. The reason could have been avoided. It is clear a coastal State—the coastal States ac- this is so important—failure to invest that it couldn’t have been. But a lot tually don’t do very well at all, do in coastal resiliency costs lives, costs could have been. If the marshes south they. Even though this is where 85 per- communities, costs taxpayers, and of New Orleans had not been allowed to cent of the American people live—the costs us a lot. Land lost due to rising erode away, they would have instead coastal States—we can see that the re- sea levels and other factors threaten eroded the power of Katrina, decreas- maining 15 percent live in States that the safety of the 42 percent of Ameri- ing its force when it hit New Orleans, get the bulk of the funding. cans who live in a county or parish di- perhaps preserving those levies. If we Coastal per capita spending in the rectly on a coastline. put money up beforehand, it saves us Land and Water Conservation Fund is We know that if you invest in coastal so much on the back end. $7.53, but if you look at what inland resiliency and flood protection on the The coastal amendment does not ask States receive, it is $17.66 on a per cap- front end, you can save billions on the for billions. I feel like it should, but I ita basis. There is a lot of benefit in back end protecting against the next know I couldn’t get it. I am only ask- living here if you are putting more hurricane or flood event. ing that some money in this bill be in- money into the Land and Water Con- Again, we are spending billions on cluded for coastal resiliency. I will say servation Fund, but if you live on a parks we occasionally visit, but there it once more: If we are spending bil- coastline threatened by flooding, the is nothing in this bill on where we live, lions on where people vacation, benefit is not there, and that is my raise families, and make our liveli- shouldn’t we spend something on resil- concern with this bill. hoods. iency for the parishes and counties Again, let’s establish these facts: 42 Perhaps the greatest irony is how the where 42 percent of Americans live? percent of the population lives in par- Great American Outdoors Act is fund- Should we care more about parks than ishes and counties directly on a coast- ed. The bill takes up to $1.9 billion a we do about people? line; 82 percent live in coastal States. year in revenue generated from energy These numbers I just went through— These figures—$17.66 spent on the in- production principally from the Gulf of they are not just numbers; they rep- land and $7.53 spent on the coastal— Mexico to spend it on the deferred resent people. I see their pictures. I see

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United States. don’t invest in coastal resiliency—en- Terrebonne Parish recently put up a Ocean and coastal communities, in- ergy assets such as pipelines, refin- new flood system, and they put it up cluding the Great Lakes, account for 82 eries, oil export sites, natural gas mar- after a flood event in which a major percent of the U.S. population and ket centers, processing facilities, lique- portion of their lower parish flooded. economy. NOAA reports that the ocean fied natural gas export facilities, the They then built the flood system, and economy contributes 2.3 percent of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and ports then they subsequently had another Nation’s employment, 1.6 percent of like Port Fourchon that keep the gulf high-water event. Ten thousand homes GDP, 3 million jobs, 154,000 businesses, economy running. that would have flooded did not flood $129 billion in wages, and $304 billion in Again, the majority of this infra- because of that new flood wall. goods and services. These jobs are structure is based off the coast of Lou- We invested in coastal resiliency. threatened when sea levels rise and isiana. Without investment in flood The Federal taxpayer, through the Na- erosion and flooding occur. Their con- protection and rebuilding barrier is- tional Flood Insurance Program, saved tribution to our economy is threat- lands, this critical part of the Amer- millions—hundreds of millions. More ened. ican economy—not to mention the importantly, lives were saved and com- By the way, I mentioned that energy funding stream for the Great American munities were saved, and a vibrant production is threatened, and if we Outdoors Act—remains exposed and at community, with workers who go off- cannot produce energy, there is no risk. shore to produce the energy that is funding mechanism for the Great Again, these aren’t just numbers; funding the Great American Outdoors American Outdoors Act. these are people. There are 375,000 jobs Act, was able to pick up and continue We are spending money where people directly tied to the oil and gas industry with their life without disruption. vacation, not where they live and across the Gulf States, and it doesn’t I am speaking of Louisiana; it could work. include the jobs that are secondary be any coastal area across the United I will just use my own State as a case there just because of the oil and gas in- States. So investing in coastal resil- in point of the need for coastal resil- dustry stimulating demand on com- iency protects all these endeavors. iency. mercial goods and services. I am not saying take any money Will you look at that map? This is a But it doesn’t stop there. I men- away from the Great American Out- reasonable scenario of what will hap- tioned the port structure being threat- doors Act. The coastal amendment, if pen to Louisiana if there is no invest- ened. folded in, doesn’t touch a dime of the ment in coastal resiliency. The red is By the way, somebody from Kansas, billions going to the parks. All I am the land that is lost. Iowa, or Nebraska might be saying: asking is to have some revenue to go to This is New Orleans. It effectively be- You know, I don’t do well at all in the save the lives and the livelihoods of all comes an island protected by levees, Great American Outdoors Act, but how these people, the 42 percent of Ameri- and all of this is lost. Oh, well. That is does what Senator CASSIDY is talking cans who live in coastal communities. Louisiana. It may not matter. Second about help me? I don’t live on a coast- Instead, we spend it all on parks, pot- most productive fisheries—in fact, the line. holes, broken toilets, and leaky roofs. I most productive fisheries in the lower Yes, but your commodities go around have heard the argument that if you 48; Alaska beats us—but in the lower the world through the port system that fix that leaky roof in time, you save 48, the most productive fisheries. Port is based on the gulf coast, and this more money down the road, and I ac- systems that are throughout here sup- shows it. cept that argument. I am just applying port the economy of all of the inland After Hurricane Katrina and our port it to where people live. If we do some- waterways. These commodities that system in south Louisiana was so dam- thing for coastal resiliency now, we flow around the world at a competitive aged, this is what happened to the ex- save not just a leaky roof and not just price advantage because of our fish and port of commodities from the heart- a little bit of money. We save a com- port system—threatened because of the land: Corn exports down 23 percent; munity, we save lives, and we save lots absence of sustainability. And I could barley, 100 percent; wheat, 54 percent; of money. go on. soy, 25 percent. Total grain exports I recently spoke to 20 parish resi- We are losing roughly—by the time I were down 24 percent. Those aren’t just dents. As folks know, in Louisiana, we finish talking, Louisiana will lose numbers; those are families who sud- don’t have counties. We have parishes. roughly a football field worth of land. denly are struggling because they I had another call with 100 different Goggle Maps can’t even keep up—it thought they had their budget worked business leaders, and they just plead will show you land, and it is open out, and now their exports are down 100 for fairness to the gulf and to coastal water. So if you have ever gone fishing percent. parishes and counties. And what is un- in the gulf, you are watching your lit- That lower Louisiana, lower Mis- fair, you ask? Again, if you live in a tle radar right there, and you think sissippi port system is the reason we coastal area that generates the billions you are about to hit something, and it can ship our grains around the world at being spent in the Great American Out- is just open. That land has melted competitive prices relative to other doors Act, you are upset to learn that away, and the maps can’t keep up. countries. Without that port system, the Senate is passing a bill spending So what is at risk? Oil and gas pro- our farmers are at a disadvantage. more money on vacation spots than on duction. I have mentioned that. But oil So it isn’t just advocating for coastal protecting your homes, jobs, and envi- and gas production do not do it justice. resiliency for my State because I want ronment. All of this is pipelines and energy in- those communities to be preserved and It is not just the Louisiana coast. I frastructure that benefit not just Lou- for the energy infrastructure we rely have a friend who lives in Seal Beach, isiana; it benefits the entire country. upon to, among other things, fund this CA. I visited him a couple of years ago, I am a physician. This is the way I bill we are about to vote on, it is also and he said that water was coming up look at it: If your body needs energy, vital to the livelihood of these farmers and flooding buildings it never had be- so does our modern economy. And to and their families and their economy fore. Well, in showing you that coastal the degree that we have oil and gas, jet in these inland States. If we don’t pro- resiliency investment can work, now fuel, plastics, resins, natural gas com- tect that port system by investing in Seal Beach, apparently, spends $1 mil- ing from around the country, it prin- coastal resiliency, their livelihoods lion a year building berms to protect cipally comes from here. To the degree will be affected. from winter storms driving it in. that we support jobs by exporting Investing in coastal resiliency pro- So, first, coastal resiliency can work. clean-burning natural gas around the tects all these endeavors and prevents But, two, sea levels are rising, and the world to replace coal in, say, China so the astronomical costs associated with beach is shrinking. It will require more

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It doesn’t take any money away and I am just struck. Oh, my gosh, I parishes and counties where 42 percent from buying more lands out in the couldn’t afford those beautiful homes. of American people live, as opposed to Western States. What I am trying to do They had to build sea walls because the not spending a dime to help protect it. is to bring fairness and equity into this high tides are higher now and threat- Now, I said at the beginning of this equation by directing dollars to all ening the foundations of those build- speech about the coastal amendment— coastal States, including the Great ings. This bill invests nothing to pro- I just went over it—how does it func- Lakes States. Senators from both sides tect the beaches and the outdoors tionally work? This amendment re- of this aisle represent States which where people live. moves the cap on the amount of money would benefit. It doesn’t matter wheth- I am told that the Army Corps of En- Gulf States receive from energy pro- er you are from a coastal State. You gineers—this is hearsay. I think it is duction on the Outer Continental Shelf would recognize that it is wise public true, but I don’t know. It is a reliable and makes more leases eligible for the policy. source. The Army Corps of Engineers Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, I suggested inserting the coastal has recently proposed building a $3.5 or, as it is known, GOMESA, which amendment into the Great American billion floodgate to protect the Miami thereby generates more money for a Outdoors Act, into the base bill. The harbor. I have also read that property State like Louisiana. COASTAL Act was originally written values are declining on Miami Beach Simultaneously, by raising this cap, with DOUG JONES, the Senator from because as sea levels rise, the people it puts more money into the current Alabama, and had bipartisan support in who are insuring them and may be pur- fund for the Land and Water Conserva- the Energy Committee from Senator tion Fund. But, under the Great Amer- chasing are afraid that they will be in- ANGUS KING from Maine. undated by rising sea levels. ican Outdoors Act, the Land and Water Since, the coastal amendment has When I drive along the Mississippi Conservation Fund is getting an addi- been modified. My Democratic col- gulf coast, they have homes elevated 12 tional $900 million a year in perpetuity league, SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, who is or 15 feet in the air. It is kind of a tes- automatically, and Congress has no from Rhode Island—a State greatly timony to the threat that our new en- role over it after this bill passes. Any threatened by rising sea levels—sug- vironment poses to those who live on dollars that would additionally go to gested that we create revenue sharing the beach. It kind of reminds me of a LWCF, above the $125 million it cur- for wind energy. As we look forward picture I saw of Venice, Italy, where rently receives, would instead flow into into the next economy, we see that off- they used to have shops on the ground a coastal fund, and that is the coastal shore wind will be a significant source floor, but now the ground floors are fund that would help resiliency in all of of electricity for States like his, in empty because sea level has risen and our coastal States. Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and other Now, I can’t say how other States flooding has extended. So now there is New England States. So we would use would spend it, but in Louisiana, our such regularity of flooding that Venice revenue sharing from offshore wind en- State constitution requires that if we no longer uses the ground floor. ergy to also contribute to coastal resil- Now, we are not Venice in our coun- get money from GOMESA, from the revenue sharing, that we in Louisiana iency. try. We are not built in the middle of a Now, that still is a little ways off. At dedicate these funds to turning the tide marsh, but we are built and 42 percent first, it would principally be additional against land loss to preserve our won- of us live in a coastal parish. This is a dollars coming from the Gulf Coast, derful and ecologically diverse wet- threat. It does not take 20/20 hindsight. but ultimately it would be the north lands, which also blunts the effects of We can see that this is going to hap- and the south combining to benefit all hurricanes. pen. We already hear the Army Corps Now some might say: Why should coastal States, whether they were in of Engineers planning for this. We see anybody get this? It is Federal land. the Northeast or in the South. Wher- property values declining. We see flood Well, I will point out that there is ac- ever you live on a coastline, including walls being built, and we scratch our tually a cap on the amount of revenue the Great Lakes, it would benefit from chin and know that ultimately it will the Gulf States receive from oil and inserting the COASTAL Act into the not be enough. gas revenue and from oil and gas pro- great American Outdoors Act. The Senate could be investing in that duction in the Federal lands off our All I can say is, I would like to think coastal resiliency, not just, to say, in coast, which limits the amount we can that Senators—Republicans and Demo- my State of Louisiana, where we are receive. There is no such limit in any crats alike—can see what is at risk: actually generating the funds that other State. lives, jobs, and energy production. In would be used for the Great American If you are in a Federal land in New funding for the Great American Out- Outdoors Act, but, no, we are not. We Mexico, you get 50 percent of the total doors Act, if you don’t give a twit are fixing potholes and parks where generated. I think I read last year that about the coastal areas, at least you people visit but not investing in coast- New Mexico got $1.5 billion from shared are concerned about the funding for the al resiliency where they live. royalty leases on Federal lands within act. Again, if we only invest where peo- What does the coastal amendment New Mexico. I think Louisiana got $95 ple vacation instead of investing in do? Because I do think this could fix million. Wait—$1.5 billion and $95 mil- coastal resiliency, we do a disservice to this. Again, there are nationwide bene- lion. We got a coast; they don’t. We got the States, in those coastal States is fits. Let me repeat. It doesn’t take a people; they don’t. We are funding 90 where over 80 percent of Americans dime away from the Great American percent of the Great American Out- live. Outdoors Act. There will still be the doors Act; they are funding a fraction. Now, by the way, we can have com- billions going for the parks. But what Now you know why my parish resi- mon ground on issues of the environ- this does do is it sends money to spend dents feel anger that the needs of our ment. Earlier today, one of the Great on coastal resiliency where people live. vanishing coastline are totally ignored, American Outdoors Act authors, Sen- It ensures the stability of the port sys- and not just ours but those of every ator GARDNER from Colorado, addressed tem in the Lower Mississippi and down coastal parish—those coastal parishes this Chamber to say that his bill is in the Texas gulf coast to help Amer- in which 42 percent of Americans live smart conservation. Let me say that ica’s farmers export. It helps treat the and who are wondering: Do we care two of my best friends here are Senator Gulf States fairly, which really dis- more about parks than we do about GARDNER and Senator DAINES, and we proportionately do not benefit from people? are on the other side of this issue. But these two acts that they are funding. We can care about parks, but if you are from their State, my gosh, Everybody wins. shouldn’t we also care about people? you just better give them a real shout-

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We have established that over 80 ourselves beyond our narrow parochial GARDNER’s bill and my amendment percent of our fellow Americans live in interest, and think about all Ameri- work together on important issues of coastal States and stand to benefit cans, not just those Americans that conservation and environment. I am very little from the Great American live in your State. Put people before told that 800 environmental groups Outdoors Act. Oh, yes, if you live in parks. support the Great American Outdoors the beach of North Carolina, you are That is not to say, with 20/20 hind- Act as is and don’t want any changes. kind of glad that the people in the sight, we know we should have invested I find that hard to believe. Is there Rocky Mountains and the Smoky Na- in coastal resiliency because look at really an environmental group out tional Parks have a little bit more the pricetag of not doing so, because there that doesn’t want to invest in tourism, but your home is the one we have already seen that pricetag. In- coastal resiliency, that hasn’t looked being washed away. And if you are in stead, let’s think, going forward, that at the devastation of Katrina, of Rita, Seal Beach and your taxes are going up we are going to make the investment of Ike, of Maria, of Irma, and doesn’t because they have to build a bigger and now because we see that investing can recognize that taking care of the envi- bigger berm every year because the save millions—if not billions—of dol- ronment is essential to our coastal re- winter storms are that much worse, or lars, and I only speak of dollars. I gions? I am sure that if you poll those you are kind of glad in Yosemite—I am should speak only of lives because 800 groups and say we are going to glad Yosemite is getting money, by the sometimes I just think we take lives spend additional dollars on those coast- way. I love Yosemite. But on the other for granted. I don’t. We should invest al parishes where Americans live, they hand, it doesn’t help you with your in coastal resiliency most of all to pro- would stand up and applaud. And if we taxes. It doesn’t help you with your tect those lives, those families, and put it in there, they will support this building getting flooded. You begin to those futures. bill. wonder, if you see a picture of Venice, I hope that we will include this. I Now, I will say the GOMESA States is that what your home will look like hope the idea will be considered. It is is an irony here. They are often at odds in 25 years—a major investment of germane. It is bipartisan. It will pass. with these environmental groups be- your life getting flooded so regularly I appreciate the opportunity to speak cause the environmental groups claim that it loses all its value. Apparently, this evening about something very im- that GOMESA incentivizes drilling or that is what they are looking at in portant to me and those whom I rep- that we are spending money in a rev- Miami. That is what we hear in this de- resent. We know the gulf coast is pay- enue sharing program funded by oil and bate. ing for the bill, and it is not getting a gas, but, needless to say, that argu- We have established that most of the fair share. All I am asking is that we ment is out of the window. country that lives in coastal States amend the underlying bill to spend The Great American Outdoors Act stands to benefit very little from the money now on resiliency projects so we has the exact same funding source as Great American Outdoors Act. We have don’t spend billions later on flood and GOMESA, and it is supported by all the established that failing to invest in storm recovery and perhaps thousands anti-fossil fuel environmental groups coastal resiliency leads to death— on funerals. It deserves a vote. It would pass. It because they want to take care of death. Think about Hurricane Katrina. protects so many lives and takes noth- parks. Well, I want to take care of peo- It threatens millions of jobs and bil- ing away from the Great American ple, and I also want to take care of lions of economic activity. We have es- Outdoors Act, but it does establish that your parks, but my first priority is tablished that both the coastal amend- we in the Senate care about people and that working family. My first priority ment and the Great American Outdoors parks and that we not just care about is that family which wakes up every Act help the environment. They really where we vacation but we wish to pro- day and struggles to make ends meet do. We have established that that one tect where we live. I encourage my col- and wants their child to have a better amendment, the coastal amendment, leagues to consider what I have said to- future than they, but then they learn added to the Great American Outdoors night. there is high water coming and they Act can address funding and equity— If you have heard this by other might be flooded and that better future stop. Here we have billions for the means, contact your Senator. Ask is flooded away. I care about that fam- Great American Outdoors Act and here them what they think. I would hope ily. We, in the Senate, should care will be a few million. So there isn’t any they would ask whether it is appro- about that family. We should not care semblance of equality between the priate for our country to spend billions for parks more than we care for people. funding that I am proposing for coastal on vacation spots, which are wonderful The coastal amendment supports the resiliency where 42 percent of Ameri- vacation spots, but spend nothing to environment. As I said earlier, it goes cans live and the billions going to the prevent flood and devastation. directly to coastal resiliency initia- parks that we visit occasionally, but at Scripture says that if you build your tives that include recovering lost land least there is some money going for home on shifting sand, the house will and supporting the wetlands. I am not coastal resiliency where most Ameri- collapse. It is better to build it on a at odds with environmentalists. As I cans live. firm foundation. said before, every environmentalist is From where I am standing, including I would also add once more that we going to support restoring the wetlands the coastal amendment in the Great built this funding on the shifting of Louisiana. I am just asking that we American Outdoors Act is a win-win. sand—the literal shifting sand—of a be allowed to support that coastal en- The Great American Outdoors Act Louisiana coastline, which is smaller vironment. For people who live along passes with funding to address the since I began to speak, by about the the coast, these coastal systems are needs of national parks and funding for size of a football field. That shifting the ecosystems that make our homes coastal resiliency. It has bipartisan sand supporting that infrastructure, special. It is why I look at those support. Democrats and Republicans which is shifting out into the Gulf, will marshes in Louisiana, and, to me, they can come together on it. The cause is erode not just my coastline but also are just as beautiful as that grizzly just. If you just think about that fam- the ability to pay for the Great Amer- bear and that pine tree and that majes- ily, the cause is just. The support is ican Outdoors Act. Even if someone tic mountain. It is all part of God’s cre- there, but the ability to vote on it is does not care about the 42 percent of ation, if we don’t let it wash away. not. the Americans who live in coastal par- This is more than potholes. It is more The bill’s authors will not allow this ishes and counties, they should care than leaky toilets and leaky roofs. It is amendment to come to the floor in- about that. about preservation and about it not cluded in their package. This is a dis- I hope others join my coalition. I call being here in 50 years if we do not act service to the 82 percent of the country upon the bill’s authors to include this

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The Senator from Ten- We gladly paid our share of the bill enue sharing from oil and gas revenues nessee. because we are part of one country. We and coastal resiliency and climate Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I are part of one country. That was four change? He didn’t say too much about want to congratulate my colleague people, right? Six hundred and eighty- climate change, but if his sea level is from Louisiana, one of the most dili- five billion dollars for people who were rising, it is probably because of climate gent Members of the U.S. Senate. He hurt, not just paid for by people who change, so maybe we ought to think complimented the occupant of the live on the coast but by people who live about that too. So if we are going to Chair, Senator GARDNER from Colo- in Colorado and Tennessee and Iowa bring up this whole issue of coastal re- rado, for doing a great job for his and places where there is not a coast— siliency, my guess is that some Sen- State. I think Senator CASSIDY did a because we are one country. ators will say: ‘‘All right, let’s talk good job advocating for his State. But So the idea that we should only favor about a moratorium on oil and gas he left a little bit of perspective out on those items that come just from our drilling. Let’s talk about a fairer what he offered, and I would like to add State is not a very good argument for share.’’ some perspective. coastal resiliency because, if the Sen- Ninety percent of the drilling in As he was speaking, I was thinking ator from Louisiana wants to bring Alaska goes to Alaska. Fifty percent of about the creation of the Great Smoky that bill up based on the argument he the drilling in Wyoming goes to Wyo- Mountains National Park. This oc- made, why should anybody who doesn’t ming. Twenty-seven percent of the curred in the 1930s. During the Great live on a coast vote for it? I voted for drilling 3 miles off the coast of Lou- Depression, when everyone was worried it in committee because I thought it isiana goes to Louisiana. If it is in the about a job and everyone was worried was an important issue, even though Federal lands beyond 3 miles, 371⁄2 per- about our country, the people of North we don’t have a coast. He is a very cent is split up among four States. Carolina and Tennessee appropriated skillful advocate, a very diligent Sen- That is the area where the oil comes through their State legislatures $2 mil- ator. He is doing a good job of talking from, but that land belongs to all 46 lion each. Then John D. Rockefeller, for his State, but he is missing the States. So we could have a pretty good Jr., heard about the effort, and he said: point. debate about that, about the morato- ‘‘I will give $5 million if the States will His other point is, let’s add it to this rium. match it.’’ bill. Well, the Senate floor is littered Then someone would say: ‘‘What So you had four—two from North with bills that never made it through about the oceans? The oceans deserve Carolina, two from Tennessee—and here because they got loaded down some of the care that comes from drill- then they set out to raise another $1 with too many good ideas. People say: ing in the oceans, drilling in the water, million. They raised that from school- ‘‘Well, there is a train that is likely to so let’s talk about the oceans.’’ If we children. They collected pennies and get to the station, let’s load it up.’’ got into a moratorium on oil and gas dimes and quarters in the middle of the And what happens? It just slows down, drilling, adding the oceans, changing Depression to create the Great Smoky and after a while, it stops, and nothing revenue sharing, there is no more dif- Mountains National Park. happens. Because people have said: ‘‘If ficult issue in the U.S. Senate than to At the time they did that, what did I don’t get what I want on the train, I adjust and say: ‘‘Well, Louisiana gets the people of Tennessee and North am not for anything.’’ 27 percent, maybe it ought to go to 40. Carolina do? They gave it to the people That is why the Land and Water Con- Alaska gets 90, maybe Wyoming should of the United States of America. They servation Fund has never been perma- go up to 90.’’ There is no more difficult gave it to all of us. They didn’t charge nently funded. This was an idea Con- issue than that to deal with. It sunk a for it. In fact, they said: ‘‘The only way gress passed in 1964, 60 years ago. In lot of bills to bring that up. we will give it to you is if you will not 1985 and 1986, I was chairman of Presi- I remember the member of the con- put an interest fee on it.’’ dent Reagan’s Commission on Amer- gregation who was disappointed be- They didn’t say: ‘‘Only Tennesseans, ica’s Outdoors. It looked at what we cause the preacher only preached a only North Carolinians can come.’’ should do in the great American out- verse from the Gospel of Luke. Well, They didn’t say: ‘‘We don’t want any- doors. We didn’t say the great Ten- you can’t preach the whole Bible in one body from Louisiana coming to the na- nessee outdoors or the great Louisiana sermon, and we can’t pass every good tional park and the Great Smokies or outdoors or the great Colorado out- idea in one bill. In fact, we have two from Colorado or from any other doors. We looked at the great Amer- bills together here that are, by them- State.’’ They gave it to the people of ican outdoors. We looked at the great selves, about enough to stop the train this country. American outdoors and said: ‘‘What before it gets to the station. And what has happened? There are can we do so our children and grand- Everybody here knows that it has now 14 million people a year who come children can enjoy what we have en- been since 1964 that people have tried to the Great Smoky Mountains Na- joyed?’’ to pass the Land and Water Conserva- tional Park. We only have 6 or 7 mil- The people of Wyoming aren’t the tion Fund funding, even though the lion in Tennessee, so we have a lot of only ones who enjoy Yellowstone—or idea—money from environmental bur- people. We have a lot of interlopers, the people of Montana. Three or four den, that is drilling offshore—for an en- don’t we? We have a lot of people who million people a year go to a western vironmental benefit—that is to let don’t live where our park is, who use park like that. They travel from all States and the Federal Government it. We are happy about that. We are over the country to go there. buy land that is treasured, as Senator proud of it. We are glad we gave it to When I look at the Great Smokies in DAINES from Montana says, 80 percent the country, and we are glad Ken Burns football season, when we play LSU, of the access good fishing in Montana includes it among one of the great those Tigers arrive on Tuesday. Well, comes with Land and Water Conserva- treasures that he calls America’s Best the game is not until Saturday. Why do tion Fund money. So that bill has been Idea. It is a park for the country given they come? Because they want to go to out there a long time. by the people of Tennessee and North the Great Smoky Mountains National How long have we tried to fix the na- Carolina and the schoolchildren, and Park. We don’t put up a big sign and tional parks and the boat ramps and we didn’t object to everybody enjoying say: ‘‘Sorry, you didn’t pay for it. We the wildlife refuges and the roads and it. gave it to the country. It is not for the national forests and the Indian I believe I voted every single time you.’’ They like it, and we like to have schools, which are in shambles in many that the coastal States have been deci- them there. cases? Decades. We have been going

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It is the single Kansas, or to the Great Smokies, if you didn’t go together, neither of them biggest problem the national parks and are from Tennessee or North Carolina, would pass. our public lands have. or to Yellowstone, if you are from Wyo- We consulted with all of the people in I think 95 percent of the American ming or Montana—all of us go to that, the Senate who were working on this. people would wonder why we can’t pass and we have let them run down. That is There wasn’t complete agreement. it in 5 minutes. The reason is, there are about people. That is about people. There were a number of Senators who lots of good ideas here, and if you load Here we are in this big COVID–19 cri- had other amendments that they would them all up in the same wheelbarrow sis. What does everyone want to do have liked to have, Senators whom I or on the same train, the wheelbarrow today more than anything else? Get greatly respect and whose amendments collapses, and the train doesn’t get to outdoors. Get out of the house. Here I would probably support by the one. the station. That is where we are. That you are, cooped up with teenagers or But as we looked at it and as we con- is where we are. Grandma or all of you, just a few peo- sulted with the more than 800 groups— I hope that, with respect to the good ple sitting there for 3 months. You the sportsmen, the anglers, the envi- ideas advocated tonight by the Senator want a little space. ronmental groups—we all agreed that from Louisiana—I know he will keep at The people who go to these open our only chance to get both bills was to it. I am on the same committee he is. spaces are the people who live on the put them together and say to the Sen- I have voted for his idea before. I think coast. They live in the big cities. They ate: ‘‘Let’s vote on it; let’s send it to it deserves its day in the Sun, and I want a little variety in their lives, and the House to see if they will vote on it; will help him do that, but I would like we are glad for them to have it. When and after 60 years of trying, maybe we to ask him to help us finish the job they go, they don’t want a bathroom can get a good result.’’ here on the most important piece of that doesn’t work or a visitors center I think that is why we got 80 votes. conservation legislation. I want him to that is in shambles. They don’t want a The first time, this came up on a proce- know that those LSU Tigers are always pothole in the road or a trail that is dural vote, and 79 the second time it welcome in the Great Smoky Moun- worn down. They would like to have a came up. tains, even if we bought it and paid for place they could enjoy, that is in good A number of Senators have gone it and gave it to the whole country. shape, and they can go home. home tonight because this is a late- I yield the floor. I think about the campground on night vote. The reason we are having a I suggest the absence of a quorum. Chilhowee Mountain just outside the late-night vote is because those who The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Smokies. There might be a few camp- agree with Senator CASSIDY have in- clerk will call the roll. ers from Louisiana who like to come up sisted on taking the maximum amount The senior assistant legislative clerk there whenever we play LSU. I don’t of time. That is their right to do, so we proceeded to call the roll. know, but probably there are. Well, it are here. If we succeed tonight, then we Mr. ALEXANDER. I ask unanimous has been closed for 2 or 3 years because will have three votes on Monday, all of consent that the order for the quorum the sewage system doesn’t work. That which are very important votes. So we call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without is at least 500 families who don’t get to are close to getting this train to the objection, it is so ordered. have the opportunity to do that. station. I am sympathetic to the Senator Senator CASSIDY has made an elo- f from Louisiana. I think he is one of our quent appeal to add an idea that is MORNING BUSINESS most able Senators. He is making a good, but an idea that is big and com- very forceful argument for a real prob- plex and deserves its own day in the lem: coastal resiliency. But I don’t buy Sun, just as it came to our Energy VOTE EXPLANATION this idea that just because this bill Committee, of which I sit and he sits. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I was doesn’t fix that problem we should I voted for it at that time, but we just necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. jeopardize this bill. can’t add it to this bill and get this 17, the motion to invoke cloture on the Think about it. We have the Presi- train to the station. That is the fact of Gardner amendment in the nature of a dent of the United States, who person- the matter. substitute, No. 1617, to H.R. 1957. Had I ally is interested in this bill. His Sec- As much as I respect him and his been present for the vote, I would have retary of the Interior came down to ideas, I hope that he and others who voted yea. 1 Tennessee to see me 2 ⁄2 years ago. It is agree with him would say: ‘‘Look, this f the first administration that said: ‘‘We is our one chance to get this kind of are going to look at the money we get funding to make our national parks REMEMBERING HECKY POWELL from energy exploration, and after we and all the rest of our public lands—the Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, even give some to Louisiana and after we boat ramps, the trails, the roads, the during this pandemic, people have been give some to Wyoming and after we sewage—our one chance to begin to fix forming lines—6 feet apart and give some to Alaska and the other the maintenance over a 5-year period of masked—at the corner of Emerson and coastal States, we are going to take time instead of 10, 15, 25 years, or Green Bay Road in Evanston, IL, to half of what is left for 5 years, and we never. It is our one chance to do that.’’ pick up Hecky’s Barbeque. They come are going to use it to fix all of those I am sure it is our one chance to get for the pulled pork, chicken wings, and things that need to be fixed in our na- the Land and Water Conservation Fund especially the sauce. And for years, tional treasures.’’ permanently funded, as Congress Hecky Powell was there with his fam- I said: ‘‘OK, if the President is going agreed to do in 1964 and as President ily’s recipes, his hard work, his smile, to support it and his Office of Manage- Reagan’s Commission on America’s and his wisdom. Sadly, on May 22, ment and Budget is going to be the Outdoors, which I chaired in 1985 and Hecky passed away from pneumonia first Office of Management and Budget 1986, recommended as its No. 1 priority. after a diagnosis of COVID–19. He used to allow money to be spent in that Let’s not try to preach the whole to say that people kept coming in for way, I am going to get behind it.’’ Bible in one sermon. We have two good the sauce—that is what made the food Then I came up here and fell into big ideas. Together, they make the great. Well, part of what made Evans- some pretty good company; the Sen- most important piece of conservation ton great was Hecky. For 37 years, he ator from Colorado, the Senator from legislation in a half century. brought good barbeque, leadership, and Montana, Senator WARNER from Vir- You say: ‘‘Well, Senators are always kindness to Evanston, and today we ginia, and Senator PORTMAN from Ohio exaggerating.’’ I don’t try to exag- pay tribute to him. were already working on the subject. gerate too much, and I defy anyone to Harry William ‘‘Hecky’’ Powell was Senator KING of Maine, Senator HEIN- point me another bill that does more. I born in 1948 at Cook County Hospital.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11JN6.051 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2929 Verna, his mom, had to give birth When the COVID–19 pandemic in Rome and the Harvard Kennedy there because there was no room at the reached Evanston, Hecky stepped up. School of Government. Community Hospital of Evanston, the Hecky’s kept the whole staff on payroll At a time of great uncertainty in the only hospital in town that accepted and donated meals to hospital workers, world, particularly in the Middle East, Black patients. Hecky was one of nine shelters, and the Evanston Fire Lieutenant General Bergeson served as siblings. He had a successful career in Departm. Hecky, as the unofficial a critical leader in Central Command, public service, serving as the director mayor of Evanston, was the face of the a combatant command that has an of several nonprofit agencies. community poster that read ‘‘No Mask, enormous influence and presence in One day, Hecky got an idea for a res- No Sauce.’’ some of the most volatile parts of the taurant. He was dating Cheryl Judice, Evanston has lost a true leader of the globe. Lieutenant General Bergeson is a sociologist who would later become community. He was kind and generous an exceptional leader and an American his wife. They didn’t know much about without ever asking anything in re- patriot who is committed to our Armed food, but Hecky’s mom did. Verna had turn. I was honored to count Hecky as Forces, our national security, and our lost her job at a restaurant, and his dad a friend and enjoyed many great times Nation. It is for Lt. Gen. Tom Bergeson was unemployed at the time. So when together with him. Squeezing in a stop that we, with profound admiration and the restaurant next to Hecky’s office at Hecky’s was part of every Evanston deep respect, pay tribute to for all he went on the market, he figured he visit. has done for the defense of our Nation would buy it, and his parents could ac- This June 19, people will celebrate for over three decades as a leader and tually run the restaurant. On October with Hecky’s Juneteenth Strawberry selfless servant. 13, 1983, Hecky’s Barbeque opened up pop. For years, Hecky was part of the Mr. President, it is my pleasure with only $100 in the register. Many of Jubilee, celebrating the arrival of news today to recognize Lieutenant General the first recipes came from Verna and in Galveston, TX, that the Civil War Bergeson’s long and decorated career. his Creole grandmother’s native New was over and President Lincoln had On behalf of a grateful nation, I com- Orleans. issued his Emancipation Proclamation. mend Lieutenant General Bergeson for Everyone enjoyed Hecky’s. Chicago He was Evanston’s biggest supporter of his dedicated service to the United Bears legend William ‘‘The Refrig- making Juneteenth a holiday. This States of America. I also wish to recog- erator’’ Perry was an early customer, year, Evanston has its first Juneteenth nize the sacrifices and contributions drawn to the sauce-drenched ribs, fries, Parade, and Hecky was going to be a made by his wife, Pam, and his chil- and two slices of Wonder Bread. Chi- big part of it, so it is fitting that the dren, Erik and Kristin. I extend my cago Bulls great Scottie Pippen had community will be dedicating part of best wishes to Lieutenant General Hecky’s cater the team’s private plane the celebration to him. Bergeson and his family and wish them on occasion. When the Northwestern Hecky is survived by his wife Cheryl, the best in retirement and the years to Wildcats faced off with the University seven children, Sharmin, Terry, Dawn, come. of Southern California Trojans in the Joy, Hecky Junior, Jason, and Gigi, as f Rose Bowl in 1996, then-mayor Lor- well as his mother and seven siblings. raine Morton and Hecky bet the mayor TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN of Pasadena that the Wildcats would f MARITIME WORKFORCE win. The Trojans won 41 to 32, and TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I offer Hecky made ribs and chicken for the GENERAL THOMAS BERGESON remarks to honor the men and women entire Pasadena City Council. Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, today I of the American maritime workforce But it was more than a restaurant. wish to recognize and congratulate Lt. and to thank them for their service. Hecky used his place to help high Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson, of the U.S. June 5, 2020, marks the 100th anniver- school kids learn responsibility and so- Air Force, and the deputy commander sary of the enactment of the U.S. Mer- cial skills, giving many of them their of United States Central Command, chant Marine Act of 1920. Commonly first jobs. He worked long hours, start- MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. referred to as the Jones Act, the act ing early in the morning, but he always Lieutenant General Bergeson is one has served over the last century as the had fun. No task was too small. He was our Nation’s finest military officers, foundation of the Great Lakes and do- cook, cleaner, and manager alongside and he will retire from Active military mestic shipping industry. This vital his mother and the kids he was men- service on September 1, 2020, bringing maritime law ensures that cargo mov- toring. to a close 35 years of distinguished Hecky was a champion for local ing between domestic ports is carried service to our great Nation. youth. In 1994, he founded the Forrest aboard vessels that are American-built, In 1985, Lieutenant General Bergeson E. Powell Foundation. Named after his American-owned, and American- commissioned as a second lieutenant father, the foundation offers grant and flagged, which in turn strengthens and upon graduation from the U.S. Air scholarship opportunities. In 2016, he supports U.S. homeland security while Force Academy. He commanded units started the Evanston Work Ethic Pro- driving economic benefits to local com- gram, which helps young people pre- at every echelon from fighter squadron munities. Each and every day, 365 days pare for vocational or trade school. to a numbered Air Force. Lieutenant a year, the Jones Act functions to pro- In 2011, Hecky left work early, think- General Bergeson also held various tect our Nation’s 95,000 miles of coast- ing he had the flu. He made light of it, staff assignments, including positions line and inland waterways, limiting in- but his wife knew better. He later was as chief of aviation, strategic oper- land access to foreign vessels and crews diagnosed with liver failure and told he ations, Multi-National Forces-Iraq; while mariners serve as the eyes and had 6 to 7 months to live. senior defense official and defense ears to strengthen border and home- Hecky resolved that he was going to attache´ in the UK; and director, Legis- land security. be fine and against tough odds, he lived lative Liaison, Office of the Secretary America’s dependence on the Great to receive a liver transplant in 2015 and of the Air Force, at the Pentagon. Lakes and the seas is integral to our was able to get his life back. Hecky Prior to his current assignment, he economic health and our sovereignty. then joined the Northwestern Medicine served as the deputy commander, Nowhere is this more evident than in Transplant Advisory Council Board to United Nations Command Korea; dep- my own State of Michigan. According help people get their own lives back uty commander, U.S. Forces Korea; to The American Maritime Partner- too. commander, Air Component Command, ship, Michigan’s Great Lakes domestic For all this work, Hecky received the South Korea/U.S. Combined Forces maritime industry contributes $2.8 bil- key to the city of Evanston in 2014, Command; and commander, 7th Air lion annually to our State economy, Abner Mikva Lifetime Achievement Force, Pacific Air Forces at Osan Air including 12,140 jobs and $703.6 million Award in 2015, and the street in front of Base. Over the course of his career, in worker income. With 37 deep-draft the restaurant was officially renamed Lieutenant General Bergeson flew nu- ports, Michigan has more than the 7 ‘‘Hecky Powell Way.’’ A person did not merous fighter aircraft to include the other Great Lakes States combined. know Evanston until they experienced F–15, the F–22, and the A–10. He is a Over the last 100 years, the men and it with Hecky. graduate of the NATO Defense College women of the U.S. maritime workforce

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These men and women After he returned, Joe honored his forcement official with the Waukegan, moved critical supplies to overseas Navajo traditions as a medicine man. IL, police department. And of course, troops and allies, while enduring the He held many different jobs over the these positions are all in addition to highest rate of casualties of any serv- years—working at an oil refinery, in his most important role—his service as ice. More recently our domestic mari- construction, and as a miner, pros- a husband, a father, and a grandfather. time workforce has respond swiftly to pector, farmer, and chauffeur. For 14 Mr. Willson deserves to take great a range of crises facing the Nation, in- years, he was employed at the Gallup pride in all of these important accom- cluding facilitating the largest boatlift Indian Medical Center as a custodian. plishments—especially his tireless in world history following 9/11 and the Joe was fiercely proud of the Navajo work in support of our Nation’s great current and ongoing delivery of essen- language. According to Joe, ‘‘Our lan- arts and cultural institutions—as he tial medical supplies and goods to com- guage is powerful,’’ and ‘‘we [won]the retires from the gallery. On behalf of munities in need during the COVID–19 war with our tongue.’’ He wanted the Senate, I send him our thanks and pandemic. younger generations to learn the lan- warmest congratulations for a job well On this week’s centennial anniver- guage and counseled them: ‘‘Don’t ever done. sary of the Jones Act, I thank the men leave your language.’’ f and women of the U.S. maritime indus- Joe was a loving family man. After try for their service, and I vow to con- the war, he came home and married ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS tinue to work here in the Senate to up- Bessie, to whom he was married for 73 hold the integrity of the act’s protec- years, until she passed away on Sep- REMEMBERING RAVI ZACHARIAS tions for our Michigan and Great Lakes tember 24, 2019. He and Bessie had 9 ∑ workforce. children, 36 grandchildren, 55 great- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, the State of Georgia and truly the entire f grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grand- child. He inspired them and encouraged world lost an exceptional beacon of REMEMBERING JOE VANDEVER, them to pursue higher education, and goodness and faith when Ravi Zacha- SR. he was beloved by them all. rias passed away on May 19, 2020. How- Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I pay Joe lived a long life, and a good life— ever, our loss is Heaven’s gain. Ravi tribute today to Joe Vandever, Sr., with kindness, optimism, good humor, was a man of deep faith, love, and serv- who was one of the last surviving Nav- integrity, and commitment and love ice to others. He embodied the com- ajo Code Talkers. for family and community. His light mand of Jesus in Mark 16:15 to ‘‘Go Joe was born February 5, 1923, into will continue to shine bright in his into all the world and preach the gos- the Red Running Into the Water People children and his future generations. I pel to all creation.’’ clan, born for Two Who Came to the am honored to pay tribute to Joe Ravi first came to know the teach- Water clan. He passed away 5 days shy Vandever who faithfully served our Na- ings of Jesus Christ when he was 17 of his 97th birthday, on January 31, tion and his family and Tribe. years old, when a nurse read the Word of God to him while he was recovering 2020, in Haystack, NM. f Joe enlisted in the Marines when he from a suicide attempt. From that day was 19. He went through boot camp at TRIBUTE TO DARRELL WILLSON forth, Ravi made it his mission to Camp Pendleton and spent 6 months of Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, today I share with others the joy and faith intensive training learning the code rise to acknowledge the service of Mr. which had rescued him from despair. and how to operate communications Darrell R. Willson, who is retiring as In 1971, when he was just 25 years old, equipment to become a Navajo Code the Administrator of the National Gal- Ravi traveled to war-torn Vietnam, Talker. lery of Art in July after a 50-year ca- where he ministered in hospitals, mili- Navajo Code Talkers transmitted key reer serving the public. tary bases, and prison camps. The trip military information through a code Mr. Willson has spent the three past nearly cost him his life. Yet he went on based on the Navajo language that the decades with the gallery overseeing the to travel to every corner of the world Japanese never broke. They partici- backbone of its operations—protecting sharing the Gospel. pated in every major Marine operation and preserving its historic buildings, In 1983, Reverend Billy Graham per- in the Pacific theater and gave the Ma- working to expand its footprint, and sonally invited Ravi to speak at the in- rines a critical advantage throughout ensuring that it maintains a world- augural International Conference for the war. However, when they returned, class staff. As an executive officer of Itinerant Evangelists in Amsterdam. they couldn’t talk about their work, the institution, he has worked closely This helped Ravi develop a new passion which remained classified until 1968. with gallery leadership, executive for apologetics. Not only did he want In 2001, Navajo Code Talkers, includ- branch officials and Congress—includ- to spread the Gospel, he wanted to help ing Joe, received the Congressional Sil- ing with the House and Senate Com- train others how to defend their faith ver Medal. mittees on Appropriations—to ensure in a rapidly secularizing world. A year Joe epitomized the bravery and skill that the gallery has had the people and later, Ravi founded Ravi Zacharias of the Navajo Code Talkers. Joe’s Nav- resources it needs to fulfill its mission. International Ministries to carry out ajo name means ‘‘going places,’’ and he During his tenure, the gallery has com- this mission. certainly did during the war. Serving pleted more than $400 million worth of Over the years, Ravi continued shar- in the 6th Marine Division from 1943 to renovations to the East and West ing faith and love around the world 1946, Joe was stationed on 16 battle- Buildings and welcomed visitors to new through speaking engagements, books, ships—serving from Samoa to Guadal- public spaces such as the Sculpture and radio appearances, reaching untold canal to Guam to Japan to China. Joe Gallery and the Andrew W. Mellon Me- numbers of people in need. translated messages from Navajo to morial Fountain. In short, his work has Ravi built incredible institutions for English and set up communications provided the gallery with a stunning sharing the Christian faith. He founded posts on the frontlines. backdrop to showcase its collection of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apolo- Joe was a spiritual man, and he pro- more than 150,000 sculptures, paintings, getics. He founded Wellspring Inter- vided spiritual support for others in his drawings, and photographs to the national, a humanitarian group helping Marine division. He liked to tell a American public. women and children around the world. story about how he knew he would His work with the National Gallery In 2017, he founded the Zacharias Insti- come home from the war. Before he of Art is not the only contribution on tute to teach apologetics in Atlanta, left, he had been blessed in a ceremony. Mr. Willson’s resume that deserves rec- Georgia.

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A communication from the Gen- are carrying on his incredible legacy of Officer laid before the Senate a mes- eral Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance faith and service.∑ sage from the President of the United Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Federal Home Loan f States submitting a nomination which Bank Housing Goals Amendments Final TRIBUTE TO LEE AXDAHL was referred to the Committee on Rule’’ (RIN2590–AA82) received in the Office Armed Services. ∑ of the President of the Senate on June 10, Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, today I (The message received today is print- 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, recognize Lee Axdahl for his years of ed at the end of the Senate pro- and Urban Affairs. leadership to the State of South Da- ceedings.) EC–4811. A communication from the Chief kota and our Nation as a strong advo- of the Publications and Regulations Branch, cate for highway safety. f Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Lee has always been a leader. Before MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE becoming involved in highway safety, report of a rule entitled ‘‘Guidance Under At 10:14 a.m., a message from the Section 6033 Regarding the Reporting Re- he had a successful career in radio quirements of Exempt Organizations’’ broadcasting where he won numerous House of Representatives, delivered by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, ((RIN1545–BN28) (TD 9898)) received in the Of- broadcast journalism awards, owned fice of the President of the Senate on June 9, several radio stations, and served as announced that the House has passed 2020; to the Committee on Finance. president of the South Dakota Broad- the following bill, in which it requests EC–4812. A communication from the Chair- casters Association. the concurrence of the Senate: man of the Securities and Exchange Com- Lee got his start in highway safety in H.R. 1548. An act for the relief of Maria mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency’s Semiannual Report of the Office of 2007 when he began working at the Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas. Inspector General for the period from Octo- South Dakota Office of Accident ber 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020; to the Records as the statistical program The message further announced that Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- manager. In 2010, when I was working pursuant to section 732(a) of the United ernmental Affairs. as Governor of South Dakota, I ap- States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Im- EC–4813. A communication from the Chair- pointed Lee to serve as director of the plementation Act (Public Law 116–113), man, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service, transmitting, pursuant to South Dakota Highway Safety Office. and the order of the House of January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints the fol- law, the Postal Services’ Semiannual Report He was subsequently reappointed by of the Inspector General for the period from Governors Dennis Daugaard and Kristi lowing individuals on the part of the October 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020; to the Noem. House of Representatives to the Inde- Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- Under Lee’s leadership, South Da- pendent Mexico Labor Expert Board for ernmental Affairs. kota has experienced record-low traffic a term of 6 years: Ms. Catherine Fein- EC–4814. A communication from the Chair fatality levels, including a 22-percent gold of Takoma Park, Maryland and of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the decline in 2019. Under his leadership, Mr. Frederick Gibson Ross of Berkeley, California. Inspector General’s Semiannual Report for the State of South Dakota has secured the six-month period from October 1, 2019 a record five highway safety program- f through March 31, 2020; to the Committee on ming commendations in its most re- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- cent National Highway Traffic Safety MEASURES REFERRED fairs. Administration Management Review. The following bill was read the first EC–4815. A communication from the Direc- Over the years, Lee has worked to and the second times by unanimous tor of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Af- implement the State’s award-winning consent, and referred as indicated: fairs, Department of the Interior, transmit- ‘‘Grim Reaper’’ public awareness cam- H.R. 1548. An act for the relief of Maria ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- paign and advocated for expansion of Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio titled ‘‘Civil Penalties Inflation Adjust- South Dakota’s innovative 24/7 sobri- Carreno Rojas; to the Committee on the Ju- ments; Annual Adjustments’’ (RIN1076–AF49) ety program to reduce impaired driv- diciary. received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 10, 2020; to the Committee on ing. He also modernized South Dako- f Indian Affairs. ta’s crash reporting abilities by adopt- EC–4816. A communication from the Direc- ing an electronic system, which has EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS tor of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and improved data submission periods from Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Af- more than 4 months to less than 7 days. The following communications were fairs, Department of the Interior, transmit- Lee’s impact on highway safety has laid before the Senate, together with ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- extended beyond South Dakota. He has accompanying papers, reports, and doc- titled ‘‘Tribal Transportation Program; In- served on the board of directors and ex- uments, and were referred as indicated: ventory of Proposed Roads’’ (RIN1076–AF45) ecutive committee of the Governors received in the Office of the President of the EC–4807. A communication from the Sec- Senate on June 10, 2020; to the Committee on Highway Safety Association—GHSA— retary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to Indian Affairs. most recently having served as its law, a legislative proposal to implement an EC–4817. A communication from the Direc- treasurer. In this role, he has mentored essential benefit for the Federal agents cur- tor of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and new highway safety directors from rently employed in the Office of Secure Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Af- other States by offering insight into Transportation (OST) at the National Nu- fairs, Department of the Interior, transmit- clear Security Administration (NNSA); to the successes of South Dakota. Addi- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- the Committee on Armed Services. titled ‘‘Education Contracts Under Johnson- tionally, he has served as the Federal EC–4808. A communication from the Presi- O’Malley Act’’ (RIN1076–AF24) received in Reauthorization Subcommittee chair dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- the Office of the President of the Senate on for the GHSA, where he improved the suant to law, the fiscal year 2019 Annual Nu- June 10, 2020; to the Committee on Indian Af- Nation’s transportation policy in the clear Weapons Stockpile Assessments from fairs. FAST Act. the Secretaries of Defense and Energy, the EC–4818. A communication from the Direc- I commend Lee Axdahl for his service three national security laboratory directors, tor of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and to South Dakota and our Nation. I wish and the Commander, United States Strategic Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Af- ∑ Command (OSS–2020–0399); to the Committee fairs, Department of the Interior, transmit- him the best in his future endeavors. on Armed Services. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- f EC–4809. A communication from the Chief titled ‘‘Standards, Assessments, and Ac- MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Counsel, Federal Emergency Management countability System’’ (RIN1076–AF13) re- Agency, Department of Homeland Security, ceived in the Office of the President of the A message from the President of the transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Senate on June 10, 2020; to the Committee on United States was communicated to a rule entitled ‘‘Emergency Management Indian Affairs.

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A communication from the Chair- States Trade Representative, to be respon- cess to health care services for individuals in man of the Office of Proceedings, Surface sible for conducting trade negotiations and rural areas during the COVID–19 emergency Transportation Board, Department of Trans- enforcing trade agreements related to acts, period, and for other purposes; to the Com- portation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the policies, and practices of foreign govern- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and report of a rule entitled ‘‘Petition for Rule- ments that fail to appropriately reward Pensions. making to Amend 49 CFR Part 1250’’ United States innovation with respect to By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and ((RIN2140–AB44) (Docket No. EP 724 (Sub–No. pharmaceuticals, to advance domestic pro- Mr. SASSE): 5)) received in the Office of the President of duction of life-saving medicines, and to se- S. 3952. A bill to require the imposition of the Senate on June 4, 2020; to the Committee cure the United States medical supply chain sanctions with respect to foreign persons on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. to eliminate reliance on foreign govern- that have engaged in significant theft of EC–4820. A communication from the Attor- ments, and for other purposes; to the Com- trade secrets of United States persons, and ney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, De- mittee on Finance. for other purposes; to the Committee on partment of Transportation, transmitting, By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. pursuant to law, six (6) reports relative to Mr. CASSIDY): By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. TILLIS, vacancies in the Department of Transpor- S. 3943. A bill to amend the Domestic Vol- Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, and Mr. tation, received in the Office of the Presi- unteer Service Act of 1973 to establish an on- CARPER): dent of the Senate on June 10, 2020; to the line service platform for volunteers in the S. 3953. A bill to require pilot programs in Committee on Commerce, Science, and National Senior Service Corps; to the Com- connection with Senior Reserve Officers’ Transportation. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Training Corps units at Historically Black f Pensions. Colleges and Universities and minority insti- By Mr. UDALL: tutions, and for other purposes; to the Com- EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF S. 3944. A bill to amend the Solid Waste mittee on Armed Services. COMMITTEES Disposal Act to reduce the production and By Mr. MANCHIN: use of certain single-use plastic products and The following executive reports of S. 3954. A bill to require States to make packaging, to improve the responsibility of distributions from the State’s Coronavirus nominations were submitted: producers in the design, collection, reuse, re- Relief Fund payment to local governments By Mr. ENZI for the Committee on the cycling, and disposal of their consumer prod- that did not receive a direct payment from Budget. ucts and packaging, to prevent pollution the Fund; to the Committee on Finance. *Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Direc- from consumer products and packaging from By Mr. PAUL: tor of the Office of Management and Budget. entering into animal and human food chains S. 3955. A bill to prohibit no-knock war- By Mr. GRAHAM for the Committee on the and waterways, and for other purposes; to rants, and for other purposes; to the Com- Judiciary. the Committee on Environment and Public mittee on the Judiciary. Cory T. Wilson, of Mississippi, to be United Works. By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit. By Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Ms. SMITH, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): *Nomination was reported with rec- ERNST, and Mr. CRUZ): S. 3956. A bill to incentivize banning of ommendation that it be confirmed sub- S. 3945. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- chokeholds and carotid holds, and for other enue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for ject to the nominee’s commitment to purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- relocating manufacturing of pharma- ary. respond to requests to appear and tes- ceuticals and medical supplies and devices to tify before any duly constituted com- the United States; to the Committee on Fi- f mittee of the Senate. nance. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. (Nominations without an asterisk SENATE RESOLUTIONS were reported with the recommenda- SCHUMER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. tion that they be confirmed.) GILLIBRAND, Mr. MARKEY, and Ms. The following concurrent resolutions HARRIS): and Senate resolutions were read, and f S. 3946. A bill to require certain helicopters referred (or acted upon), as indicated: to be equipped with safety technologies, and INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself JOINT RESOLUTIONS for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. and Mr. RUBIO): The following bills and joint resolu- By Mr. KAINE: S. Res. 614. A resolution honoring the tions were introduced, read the first S. 3947. A bill to amend the provisions re- memory of the victims of the heinous attack and second times by unanimous con- lating to the higher education emergency re- at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016; considered and agreed to. sent, and referred as indicated: lief fund to clarify the flexibility provided to institutions and for students under the fund, By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on MARKEY): BRAUN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. ROUNDS, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. Res. 615. A resolution recognizing the and Ms. ERNST): By Ms. MURKOWSKI: 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Ko- S. 3938. A bill to extend Federal guidance S. 3948. A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted rean War and the transformation of the concerning the use of certain alcohol-based Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Na- United States-South Korea alliance into a hand sanitizer during the coronavirus public tive Children Act to extend the deadline for mutually beneficial, global partnership; to health emergency, and for other purposes; to a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Wal- the Committee on Foreign Relations. the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mrs. and Pensions. and for other purposes; to the Committee on BLACKBURN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Indian Affairs. BRAUN): Mr. WHITEHOUSE): By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. LEE, Mr. S. Res. 616. A resolution designating June S. 3939. A bill to establish the Interagency SCOTT of South Carolina, and Mr. 12, 2020, as ‘‘Women Veterans Appreciation Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon, and SCOTT of Florida): Day’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary. for other purposes; to the Committee on S. 3949. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- f Commerce, Science, and Transportation. enue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten By Mr. WICKER: through grade 12 educational expenses to be ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 3940. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- paid from a 529 account during the enue Code of 1986 to exclude certain amounts Coronavirus Emergency Period; to the Com- S. 685 from the tested income of controlled foreign mittee on Finance. At the request of Mr. LEE, the name corporations, and for other purposes; to the By Mr. PORTMAN: of the Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) Committee on Finance. S. 3950. A bill to establish a panel of con- was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a By Mrs. LOEFFLER: stitutional experts to recommend to Con- bill to amend the Inspector General S. 3941. A bill to reopen the United States gress an appropriate process for providing for by rescinding, modifying, waiving, or pro- the case of the death of a candidate in a con- Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the viding exemptions from regulations and tingent presidential or vice-presidential se- Department of Justice Inspector Gen- other requirements that may inhibit eco- lection; to the Committee on Rules and Ad- eral. nomic recovery from the COVID–19 pan- ministration. S. 1071 demic, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Mr. At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, his mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- JONES): name was added as a cosponsor of S. mental Affairs. S. 3951. A bill to amend the Public Health By Mrs. LOEFFLER: Service Act to provide for the establishment 1071, a bill to support empowerment, S. 3942. A bill to establish the position of of a virtual health pilot program to facili- economic security, and educational op- Chief Pharmaceutical and Medical Supply tate utilization of remote patient moni- portunities for adolescent girls around Chain Negotiator in the Office of the United toring technology to maintain or expand ac- the world, and for other purposes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JN6.016 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2933 S. 2417 S. 3599 rural medically underserved popu- At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the lations and for individuals in farming, name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. names of the Senator from Mississippi fishing, and forestry occupations. ERNST) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. WICKER), the Senator from Wis- S. 3923 2417, a bill to provide for payment of consin (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Senator At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the proceeds from savings bonds to a State from Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) were name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. with title to such bonds pursuant to added as cosponsors of S. 3599, a bill to COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. the judgment of a court. enhance our Nation’s nurse and physi- 3923, a bill to provide emergency relief S. 2434 cian workforce during the COVID–19 to youth, children, and families experi- At the request of Mr. PETERS, the crisis by recapturing unused immi- encing homelessness, in light of the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. grant visas. health and economic consequences of SULLIVAN) and the Senator from North S. 3685 COVID–19. Carolina (Mr. TILLIS) were added as co- At the request of Mr. BROWN, the S. RES. 406 sponsors of S. 2434, a bill to establish name of the Senator from New Hamp- At the request of Mr. RISCH, the the National Criminal Justice Commis- shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. sion. sponsor of S. 3685, a bill to provide MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2622 emergency rental assistance under the S. Res. 406, a resolution recognizing Emergency Solutions Grants program At the request of Mr. BENNET, the that for 50 years, the Association of name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. of the Secretary of Housing and Urban South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Development in response to the public MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of and its ten members, Brunei, Cam- S. 2622, a bill to provide greater con- health emergency resulting from the bodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, trols and restrictions on revolving door coronavirus, and for other purposes. Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, lobbying. S. 3701 Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the with the United States toward sta- S. 2681 name of the Senator from Vermont bility, prosperity, and peace in South- At the request of Mr. BRAUN, his (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- east Asia, and expressing the sense of name and the name of the Senator sor of S. 3701, a bill to require the As- the Senate that the United States will from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) were sistant Secretary of Commerce for continue to remain a strong, reliable, added as cosponsors of S. 2681, a bill to Communications and Information, in and active partner in the ASEAN re- promote and ensure delivery of high- consultation with the Secretary of gion. quality special education and related Education, to promulgate regulations S. RES. 509 services to students with visual disabil- to provide support to institutions of At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the ities or who are deaf or hard of hearing higher education for the provision of name of the Senator from North Da- or deaf-blind through instructional certain equipment and services to stu- kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co- methodologies meeting their unique dents of those institutions, and for sponsor of S. Res. 509, a resolution call- learning needs, to enhance account- other purposes. ing upon the United Nations Security ability for the provision of such serv- S. 3713 Council to adopt a resolution on Iran ices, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the that extends the dates by which Annex S. 3217 name of the Senator from Mississippi B restrictions under Resolution 2231 At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor are currently set to expire. name of the Senator from Vermont of S. 3713, a bill to require the Sec- S. RES. 511 (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- retary of Defense to provide to certain At the request of Mr. RISCH, the sor of S. 3217, a bill to standardize the members of the National Guard serving name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. designation of National Heritage on active service in response to the MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of Areas, and for other purposes. coronavirus (COVID–19) the transi- S. Res. 511, a resolution supporting the S. 3393 tional health benefits provided to role of the United States in helping At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, his members of the reserve components save the lives of children and pro- name was added as a cosponsor of S. separating from active duty. tecting the health of people in devel- 3393, a bill to amend title 10, United S. 3909 oping countries with vaccines and im- States Code, to provide for concurrent At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the munization through GAVI, the Vaccine receipt of veterans’ disability com- name of the Senator from New York Alliance. pensation and retired pay for disability (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- S. RES. 533 retirees with fewer than 20 years of sponsor of S. 3909, a bill to require Fed- At the request of Mr. RISCH, the service and a combat-related dis- eral law enforcement officers, includ- name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. ability, and for other purposes. ing contract employees, and members MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3432 of the armed forces engaged in crowd S. Res. 533, a resolution supporting the At the request of Mrs. BLACKBURN, control, riot control, or arrest or de- goals of International Women’s Day. the name of the Senator from Georgia tainment of individuals engaged in S. RES. 542 (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon- civil disobedience, demonstrations, At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the sor of S. 3432, a bill to support the ad- protests, or riots to visibly display names of the Senator from Tennessee vanced manufacturing technologies identifying information. (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the Senator program of the Food and Drug Admin- S. 3912 from North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) were istration, to establish National Centers At the request of Ms. ROSEN, her added as cosponsors of S. Res. 542, a of Excellence in Advanced Pharma- name was added as a cosponsor of S. resolution commemorating the 75th an- ceutical Manufacturing, and for other 3912, a bill to hold law enforcement ac- niversary of the liberation of the Da- purposes. countable for misconduct in court, im- chau concentration camp during World S. 3485 prove transparency through data col- War II. At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, lection, and reform police training and S. RES. 566 the names of the Senator from Mary- policies. At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator S. 3917 name of the Senator from Pennsyl- from Washington (Mrs. MURRAY) were At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- added as cosponsors of S. 3485, a bill to name of the Senator from South Da- sponsor of S. Res. 566, a resolution expand the Outer Continental Shelf kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- commemorating the 80th Anniversary Lands Act to expand revenue sharing sponsor of S. 3917, a bill to establish a of the Katyn Massacre. for offshore wind, to reauthorize the home-based telemental health care S. RES. 613 National Oceans and Coastal Security demonstration program for purposes of At the request of Mr. COTTON, the Act, and for other purposes. increasing mental health services in names of the Senator from Florida (Mr.

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Mr. President, I ask beef prices, while cattle prices plum- (Ms. ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor unanimous consent that the text of the meted, which led to significant gaps of amendment No. 1601 intended to be bill be printed in the RECORD. between cattle producer and packer proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend There being no objection, the text of profit margins. To make the situation the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the bill was ordered to be printed in worse, temporary closures and reduced modernize and improve the Internal the RECORD, as follows: processing capacity at U.S. meatpacking plants as a result of the Revenue Service, and for other pur- S. 3938 virus further diminished demand for poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- livestock and depressed prices. This AMENDMENT NO. 1602 resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, has aggravated an already difficult sit- At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, uation for farmers and ranchers. the name of the Senator from Nevada SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hand Sani- Unlike the majority of the economy, (Ms. ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor tizer Guidance Extension Act of 2020’’. which was thriving before the of amendment No. 1602 intended to be SEC. 2. FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON HAND SANI- coronavirus pandemic, the agricultural proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend TIZER. economy has been struggling for a the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to (a) EXTENSION OF FEDERAL GUIDANCE.—The while. Low prices, extended trade dis- modernize and improve the Internal Food and Drug Administration guidance en- putes, and natural disasters have Revenue Service, and for other pur- titled ‘‘Guidance for Industry: Temporary meant a tough few years for farmers poses. Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol- and ranchers even before the Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the AMENDMENT NO. 1619 Public Health Emergency (COVID–19)’’, ini- coronavirus hit. Now things are even At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the tially released on March 23, 2020, and updated more challenging. names of the Senator from Wisconsin on April 15, 2020, and on June 1, 2020, shall re- Agriculture is the lifeblood of my (Mr. JOHNSON) and the Senator from main in effect until the date that is 2 years State of South Dakota. So supporting Utah (Mr. ROMNEY) were added as co- after the date of enactment of this Act. farmers and ranchers during the crisis sponsors of amendment No. 1619 in- (b) EFFECT OF EXTENSION.—During the 2- has been one of my top priorities. I tended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a year period described in subsection (a), the fought to get agriculture relief money bill to amend the Internal Revenue Food and Drug Administration shall permit included in the Coronavirus Aid Relief Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the production, sale, and use of hand sani- and Economic Security Act, or the tizer, consistent with the guidance described CARES Act, which was signed into law the Internal Revenue Service, and for in subsection (a), provided that such hand other purposes. sanitizer is manufactured using only the fol- in late March. The final bill included AMENDMENT NO. 1620 lowing ingredients in the preparation of the $14 billion to replenish the Commodity At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the product: Credit Corporation to allow the De- names of the Senator from New Jersey (1)(A) Subject to subsection (c), alcohol partment of Agriculture to provide in- (Mr. MENENDEZ), the Senator from Or- (ethanol) that is not less than 94.9 percent come and price support for farmers and ethanol by volume; or egon (Mr. MERKLEY), the Senator from ranchers, plus an additional $9.5 billion (B) United States Pharmacopeia grade iso- in emergency support for agricultural Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) and the Sen- propyl alcohol. ator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITE- producers affected by the pandemic. (2) United States Pharmacopeia grade or Days after the bill passed, I led a bi- HOUSE) were added as cosponsors of Food Chemical Codex grade glycerin (glyc- amendment No. 1620 intended to be pro- erol). partisan group of Senators and Rep- posed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the (3) Hydrogen peroxide. resentatives in a letter to Secretary of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to mod- (4) Sterile water meeting United States Agriculture Sonny Perdue urging him ernize and improve the Internal Rev- Pharmacopeia specifications for purified to use a portion of the funds to provide enue Service, and for other purposes. water. support for hard-hit cattle producers. (c) ETHANOL PRODUCED IN CERTAIN FACILI- In mid-April, the Department of Agri- AMENDMENT NO. 1624 TIES.—Ethanol produced in facilities nor- culture responded to that letter and At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the mally producing fuel or technical ethanol other petitions by announcing that it names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. may be used as described in subsection would issue $16 billion in direct pay- (b)(1)(A) only if such ethanol— ROSEN) and the Senator from Vermont ments to agriculture producers af- (Mr. SANDERS) were added as cospon- (1) meets United States Pharmacopeia or Food Chemical Codex grade requirements; fected by the virus. Signups for this sors of amendment No. 1624 intended to funding began at the end of May, and, be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to (2) has been screened for any other poten- tially harmful impurities not specified in the as of June 8, South Dakota agriculture amend the Internal Revenue Code of United States Pharmacopeia or Food Chem- producers had received approximately 1986 to modernize and improve the In- ical Codex requirements; or $80 million. ternal Revenue Service, and for other (3) has otherwise been approved for use by Over the past 2 months, I kept in purposes. the Food and Drug Administration. constant contact with the Department AMENDMENT NO. 1625 (d) AUTOMATIC EXTENSION.—The effective of Agriculture and others to amplify period of the guidance described in sub- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, section (a) shall automatically be extended producers’ concerns and to urge swift the name of the Senator from Con- for 1 additional year if the Secretary of relief. I have also been focused on de- necticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added Health and Human Services determines that veloping additional legislation to help as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1625 a public health emergency exists at the time farmers and ranchers weather this cri- intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a that the 2-year period described in sub- sis. bill to amend the Internal Revenue section (a) expires. Last week, I introduced legislation to Code of 1986 to modernize and improve (e) EXEMPTION.—If the Commissioner of allow emergency haying and grazing on the Internal Revenue Service, and for Food and Drugs determines that a public Conservation Reserve Program acres other purposes. health emergency requires that the require- for the duration of this crisis. Under ment for the use of denatured alcohol be re- current law, ag producers can hay or f duced, or requires a waiver of any other requirement with respect to hand sanitizer graze their CRP acres during weather- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED related disasters without a reduction BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION under the guidance, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs may waive or reduce such in their CRP payments. My legislation By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. requirement, as applicable. would extend that provision to cover BRAUN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, like most pandemics, including the COVID–19 ROUNDS, and Ms. ERNST): other sectors of our economy, agri- pandemic.

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I recognize that there is ongoing de- tation Safety Board has recommended Earlier this week, I introduced an- liberation with the FDA about dena- to the Federal Aviation Administra- other bill, the Paycheck Protection for turants and other accepted chemical tion (FAA) that all new and existing Producers Act, which would help more limits for hand sanitizer ethanol, and helicopters capable of carrying six or farmers and ranchers benefit from the my bill would not hinder those discus- more passengers be equipped with ter- Paycheck Protection Program. The sions. My bill would simply provide rain awareness and warning system coronavirus relief legislation that we ethanol producers with a baseline of technology. However, FAA has only re- passed in late March established the certainty while still allowing the FDA quired these warning systems for air Paycheck Protection Program, which to make case-by-case approvals and to ambulances. provides forgivable loans to small busi- waive or reduce other requirements as The lack of a terrain awareness and nesses to help them keep their employ- necessary to meet the public health warning system left the pilot vulner- ees on their payroll during this crisis. emergency. able, without an adequate under- Self-employed Americans, which de- Now, the amount of ethanol required standing of his surroundings. This scribes many farmers and ranchers, are for hand sanitizer is just a drop in the technology has become standard on eligible for these loans, but, in prac- bucket for our ethanol producers, and I new helicopters from Airbus, Bell, tice, the program’s guidelines have ex- am committed to finding additional Leonardo, and Sikorsky since Decem- cluded a lot of agricultural producers. ways to bring this clean American- ber 2018. Low commodity prices and a chal- grown fuel to market. Every little bit This bill also requires crash-resistant lenging planting season meant that helps, and this legislation will at least flight data and voice recorders. Other- many farmers and ranchers had a nega- give a small measure of certainty to wise known as black boxes, this tech- tive income in 2019. And right now, the producers while helping to meet the nology is important for when accidents program’s guidelines excludes farmers nationwide demand for hand sanitizer. do happen and mistakes are made. It and ranchers without employees with a The coronavirus crisis has high- would allow agencies like the NTSB to negative net income for last year. My lighted just how much we rely on our have a better understanding of the in- legislation would allow more farmers Nation’s agriculture producers. I am cident and provide more information to to access the Paycheck Protection Pro- grateful every day for their work, and the FAA to prevent future accidents. gram by allowing them to use their advocating for them will continue to be It is clear that additional steps are 2019 gross income instead of their 2019 one of my top priorities. I am com- needed to ensure that helicopters can net income when applying for a loan. I mitted to helping our farmers and fly safely, both for the sake of pas- am hoping to get both of these bills ranchers through the challenges they sengers and those on the ground. Our through Congress in the near future. are facing and seeing our Nation’s agri- bill offers a commonsense approach to In addition to direct relief, another cultural economy thrive. preventing further accidents like this thing that we can do to support our Na- one. It would simply direct the FAA to tion’s agriculture producers is to sup- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, implement the National Transpor- port the ethanol industry. Ethanol and Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, tation Safety Board’s recommenda- biodiesel producers buy up a significant Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MARKEY, tions to require terrain awareness and amount of American corn and soybean and Ms. HARRIS): warning systems and flight data and oil, but decreased demand for fuel as a S. 3946. A bill to require certain heli- voice recorders on all helicopters car- result of coronavirus has significantly copters to be equipped with safety rying six or more passengers. diminished this crucial market for our technologies, and for other purposes; to I appreciate the hard work of the Na- farmers, and that is why, in addition to the Committee on Commerce, Science, tional Transportation Safety Board in direct relief measures for farmers and and Transportation. developing these important rec- ranchers, I have also focused on what Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ommendations, and it is long past time we can do to support the ethanol indus- rise today to introduce the ‘‘Helicopter that the FAA heed its call. try. Safety Act.’’ My thoughts continue to be with the American ethanol has stepped up to On January 26, 2020, a helicopter car- victims and their loved ones impacted help during the coronavirus crisis by rying nine Californians flew into foggy by this heartbreaking accident. Our providing ethanol or alcohol for hand weather, ultimately crashing minutes bill would help prevent future tragedies sanitizer. Thanks to the FDA’s tem- later. Los Angeles and the world soon like the one that occurred this past porary policy for preparation of certain learned that among the crash victims January and it is critical that Congress alcohol-based hand sanitizer products were basketball legend Kobe Bryant pass it swiftly to ensure that such loss during the public health emergency, and his daughter Gianna. of life was not in vain. qualifying ethanol can be used as an al- And in the time since, we have Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the cohol content in hand sanitizer. learned the names and stories of John, floor. I imagine there are few Americans Alyssa, and Keri Altobelli; Sarah and who haven’t significantly stepped up Payton Chester; Christina Mauser; and By Mr. KAINE: their purchase of hand sanitizer during Ara Zobayan. These were spirited S. 3947. A bill to amend the provi- the current crisis. In addition to meas- friends and family members connected sions relating to the higher education ures like social distancing and mask by their love of sport, traveling to a emergency relief fund to clarify the wearing and frequent hand washing, it weekend basketball tournament. flexibility provided to institutions and is key to preventing the spread of the The sudden and shocking nature of for students under the fund, and for virus. When water and soap are not im- the accident touched many, and I have other purposes; to the Committee on mediately available, hand sanitizer can been moved by the public remem- Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- step in as a substitute. We need a brances in Los Angeles and elsewhere sions. steady supply of hand sanitizer to help in honor of the victims. Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, on March curtail virus transmission. But this tragedy is one that could 27 Congress passed the Coronavirus To help us meet this need and sup- have been averted. While the National Aid, Relief, and Economic Security port our Nation’s ethanol producers, Transportation Safety Board is still in- (CARES) Act in response to the ongo- today I am introducing the Hand Sani- vestigating the incident, a preliminary ing public health and economic crisis tizer Guidance Extension Act of 2020. report indicates the helicopter was fly- resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic. Put simply, my bill will extend the ing through thick clouds and fog, yet The CARES Act included a Higher Edu- FDA’s temporary ethanol-based hand was not equipped with a terrain aware- cation Emergency Relief Fund, which

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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS nately, the Administration has not fol- One challenge that we’ve faced this lowed Congress’ intent to provide these year is the closures of schools all colleges and universities with the in- across the Country. Suddenly, because SENATE RESOLUTION 614—HON- creased flexibility they need to meet of the coronavirus pandemic, over 76 ORING THE MEMORY OF THE the needs of their students. million American students of all ages VICTIMS OF THE HEINOUS AT- This is why I’m introducing the were faced with finishing the school TACK AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB Coronavirus Relief Flexibility for Stu- year at home—including over five mil- ON JUNE 12, 2016 dents and Institutions Act, which lion students in my home State of Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself would fix several implementation Texas—away from many of the re- and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following issues with the higher education funds sources that school provides. resolution; which was considered and in the CARES Act by providing institu- To say that has been a staggering agreed to: tions of higher education and students shift for many students and families is S. RES. 614 an understatement. That is why today, with the flexibility Congress intended. Whereas, on June 12, 2016, a gunman in- This bill would make an additional 7.5 I’m introducing a bill to temporarily spired by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria million students eligible for emergency expand 529 accounts so that parents of targeted the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, financial aid by expanding eligibility children who are now learning from Florida, where he killed 49 innocent victims beyond just those who have filled out a home as a result of the coronavirus and wounded dozens more in a despicable at- FAFSA and are eligible under Title IV pandemic can cover educational ex- tack; of the Higher Education Act. Addition- penses such as tuition, books and other Whereas the attack at the Pulse nightclub ally, it would allow institutions of instructional materials, online edu- was an attack on the LGBTQ community, cational materials, tutoring, standard- the Hispanic community, the City of Or- higher education to use CARES Act lando, the State of Florida, and the United funds to cover revenue losses incurred ized test fees, and educational thera- States; as a result of COVID–19, rather than pies for students with disabilities. Whereas the Orlando community continues limiting the funding to the U.S. De- This bill, the Helping Parents Edu- to mourn the tragic loss of life, but has dem- partment of Education’s narrow inter- cate Children During the Coronavirus onstrated remarkable strength, unity, and pretation that funds can only be used Pandemic Act, is a version of a bill I resilience in the aftermath of the horrendous for new expenses associated with the introduced last year, the Student Em- event; transition of instruction to distance powerment Act, which would allow 100 Whereas June 12 is designated as ‘‘Pulse percent of American students to use 529 Remembrance Day’’ in the State of Florida learning. It would also ensure that col- to honor the victims and survivors of the leges hardest hit by COVID–19 are re- accounts to help pay for K–12 edu- senseless attack; ceiving the support they need by re- cation. The Helping Parents Educate Whereas the people of the United States quiring an application to demonstrate Children During the Coronavirus Pan- continue to pray for those affected by the such needs, rather than providing all demic Act has the benefits of the Stu- tragedy; and colleges with $500,000 in taxpayer funds dent Empowerment Act, but is tailored Whereas June 12, 2020, marks 4 years since regardless of size. to navigate the educational challenges the lives of the 49 innocent victims were In this difficult time, colleges des- the coronavirus pandemic poses to stu- tragically cut short by the senseless act of terrorism: Now, therefore, be it perately need the flexibility to best dents nationwide. These bills would extend 529 accounts Resolved, That the Senate— serve their students. This bill will help (1) commemorates the 49 victims killed in ensure that Secretary DeVos and the to cover educational expenses of all the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, U.S. Department of Education follow sorts, allowing public school families Florida, on June 12, 2016, and offers heartfelt Congress’ intent to stabilize our insti- (who do not pay tuition) to participate. condolences to the families, loved ones, and tutions of higher education that are Around 90 percent of America’s stu- friends of the victims; hurting from COVID–19 and provide dents attend public school, so this (2) honors the dozens of survivors of the at- emergency financial aid for the stu- change would help many Americans af- tack and pledges continued resolve to stand against terrorism and hate; and dents who need it, not just those that ford all the associated costs of an education. (3) expresses gratitude to the brave law en- who have met bureaucratic require- forcement and emergency medical personnel ments. I hope the Senate passes this These bills would also make 529 ac- who responded to the attack. bill quickly to ensure that institutions counts more accessible to low-income f have the flexibility and supports they and middle-income families, public need to continue providing high qual- school families, families who send their SENATE RESOLUTION 615—RECOG- ity and equitable access to education children to religious schools, and NIZING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY for all students as we continue to homeschool families who need help OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE KO- weather this pandemic. paying for their child’s K–12 education. REAN WAR AND THE TRANS- We’ve come a long way in making a FORMATION OF THE UNITED By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. quality education attainable for Amer- STATES-SOUTH KOREA ALLI- LEE, Mr. SCOTT of South Caro- ican students, but we have more to do. ANCE INTO A MUTUALLY BENE- lina, and Mr. SCOTT of Florida): That is why I’m working to help par- FICIAL, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP S. 3949. A bill to amend the Internal ents, guardians, and students across Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kinder- the country access the tools they need Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. garten through grade 12 educational to continue school at home as long as MARKEY) submitted the following reso- expenses to be paid from a 529 account we have a public health emergency be- lution; which was referred to the Com- during the Coronavirus Emergency Pe- cause of the coronavirus pandemic. mittee on Foreign Relations: riod; to the Committee on Finance. In closing, I want to thank the edu- S. RES. 615 Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, I rise at a cators and parents who over the past Whereas June 25, 2020, marks the 70th anni- time of crisis. For several months now, three months have made education a versary of the outbreak of the Korean War, our Nation been dealing with two si- priority for millions of American stu- when the armed forces of the Democratic multaneous crises—a global health dents. Your hard work and dedication People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) attacked the Republic of Korea (South Korea) pandemic that has claimed the lives of to ensuring your students continue to on June 25, 1950; over 115,000 Americans and over 400,000 learn despite the challenges of a global Whereas the United Nations Security people across the globe—and an eco- pandemic is a good example for us all Council adopted Resolution 83 on June 27, nomic crisis that has cost over 40 mil- that we must keep going, we must 1950, recommending ‘‘Members of the United

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stitute approximately 17 percent of United Army Lieutenant General William Harrison, Whereas the Government of South Korea States Armed Forces personnel on active Jr. representing the United Nations Com- has made significant contributions to the duty, including— mand with the Korean People’s Army and global community in combating COVID–19, (1) 21 percent of active duty personnel in the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army to ‘‘in- including the manufacture and export of Re- the Air Force; sure a complete cessation of hostilities and verse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reac- (2) 20 percent of active duty personnel in of all acts of armed force in Korea until a tion (RT-PCR) test kits to the United States the Navy; final peaceful settlement is achieved’’; Government and various State governments, (3) 15 percent of active duty personnel in Whereas the Armistice Agreement remains including Colorado; the Army; in force today and by its terms has neither Whereas, on May 8, 2020, the Government (4) 9 percent of active duty personnel in the formally ended the Korean War nor con- of South Korea donated 500,000 masks to be Marine Corps; and stituted a permanent settlement of peace on distributed to Korean War veterans through- (5) 15 percent of active duty personnel in the Korean Peninsula; out the United States, including the Navajo the Coast Guard; Whereas, on October 1, 1953, a Mutual De- Nation, in a gesture of gratitude and in com- Whereas, as of April 2020, women con- fense Treaty between the United States and memoration of the seventieth anniversary of stitute nearly 21 percent of personnel in the South Korea was signed in Washington, D.C. the outbreak of the Korean War; and National Guard and Reserves; (5 UST 2368), with ratification advised by and Whereas, on May 10, 2020, the Government Whereas, as of April 2020, women comprise consented to by the Senate on January 26, of South Korea donated 2,000,000 masks to nearly 25 percent of the personnel in the Na- 1954, and the treaty remains in force today the United States to help fill shortages in tional Guard and Reserves activated to sup- ‘‘to strengthen their efforts for collective de- hospitals most impacted by COVID–19: Now, port COVID–19 response efforts; fense for the preservation of peace and secu- therefore, be it Whereas, in 2020— rity’’; Resolved, That the Senate— (1) the population of women veterans Whereas, during the Korean War, 1,789,000 (1) recognizes that the United States-South reached 2,000,000, which represents an expo- United States soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Korea alliance serves as the linchpin of re- nential increase from 713,000 women veterans Marines served in theater, 36,574 paid the ul- gional stability and mutual security in in 1980; and timate sacrifice with their lives in defense of Northeast Asia; (2) women veterans constitute more than freedom in South Korea, and more than 7,500 (2) reiterates that the United States and 10 percent of the total veteran population; members of the United States Armed Forces South Korea share an enduring interest in Whereas the United States is proud of, and remain classified by the Department of De- the continued strength of the bilateral alli- appreciates, the service of all women vet- fense as Missing in Action; ance, including deepening the military, dip- erans who have demonstrated great skill, Whereas, on October 7, 2016, H.R.1475, enti- lomatic, economic, and cultural ties between sacrifice, and commitment to defending the tled the ‘‘Korean War Veterans Memorial the United States and South Korea, as well principles upon which the United States was Wall of Remembrance Act’’ was introduced as broadening alliance cooperation to con- founded and which the United States con- in the 114th Congress by Representative Sam front 21st century challenges, such as global tinues to uphold; Johnson of Texas and became Public Law health, the environment, and energy secu- Whereas women veterans have unique sto- 114–230; rity; ries and should be encouraged to share their Whereas, according to House Report 114– (3) emphasizes that the United States- recollections through the Veterans History 433, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall South Korea alliance espouses shared demo- Project, which has worked since 2000 to col- of Remembrance Act (Public Law 114–230) au- cratic values and remains committed to lect and share the personal accounts of war- thorizes a Wall of Remembrance to be added human rights, the rule of law, and free mar- time veterans in the United States; and to the Korean War Veterans Memorial with ket principles and therefore plays an expand- Whereas, by designating June 12, 2020, as the names of those that died in theater, are ing role in stability and security far beyond ‘‘Women Veterans Appreciation Day’’, the listed as missing, or were prisoners of war, the Korean Peninsula; Senate can— and would also list the number of personnel (4) reaffirms that the Governments of the (1) highlight the growing presence of that were part of the Korean Augmentation United States and South Korea must pursue women in the Armed Forces and the Na- to the United States Army (KATUSA) pro- a coordinated policy of diplomatic engage- tional Guard; and gram; ment, economic pressure, and military deter- (2) pay respect to women veterans for their Whereas the Korean War is no longer ‘‘The rence to achieve peace and the dutiful military service: Now, therefore, be it Forgotten War’’ but ‘‘The Forgotten Vic- denuclearization of North Korea; Resolved, That the Senate designates June tory’’ and June 25, 1950, is considered the (5) emphasizes that United States Forces 12, 2020, as ‘‘Women Veterans Appreciation symbolic start of the ironclad United States- Korea (USFK) remains prepared in presence Day’’ to recognize the service and sacrifices South Korea alliance that was forged in and disposition to counter any attempted of women veterans who have served valiantly blood; third-party aggression or coercion, and relies on behalf of the United States. Whereas, in the 70 years since the outbreak on the vital contributions of the dedicated f of the Korean War, the United States-South Korean national employees of USFK; and Korea alliance has transformed itself from a (6) reaffirms that the United States-South AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND security relationship into a comprehensive Korea alliance is a critical force to uphold PROPOSED global partnership; the post-World War II liberal global order Whereas South Korea is considered one of built by our two nations. SA 1660. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an the greatest post-World War II success sto- amendment intended to be proposed to ries, and its continued partnership with the f amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARD- United States remains the linchpin of United SENATE RESOLUTION 616—DESIG- NER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, States foreign policy in Northeast Asia; NATING JUNE 12, 2020, AS Mr. WARNER, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Whereas the United States and South ‘‘WOMEN VETERANS APPRECIA- Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Korea have stood shoulder to shoulder in all TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZ- TION DAY’’ four major conflicts the United States has MAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, faced since the Korean War, while maintain- Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mrs. Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. ing peace on the Korean Peninsula and con- BLACKBURN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRA- tributing to global prosperity through the BRAUN) submitted the following resolu- HAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEIN- shared values of democracy, human rights, tion; which was referred to the Com- STEIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ the rule of law, and a free market economy; mittee on the Judiciary: MASTO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Whereas it is in the national interest of Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. S. RES. 616 the United States to maintain its forward SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. deployed presence in South Korea through Whereas women have formally been a part MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. United States Forces Korea (USFK), a pre- of the United States Armed Forces since the BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, mier Joint force that is ‘‘well led, dis- establishment of the Army Nurse Corps in Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ciplined, trained and ready to Fight Tonight 1901 but have informally served the United HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLO- and win’’; States since the inception of the United BUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Whereas the Asia Reassurance Initiative States military; LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409) calls for the Whereas women have served the United ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. strengthening and broadening of diplomatic, States honorably and with valor, including— SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, to amend the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- SA 1668. Mr. BROWN submitted an amend- and improve the Internal Revenue Service, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. ment intended to be proposed to amendment and for other purposes; which was ordered to MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for him- lie on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, self, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, SA 1661. Mr. ENZI submitted an amend- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- ment intended to be proposed to amendment Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for him- Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHU- self, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHU- MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- MER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- SA 1665. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. intended to be proposed to amendment SA Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- on the table. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- SA 1669. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. Mr. HOEVEN) submitted an amendment in- bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. tended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. SA 1662. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Ms. MUR- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. KOWSKI, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, ONES AN OLLEN ENENDEZ and Mr. ROMNEY) submitted an amendment Mr. J , Mr. V H , Mr. M , Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. intended to be proposed to amendment SA LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- RICH, Mr. BENNET , Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. on the table. Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. SA 1666. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, BARRASSO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. SUL- MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, LIVAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, ROMNEY) submitted an amendment intended ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 pro- MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. posed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. on the table. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. UCKWORTH TABENOW EAHY SA 1670. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and D , Ms. S , Mr. L , Mr. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amendment in- MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- tended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, SA 1663. Mr. ENZI submitted an amend- PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, ment intended to be proposed to amendment Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for him- LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, ANCHIN AINES ARNER LUNT ARRIS APITO self, Mr. M , Mr. D , Mr. W , Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Mr. B , Ms. H , Mrs. C , Mr. Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHU- MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- MER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- SA 1667. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amend- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. ment intended to be proposed to amendment Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for him- Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, self, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHU- MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- on the table. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- SA 1671. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted an PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. amendment intended to be proposed to bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARD- on the table. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, NER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, SA 1664. Mr. REED submitted an amend- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WARNER, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, ment intended to be proposed to amendment Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for him- Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZ- self, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRA- COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHU- MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. HAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEIN- MER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the STEIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie MASTO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- on the table. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms.

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LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. amendment intended to be proposed to Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLO- amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. BUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- 1986 to modernize and improve the In- SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, supra; which ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. ternal Revenue Service, and for other was ordered to lie on the table. purposes; which was ordered to lie on SA 1672. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted an TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. amendment intended to be proposed to BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, the table; as follows: amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARD- Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Strike section 2 and insert the following: NER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEG- Mr. WARNER, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, ACY RESTORATION FUND. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZ- (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle II of title 54, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, MAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, United States Code, is amended by inserting ERKLEY YDEN AINE Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. Mr. M , Mr. W , Mr. K , after chapter 2003 the following: BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRA- Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. ‘‘CHAPTER 2004—NATIONAL PARKS AND HAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEIN- SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION STEIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- FUND MASTO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. ‘‘Sec. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ‘‘200401. Definitions. SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. ‘‘200402. National Parks and Public Land MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Legacy Restoration Fund. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, ‘‘§ 200401. Definitions Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLO- LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, ‘‘In this chapter: BUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, ‘‘(1) ASSET.—The term ‘asset’ means any LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, real property, including any physical struc- ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ture or grouping of structures, landscape, trail, or other tangible property, that— SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, supra; which 1986 to modernize and improve the In- was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘(A) has a specific service or function; and SA 1673. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted an ternal Revenue Service, and for other ‘‘(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct, amendment intended to be proposed to purposes; which was ordered to lie on identifiable entity by the applicable covered amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. GARD- the table; as follows: agency. NER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, At the end, add the following: ‘‘(2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘covered Mr. WARNER, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, SEC. llll. COMPLIANCE WITH BLM PERMIT- agency’ means— Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TING. ‘‘(A) the Service; TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZ- (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any ‘‘(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife MAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, other provision of law but subject to any Service; Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. State requirements, a Bureau of Land Man- ‘‘(C) the Forest Service; BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRA- agement drilling permit shall not be re- ‘‘(D) the Bureau of Land Management; and HAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEIN- quired under the Federal Oil and Gas Roy- ‘‘(E) the Bureau of Indian Education. STEIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ alty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701 ‘‘(3) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na- MASTO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, et seq.) or section 3164.1 of title 43, Code of tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Res- Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. Federal Regulations (or a successor regula- toration Fund established by section SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. tion), for an action occurring within an oil 200402(a). MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. and gas drilling or spacing unit if— ‘‘(4) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, (1) less than 50 percent of the minerals any activity to reduce or eliminate deferred Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. within the oil and gas drilling or spacing maintenance of an asset, which may include HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLO- unit are minerals owned by the Federal Gov- resolving directly related infrastructure de- BUCHAR, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ernment; and ficiencies of the asset that would not by LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. (2) the Federal Government does not own itself be classified as deferred maintenance. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. or lease the surface estate within the bound- ‘‘§ 200402. National Parks and Public Land SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, supra; which aries of the oil and gas drilling or spacing Legacy Restoration Fund was ordered to lie on the table. unit. SA 1674. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established (b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects in the Treasury of the United States a fund BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. the right of the Federal Government to re- to be known as the ‘National Parks and Pub- SANDERS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and ceive royalties due to the Federal Govern- lic Land Legacy Restoration Fund’. Mr. BOOKER) submitted an amendment in- ment from the production of the Federal tended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.— minerals within the oil and gas drilling or ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date proposed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. spacing unit. that is 30 days after the date of enactment of MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. this section, there shall be deposited in the PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEXANDER, SA 1661. Mr. ENZI submitted an Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COL- Fund— amendment intended to be proposed to ‘‘(A) from fees collected under section LINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Mr. BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation En- GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, PETERS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. hancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)), $5 per en- MCSALLY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEIN- Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. trance fee (as defined in section 802 of that RICH, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- Act (16 U.S.C. 6801)), adjusted annually for ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. inflation; MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Ms. TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. ‘‘(B) from fees for the America the Beau- tiful—the National Parks and Federal Rec- SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. SMITH, BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, reational Lands Pass collected under sub- Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, section (a) of section 805 of the Federal Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. JONES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, U.S.C. 6804) (excluding any fees for a dis- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- counted pass collected under subsection (b) DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, of that section), $20 per each nondiscounted MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, America the Beautiful—the National Parks PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. and Federal Recreational Lands Pass; ‘‘(C) from fees collected under subpara- bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, on the table. graph (B)(i)(III) of section 217(h)(3) of the Im- SA 1675. Mr. PAUL submitted an amend- Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. ment intended to be proposed by him to the HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. 1187(h)(3)) for use of the electronic system for bill H.R. 1957, supra; which was ordered to lie VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. travel authorization established under sub- on the table. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. paragraph (A) of that section, $16 per travel

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authorization, adjusted annually for infla- ‘‘(A) 70 percent of the amounts deposited in ‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA- tion; and the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab- ‘‘(D) from fees collected under section 22.1 cated to the Service. lishing alternate allocations for amounts of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, for ‘‘(B) 15 percent of the amounts deposited in made available under subsection (c) that are visa applications submitted by non- the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- less than the full amount appropriated under immigrants seeking temporary admission to cated to the Forest Service. that subsection, the difference between the the United States for businesses or pleasure ‘‘(C) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in amount appropriated and the alternate allo- under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigra- the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocation shall be allocated by the President. tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. cated to the United States Fish and Wildlife ‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— 1101(a)(15)(B)) (commonly referred to as B–1 Service. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the and B–2 visas), $25 per application, adjusted ‘‘(D) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in Secretary of Agriculture may accept public annually for inflation. the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- cash or in-kind donations that advance ef- ‘‘(2) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES AND cated to the Bureau of Land Management. forts— THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—THE NATIONAL ‘‘(E) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in ‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- backlog; and PASS.— cated to the Bureau of Indian Education. ‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private ‘‘(A) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES.— ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— partnerships. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days ‘‘(A) NON-TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Over ‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations after the date of enactment of this section, the term of the Fund, within each covered accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— the Secretary shall increase each entrance agency, not less than 65 percent of amounts ‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the fee (as defined in section 802 of the Federal from the Fund shall be allocated for non- Fund; and Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 transportation projects. ‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for U.S.C. 6801)) established for a System unit ‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—The which the donation was made. under section 803(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. amounts remaining in the Fund after the al- ‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations 6802(e)) by $5. locations required under subparagraph (A) allocated to a covered agency under para- ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The may be allocated for transportation projects graph (2)(B) shall be allocated to the applica- Secretary shall annually adjust the increase of the covered agencies, including paved and ble covered agency independently of the allo- in the amount of each entrance fee required unpaved roads, bridges, tunnels, and paved cations under subsection (e)(1). under clause (i) for inflation. parking areas. ‘‘(k) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESSI- ‘‘(B) INCREASE IN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL— ‘‘(C) PLAN.—Any priority deferred mainte- BILITY.—In expending amounts from the THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL REC- nance project funded under this section shall Fund, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- REATIONAL LANDS PASS.— be consistent with an applicable transpor- riculture shall incorporate measures to im- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days tation, deferred maintenance, or capital improve the accessibility of assets and accom- after the date of enactment of this section, provement plan developed by the applicable modate visitors and employees with disabil- the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri- covered agency. ities in accordance with applicable law.’’. culture, acting jointly (referred to in this ‘‘(f) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No (2) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- subparagraph as the ‘Secretaries’), shall in- amounts in the Fund shall be used— MENTS.— crease the fee for the America the Beau- ‘‘(1) for land acquisition; (A) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of tiful—the National Parks and Federal Rec- ‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding chapters for subtitle II of title 54, United reational Lands Pass (as established under made available for annually recurring facil- States Code, is amended by inserting after section 805(a)(5) of the Federal Lands Recre- ity operations, maintenance, and construc- the item relating to chapter 2003 the fol- ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(a)(5)) tion needs; or lowing: (excluding any fee for a discounted pass ‘‘(3) for bonuses for employees of the Fed- ‘‘2004. National Parks and Public made available under subsection (b) of that eral Government that are carrying out this Land Legacy Restoration Fund ...200401’’. section) by $20. section. (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—The Sec- ‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF PRIORITY LIST OF 805(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Lands Recre- retaries shall annually adjust the increase in PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. the amount of the fee required under clause days after the date of enactment of this sec- 6804(b)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be- (i) for inflation. tion, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts de- riculture shall submit to the Committees on ‘‘(excluding the portion of the cost of the posited in the Fund shall be available to the Energy and Natural Resources and Appro- America the Beautiful—the National Parks Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, priations of the Senate and the Committees and Federal Recreational Lands Pass that is as provided in subsection (e), without further on Natural Resources and Appropriations of attributable to the increase under section appropriation or fiscal year limitation. the House of Representatives a list of 200402(b)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United States projects to be funded for fiscal year 2021 Code)’’. ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— that— (b) INCREASE IN CERTAIN VISA APPLICATION ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re- ‘‘(1) are identified by the Secretary and the FEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date quest the Secretary of the Treasury to invest Secretary of Agriculture as priority deferred of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of any portion of the Fund that is not, as deter- maintenance projects; and State shall amend section 22.1 of title 22, mined by the Secretary, in consultation with ‘‘(2) as of the date of the submission of the Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the the Secretary of Agriculture, required to list, are ready to be implemented. application fee for visa applications sub- meet the current needs of the Fund. ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF mitted by nonimmigrants seeking temporary ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment re- PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Until the date on admission to the United States for busi- quested under paragraph (1) shall be made by which all of the amounts in the Fund are ex- nesses or pleasure under section 101(a)(15)(B) the Secretary of the Treasury in a public pended, the President shall annually submit of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 debt security— to Congress, together with the annual budget U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) (commonly referred to ‘‘(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs of the United States, a list of projects to be as B–1 and B–2 visas) by $25 per application, of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary; funded from the Fund that includes a de- which amount shall be adjusted annually for and tailed description of each project, including inflation. ‘‘(B) bearing interest at a rate determined the estimated expenditures from the Fund (c) INCREASE IN FEES FOR USE OF THE ELEC- by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking for the project for the applicable fiscal year. TRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZA- into consideration current market yields on ‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— TION.—Section 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigra- outstanding marketable obligations of the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. United States of comparable maturity. provide for alternate allocation of amounts 1187(h)(3)(B)) is amended— ‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on in- made available under this section, consistent (1) in clause (i)— vestments of the Fund under this subsection with the allocations to covered agencies (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), shall be credited to, and form a part of, the under subsection (e)(1). in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The ini- Fund. ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— tial fee shall be the sum of—’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(A) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If Con- the following: ‘‘Beginning on the date that is ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in gress has not enacted legislation estab- 30 days after the date of enactment of the the Fund for each fiscal year shall be used lishing alternate allocations by the date on Great American Outdoors Act, the fee col- for priority deferred maintenance projects in which the Act making full-year appropria- lected under this subparagraph shall be an the System, in the National Wildlife Refuge tions for the Department of the Interior, En- amount that is equal to the sum of—’’; System, on public land administered by the vironment, and Related Agencies for the ap- (B) by striking subclause (I) and inserting Bureau of Land Management, for the Bureau plicable fiscal year is enacted into law, the following: of Indian Education schools, and in the Na- amounts made available under subsection (c) ‘‘(I) an amount not to exceed $17, as deter- tional Forest System, as follows: shall be allocated by the President. mined by the Secretary, which shall be for

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SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, graph (B)(i)(III) of section 217(h)(3) of the Im- (d) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. after the date of enactment of this Act, the HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. 1187(h)(3)) for use of the electronic system for Comptroller General of the United States VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. travel authorization established under sub- shall— CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. paragraph (A) of that section, $16 per travel (1) conduct a study on the implementation authorization, adjusted annually for infla- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, of this section and the amendments made by tion; and this section, including whether this section Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ‘‘(D) from fees collected under section 22.1 and the amendments made by this section LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, for have effectively reduced the priority de- Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, visa applications submitted by non- ferred maintenance backlog of the covered and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, immigrants seeking temporary admission to agencies (as that term is defined in section to amend the Internal Revenue Code of the United States for businesses or pleasure 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and 1986 to modernize and improve the In- under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigra- (2) submit to Congress a report that de- ternal Revenue Service, and for other tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. scribes the results of the study under para- purposes; which was ordered to lie on 1101(a)(15)(B)) (commonly referred to as B–1 graph (1). and B–2 visas), $25 per application, adjusted At the end, add the following: the table; as follows: annually for inflation. SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON PARTNER’S DEDUCTION Strike section 2 and insert the following: ‘‘(2) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES AND FOR QUALIFIED CONSERVATION SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEG- THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—THE NATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY PART- ACY RESTORATION FUND. PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS NERSHIP. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— PASS.— (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 170(h) of the In- (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle II of title 54, ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by ‘‘(A) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES.— United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days adding at the end the following new para- after chapter 2003 the following: graph: after the date of enactment of this section, ‘‘CHAPTER 2004—NATIONAL PARKS AND the Secretary shall increase each entrance ‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON PARTNERSHIP ALLOCA- PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION fee (as defined in section 802 of the Federal TION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.— FUND Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualified conservation contributions of any part- ‘‘Sec. U.S.C. 6801)) established for a System unit ‘‘200401. Definitions. nership (whether directly or as a distributive under section 803(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. ‘‘200402. National Parks and Public Land 6802(e)) by $5. share of such contributions of another part- Legacy Restoration Fund. nership), no amount of such contributions ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The may be taken into account under this sec- ‘‘§ 200401. Definitions Secretary shall annually adjust the increase tion by any partner of such partnership as a ‘‘In this chapter: in the amount of each entrance fee required distributive share of such contributions if ‘‘(1) ASSET.—The term ‘asset’ means any under clause (i) for inflation. the aggregate amount so taken into account real property, including any physical struc- ‘‘(B) INCREASE IN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL— by such partner for the taxable year would ture or grouping of structures, landscape, THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL REC- (but for this paragraph) exceed 2.5 times such trail, or other tangible property, that— REATIONAL LANDS PASS.— partner’s adjusted basis in such partnership ‘‘(A) has a specific service or function; and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days (determined as of the close of such taxable ‘‘(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct, after the date of enactment of this section, year and without regard to such contribu- identifiable entity by the applicable covered the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri- tions). The preceding sentence shall apply agency. culture, acting jointly (referred to in this only with respect to the first 3 taxable years ‘‘(2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘covered subparagraph as the ‘Secretaries’), shall in- of such partner which end after the date on agency’ means— crease the fee for the America the Beau- which such partner first became a partner in ‘‘(A) the Service; tiful—the National Parks and Federal Rec- the partnership. ‘‘(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife reational Lands Pass (as established under section 805(a)(5) of the Federal Lands Recre- ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR FAMILY PARTNER- Service; ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(a)(5)) SHIPS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply ‘‘(C) the Forest Service; with respect to any partnership if substan- ‘‘(D) the Bureau of Land Management; and (excluding any fee for a discounted pass tially all of the partnership interests in such ‘‘(E) the Bureau of Indian Education. made available under subsection (b) of that partnership are held by individuals who are ‘‘(3) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na- section) by $20. related within the meaning of section tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Res- ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—The Sec- 152(d)(2). toration Fund established by section retaries shall annually adjust the increase in the amount of the fee required under clause ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 200402(a). prescribe such regulations or other guidance ‘‘(4) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means (i) for inflation. as may be necessary to carry out, and pre- any activity to reduce or eliminate deferred ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts de- vent the avoidance of, the purposes of this maintenance of an asset, which may include posited in the Fund shall be available to the paragraph.’’. resolving directly related infrastructure de- Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall ficiencies of the asset that would not by as provided in subsection (e), without further apply to contributions made in taxable years itself be classified as deferred maintenance. appropriation or fiscal year limitation. ending after December 23, 2016. No inference ‘‘§ 200402. National Parks and Public Land ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— is intended as the appropriate treatment of Legacy Restoration Fund ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re- contributions made in taxable years ending ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established quest the Secretary of the Treasury to invest on or before such date or as to any activity in the Treasury of the United States a fund any portion of the Fund that is not, as deter- not described in section 170(h)(7) of the Inter- to be known as the ‘National Parks and Pub- mined by the Secretary, in consultation with nal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this lic Land Legacy Restoration Fund’. the Secretary of Agriculture, required to section. ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.— meet the current needs of the Fund. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment re- SA 1662. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Ms. that is 30 days after the date of enactment of quested under paragraph (1) shall be made by MURKOWSKI, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. GRASSLEY, this section, there shall be deposited in the the Secretary of the Treasury in a public Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. ROMNEY) submitted Fund— debt security—

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‘‘(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs project, including the estimated expendi- (c) INCREASE IN FEES FOR USE OF THE ELEC- of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary; tures from the Fund for the project for the TRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZA- and applicable fiscal year. TION.—Section 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigra- ‘‘(B) bearing interest at a rate determined ‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may 1187(h)(3)(B)) is amended— into consideration current market yields on provide for alternate allocation of amounts (1) in clause (i)— outstanding marketable obligations of the made available under this section, consistent (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), United States of comparable maturity. with the allocations to covered agencies in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The ini- ‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on in- under subsection (e)(1). tial fee shall be the sum of—’’ and inserting vestments of the Fund under this subsection ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— the following: ‘‘Beginning on the date that is shall be credited to, and form a part of, the ‘‘(A) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If Con- 30 days after the date of enactment of the Fund. gress has not enacted legislation estab- Great American Outdoors Act, the fee col- ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— lishing alternate allocations by the date on lected under this subparagraph shall be an ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in which the Act making full-year appropria- amount that is equal to the sum of—’’; the Fund for each fiscal year shall be used tions for the Department of the Interior, En- (B) by striking subclause (I) and inserting for priority deferred maintenance projects in vironment, and Related Agencies for the ap- the following: the System, in the National Wildlife Refuge plicable fiscal year is enacted into law, ‘‘(I) an amount not to exceed $17, as deter- System, on public land administered by the amounts made available under subsection (c) mined by the Secretary, which shall be for Bureau of Land Management, for the Bureau shall be allocated by the President. disposition in accordance with clause of Indian Education schools, and in the Na- ‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA- (ii)(I);’’; tional Forest System, as follows: TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab- (C) in subclause (II), by striking the period ‘‘(A) 70 percent of the amounts deposited in lishing alternate allocations for amounts at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- made available under subsection (c) that are (D) by adding at the end the following: cated to the Service. less than the full amount appropriated under ‘‘(III) $16 per travel authorization, adjusted ‘‘(B) 15 percent of the amounts deposited in that subsection, the difference between the annually for inflation, for disposition in ac- the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- amount appropriated and the alternate allo- cordance with section 200402(b)(1)(C) of title cated to the Forest Service. cation shall be allocated by the President. 54, United States Code.’’; and ‘‘(C) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in ‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— (2) in clause (ii)— the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the (A) in the first sentence, by striking cated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Secretary of Agriculture may accept public ‘‘Amounts’’ and inserting the following: Service. cash or in-kind donations that advance ef- ‘‘(I) TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND.—Amounts’’; ‘‘(D) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in forts— and the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- ‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance (B) in subclause (I) (as so designated), in cated to the Bureau of Land Management. backlog; and the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ ‘‘(E) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in ‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private and inserting the following: the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- partnerships. ‘‘(II) FEES FOR THE SYSTEM.—Amounts’’. cated to the Bureau of Indian Education. ‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations (d) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— after the date of enactment of this Act, the ‘‘(A) NON-TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Over ‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the Comptroller General of the United States the term of the Fund, within each covered Fund; and shall— agency, not less than 65 percent of amounts ‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for (1) conduct a study on the implementation from the Fund shall be allocated for non- which the donation was made. of this section and the amendments made by transportation projects. ‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations this section, including whether this section ‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—The allocated to a covered agency under para- and the amendments made by this section amounts remaining in the Fund after the al- graph (2)(B) shall be allocated to the applica- have effectively reduced the priority de- locations required under subparagraph (A) ble covered agency independently of the allo- ferred maintenance backlog of the covered may be allocated for transportation projects cations under subsection (e)(1). agencies (as that term is defined in section of the covered agencies, including paved and ‘‘(k) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESSI- 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and unpaved roads, bridges, tunnels, and paved BILITY.—In expending amounts from the (2) submit to Congress a report that de- parking areas. Fund, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- scribes the results of the study under para- ‘‘(C) PLAN.—Any priority deferred mainte- riculture shall incorporate measures to im- graph (1). nance project funded under this section shall prove the accessibility of assets and accom- be consistent with an applicable transpor- modate visitors and employees with disabil- SA 1663. Mr. ENZI submitted an tation, deferred maintenance, or capital im- ities in accordance with applicable law.’’. amendment intended to be proposed to provement plan developed by the applicable (2) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. MENTS.— covered agency. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, (A) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of ‘‘(f) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. amounts in the Fund shall be used— chapters for subtitle II of title 54, United PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- ‘‘(1) for land acquisition; States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding the item relating to chapter 2003 the fol- ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. made available for annually recurring facil- lowing: TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. ity operations, maintenance, and construc- ‘‘2004. National Parks and Public BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, tion needs; or Land Legacy Restoration Fund ...200401’’. Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, ‘‘(3) for bonuses for employees of the Fed- (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, eral Government that are carrying out this 805(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Lands Recre- Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, section. ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- ‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF PRIORITY LIST OF 6804(b)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be- ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 fore the period at the end the following: days after the date of enactment of this sec- ‘‘(excluding the portion of the cost of the Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, tion, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- America the Beautiful—the National Parks Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. riculture shall submit to the Committees on and Federal Recreational Lands Pass that is SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Energy and Natural Resources and Appro- attributable to the increase under section Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- priations of the Senate and the Committees 200402(b)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United States HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. on Natural Resources and Appropriations of Code)’’. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. the House of Representatives a list of (b) INCREASE IN CERTAIN VISA APPLICATION CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. projects to be funded for fiscal year 2021 FEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, that— of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of ‘‘(1) are identified by the Secretary and the State shall amend section 22.1 of title 22, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Secretary of Agriculture as priority deferred Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, maintenance projects; and application fee for visa applications sub- Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, ‘‘(2) as of the date of the submission of the mitted by nonimmigrants seeking temporary and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, list, are ready to be implemented. admission to the United States for busi- to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF nesses or pleasure under section 101(a)(15)(B) 1986 to modernize and improve the In- PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—The President shall of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 annually submit to Congress, together with U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) (commonly referred to ternal Revenue Service, and for other the annual budget of the United States, a as B–1 and B–2 visas) by $25 per application, purposes; which was ordered to lie on list of projects to be funded from the Fund which amount shall be adjusted annually for the table; as follows: that includes a detailed description of each inflation. Strike section 2 and insert the following:

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle II of title 54, annually for inflation. ‘‘(E) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(2) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES AND the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- after chapter 2003 the following: THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—THE NATIONAL cated to the Bureau of Indian Education. ‘‘CHAPTER 2004—NATIONAL PARKS AND PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION PASS.— ‘‘(A) NON-TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Over FUND ‘‘(A) INCREASE IN PARK ENTRANCE FEES.— the term of the Fund, within each covered ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days agency, not less than 65 percent of amounts ‘‘Sec. after the date of enactment of this section, from the Fund shall be allocated for non- ‘‘200401. Definitions. the Secretary shall increase each entrance transportation projects. ‘‘200402. National Parks and Public Land fee (as defined in section 802 of the Federal ‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—The Legacy Restoration Fund. Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 amounts remaining in the Fund after the al- ‘‘§ 200401. Definitions U.S.C. 6801)) established for a System unit locations required under subparagraph (A) ‘‘In this chapter: under section 803(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. may be allocated for transportation projects ‘‘(1) ASSET.—The term ‘asset’ means any 6802(e)) by $5. of the covered agencies, including paved and real property, including any physical struc- ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The unpaved roads, bridges, tunnels, and paved ture or grouping of structures, landscape, Secretary shall annually adjust the increase parking areas. trail, or other tangible property, that— in the amount of each entrance fee required ‘‘(C) PLAN.—Any priority deferred mainte- ‘‘(A) has a specific service or function; and under clause (i) for inflation. nance project funded under this section shall ‘‘(B) is tracked and managed as a distinct, ‘‘(B) INCREASE IN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL— be consistent with an applicable transpor- identifiable entity by the applicable covered THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL REC- tation, deferred maintenance, or capital im- agency. REATIONAL LANDS PASS.— provement plan developed by the applicable ‘‘(2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘covered ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days covered agency. agency’ means— after the date of enactment of this section, ‘‘(f) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—No ‘‘(A) the Service; the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri- amounts in the Fund shall be used— ‘‘(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife culture, acting jointly (referred to in this ‘‘(1) for land acquisition; Service; subparagraph as the ‘Secretaries’), shall in- ‘‘(2) to supplant discretionary funding ‘‘(C) the Forest Service; crease the fee for the America the Beau- made available for annually recurring facil- ‘‘(D) the Bureau of Land Management; and tiful—the National Parks and Federal Rec- ity operations, maintenance, and construc- ‘‘(E) the Bureau of Indian Education. reational Lands Pass (as established under tion needs; or ‘‘(3) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na- section 805(a)(5) of the Federal Lands Recre- ‘‘(3) for bonuses for employees of the Fed- tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Res- ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(a)(5)) eral Government that are carrying out this toration Fund established by section (excluding any fee for a discounted pass section. 200402(a). made available under subsection (b) of that ‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 ‘‘(4) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means section) by $20. days after the date of enactment of this sec- any activity to reduce or eliminate deferred ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—The Sec- tion, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- maintenance of an asset, which may include retaries shall annually adjust the increase in riculture shall submit to the Committees on resolving directly related infrastructure de- the amount of the fee required under clause (i) for inflation. Energy and Natural Resources and Appro- ficiencies of the asset that would not by priations of the Senate and the Committees itself be classified as deferred maintenance. ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available to the on Natural Resources and Appropriations of ‘‘§ 200402. National Parks and Public Land Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, the House of Representatives a list of Legacy Restoration Fund as provided in subsection (e), without further projects to be funded for fiscal year 2021 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established appropriation or fiscal year limitation. that— in the Treasury of the United States a fund ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— ‘‘(1) are identified by the Secretary and the to be known as the ‘National Parks and Pub- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re- Secretary of Agriculture as priority deferred lic Land Legacy Restoration Fund’. quest the Secretary of the Treasury to invest maintenance projects; and ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.— any portion of the Fund that is not, as deter- ‘‘(2) as of the date of the submission of the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be deposited mined by the Secretary, in consultation with list, are ready to be implemented. in the Fund— the Secretary of Agriculture, required to ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF ‘‘(A) beginning on the date that is 30 days meet the current needs of the Fund. PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—The President shall annually submit to Congress, together with after the date of enactment of this section— ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—An investment re- the annual budget of the United States, a ‘‘(i) from fees collected under section 803(e) quested under paragraph (1) shall be made by list of projects to be funded from the Fund of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance- the Secretary of the Treasury in a public that includes a detailed description of each ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)), $5 per entrance debt security— project, including the estimated expendi- fee (as defined in section 802 of that Act (16 ‘‘(A) with a maturity suitable to the needs tures from the Fund for the project for the U.S.C. 6801)), adjusted annually for inflation; of the Fund, as determined by the Secretary; applicable fiscal year. and and ‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— ‘‘(ii) from fees for the America the Beau- ‘‘(B) bearing interest at a rate determined ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may tiful—the National Parks and Federal Rec- by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking provide for alternate allocation of amounts reational Lands Pass collected under sub- into consideration current market yields on made available under this section, consistent section (a) of section 805 of the Federal outstanding marketable obligations of the with the allocations to covered agencies Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 United States of comparable maturity. under subsection (e)(1). U.S.C. 6804) (excluding any fees for a dis- ‘‘(3) CREDITS TO FUND.—The income on in- ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— counted pass collected under subsection (b) vestments of the Fund under this subsection ‘‘(A) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If Con- of that section), $20 per each nondiscounted shall be credited to, and form a part of, the gress has not enacted legislation estab- America the Beautiful—the National Parks Fund. lishing alternate allocations by the date on and Federal Recreational Lands Pass; and ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— which the Act making full-year appropria- ‘‘(B) during the period beginning on the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in tions for the Department of the Interior, En- date that is 30 days after the date of enact- the Fund for each fiscal year shall be used vironment, and Related Agencies for the ap- ment of this section and ending on Sep- for priority deferred maintenance projects in plicable fiscal year is enacted into law, tember 30, 2030— the System, in the National Wildlife Refuge amounts made available under subsection (c) ‘‘(i) from fees collected under subparagraph System, on public land administered by the shall be allocated by the President. (B)(i)(III) of section 217(h)(3) of the Immigra- Bureau of Land Management, for the Bureau ‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA- tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)) of Indian Education schools, and in the Na- TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab- for use of the electronic system for travel tional Forest System, as follows: lishing alternate allocations for amounts authorization established under subpara- ‘‘(A) 70 percent of the amounts deposited in made available under subsection (c) that are graph (A) of that section, $29 per travel au- the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- less than the full amount appropriated under thorization, adjusted annually for inflation; cated to the Service. that subsection, the difference between the and ‘‘(B) 15 percent of the amounts deposited in amount appropriated and the alternate allo- ‘‘(ii) from fees collected under section 22.1 the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allocation shall be allocated by the President. of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, for cated to the Forest Service. ‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— visa applications submitted by non- ‘‘(C) 5 percent of the amounts deposited in ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the immigrants seeking temporary admission to the Fund for each fiscal year shall be allo- Secretary of Agriculture may accept public the United States for businesses or pleasure cated to the United States Fish and Wildlife cash or in-kind donations that advance ef- under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigra- Service. forts—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JN6.039 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE S2944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 11, 2020 ‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance (B) in clause (ii)— the Secretary shall approve the conversion backlog; and (i) in the first sentence, by striking of covered land to other than public outdoor ‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private ‘‘Amounts’’ and inserting the following: recreation use, if the conversion of the cov- partnerships. ‘‘(I) TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND.—Amounts’’; ered land would, as determined by the Sec- ‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations and retary, improve the viability of existing accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— (ii) in subclause (I) (as so designated), in local health care facilities in the vicinity of ‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ the covered land. Fund; and and inserting the following: ‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for ‘‘(II) FEES FOR THE SYSTEM.—Amounts’’. SA 1665. Mr. LEE submitted an which the donation was made. (2) REPEAL.— amendment intended to be proposed to ‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations (A) IN GENERAL.—Effective on September amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. allocated to a covered agency under para- 30, 2030, paragraph (1) and the amendments GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, graph (2)(B) shall be allocated to the applica- made by that paragraph are repealed. Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ble covered agency independently of the allo- (B) APPLICATION.—Effective on the date de- PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- cations under subsection (e)(1). scribed in subparagraph (A), section 217 of ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. ‘‘(k) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESSI- the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BILITY.—In expending amounts from the U.S.C. 1187) shall be applied and adminis- Fund, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- tered as if paragraph (1) and the amendments BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, riculture shall incorporate measures to im- made by that paragraph had not been en- Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, prove the accessibility of assets and accom- acted. Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, modate visitors and employees with disabil- (d) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, ities in accordance with applicable law.’’. after the date of enactment of this Act, the Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- (2) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- Comptroller General of the United States ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, shall— MENTS.— Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, (A) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of (1) conduct a study on the implementation Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. chapters for subtitle II of title 54, United of this section and the amendments made by States Code, is amended by inserting after this section, including whether this section SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, the item relating to chapter 2003 the fol- and the amendments made by this section Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- lowing: have effectively reduced the priority de- HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. ‘‘2004. National Parks and Public ferred maintenance backlog of the covered VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. Land Legacy Restoration Fund ...200401’’. agencies (as that term is defined in section CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, (2) submit to Congress a report that de- 805(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Lands Recre- Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. scribes the results of the study under paragraph (1). LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, 6804(b)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be- Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, fore the period at the end the following: SA 1664. Mr. REED submitted an and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, ‘‘(excluding the portion of the cost of the America the Beautiful—the National Parks amendment intended to be proposed to to amend the Internal Revenue Code of and Federal Recreational Lands Pass that is amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. 1986 to modernize and improve the In- attributable to the increase under section GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, ternal Revenue Service, and for other 200402(b)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United States Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. purposes; which was ordered to lie on Code)’’. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- the table; as follows: (b) INCREASE IN CERTAIN VISA APPLICATION ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Beginning on page 8, strike line 19 and all FEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. that follows through the matter following of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, line 18 on page 14 and insert the following: State shall amend section 22.1 of title 22, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF Code of Federal Regulations, to increase, for PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Until the date on Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, the period beginning on the date that is 30 which all of the amounts in the Fund are ex- days after the date of enactment of this Act Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, pended, the President shall annually submit and ending on September 30, 2030, the appli- Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- to Congress, together with the annual budget cation fee for visa applications submitted by ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, of the United States— nonimmigrants seeking temporary admis- Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, ‘‘(1) a list of projects that are to be funded sion to the United States for businesses or Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. from the Fund for the applicable fiscal year pleasure under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, that includes a detailed description of each Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- project, including the estimated expendi- 1101(a)(15)(B)) (commonly referred to as B–1 HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. tures from the Fund for the project for the and B–2 visas) by $50 per application, which applicable fiscal year; and VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. amount shall be adjusted annually for infla- ‘‘(2) a list of projects that received funding tion. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. during the preceding fiscal year from the (c) INCREASE IN FEES FOR USE OF THE ELEC- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Fund that includes a detailed description of TRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZA- Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. each project, including— TION.— LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, ‘‘(A) the total amount of expenditures ex- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 217(h)(3)(B) of the Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, pended for the projects listed as of the date Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, on which the list is submitted; and 1187(h)(3)(B)) is amended— to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ‘‘(B) the total amount of expenditures esti- (A) in clause (i)— 1986 to modernize and improve the In- mated to be required to complete the (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), in projects listed. the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The initial ternal Revenue Service, and for other ‘‘(i) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— fee shall be the sum of—’’ and inserting the purposes; which was ordered to lie on ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts may following: ‘‘Beginning on the date that is 30 the table; as follows: provide for alternate allocation of amounts days after the date of enactment of the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- made available under this section, consistent Great American Outdoors Act, the fee col- lowing: with the allocations to covered agencies lected under this subparagraph shall be an SEC. llll. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN LAND. under subsection (e)(1). amount that is equal to the sum of—’’; (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— (ii) by striking subclause (I) and inserting (1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered ‘‘(A) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If Con- the following: land’’ means land that is— gress has not enacted legislation estab- ‘‘(I) an amount not to exceed $17, as deter- (A) acquired using a payment to a State lishing alternate allocations by the date on mined by the Secretary, which shall be for under section 200305 of title 54, United States which the Act making full-year appropria- disposition in accordance with clause Code; and tions for the Department of the Interior, En- (ii)(I);’’; (B) located adjacent to a health care facil- vironment, and Related Agencies for the ap- (iii) in subclause (II), by striking the pe- ity. plicable fiscal year is enacted into law, riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ amounts made available under subsection (c) (iv) by adding at the end the following: means the Secretary of the Interior, acting shall be allocated by the President. ‘‘(III) $29 per travel authorization, adjusted through the Director of the National Park ‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA- annually for inflation, for disposition in ac- Service. TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab- cordance with section 200402(b)(1)(B)(i) of (b) CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding section lishing alternate allocations for amounts title 54, United States Code.’’; and 200305(f)(3) of title 54, United States Code, made available under subsection (c) that are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JN6.039 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE June 11, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2945 less than the full amount appropriated under ‘‘(B) for each fiscal year thereafter, as part TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. that subsection, the difference between the of the annual budget submission of the Presi- BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, amount appropriated and the alternate allo- dent. Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, cation shall be allocated by the President. ‘‘(2) ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.— Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, ‘‘(j) PUBLIC DONATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations Acts ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the may provide for alternate allocation of Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Secretary of Agriculture may accept public amounts made available under subsection Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- cash or in-kind donations that advance ef- (a), including allocations by account, pro- ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, forts— gram, and project. Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, ‘‘(A) to reduce the deferred maintenance ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY PRESIDENT.— Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. backlog; and ‘‘(i) NO ALTERNATE ALLOCATIONS.—If Con- SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, ‘‘(B) to encourage relevant public-private gress has not enacted legislation estab- Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- partnerships. lishing alternate allocations by the date on HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. ‘‘(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—Any cash donations which the Act making full-year appropria- accepted under paragraph (1) shall be— tions for the Department of the Interior, En- VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ‘‘(A) credited to, and form a part of, the vironment, and Related Agencies for the ap- CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Fund; and plicable fiscal year is enacted into law, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, ‘‘(B) allocated to the covered agency for amounts made available under subsection (a) Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. which the donation was made. shall be allocated by the President. LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, ‘‘(3) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Any donations ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATE ALLOCA- Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, allocated to a covered agency under para- TION.—If Congress enacts legislation estab- and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, graph (2)(B) shall be allocated to the applica- lishing alternate allocations for amounts to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ble covered agency independently of the allo- made available under subsection (a) that are cations under subsection (e)(1). less than the full amount appropriated under 1986 to modernize and improve the In- ‘‘(k) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION FOR ACCESSI- that subsection, the difference between the ternal Revenue Service, and for other BILITY.—In expending amounts from the amount appropriated and the alternate allo- purposes; which was ordered to lie on Fund, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag- cation shall be allocated by the President. the table; as follows: riculture shall incorporate measures to im- ‘‘(3) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— On page 12, lines 2 through 5, strike ‘‘(in- prove the accessibility of assets and accom- Amounts expended from the Fund under this cluding accounts and programs made avail- modate visitors and employees with disabil- section shall be consistent with the require- able from the Fund pursuant to the Further ities in accordance with applicable law.’’. ments for recreational public access for Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, or lic Law 116–94; 133 Stat 2534))’’. chapters for subtitle II of title 54, United other outdoor recreational purposes under On page 12, lines 10 and 11, strike ‘‘or oth- States Code, is amended by inserting after section 200306(c). erwise appropriated from the Fund’’. the item relating to chapter 2003 the fol- ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall On page 14, strike lines 10 through 14 and lowing: submit to Congress an annual report that de- insert the following: ‘‘2004. National Parks and Public scribes the final allocation by account, pro- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section Land Legacy Restoration Fund ...200401’’. gram, and project of amounts made available 200302(c) of title 54, United States Code, is (c) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 5 years under subsection (a), including a description amended by striking paragraph (3). after the date of enactment of this Act, the of the status of obligations and expendi- On page 14, after the matter following line Comptroller General of the United States tures.’’. 18, add the following: shall— (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— SEC. 4. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES FROM (1) conduct a study on the implementation (1) Section 200302(c) of title 54, United THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVA- of this section and the amendments made by States Code, is amended by striking para- TION FUND. this section, including whether this section graph (3). Section 200305 of title 54, United States and the amendments made by this section (2) Section 200306(a)(2)(B) of title 54, United Code, is amended— have effectively reduced the priority de- States Code, is amended by striking clause (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end ferred maintenance backlog of the covered (iii). the following: agencies (as that term is defined in section (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of ‘‘(4) Facility rehabilitation and mainte- 200401 of title 54, United States Code); and sections for chapter 2003 of title 54, United nance.’’; (2) submit to Congress a report that de- States Code, is amended by striking the item (2) in subsection (b)(4), in the second sen- scribes the results of the study under para- relating to section 200303 and inserting the tence, by striking ‘‘, or development’’ and in- graph (1). following: serting ‘‘, development, or facility rehabili- SEC. 3. PERMANENT FULL FUNDING OF THE ‘‘200303. Availability of funds.’’. tation and maintenance’’; LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION SEC. 4. CERTAIN REPORTS REQUIRED PRIOR TO (3) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, FUND. ACQUISITION OF LAND USING by striking ‘‘, or development’’ and inserting (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200303 of title 54, AMOUNTS FROM THE LAND AND ‘‘, development, or facility rehabilitation United States Code, is amended to read as WATER CONSERVATION FUND. and maintenance’’; follows: Section 200306 of title 54, United States (4) in subsection (f)(1), in the first sen- Code, is amended by adding at the end the ‘‘§ 200303. Availability of funds tence, by striking ‘‘, or development’’ and in- following: serting ‘‘, development, or facility rehabili- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts deposited ‘‘(e) REPORTS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ACQUISI- tation and maintenance’’; and in the Fund under section 200302 for fiscal TION.—Before acquiring any land under this (5) in subsection (j), in the matter pre- year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter section, the Secretary or the Secretary of ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and de- shall be made available for expenditure for Agriculture, as applicable, shall submit— velopment’’ and inserting ‘‘, development, fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year there- ‘‘(1) to Congress a report that describes the and facility rehabilitation and mainte- after, without further appropriation or fiscal estimated cost to the Secretary or the Sec- nance’’. year limitation, to carry out the purposes of retary of Agriculture, as applicable, of ac- the Fund (including accounts and programs quiring, administering, and maintaining the SEC. 5. ALLOCATION OF LAND AND WATER CON- made available from the Fund pursuant to SERVATION FUND AMOUNTS FOR land; and OTHER RELATED PURPOSES. the Further Consolidated Appropriations ‘‘(2) to the State and unit of local govern- (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2003 of title 54, Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2534)). ment in which the land is located a report United States Code, is amended— ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts made that provides an estimate of the property tax (1) by redesignating sections 200307 through available under subsection (a) shall be in ad- revenue that would be lost as a result of the 2003010 as sections 200308 through 2003011, re- dition to amounts made available to the acquisition by the Secretary or the Sec- spectively; and Fund under section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico retary of Agriculture, as applicable.’’. (2) by inserting after section 200306 the fol- Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 lowing: note; Public Law 109–432) or otherwise appro- SA 1666. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for her- priated from the Fund. self, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. ‘‘§ 200307. Allocation of Fund amounts for ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AUTHORITY.— RISCH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. other related purposes ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF COST ESTIMATES.—The JOHNSON, and Mr. ROMNEY) submitted ‘‘Amounts deposited in the Fund under sec- President shall submit to Congress detailed an amendment intended to be proposed tion 200302 may be allotted by the President account, program, and project allocations of for any of the following other related pur- the full amount made available under sub- to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. poses: section (a)— GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, ‘‘(1) The Forest Legacy Program estab- ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2021, not later than 90 Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. lished under section 7 of the Cooperative days after the date of enactment of the PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. Great American Outdoors Act; and ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. 2103c).

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 12, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11JN6.040 S11JNPT1 CTELLI on DSK30NT082PROD with SENATE S2946 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 11, 2020 ‘‘(2) Cooperative endangered species grants State of Nevada by Presidential Proclama- At the end, add the following: authorized under section 6 of the Endangered tion 9297, as issued on July 10, 2015 (54 U.S.C. SEC. ll. ENERGY EFFICIENCY MATERIALS Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535). 320301 note). PILOT PROGRAM. ‘‘(3) The American Battlefield Protection (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: Program established under chapter 3081. SA 1668. Mr. BROWN submitted an (1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘applicant’’ ‘‘(4) The uses authorized under section amendment intended to be proposed to means a nonprofit organization that applies 31(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. for a grant under this section. Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a(d)). GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, (2) ENERGY-EFFICIENCY MATERIAL.— ‘‘(5) The provision of grants from the Na- Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘energy-efficiency material’’ means a material (includ- tional Oceans and Coastal Security Fund au- PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- thorized under section 904(a) of the National ing a product, equipment, or system) the in- ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Oceans and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. stallation of which results in a reduction in 7503(a)). TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. use by a nonprofit organization of energy or ‘‘(6) The uses authorized for the Wildlife BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, fuel. Conservation and Restoration Account under Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘energy-effi- section 3(c) of the Pittman-Robertson Wild- Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, ciency material’’ includes— life Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(c)). Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, (i) a roof or lighting system or component ‘‘(7) The program for the Highlands region Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- of the system; established under the Highlands Conserva- ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, (ii) a window; (iii) a door, including a security door; tion Act (Public Law 108–421; 118 Stat. Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, (iv) a heating, ventilation, or air condi- 2375).’’. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section tioning system or component of the system 200302(b)(2) of title 54, United States Code, is SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, (including insulation and wiring and plumb- amended by striking ‘‘200310’’ and inserting Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- ing improvements needed to serve a more ef- ‘‘200311’’. HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. ficient system); and (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. (v) a renewable energy generation or heat- sections for chapter 2003 of title 54, United CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. ing system, including a solar, photovoltaic, States Code, is amended by striking the WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, wind, geothermal, or biomass (including items relating to sections 200307 through Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. wood pellet) system or component of the sys- 200310 and inserting the following: tem. LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, ‘‘200307. Allocation of Fund amounts for (3) NONPROFIT BUILDING.— Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, other related purposes. (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘nonprofit ‘‘200308. Availability of Fund amounts for and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, building’’ means a building operated and publicity purposes. to amend the Internal Revenue Code of owned by an organization that is described ‘‘200309. Contracts for acquisition of land and 1986 to modernize and improve the In- in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue water. ternal Revenue Service, and for other Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under sec- ‘‘200310. Contracts for options to acquire land purposes; which was ordered to lie on tion 501(a) of such Code. and water in System. (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘nonprofit ‘‘200311. Transfers to and from Fund.’’. the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: building’’ includes a building described in subparagraph (A) that is— SA 1667. Ms. ROSEN submitted an SEC. llll. REAUTHORIZATION OF OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL HERITAGE (i) a hospital; amendment intended to be proposed to (ii) a youth center; amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. CANALWAY. Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Pub- (iii) a school; GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, lic Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public (iv) a social-welfare program facility; Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4274; 122 Stat. 824; 122 (v) a faith-based organization; or PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- Stat. 826; 127 Stat. 3801; 127 Stat. 420; 128 (vi) any other nonresidential and non- ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Stat. 314; 133 Stat. 778) is amended— commercial structure. TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. (1) in section 809, by striking ‘‘2021’’ and in- (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, serting ‘‘2036’’; and means the Secretary of Energy. (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, (2) in section 810(a), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. after the date of enactment of this Act, the Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, Secretary shall establish a pilot program to Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, SA 1669. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for her- award grants for the purpose of providing Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- self and Mr. HOEVEN) submitted an nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, amendment intended to be proposed to materials. (c) GRANTS.— Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, grants under the program established under SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. subsection (b). Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- (2) APPLICATION.—The Secretary may HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. award a grant under paragraph (1) if an ap- VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. plicant submits to the Secretary an applica- CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, tion at such time, in such form, and con- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, taining such information as the Secretary Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. may prescribe. Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, (3) CRITERIA FOR GRANT.—In determining Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, whether to award a grant under paragraph Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- (1), the Secretary shall apply performance- and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, based criteria, which shall give priority to to amend the Internal Revenue Code of Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, applicants based on— 1986 to modernize and improve the In- Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. (A) the energy savings achieved; ternal Revenue Service, and for other SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, (B) the cost-effectiveness of the use of en- purposes; which was ordered to lie on Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- ergy-efficiency materials; the table; as follows: (C) an effective plan for evaluation, meas- HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. At the end, add the following: urement, and verification of energy savings; VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES OF THE GOLD BUTTE NA- and ARDIN ROWN IRONO TIONAL MONUMENT AND THE BASIN C , Mr. B , Ms. H , Ms. (D) the financial need of the applicant. AND RANGE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, (4) LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL GRANT NEVADA. Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. AMOUNT.—Each grant awarded under this sec- The Secretary of the Interior shall not LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, tion shall not exceed $200,000. modify or revoke— Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, (d) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, (1) the boundaries of the Gold Butte Na- and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, 2025, the Secretary shall submit to Congress tional Monument, as established in the State a report on the pilot program established of Nevada by Presidential Proclamation 9559, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of under subsection (b) that describes— as issued on December 28, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 1986 to modernize and improve the In- (1) the net reduction in energy use and en- 320301 note); or ternal Revenue Service, and for other ergy costs under the pilot program; and (2) the boundaries of the Basin and Range purposes; which was ordered to lie on (2) for each recipient of a grant under the National Monument, as established in the the table; as follows: pilot program—

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CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. ‘‘(ii) the unit of local government in which WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the land, water, or interest in land or water SA 1670. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. proposed to be acquired is located has not and Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amend- LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, passed a resolution objecting to the proposed acquisition; or ment intended to be proposed to Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, ‘‘(B)(i) the Governor of the State dis- amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, approves the proposed acquisition of land, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of water, or an interest in land or water; but Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. 1986 to modernize and improve the In- ‘‘(ii) the unit of local government in which PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- ternal Revenue Service, and for other the land, water, or interest in land or water ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. purposes; which was ordered to lie on proposed to be acquired is located has passed TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. the table; as follows: a resolution expressing support for the pro- BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, posed acquisition.’’. On page 12, line 16, insert ‘‘and a list of any Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, Federal land previously acquired using Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, amounts from the Fund that, based on the SA 1673. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, significant administrative burden to the Sec- an amendment intended to be proposed Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- retary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as ap- to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, plicable, of restoring or maintaining the GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Federal land, is identified by the President Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. as appropriate for transfer to the State in Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- which the Federal land is located, subject to SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. the approval of the State’’ after ‘‘subsection TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- (a)’’. HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SA 1672. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. an amendment intended to be proposed Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. to amend the Internal Revenue Code of TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 1986 to modernize and improve the In- BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- ternal Revenue Service, and for other Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. purposes; which was ordered to lie on Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. the table; as follows: Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, lowing: ERS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SEC. llll. LIFETIME NATIONAL PARKS AND Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. COONS, Ms. Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, PASS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. SMITH, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, Section 805(b) of the Federal Lands Recre- to amend the Internal Revenue Code of ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(b)) is Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. SHA- amended by striking paragraph (2) and in- HEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. 1986 to modernize and improve the In- serting the following: VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ternal Revenue Service, and for other ‘‘(2) DISABILITY DISCOUNT.—The Secretary CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. purposes; which was ordered to lie on shall make the National Parks and Federal WARREN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the table; as follows: Recreational Lands Pass available, without Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. Beginning on page 8, strike line 19 and all charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, that follows through page 9, line 2, and insert to the following: the following: Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. CRAMER, ‘‘(A) Any United States citizen or person ‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL LIST OF and Mr. SCHATZ) to the bill H.R. 1957, domiciled in the United States who has been PROJECTS TO CONGRESS.—Until the date on medically determined to be permanently dis- to amend the Internal Revenue Code of which all of the amounts in the Fund are ex- abled, within the meaning of the term ‘dis- 1986 to modernize and improve the In- pended, the President shall annually submit ability’ under section 3 of the Americans ternal Revenue Service, and for other to Congress a list of projects to be funded with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102), purposes; which was ordered to lie on from the Fund that includes— if the citizen or person provides adequate the table; as follows: ‘‘(1) a detailed description of each project; proof of the disability and such citizenship At the end, add the following: ‘‘(2) the expected timeline for the comple- or residency. tion of each project; SEC. lll. APPROVAL REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE ‘‘(B) Any veteran who has been found to ‘‘(3) the estimated expenditures from the have a service-connected disability under ACQUISITION OF LAND, WATER, OR AN INTEREST IN LAND OR WATER. Fund for each projects for the applicable title 38, United States Code.’’. Section 200306(b) of title 54, United States year; and ‘‘(4) any estimated funding shortfall for the Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted Code, is amended— SA 1671. (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Ap- completion of each project. an amendment intended to be proposed propriations’’ and inserting the following: to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations’’; SA 1674. Mr. MENENDEZ (for him- GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in self, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED, Mr. Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Appropria- MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MERKLEY, PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- tions’’ and inserting the following: Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. BOOKER) sub- ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. ‘‘(2) PREACQUISITION.—Appropriations’’; mitted an amendment intended to be TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. and proposed to amendment SA 1617 pro- (3) by adding at the end the following: BOOZMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUNT, posed by Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(3) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—Appropriations Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, from the Fund under this section may not be MANCHIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WARNER, Mr. Mr. TILLIS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCSALLY, used for the acquisition of land, water, or an PORTMAN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. ALEX- Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEINRICH, interest in land or water, unless, prior to the ANDER, Mr. KING, Mr. BURR, Mr. Mr. BENNET, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SAND- acquisition, the Secretary or the Secretary TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. UDALL, Mr.

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HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY PROCLAMATION: CERTIFICATE OF home in Northville, Michigan, after a coura- OF MOORE COUNTY SHERIFF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION geous, four-year battle with cancer at the age LANE CARTER of 78. HON. AL GREEN When Chain was five, his father was murdered during the partition of India. His mother OF TEXAS was illiterate and raised him on a small farm HON. RICHARD HUDSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Punjab. Despite his modest upbringing, OF NORTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 11, 2020 Sandhu had big dreams. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I in- He came to the U.S. in 1969 with his wife, clude in the RECORD the following Proclama- child, and eight dollars in his pocket. Though Thursday, June 11, 2020 tion. there were few opportunities for foreign engineers, he found a job on the assembly line at Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION General Motors and eventually earned a posi- to honor the life and legacy of former Moore PRESENTED TO THE FLOYD FAMILY tion as a development engineer. At the time of County Sheriff Lane Carter. A strong and ex- IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIFE OF MR. GEORGE PERRY his promotion, he was the first Indian ever to emplary leader, Sheriff Carter served the FLOYD, JR. Whereas, Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr. was achieve a senior engineering title at General Moore County Sheriff’s Office for over thirty- Motors. five years. born on October 14, 1973, to George Perry Floyd, Sr. and Larcenia Jones Floyd, in Fay- In 1986, Mr. Sandhu took the opportunity to Sheriff Carter passed away on May 14, etteville, North Carolina, was reared in Hous- run a small company named NYX with declin- 2020 and left behind a legacy of extraordinary ton, Texas, and most recently resided in St. ing revenues and a cash crisis. By 1989, he accomplishment. He started his law enforce- Louis Park, Minnesota, until his untimely pass- had purchased NYX. His dream was to create ment career in 1978 and rose through the ing; a company where people of all backgrounds, ranks of patrol and investigations. After being Whereas, Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr. was religions, and languages would be welcome. elected Sheriff in 2002, he faithfully served well-known as a ‘‘gentle giant’’ by his commu- Today, the Livonia-based automotive supply and protected the people of Moore County nity, revered for his kindness and athleticism company is a multinational organization with until his retirement in 2013. having been a star football and basketball 17 locations and 4,200 employees in five player at Jack Yates High School where he countries. Sheriff Carter was a compassionate public For decades, Mr. Sandhu assisted hundreds was a proud member of the class of 1993; servant who was revered for the respect he of students and families immigrating to the Whereas, Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr.’s afforded to all people. He treated the entire U.S. He worked to provide an immediate com- athleticism allowed him to play both sports at community as one big family and is credited munity landing spot and professional growth the collegiate level—a rare but commendable with transforming public relations and commu- opportunities, taking pride in watching the chil- accomplishment for any athlete, playing bas- nity outreach within the Moore County Sheriff’s dren of his employees become valued mem- ketball at South Florida Community College Office. bers of their communities and citizens of this and then football at Texas A&M Kingsville; The greatest test to Sheriff Carter’s leader- Whereas, Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr. met country that he dearly loved. Chain spent his final days at home on his ship came on one of the darkest days in North his tragic demise on May 25, 2020 while in farm in Northville surrounded by family. He Carolina history. On March 29, 2009, eight police custody, and the events that led to his was preceded in death by his brother, Raghbir people were killed and two others wounded in death have sparked a global demand for jus- Sandhu, and his daughter, Ramandeep a shooting at a Moore County nursing home. tice for George Floyd, a call to action against Sandhu. He is survived by his wife Satwant, police brutality, and an end to systemic rac- Sheriff Carter’s courage, strength, and his hu- his brother Ram, his sons and their spouses: ism; and manity helped lead a brokenhearted commu- Jay (Roop) and Mick (Jessica); his four grand- Whereas, Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr. nity through the pain and the grief. children who were the apples of his eyes: leaves to cherish his memory his five children, My thoughts and prayers are with Sheriff Nirvair, Naveen, Rajan, and Rohan; as well as two grandchildren, three sisters, three broth- Carter’s wife, Anita; his children, Dana, Brent, the 4,200 employees of NYX he considered ers, as well as a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, Seth, and Ethan; and all who loved him. Sher- his family, and the indelible mark he left in a nephews, cousins, and close friends. circle of people far and wide. iff Carter will live on in the hearts and minds Now, therefore, be it resolved that, on be- He will be remembered for being a fiercely of all who felt his kindness and I join the entire half of the constituents of the Ninth Congres- loyal companion, father, grandfather, and community in honoring his extraordinary life. sional District of Texas, I take great pride in friend, and for his positive outlook on life. joining the City of Houston, the United States Madam Speaker, please join me today in ‘‘Every day is a good day’’ was a phrase he of America, and the entire in remembering the honoring the life and legacy of Sheriff Lane said each day, which is a memory that will ‘‘Gentle Giant’’—Mr. George Perry Floyd, Jr. I Carter. continue to inspire everyone who knew him. extend my heartfelt condolences to the Floyd f f Family during this time of remembrance. His legacy will stand the test of time. KUDOS TO THE HOUSTON CHRON- PERSONAL EXPLANATION June 9, 2020. ICLE ON BEING NAMED NEWS- AL GREEN, Member of Congress. ROOM OF THE YEAR f HON. JACKIE WALORSKI REMEMBERING CHAIN SINGH HON. PETE OLSON OF INDIANA SANDHU OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. HALEY M. STEVENS Thursday, June 11, 2020 Thursday, June 11, 2020 OF MICHIGAN Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Houston Chronicle on Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, on May IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES being named the Texas Associated Press 28, I was unavoidably detained and unable to Thursday, June 11, 2020 Managing Editors’ Newsroom of the Year for make it in time to vote. Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise the second year in a row. Had I been present, I would have voted today in memory of the great Chain Singh From the Declaration of Independence to YEA on Roll Call No. 115. Sandhu, who passed away on May 16th at his now, freedom of the press has been at the

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core of the American ideal. This inalienable, RICK CRAWFORD, ELISE STEFANIK, and WILL ing through driving a record attendance over undeniable right is enshrined as the First HURD, to celebrate 140 years of diplomatic re- the past three consecutive years by more than Amendment of our Constitution. A free press lations between the United States and Roma- 50 Romanian companies to the United States keeps government in check and our commu- nia. SelectUSA Summit; nities informed. Whereas, the United States established dip- Whereas, in 2018, as Romania celebrated The Houston Chronicle provides critical in- lomatic relations with Romania in June 1880; its Unification Centennial, Governors from al- formation to our community. This award re- Whereas, the United States regards Roma- most all 50 U.S. States issued Proclamations flects their commitment to a free press. nia as an important ally in Central and South- to congratulate Romanians and Romanian- Through their stellar reporting and top-notch east Europe, which is setting an example of Americans on that historic milestone, illus- writing, the people that make up the ranks of steady commitment to democratic leadership, trating the close ties and friendship that exist the Chronicle have made Houston home to national and transatlantic security, and eco- between our nations and our people; the best newsroom in the entire state. nomic development; Whereas, during the first half of 2019 Ro- On behalf of the 22nd Congressional District Whereas, the United States and Romania mania conducted its first Presidency of the of Texas, congratulations to the Houston have developed a strategic partnership built Council of the European Union and promoted Chronicle on receiving this well-earned and on longstanding friendship, historical ties and a successful agenda advancing important deserved distinction. a joint promise to advancing the security and U.S.-EU goals such as energy security, intel- f prosperity of their citizens and communities; lectual property, human rights and regional co- Whereas, the United States recognizes and operation across the Balkans and the Black HONORING DR. CLINTON VASSETT appreciates Romania’s lasting efforts to mod- Sea area; TURNER, SR. ernize its armed forces and meet its NATO Whereas, in 2019 Romanians all across burden-sharing commitments as one of the America commemorated 30 years since Ro- HON. A. DONALD McEACHIN leading NATO members to allocate 2 percent mania’s liberation from the former communist OF VIRGINIA of its gross domestic product (GDP) for de- regime, a powerful reminder of the fall of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fense spending; Iron Curtain in 1989 and a celebration of the Whereas, the Romanian Armed Forces triumphant call of freedom, liberty and dignity; Thursday, June 11, 2020 have supported NATO and United States op- Whereas, over more than a century succes- Mr. MCEACHIN. Madam Speaker, I would erations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other thea- sive generations of Romanian-Americans have like to take this opportunity to honor and rec- tres for almost two decades, contributing more contributed their resources of talent and entre- ognize the esteemed Dr. Clinton Vassett Tur- than 30,000 total combat and support per- preneurship to American progress, and their ner, Sr., a public servant and educator who sonnel to those missions, fighting alongside rich cultural heritage represents a most pre- dedicated his life to promoting the welfare of U.S. service members, and helping to protect cious feature of the American society; others. vital security interests; Whereas, during these times of unprece- Dr. Turner left a lasting legacy, and the Whereas, Romania as a member of the dented challenge caused by the Covid–19 Commonwealth of Virginia is indebted to him Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has deployed pandemic crisis the United States and Roma- for his years of service to our institutions of military trainers to train Iraqi Security Forces, nia are strengthening their partnership, helping higher education. I greatly admire his dedica- provided humanitarian assistance to the peo- each other in meaningful ways such as U.S. tion to academia, and the capable leadership ple of Iraq arid Syria, and is making remark- assistance with targeted funds and medical that he brought to the roles he assumed, in- able efforts to support combatting international emergency equipment, and Romanian support cluding at Virginia State University, Virginia terrorism, including through critical intelligence for the swift repatriation of U.S. nationals over- Tech, and the Virginia state government. sharing with Coalition partners; seas, and working together to enhance their As the first African-American in the nation to Whereas, Romania has been a leading na- mutual security and economic recovery and hold a cabinet-level position in a state depart- tion in providing cybersecurity support to prosperity; ment of agriculture, Dr. Turner succeeded in NATO and its partners, and the first country to Whereas, as a sign of solidarity and friend- the face of adversity and became a role model have entered into a Memorandum of Under- ship between the Romanian and the American for young people across our Commonwealth. standing with the U.S. Government on the se- people, Romania has sent its first medical and Dr. Turner was recognized countless times for cure implementation of fifth generation wire- expert support and advisory mission to the his remarkable achievements, including receiv- less communications (5G) technology aimed State of Alabama, assigning 15 Romanian ing the 1994 Virginia Man of the Year Award, at protecting critical security infrastructure from doctors, medical staff and chemical and bio- and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State disruption and interference; logical risk experts to exchange best practices University Agricultural Alumni Organization Whereas, Romania has been a driving force and assist local Covid–19 efforts in care facili- Distinguished Service Citation. I am especially leading to the establishment of the Three ties, nursing homes and hospitals across Ala- pleased to see his name memorialized as the Seas Initiative, and one of the first countries to bama, thus strengthening our mutual capabili- first Virginian in the George Washington invest in the Three Seas Initiative Investment ties to fight the virus pandemic and protect the Carver Public Service Hall of Fame. Fund, which aims at increasing energy inde- health and lives of our citizens; Dr. Turner challenged us to work with hum- pendence and infrastructure connectivity Whereas, 2020 marks the 140th anniversary ble devotion to improve the lives of those across Central Europe thereby strengthening of diplomatic relations between the United around us, and I have no doubt that his legacy the United States and European security; States and Romania: Now, therefore, be it will continue to inspire generations of young Whereas, Romania has been a champion of Resolved, That the House of Representa- men and women to pursue a life of service energy security in Europe, supporting the U.S. tives— through academic excellence. Government’s Partnership for Transatlantic (1) celebrates the 140th anniversary of dip- Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join Energy Cooperation (P–TEC) initiative as lomatic relations between the United States me in expressing our deepest condolences to leading partner on civil nuclear energy, helping and Romania and congratulates Romania and Dr. Turner’s family, and in honoring his life’s to develop the next generation of nuclear tech- the Romanian people for their historic achieve- work. nologies, and entering into a Memorandum of ments as a nation and their steadfast pursuit f Understanding with the U.S. Government on of democratic, political, social and economic strategic civil nuclear cooperation; progress; CELEBRATING 140 YEARS OF DIP- Whereas, the United States and Romania (2) reaffirms the close bonds between the LOMATIC RELATIONS WITH RO- have been deepening their economic relation- United States and Romania, based on their MANIA ship through increased bilateral trade and in- common commitment to the values of free- vestment, and Romania in 2017 hosted the dom, liberal democracy, rule of law and eco- HON. DEVIN NUNES tenth annual U.S. Commercial Service Trade nomic prosperity; OF CALIFORNIA Winds Forum and Trade Mission, helping (3) recognizes and appreciates Romania’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American companies boost exports across principled standing for transatlantic unity and Southeast Europe; solidarity, and its leadership and contribution Thursday, June 11, 2020 Whereas, the Governments of the United to advancing close U.S.-EU relations; Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I rise along States and Romania are working closely to- (4) calls on the Executive Branch of the with Representatives MIKE CONAWAY, MICHAEL gether to develop an ambitious bilateral eco- U.S. Government to continue to strengthen the TURNER, BRAD WENSTRUP, CHRIS STEWART, nomic, trade, and investment agenda, includ- strategic partnership between the United

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JACKIE WALORSKI school years at Cathedral High School. ball. OF INDIANA As a businessman, Chris managed several Jason would later become the Assistant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nightclubs in Indianapolis and owned his own Principal and Athletic Director for Pine Forest Thursday, June 11, 2020 events promotion, company, Fresh Marketing, High School in Fayetteville, where he re- LLC. mained dedicated lo the academic and athletic Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, on May Chris is survived by his mother, Debra A. success of his students. He served as a men- 15, and May 27, I was unavoidably detained Beaty-Cooper; father, Robert E. Beaty; sisters, tor to all and was always eager to lend a help- and unable to make it in time to vote. Had I Rhonda Cooper and Tracee Cooper, as well ing hand. Jason led the Educational Based been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll as seven nieces and nephews. Athletics program at Pine Forest and coordi- Call No. 105; NAY on Roll Call No. 106; YEA Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in nated the annual Play for Kay basketball fund- on Roll Call No. 110; NAY on Roll Call No. honoring Chris Beaty. His impact on our com- raiser, which has raised thousands to advance 111; and NAY on Roll Call No. 112. munity will not soon be forgotten. We lost a research for women’s cancer. While Jason f Hoosier Hero to a senseless act of violence, loved lo train student athletes, he instilled values of teamwork, perseverance and commit- IN CELEBRATION OF JEFF ZIARKO and our city mourns. f ment in all his students. Before starting his career in education, HON. HALEY M. STEVENS IN HONOR OF FRANK JOHN Jason served as the Assistant Parks and OF MICHIGAN HENDRICKS, JR. Recreation Director for the City of Hamlet for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES over a decade. He served as a referee, a Thursday, June 11, 2020 HON. ANDY BARR scheduler, and anything else that was needed, living out the principles of service and dedica- OF KENTUCKY Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise tion he spent his life teaching. today in celebration of the fortieth birthday of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jason was a pillar in his community and an exceptional policy advisor and advocate, Thursday, June 11, 2020 was loved by all who knew him. He fought Mr. Jeff Ziarko. Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to until his very last day with us. He is survived Jeff has spent over a decade of his life de- by his wife, Lauren, and his three children. signing and advocating for economic policy ini- honor Mr. Frank John Hendricks, Jr. Mr. Hen- dricks lives in Lexington, Kentucky and cele- While Jason left us far too young, he had a tiatives on Capitol Hill and in the private sec- lasting impact on the lives of young people tor. He is a respected member of the eco- brates his 101st birthday on July 6th. Mr. Hendricks joined the United States Army and created a community of folks connected nomic and tax policy communities in Wash- by his leadership. during World War II. He served with the 550th ington, and he has a record of effectively Jason’s passing represents a grave loss in Army Airborne Glider Battalion and attained working with both sides of the aisle to ad- Hamlet and across North Carolina. May his vance sound public policy. the rank of Sergeant First Class. He flew glid- selfless dedication and passion be an example Jeff served as Senior Economic Policy Advi- ers and fought in battles in North Africa, Sicily, for us all. Burma, Normandy, and all across Europe. He sor for the House Ways & Means Committee f and its former Ranking Member, Representa- was a part of the D-Day invasion. He partici- tive Sandy Levin. During his time on Ranking pated in the Battle of the Bulge and the inva- WELCOME JULIAN WINTER Member Levin’s staff, Jeff led successful initia- sion of Germany, leading to the end of the war GERMAN tives to promote access to capital for small in Europe. As a glider pilot, he flew and fought businesses and communities, promote domes- behind enemy lines to drive the enemy into HON. HALEY M. STEVENS tic manufacturing, support the deployment of the U. S. Army front lines. He led a reconnais- OF MICHIGAN alternative energy technologies and improve sance team to identify the enemy positions IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the fairness of the tax code. Jeff has had a and determine the terrain for future glider mis- Thursday, June 11, 2020 hand in so many of the policies that improve sions. It is my honor to recognize Mr. Hendricks, Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I am the lives of hardworking Americans today. happy to congratulate Aaron and Kristi Ger- Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join celebrate his 101st birthday, and thank him for his service and sacrifice to our nation during man on the birth of their new baby boy, Julian me in reflecting on the forty years of life Jeff Winter German. Julian Winter German was Ziarko has spent contributing to his commu- World War II. As a part of ‘‘The Greatest Gen- eration’’, Mr. Hendricks and his fellow soldiers born on May 9, 2020, at Sentara RMH Med- nity, and to our country at large. ical Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Julian f fought to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy today, and we can never thank them enough. weighed eight pounds and three ounces and RECOGNIZING BUSINESSMAN AND I am forever grateful for Americans like Frank measured 20 inches long. INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL John Hendricks, Jr. I would also like to congratulate Julian’s PLAYER, CHRIS BEATY grandparents, John and Barbara German of f Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Montie and Karen ´ HONORING THE LIFE OF JASON Armentrout of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Con- HON. ANDRE CARSON NORTON gratulations to the entire family as they wel- OF INDIANA come their newest addition of pure pride and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DAN BISHOP joy. Thursday, June 11, 2020 OF NORTH CAROLINA f Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING THE SCOUTS, SEA today I rise to honor and recognize Chris Thursday, June 11, 2020 SCOUTS AND VENTURERS OF Beaty, beloved businessman and former Indi- THE ALOHA COUNCIL OF THE ana University football player who was killed in Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Madam BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Indianapolis on Saturday, May 30th, 2020, at Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Mr. the age of 38. Jason L. Norton, who sadly lost his battle HON. ED CASE Chris lost his life during a heroic act of brav- against cancer last Wednesday. OF HAWAII ery after witnessing a robbery in downtown In- Jason was a native of Hamlet, North Caro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dianapolis. Intervening in the hope of saving lina and learned of his passion for helping oth- the two victims, Chris was shot and killed. ers and athletics early in his life. Thursday, June 11, 2020 Known as ‘Mr. Indianapolis’, Chris grew up After graduating from Richmond Senior High Mr. CASE. Madam Speaker, today I rise to in the Circle City and was loved by all who School in 1990, Jason earned a Bachelor of honor the Scouts, Sea Scouts and Venturers

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STEVENS stilling in them the traditional Hawaiian values raise money to build the organization’s club- OF MICHIGAN of responsibility (kuleana), helpfulness (ko¯kua) house that provides support for people with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and taking of the land (ma¯lama i ka ’a¯ina) with cancer as well as their families and friends. Thursday, June 11, 2020 aloha. Rick also served for 8 years on the board of The BSA launched the BSA Mapathon on Person to Person, a charitable organization Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I am May 8, 2020. This national effort encourages that operates Meals on Wheels and various happy to congratulate the Honorable MAX Scouts to contribute to the Missing Maps other programs to help the needy in the Twin ROSE and his wife Leigh on the arrival of their Project. This project will update and improve Cities area. He also was part of the original new baby boy, Miles Benjamin Rose. Miles the Red Cross’ maps for regions at the great- start-up board of FINNEGANS, the first beer Benjamin Rose was born on March 14, 2020, est risk of humanitarian crises. The Missing company in the world to donate 100 percent of weighing seven pounds and seven ounces Maps Project enables anyone with access to profits back to local food shelves. Rick cur- and measuring in at 21 inches long. a computer to participate in humanitarian map- rently sits on the board of the American Fra- I would also like to congratulate Miles’ ping by crowdsourcing volunteer efforts using ternal Alliance, the nationwide coalition of not- grandparents, Lisa and Hal Rose, Luke Byrne a free and open-source mapping software. for-profit fraternal benefit societies. and Carol Westermann, and Dr. Linda In Hawai‘i, the Aloha Council has embodied I know that Representative EMMER and I Marsanico. Congratulations to the entire family the values of responsibility (kuleana) by ad- speak for many of my colleagues on both as they welcome their newest addition of pure vancing the mission of humanitarian mapping. sides of the aisle from Minnesota and beyond pride and joy. Their helpfulness (ko¯kua) in this noble national when I say that Rick’s presence will be missed f effort and their taking care of the land here in DC. However, I hope to see Rick back (ma¯lama i ka ’a¯ina) with their act of aloha will home most likely either walking his dogs or CELEBRATING CHRISTIAN be remembered in Hawai‘i and our nation, es- still Living Generously helping our neighbors in GUZMAN’S ENTREPRENEURIAL pecially if there is new crisis. need. We wish Rick the best in retirement. SPIRIT I am proud to join with the Scouts in pro- Congratulations. moting humanitarian mapping, especially in f HON. PETE OLSON Hawai‘i where we have done so while pro- RECOGNIZING TODD SPANGLER OF OF TEXAS moting Hawaiian cultural values. I urge the WHITEFISH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House of Representatives to recognize the Thursday, June 11, 2020 work of the Aloha Council and other councils throughout our nation who have joined in on HON. GREG GIANFORTE Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today this important endeavor. OF MONTANA to recognize an incredible entrepreneur in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Stafford, Texas that is sharing his love of fit- Thursday, June 11, 2020 ness with our community. HONORING EAGAN RESIDENT RICK Mr. GIANFORTE. Madam Speaker, I rise Christian Guzman does not view his job as KLEVEN today to honor Todd Spangler of Whitefish for simply work—to him, it’s his passion. Building providing his community with personal protec- his ‘‘playground’’ is his American Dream, and HON. ANGIE CRAIG tive equipment during the COVID–19 out- he is passionately pursuing it. OF MINNESOTA break. At only 27 years old, Mr. Guzman has used IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In March, Todd read about how a group in social media to build up his business, starting from an online-only presence to being in Thursday, June 11, 2020 Billings created a 3D printer design for the ‘‘Montana Mask.’’ The developers released the charge of his own physical gym. Mr. Guzman Ms. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, I rise together design and free open-source software to the has built up an immense following, not only in with my Minnesota colleague Representative public so others could produce the mask. TX–22 but around the world, drawing an audi- EMMER to honor my Eagan constituent, Rich- Around that time, Todd’s wife, who works ence of more than one million fitness enthu- ard ‘‘Rick’’ Kleven, on the incredible milestone with a local ophthalmologist, told him the prac- siasts online. of his retirement from Thrivent this month after tice had about a week’s supply of masks. Now, thanks to his hard work and entrepre- more than 39 years of dedicated service. It Todd, a chemistry teacher at Whitefish High neurial spirit, Mr. Guzman’s business, has been a great experience working with School, contacted people he knew with 3D Alphalete Gym, will be expanding into a com- Rick through the years and knowing his pas- printers. In no time, an informal group of edu- plex of gyms that will eventually feature a sion for Thrivent’s unique mission as a fra- cators, physicians, and dentists started making hotel and restaurant. ternal benefit society connecting financial se- the needed masks. Madam Speaker, Mr. Guzman’s incredible curity and community impact. Using a 3D printer from Todd’s classroom accomplishment shows that through deter- A lifelong Minnesotan and proud ‘‘Iron- as well as others from Flathead Valley Com- mination, hard work and perseverance, any Ranger’’ who grew up in Grand Rapids, MN, munity College, they got to work. In no time, person can build their own ‘‘playground’’ and Rick is a true Minnesota sports team fan, par- the group produced 600 masks. Todd deliv- find success while doing it. ticularly a diehard for our Vikings. He received ered the masks throughout the Flathead Val- On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law ley, including to independent health care prac- sional District of Texas, I’d like to congratulate School and his B.A. from the University of tices, providers at Kalispell Regional Mr. Guzman on his continued success. Minnesota–Duluth. Rick has led Thrivent’s Healthcare, and first responders throughout f Government Affairs activities for more than 17 the region. years, and served previously in a number of Todd says the effort helped him find pur- HONORING THE SERVICE OF SER- roles as legal counsel and manager of cor- pose during the crisis. He admits being under GEANT MAJOR JAMES O. porate legal functions within the organization quarantine was challenging for him and many SCHMIDT, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED through his long arc of service which began in Montanans but identifying a need and taking 1981 when Thrivent was Lutheran Brother- the initiative to help fulfill that need have guid- HON. DON YOUNG hood. ed him. When your families and friends need OF ALASKA Rick has been a great advocate on policy masks, Todd says, you must find a way to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES matters on Thrivent’s behalf, but also walks protect your loved ones and coworkers. For Thursday, June 11, 2020 the walk of Thrivent’s mission of service— Todd, this crisis, while devastating for a lot of something he learned from both of his par- people, has brought out the best in so many. Mr. YOUNG. Madam Speaker, I am deeply ents, including his Dad who was awarded Madam Speaker, for taking the initiative and honored to express my sincere gratitude and Itasca County’s Outstanding Senior Volunteer leading a project to protect Montanans in a appreciation to Sergeant Major James O.

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He dedicated himself years, over three decades, and three wars. from 1966 to 1984 and continued to give back to service for decades, first as Center Town- What is even more remarkable than his years to the next generation through his involvement ship Deputy Trustee to my grandmother, the of dedicated military service, is how it began. with Future Farmers of America and Livestock late Congresswoman Julia Carson, when she In 1942, at the age of 14, SGM Schmidt lied Shows teams. A lifelong member of the Clay- served as Township Trustee. He later served about his age, joined the Army, and was sent ton First United Methodist Church, founding when he was elected as the Center Township off to training. He would go on to jump into member of the Walnut Flat’s Hunting Club, Constable in Marion County, a position he Sicily with the 82nd Airborne Division during and an active member of the Clayton Volun- held until his passing, where he was leg- the war at just 15 years old. Subsequently, he teer Fire Department, there is hardly a facet of endary for serving justice with compassion. was wounded and discharged once his true community life where Lewis has not left a As a lifelong Democrat, Tony advocated for age was discovered after his mother wrote a positive impact. the Democratic Party, holding all accountable letter to President Franklin Roosevelt regard- The loss of Lewis Reeves is a loss that will for their actions and changing the electorate of ing her underage son fighting in the war. be felt by our entire community. I can tell you Marion County, Indiana. He served as the Undeterred, SGM Schmidt would once again firsthand that his spirit of service is apparent Treasurer for the Marion County Democratic lie about his age and join the Navy. However, each time I visit one of his stores, and his leg- Party and worked tirelessly to elect local after several months in the Navy, they would acy will continue to live on through his family Democratic candidates. His passion and also find his age and remove him from serv- business. On behalf of the people of Northeast knowledge of our community will not soon be ice. Georgia, I join his family in mourning the loss forgotten. Thankfully, his determination to serve did of a life well lived, and I thank Lewis for leav- On a personal note, Tony served as my life- not stop at the end of World War II. In 1946, ing this world better than he found it. May he long mentor, confidant, and friend. Beginning at the age of 18, he would rejoin the Army and rest in peace. at a young age, Tony took me under his eventually fight in the Battle of the Chosin f wings, imparting political wisdom. He was part Reservoir in the Korean War. He would later of my family, and always there if you needed REMEMBERING AJAIB KAUR go on to be accepted into, and serve in, Spe- him. DHADLI cial Forces. As a member of the 7th Special Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in Forces Group, SGM Schmidt would fight in honoring Tony Duncan, a dear friend, fellow Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War. HON. HALEY M. STEVENS Democrat, and public servant who will be Eventually, he became the Sergeant Major for OF MICHIGAN dearly missed by me, as well as his family, all 7th Group’s A Teams in Vietnam before IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES friends, and community. moving to the 5th Special Forces Group. In 1965 SGM Schmidt would return to Fort Bragg Thursday, June 11, 2020 f and retire after 22 years of honorable service. Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise However, retirement clearly did not sit well today in memory of Ajaib Kaur Dhadli, who CELEBRATING THE 100TH with the Sergeant Major. He returned to Viet- passed away on May 12th at the age of 94. BIRTHDAY OF WILMA WILSON nam, for a few years as a member of Air Born in Pakistan on March 26, 1926, Ajaib America, a passenger and cargo airline that Kaur Dhadli was the oldest of five sisters of was secretly owned and operated by the Cen- Ajit Singh and Sant Kaur. Ajaib Kaur was mar- HON. DAN BISHOP tral Intelligence Agency. SGM Schmidt is one ried to late Sardar Harchand Singh Dhadli in OF NORTH CAROLINA of very few soldiers who has two stars on his 1946, until his passing in 2015. Throughout IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Combat Infantryman Badge; he was also the the course of her life, she worked tirelessly Thursday, June 11, 2020 recipient of the Silver Star with one Oak Leaf throughout the house, while also raising her Cluster, Bronze Star Medal with two Oak Leaf three children, Raminder Singh, Baljinder Kaur Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Madam Clusters, and the Purple Heart Medal with one and Raminder Kaur. She was instrumental in Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Wilma H. Oak Left Cluster. molding her children which helped them find Wilson of Charlotte, North Carolina on her It is my honor to recognize the selfless serv- success in their careers and lives. As they 100th birthday. ice and sacrifice of SGM Schmidt on behalf of grew older and had children of their own, Ajaib Mrs. Wilson is a long time native of Char- a grateful Nation. helped raise her grandchildren with pride. lotte, and currently resides in the South Park f Those closest to Ajaib Kaur Dhadli would de- neighborhood. She and her husband spent scribe her as hard working, nurturing, and a their lives spreading God’s word as devoted REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF woman of faith. Christians. And—as all who know her can at- LEWIS FARMER REEVES, JR. Ajaib Kaur Dhadli is survived by her sisters test—she embodies what she believes and Inderjit Kaur, Narinder Kaur and Kanwaljit sets an example for us all. HON. DOUG COLLINS Kaur, son, Raminder Singh, daughters Mrs. Wilson and her husband, Grady, were OF GEORGIA Raminder Kaur, and Baljinder Kaur, five close friends of evangelist Billy Graham early grandchildren including Shamsher Singh, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in his life. The two quickly became involved in Harleen Kaur, Amneet Kaur, Tejveer Singh the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Thursday, June 11, 2020 and Harjap Singh, as well as four great grand- (BGEA), and Grady became a top associate Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, children Kiran, Jasleen, Arjun and Tegvir. from its founding to his death in the late I rise today to honor the remarkable life of Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join 1980s. Mrs. Wilson had extensive involvement Lewis Farmer Reeves, Jr., of Clayton, Geor- me in reflecting on the special life of Ajaib in the BGEA television and radio broadcasting gia, who went to be with the Lord just last Kaur Dhadli. department, where she was integral in making month. For 82 years, Lewis stood as a pillar f Billy Graham’s famous Crusades accessible to of the community. thousands. After graduating from Rabun County High RECOGNIZING CENTER TOWNSHIP Wilma’s work stretched the reach of the School and attending the Georgia Institute of CONSTABLE, MARK ANTHONY message of Christ and helped spread the Technology, Lewis committed his life’s work to ‘TONY’ DUNCAN news of God’s love to many for the first time. his family’s business, Reeves Hardware. Dur- Mrs. Wilson is the last surviving member of ing his 55 years serving as President, he ex- HON. ANDRE´ CARSON the founding generation of the Billy Graham panded the company to additional locations in OF INDIANA Evangelistic Association. Her commitment to Dillard and Clayton, creating countless jobs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spreading God’s word has impacted millions of across our community in northeast Georgia. people in the United Stales and made our Now, three generations of the Reeves family Thursday, June 11, 2020 world a better place. have followed in his legacy of carrying on the Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, It is an honor to wish Wilma Wilson a very family business. today I rise to honor and recognize our friend, happy 100th birthday.

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Madam Speaker, I am DoD emissions for all military operations be- happy to congratulate State Representative tween 2001 and 2017 are estimated to be 766 Thursday, June 11, 2020 Kristy Pagan and Karl Lopata of Canton, million metric tons of carbon dioxide. The FY2017 Operational Energy Annual Report Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Madam Speaker, Michigan, on the birth of their babies, Kittridge found that the Department used roughly 87 today, I recognize the teachers and staff at Charles and Adler Elnora Lopata-Pagan. million barrels of fuel per year, which comes Stagecoach Elementary School in Cabot, Ar- Kittridge Charles was born on Martin Luther out to some 240,000 barrels per day. These kansas for going above and beyond for their King Jr. Day on January 20, 2020, weighing six pounds and fourteen ounces and meas- findings paint a clear picture, that absent Con- students during the current public health crisis gressional interest and oversight, pursuing and due to COVID–19. uring in at 19. 7 inches long. Adler Elnora was born on January 21, 2020, weighing five achieving Net Zero will not be prioritized in the They have adapted their teaching process pounds and twelve ounces and measuring in way that it should be. to ensure they are meeting the academic The legislation that I am introducing today at 18.9 inches long. Kittridge and Adler were needs of their students, but they are also find- will get us back on track with a wholesale re- born at Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital at ing creative ways to maintain relationships view of Net Zero initiatives under the DoD. the University of Michigan. First, my bill commissions two studies from the with students, their families, and the commu- I would also like to congratulate Kittridge nity. Comptroller General of the United States—a and Adler’s grandparents, Nick and Kathy follow-up to the 2016 study and a second ex- The teachers and staff have gone above Pagan of Plymouth, Michigan, and Karl and amining options for increasing efficiency and and beyond by delivering groceries to families Judy Lopata of Canton, Michigan, as well as resilience on the operational side of the DoD’s in need, continuing to offer breakfast and aunts and uncles Jenna and Bill Pagan- energy usage—that will analyze the extent to lunch for their students, providing supplies like DeYoung of Kalamazoo, Michigan (cousin which these types of initiatives have been im- laptops to families who may not have the nec- Evelyn Pagan-DeYoung, cousin Elliot Pagan- plemented, and the associated costs, benefits, essary equipment for at-home learning, and DeYoung), Kimberly Pagan of Arlington, Vir- challenges, and opportunities that exist for conducting parades throughout the student’s ginia, and K.C. Lopata of Ann Arbor, Michigan. moving forward. These studies also solicit new neighborhoods to lift spirits, and bring the Congratulations to the entire family as they information from the DoD, including antici- community together. welcome the new loves and lights of their pated funding and infrastructure needs to get This initiative has shined a light on how lives. serious about achieving Net Zero, and options adapting to the situation at hand and respond- f for achieving specific benchmarks. Once this information is at hand, my legislation requires ing with positivity can unite a community even INTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL the Secretary of the DoD to present Congress amidst a public health crisis. DEFENSE NET ZERO REVIEW with a master plan outlining an integrated I congratulate the teachers and staff at ACT OF 2020 strategy for achieving these initiatives in a Stagecoach Elementary School for their cre- manner that continues to prioritize military ative way of continuing education for Arkansas HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS readiness. students and for ending the year on a strong OF FLORIDA Importantly, Madam Speaker, my bill does note. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not impose any arbitrary deadlines or require- Thursday, June 11, 2020 ments of the DoD. Rather, this legislation fo- f cuses on gathering the data we need to know Mr. HASTINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise what is feasible, what we’ll need to get it RECOGNIZING ALLAN HURSIG, THE today to introduce the National Defense Net done, and how much time it will take, so that BEARDED BAKER OF TX–22 Zero Review Act of 2020, legislation that will Congress can make informed decisions in the refocus the Defense Department’s (DoD’s) ef- future. This is the right way to move forward, forts on Net Zero initiatives and require the and I urge my colleagues to support this HON. PETE OLSON Secretary to establish the first integrated mas- measure. OF TEXAS ter plan for achieving Net Zero energy bench- f marks. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The DoD consumes more energy than any INTRODUCTION OF THE COVID–19 MEMORIAL QUILT ACT OF 2020 Thursday, June 11, 2020 other federal agency, spending nearly $12 billion on energy in FY2017, approximately two ´ Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, we often tell percent of the Department’s total budget. HON. ANDRE CARSON our children that, when life gives you lemons, Since the early 2000s, the DoD has made OF INDIANA you make lemonade. When life gave Allan commendable progress in implementing Net IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hursig lemons, he made cookies and created Zero projects. These initiatives have generally Thursday, June 11, 2020 a thriving business. focused on efforts to produce more energy Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, I After being ‘‘unfortunately, but fortunately from renewable sources on installations, limit am pleased to introduce the COVID–19 Me- laid off’ from his job as an oil and gas consumption of water in order to not deplete morial Quilt Act of 2020 to honor all the vic- landman, Mr. Hursig turned to baking as a the local watershed, and reduce, reuse, and tims of this pandemic with a national memorial hobby. His elaborately decorated cookies recover waste to prevent unnecessary addi- quilt. found fame on the Internet, and he launched tions to landfills. The horrors of the COVID–19 pandemic The Bearded Baker in 2016 to take his hobby Unfortunately, Madam Speaker, while have touched every corner of our country, to the next level. progress has been made, it simply isn’t wreaking unprecedented devastation on Amer- enough. In fact, many of the energy bench- icans’ lives. As I introduce this legislation Mr. Hursig’s sweet treats garnered so much marks established by previous acts of Con- today, COVID–19 has infected at least two popularity that he even competed on the Food gress have never been achieved by the DoD, million Americans. Tragically, this disease has Network’s ‘‘Christmas Cookie Challenge.’’ and many of the goals announced by senior quickly robbed our country of at least 112,000 Mr. Hursig is living proof of that creativity, DoD leaders over the past decade are no of our fellow citizens. We need to remember artistry and perseverance are tools for suc- longer being pursued. To quote from the find- that these numbers are not just statistics: they cess in our great nation. On behalf of the ings from a 2016 Government Accountability are people. They are our moms, dads, chil- Twenty-Second Congressional District of Office (GAO) study—the most systemic review dren, grandparents, neighbors, teachers, reli- Texas, he has made our community very of Net Zero with the DoD—the Department gious leaders and fellow Americans who have proud. has ‘‘not established an integrated net zero been taken from us due to this pandemic.

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This legislation we often don’t see the private isolation and those who died from COVID–19, the isolation honors and celebrates the lives of those we loneliness of the individual struggles against and loneliness brought by this disease only have lost to the COVID–19 pandemic through COVID–19. In order to slow the spread of this grows after their loved one’s passing. Social the creation of a memorial quilt. Like the AIDS disease, our hospitals, nursing homes, funeral distancing and the isolating fear of this dis- quilt, creating a memorial quilt to remember homes, and businesses have had to impose ease prevent us from adequately honoring and the lives lost due to COVID–19 will allow strict social distancing and protective meas- memorializing the many victims of COVID–19. Americans to publicly grieve our lost loved ures. While necessary for our public health, Large memorial services are not possible. ones, but also commemorate their lives in per- these restrictions come at a great human cost Family gatherings to celebrate lost loved ones manent, visible, and dignified way. and deepen the private pain caused by this are curtailed, with supportive hugs replaced by The COVID–19 Memorial Quilt Act of 2020 disease. six feet of distance and protective masks. Pri- authorizes the design, creation, and display of For the thousands of brave patients fighting vate funeral services—if not cancelled or post- a memorial quilt and other commemorative COVID–19, including the hospitalized patients, poned altogether—have often had to take programming and exhibits to honor the victims nursing home residents, and individuals at place with only 10 people or less. of the COVID–19 pandemic. My legislation home in quarantine, the struggle against In addition to its sickness, death, and dis- does this by creating a Congressional Advi- COVID–19 is a lonely, scary, and isolating ruption, COVID–19 has robbed us of tradi- sory Panel which will submit plans to the fight. In hospitals and nursing homes, often a tional ways of honoring our lost loved ones. Smithsonian Institution and the American patient’s only human contact is a health care Holding smaller funerals or forgoing them en- Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for worker in full personal protective equipment tirely because of social distancing measures how the quilt should be developed and dis- (PPE). Family, friends, and loved ones can’t has denied us the opportunity to fully cele- played. Once complete, this memorial quilt will be there to provide comfort, to hold their brate the lives of the deceased. Our ability to be displayed on the United State Capitol hands, or to pray with them in this terrifying publicly grieve together, and to adequately Grounds with a subsequent display on the Na- time. At best, loving words and support might honor and celebrate the lost has been largely tional Mall and other locations, continuing the be shared over the telephone or video call. At denied due to this isolating and frightening dis- legacy of the AIDS quilt. This legislation also worst, there is only an isolating silence where ease. supports the powerful creativity of artists a loved one should be. These scars need to Many Americans will also remember another around the country by providing them with be acknowledged and hopefully healed. isolating and frightening disease: the AIDS grants from the National Endowment of the The death toll from COVID–19 is even more epidemic. Ryan White, a brave and remark- Arts (NEA) to help design and prepare panels wrenching. At least 112,000 Americans— able Hoosier, faced isolation and many fright- for the memorial quilt. whether in the hospital, the nursing home, or ening obstacles because of his AIDS diag- All Americans have been affected by at home—have met the end of their lives with- nosis. However, Ryan’s courage, bravery, and COVID–19. All have felt the disruption wrought out the comfort of their family, friends, or loved advocacy for AIDS research galvanized many by this pandemic to our families, our work- ones. Yesterday, more than 1,100 Americans in support of AIDS treatment, research and places, our businesses, our places of worship, died from this disease, and many were forced recognition of this disease’s horrific impact. and our social lives. But that is nothing com- to close their eyes without the support of their Since no official commemoration existed, con- pared to the Americans who have not only loved ones nearby. cerned Americans decided to celebrate and faced disruptions, but also the wrenching loss We know that at least 40,600 deaths from honor the lives of those who died from AIDS— of loved ones from this disease. Because of COVID–19—close to 40 percent of all often isolated and alone—by creating a me- social distancing and protective restrictions, deaths—have occurred in a nursing home, morial quilt. As a result, in 1987, the NAMES we have been denied the ability to adequately where restrictions are especially tight, and visi- Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed honor, commemorate, and publicly celebrate tations curtailed. In my home state of Indiana, and stretched the length of the National Mall. those we have lost. And unfortunately, as we have lost at least 1,011 Hoosiers to This remarkable quilt allowed us to honor and more Americans continue to die in isolation COVID–19 at nursing homes. celebrate the lives of those tragically lost to a from this disease, this deficit in our collective We also know that African Americans are frightening disease, which at that time, had no grief will only grow. As a result, my legislation dying at disproportionate rates from COVID– cure, vaccine or effective treatment. More than builds on the powerful legacy of the NAMES 19. African Americans in Indiana, despite rep- 105,000 individual lives are commemorated Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and will help our resenting 9.8 percent of the state’s population, through this quilt’s 50,000 individual panels country to collectively grieve and appropriately account for 15.1 percent of deaths from that contain photographs, correspondence, honor the victims of COVID–19. COVID–19. Institutional racism, compounded and news clippings to remember those who Madam Speaker, I hope my colleagues will by environmental and economic injustices, died from AIDS. In these panels, the memory join us in supporting the COVID–19 Memorial have made COVID–19 particularly devastating of the victims were able to live on in public Quilt Act of 2020, and I urge the House to for African Americans. My heart grieves for my view. support this legislation.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:01 a.m., Friday, June 12 3 p.m., Monday, June 15

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Friday: Senate will continue consideration Program for Monday: House will meet in Pro Forma of H.R. 1957, Taxpayer First Act (the legislative vehicle session at 3 p.m. for the Great American Outdoors Act), and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on McConnell (for Gardner) Amendment No. 1617, in the nature of a substitute, at approximately 1:01 a.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.

HOUSE Craig, Angie, Minn., E530 Nunes, Devin, Calif., E528 Gianforte, Greg, Mont., E530 Olson, Pete, Tex., E527, E530, E532 Barr, Andy, Ky., E529 Green, Al, Tex., E527 Stevens, Haley M., Mich., E527, E529, E529, E530, E531, Bishop, Dan, N.C., E529, E531 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E532 E532 ´ Carson, Andre, Ind., E529, E531, E532 Hill, J. French, Ark., E532 Walorski, Jackie, Ind., E527, E529 Case, Ed, Hawaii, E529 Hudson, Richard, N.C., E527 Young, Don, Alaska, E530 Collins, Doug, Ga., E531 McEachin, A. Donald, Va., E528

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