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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 No. 59 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was know about this special man and my dearly. I feel that dearly. Yet, when I called to order by the Speaker pro tem- dear friend. think of the generations to come and of pore (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia). Scotty Probasco was born on Novem- the generosity, of the philanthropy, f ber 26, 1928. He attended the Bright and of the kindness of Scotty Probasco School in Chattanooga. He attended and what that means to us as a people, DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO the Baylor School in Chattanooga, this will be his legacy. TEMPORE Dartmouth College, and then the Whar- I am going to say something to him The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ton School at Penn. He was a gifted and to his great family today: Scotty fore the House the following commu- man, a very bright man, a great busi- Probasco, thank you, dear friend. nication from the Speaker: nessman, but he was a giver. Thank you for a job well done, and God WASHINGTON, DC, As I was thinking this week as to bless you. April 22, 2015. what I was going to say about Scotty, f I hereby appoint the Honorable DOUG COL- it was what did Scotty mean to me and LINS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this what did Scotty mean to our commu- MIGRANTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS day. nity and to our Nation. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Scotty was something else. He would The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker of the House of Representatives. walk into a room, and he would smile. Chair recognizes the gentleman from f I think of Scotty Probasco’s smile. Al- Illinois (Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ) for 5 minutes. Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, this MORNING-HOUR DEBATE ways an optimist. In our profession, sometimes you have good days and bad past weekend, we witnessed the most The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- days. Whenever I would run into Scot- gruesome example of a story that is be- ant to the order of the House of Janu- ty, he would smile and always encour- coming ever more common. Hundreds ary 6, 2015, the Chair will now recog- age me, but he didn’t just do that with of migrants are missing and feared nize Members from lists submitted by me; he did that with everyone. dead—700 or more—because the smug- the majority and minority leaders for As most of you all know, I proclaim gling boat they were packed onto cap- morning-hour debate. Chattanooga is the greatest midsized sized in the Mediterranean Ocean off The Chair will alternate recognition city in America, sometimes as the the coast of Libya. It was on the front between the parties, with each party greatest midsized city in the world. It page of every paper around the world. limited to 1 hour and each Member is because of people like Scotty An estimated 3,500 people died in 2014 other than the majority and minority Probasco that we got there. Scotty was while making the journey from North leaders and the minority whip limited truly outstanding. He gave and he gave Africa to the southern coast of Europe. to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- and he gave. As a community leader, Right now, along our southern bor- bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. whether it was the United Way or any der, illegal immigration is at histori- f other charity, he was always there. As cally low levels, but we, too, have a a man of Christ, he was there for the border that is known for smuggling, IN MEMORY OF SCOTTY PROBASCO First Presbyterian Church. tragic losses of life, and smugglers no The SPEAKER pro tempore. The He is survived by his loving wife, less brazen and no less indifferent to Chair recognizes the gentleman from Betty; by their four children, Scott, the lives of their human cargo than Tennessee (Mr. FLEISCHMANN) for 5 Zane, Ellen, and Ben; and by 12 wonder- those off the Libyan coast. minutes. ful grandchildren. With few legal options and with great Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, As I think of what our Nation needs opportunity for work and freedom on Chattanooga, Tennessee, the great today more than ever it is more Scotty the other side, migrants throughout State of Tennessee, and our Nation lost Probascos—folks who will always ac- the world are risking their lives in the a wonderful man last Friday. centuate the positive, who are always hopes of surviving the journey to live a Scotty Probasco, my dear friend, looking for the good in people, and who better life. passed away suddenly. All of this week, are always encouraging us to do our During the peak of illegal immigra- we have had memorials, tributes, eulo- best. tion to this country a decade or so ago, gies—all justly deserved for this great There is always a loss when we lose a one person died every single day, on av- man. I was wondering what I was going friend, and there was a great loss when erage, when trying to come to the U.S. to say today as I put together these Chattanooga lost Scotty Probasco last They died of dehydration in the desert notes, but I want all of America to week, and we all feel that. We feel that or died in trucks or in boxcars in

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Think more to make sure that we have secure Station Economic Development Cor- about hundreds of people, most of them borders by also remembering to put poration, the Bear Bryant Scholarship children and teenagers, clinging to the doors on those borders so that people Foundation, the Brazos Valley Fellow- outside of a moving train while they can come with visas in a controlled ship of Christian Athletes, the Solid are preyed upon by smugglers, sexual way and not risking their lives with Waste Advisory Board, the Brazos predators, and every kind of deviant. smugglers. Beautiful Initiative, the Brazos Valley The migrants who are fleeing vio- First and foremost, we must remem- Museum of Natural History, the Grace lence and poverty and gang- and drug ber the message that Pope Francis re- Bible Church Deacon Board, and the lord-infested communities in Central minded us of when he said of those who Brazos County 911 Board. America, like those fleeing African and drowned in the ocean: ‘‘They are men His service to the Brazos Valley also Asian countries, are willing to literally and women like us, our brothers seek- included serving as a Bryan ISD host risk life and limb for the slim chance ing a better life, starving, persecuted, volunteer, as vice president of the of a better life on this side. wounded, exploited, victims of war. Bryan-College Station Chamber of Europe is responding to the migrant They were looking for a better life.’’ Commerce, as chair of the Brazos crisis by committing to more rescue Let us not forget that migrants are County Health Board District, and as operations. The rightwing, anti-immi- human beings. the chair of the Brazos County Juve- gration parties across Europe see the f nile Board. crisis as validation for their call to Mr. Speaker, Randy Sims was a great build a big wall around ‘‘fortress Eu- HONORING FORMER BRAZOS leader, a dedicated public servant, and rope.’’ There are a few people here in COUNTY JUDGE RANDY SIMS an outstanding family man. His selfless this Congress, in this building, who The SPEAKER pro tempore. The devotion to our community will be want to build a wall just like theirs. Chair recognizes the gentleman from greatly missed. He will long be remem- Most people in Europe understand Texas (Mr. FLORES) for 5 minutes. bered as a great public servant to our that building civil society and stable Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise community and as a loving husband, economies in the Southern Hemisphere today to honor former Brazos County father, grandfather, and friend to his is the best way to entice people to stay Judge Randy Sims, who passed away on family and friends. home. Foreign aid and international April 2 of this year. My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest economic development are not dirty Judge Sims served the Brazos Valley sympathy and our heartfelt condo- words in Europe the way they are here. community for decades. He served as lences to Brenda Sims and to her fam- In the U.S., the policies set in Wash- the Brazos County commissioner of ily. We also lift up Randy Sims’ family ington directly relate to the instability precinct 3 from 1972 to 1976 and again and friends in our prayers. of neighboring countries in Central from 1989 to 2001. He also served on the As I close, Mr. Speaker, I ask that all America, the Caribbean, and Latin Bryan City Council from 1987 to 1988. Americans continue to pray for our America. Trade policies initiated here Lastly, he served as the Brazos County country during these difficult times, in this country have had devastating judge from 2003 to 2010. for the men and women in uniform, consequences in rural areas across our Arthur Randolph Sims was born in who protect it from external threats, hemisphere, driving people from the Houston on July 31, 1939. He graduated and for our first responders, who pro- land and driving people into drug cul- from Stephen F. Austin High School. tect us from threats here at home. During his high school days, he was tivation. It is our insatiable appetite f here in the United States for illegal quite an athlete, playing both baseball drugs, funded with our dollar bills and and football. He passed up a chance to NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY enforced with U.S. guns, that creates play professional baseball to get a col- TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK and maintains a lot of the instability lege education. Legendary coach Bear The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and chaos that drives people from their Bryant recruited Randy to play foot- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from homes to America. Yet almost every ball for Texas A&M University. Not California (Mrs. TORRES) for 5 minutes. budget that is considered in this Con- only was Randy a top running back for Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to gress cuts mental health and drug Texas A&M, but he also held a long- recognize National Public Safety Tele- counseling, addiction treatment and standing record in the Southwest Con- communicators Week. prevention, and does little to address ference for kicking a 52-yard field goal. After working 18 years as a 911 dis- our role in fueling instability. Following graduation from A&M, patcher, I know firsthand the chal- With specific regard to immigration Randy remained in Brazos Valley. In lenges our public safety dispatchers and asylum, in this Congress, we are May of 1960, he married Brenda Bryan. face, the stress that they are put debating laws to make it harder for They were married for nearly 55 years. under, and the critical importance of children to apply for asylum and laws Randy and Brenda have one son and their work. This is why, last week, I to make it easier to deport children or one daughter, and they are blessed was proud to introduce a resolution to put families into lengthy and expen- with nine grandchildren. commemorating National Public Safe- sive detention. In the mid-1960s, Randy opened a res- ty Telecommunicators Week. To add insult to injury, the Judiciary taurant called Randy Sims Barbecue, I remember working the graveyard Committee just approved a measure to which operated for 27 years. Randy was shift four floors below ground and tak- allow those who want to homeschool a great cook, and his restaurant car- ing calls from people from all walks of their children but who are prevented ried recipes from Brenda’s dad and life, often during their most vulnerable from doing so by their own government from Brenda’s brother, Red Bryan and moments. 911 dispatchers hear it all. to be considered as a special class of Sonny Bryan. They are the first point of contact for oppressed victims to be considered eli- Randy was a loving father, and he public safety, and no matter the crisis, gible to apply for political asylum in cherished his family time. He quickly losing control is simply not an option. the U.S. For the people from Germany learned how to balance his career in National Public Safety Telecommu- and Sweden who want to homeschool order to spend quality time with his nicators Week also provides us with their children, that is the kind of op- family. Last year, the Bryan-College the opportunity to remind our con- pression that Congress responds to— Station Chamber of Commerce named stituents of the importance of keeping people from Central America whose Randy and Brenda as its Citizens of the emergency lines open for just that— governments are unwilling or unable to Year. This award was bestowed on emergencies. 911 isn’t an information protect children from murder and sex- them for their long and dedicated serv- line, and local governments have lim- ual assault, not so much. ice to our community. ited resources.

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On these commit- for 911 abuse. ramifications and would be better tees there is almost no formal resist- I encourage people to familiarize served and be better suited or be better ance to doing the industry’s bidding. themselves with their local police and able to make better decisions with re- That is what Deborah Hersman, fire departments’ nonemergency phone spect to whether or not to take on that former head of the National Transpor- numbers, have them readily available debt as they pursue their college edu- tation Safety Board, meant when she or refer to 311 or their local info line cation. said: ‘‘For the regulator to delegate too where available. Keeping 911 lines clear All Americans, from high school stu- much authority to the regulated to as- is crucial to ensuring dispatchers are dents to older adults, need the tools sess their own system risks and correct readily available during an emergency. and resources to make educated deci- them is tantamount to the fox guard- Every day public safety dispatchers sions about their personal finances. ing the henhouse.’’ help save lives. They provide comfort Through the AICPA’s flagship 360 De- As we have seen in my district and in and reassurance, and they are an inte- grees of Financial Literacy program, so many others, the fox has very little gral part of our law enforcement CPAs across the country are volun- incentive to prevent oil or gas from teams. Yet, too often, their work goes teering to help all Americans under- spoiling the henhouse or to prevent the unrecognized. stand their personal finances through hens from blowing up. Of course, every- When you need a calming voice to every stage of life. The program com- one is very sorry about the fact, but guide you through a crisis, when law bines grassroots advocacy with free the will to prevent these accidents in enforcement, fire safety, and rescue public resources and tools for CPAs to the first place is simply not there. personnel are in need of seamless co- educate Americans of all ages. That is what happened in Mayflower, ordination at a moment’s notice, when There is an urgent need to improve Arkansas, in 2013 when PHMSA let every second counts, 911 dispatchers the financial literacy of all Americans. ExxonMobil operate an oil pipeline are on the other end of the line. They A recent survey showed that 47 percent that was known to be faulty for 7 are the unsung heroes of the first re- of American households are not saving years, and then it blew up. sponder community. any of their current income for retire- Nowhere is this more obvious than This National Public Safety Tele- ment. This means almost half of all PHMSA’s pitiful fines. Fines are sup- communicators Week, let’s recognize Americans are living paycheck to pay- posed to be a deterrent, and yet the and honor the hundreds of thousands of check and without any savings plan for fines that PHMSA levies are so pa- public safety telecommunicators work- financial hardships or retirement. Pro- thetic compared to the cost of pipeline ing round the clock to keep our com- viding all Americans with the informa- leaks and explosions that they can’t munities safe. tion necessary to make educated deci- even be seen on this graph. Here you f sions will help households understand see that over the last 12 years PHMSA the value of savings for retirement and has issued just $44.2 million in fines for NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY lead to a lifetime of financial well- incidents that cost over $5 billion. MONTH being. Look at these tiny red lines. You can’t The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Again, I would like to congratulate even see them. You can see these other Chair recognizes the gentleman from the AICPA and State societies for this graph points that show how much dam- Texas (Mr. CONAWAY) for 5 minutes. effort in helping Americans become age was actually done, but the fines are Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I would more financially literate. next to nothing. like to recognize April as National Fi- f Take the Mayflower, Arkansas, ex- nancial Literacy Month and highlight ample where dumping 200,000 gallons of the key role that the American Insti- PHMSA IS ACTUALLY A heavy crude into a neighborhood cost tute of Certified Public Accountants, TOOTHLESS KITTEN ExxonMobil $2.7 million, or 0.008 per- or the AICPA, and State CPA societies The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cent of that year’s profits. To industry, and CPAs across the country play in Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from this measly fine is just the cost of educating all Americans about their California (Ms. SPEIER) for 5 minutes. doing business. No need to fix a pipe- personal finances. Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, last week line. Fines are so small, it is cheaper to National Financial Literacy Month is before the Transportation and Infra- just pay them. a yearly reminder of the importance of structure’s committee on pipeline safe- But, of course, damage from pipeline working to improve Americans’ under- ty, I called the Pipeline and Hazardous leaks and explosions can’t be reduced standing of their personal finances. For Materials Safety Administration, to just gray bars. In my district, the over 10 years, the AICPA, its members, known as PHMSA, ‘‘a toothless tiger city of San Bruno, where eight people and State CPA societies have been the that has overdosed on quaaludes and is were killed by a pipeline explosion in leaders in the financial literacy cam- passed out on the job.’’ 2010, the public remains traumatized by paign by providing free programs, Today I stand before you to say I was the idea that their entire neighborhood tools, and resources for all consumers. wrong. I was wrong to call PHMSA a could be wiped out by one carelessly in- Thousands of CPAs across 55 States toothless tiger. PHMSA is actually a spected or uninspected pipeline. Life and jurisdictions are volunteering their toothless kitten, a fluffy industry pet has risks, but one of them shouldn’t be time to educate consumers to under- that frightens absolutely no one. This coming home to find your husband and stand their personal finances and their has been proven beyond a shadow of a son and mother-in-law dead and your financial goals. doubt by yesterday’s excellent Politico house obliterated, as happened to one The AICPA, along with the State investigation of PHMSA’s ineffectual of the families in my district. CPA societies and like-minded finan- ‘‘can’t do’’ attitude, written by Elana That is why I find PHMSA’s utter cial educational institutions, plays an Schor and Andrew Restuccia. Allow me failure to implement more rigorous essential role in educating all Ameri- to highlight some of the shocking in- safety regulations so disgusting. cans so that they will have the knowl- competence brought to light by this ar- PHMSA’s reasoning that such regula- edge to make decisions for a lifetime of ticle. tions are ‘‘too costly for the pipeline financial well-being. By focusing on fi- All rules made by PHMSA undergo industry compared with the expected nancial education as a lifelong endeav- peer review by two advisory commit- benefits’’ is the reasoning of movie vil- or, CPAs are encouraging children to tees: one on oil and one on gas. In the- lains, not well-intentioned safety pro- learn about the value of money and ory, the committee is made up of five fessionals who are supposed to be tak- teaching adults the importance of sav- members each from industry, govern- ing care of the public interest. Whose ing for a secure retirement. ment, and public. Sounds good, right? side is PHMSA on? Mr. Speaker, we have thousands of Well, that might be true except the Now, one could argue that the low college students who are unfamiliar committee’s current rosters are miss- penalties are Congress’ fault, not

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.005 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2362 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 PHMSA’s. After all, the Federal En- shower or spill a gallon of water on water managers to suspend these water ergy Regulatory Commission has power their sidewalks. And yet in the last releases during the drought. Sadly, I to impose civil penalties of a million several weeks, the Bureau of Reclama- was unable to rally much public inter- dollars per day. Compare that to tion has released about 10 billion gal- est, I think in large part because few PHMSA’s relatively paltry $200,000 a lons of what precious little water re- people actually believed that our water day. But that doesn’t explain PHMSA’s mains behind the New Melones Dam in policy could possibly be so foolish. failure to even start civil penalty order to nudge a handful of steelhead Well, they believe now. We are now cases. trout toward the ocean. That is enough reaching a crisis that can no longer be Even as pipeline incidents increase, water to meet the annual residential ignored, and Californians are now PHMSA started fewer civil penalty needs of a human population of about starting to realize that our environ- cases in 2014 than in the past 10 years 300,000 for the whole year. mental laws long ago passed from the and proposed 73 percent fewer fines. How many fish are affected? Well, bi- realm of reason to the realm of ideo- For the few fines that are proposed, ologists estimate that it will affect the logical extremism. PHMSA does that behind closed doors offspring of about 29 steelhead trout on Droughts are nature’s fault. Water where the public is not welcome. the Stanislaus River, a few hundred shortages are our fault. We once built ExxonMobil dumped 63,000 gallons of smolts, almost all of which will be dams to store water from wet years so oil into Yellowstone River in 2011 but eaten by predators long before they that we would have it in dry ones, but managed to argue that the original $1.7 reach the ocean; and that assumes that the same radical environmental laws million fine should be put down to $1 they won’t swim toward the ocean on that are squandering our existing million. Why did PHMSA allow this? their own, as they have been doing water supply have also obstructed the Nobody knows. without our helpful assistance since construction of any major new storage Though I’ve talked about San Bruno, I want time immemorial. since 1979, while the State’s population to emphasize that the lack of adequate pipe- Put in financial terms, with water has nearly doubled. line safety measures is a nationwide problem, selling for $700 per acre-foot, the cost Dr. Johnson once said that when a not a Bay Area or California problem. In 2011, of this ridiculous exercise is about $21 man is to be hanged in the morning, it a leak from an 83-year-old cast-iron main in million. But the real cost will be felt in concentrates his attention remarkably. Allentown, Pennsylvania, caused a blast that the fall if the rains don’t return. At Well, if any good comes out of this that point, these releases guarantee killed 5 people. In 2012, a gas pipeline explo- drought, it may be that the American there will be no water left for human sion outside of Charleston, West Virginia, de- people finally have awakened to the stroyed several properties. In 2014, a leak in beings or for fish. All this occurs after a compromise damage these laws have done and are a 127-year-old pipeline in Harlem, New York, without which Lake Tulloch, below ready to change them and change the killed 8 and injured 50 more. In each incident, New Melones, would have been drained zealots in government who are respon- we see the same, recurring problems—aging below the water intake pipes that serve sible for them. infrastructure and inadequate inspection. How a population of nearly 10,000 human f many more of these tragedies do we need be- beings. b 1030 fore we get serious about pipeline safety? When are we going to wake up to the The saddest part about this whole situation lunacy of these current environmental AN UPDATE ON THE PUERTO RICO is that we know how to prevent pipeline leaks laws and the ideological zealots who STATEHOOD ADMISSION PROC- and explosions. The National Transportation are administering them? Who in his ESS ACT Safety Board has been saying the same thing right mind would dump enough water The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for years, after so many deaths and the de- to meet the annual residential needs of struction of property and the environment. We Chair recognizes the gentleman from a population of 300,000 human beings in Puerto Rico (Mr. PIERLUISI) for 5 min- need automatic or remote control shutoff order to nudge toward the ocean the valves. We need existing pipelines to accom- utes. offspring of maybe 29 steelhead trout— Mr. PIERLUISI. Mr. Speaker, for the modate internal inspection tools. We need it could be as few as 6—in the worst PHMSA to be a strong voice for safety for the sixth time this year, I rise to discuss drought in 12 centuries? Yet that is Puerto Rico’s political status. public and we need industry to cease being precisely the policy of this administra- apologists for lethal incompetence. I am an optimist about Puerto Rico’s tion. future. The island is blessed with nat- Like so many of my colleagues on both President Obama has authority under ural beauty, a rich history, a vibrant sides of the aisle, I’m tired of PHSMA’s ex- the existing Endangered Species Act to culture, a sophisticated and diverse cuses and prevarications. I’m frustrated that convene a process to suspend these private sector, and talented and hard- Congress seems powerless to induce PHMSA laws during the drought. Governor working professionals who can compete to take its job seriously. That’s why I’m looking Brown also has the authority to re- with anyone, anywhere. into legislation that will provide PHMSA with quest the President to act, yet despite the proper encouragement to do its job. It’s repeated calls to do so, neither has re- But my optimism is tempered by re- time for the toothless kitten to wake up, smell sponded. Ironically, before we built alism. Because to change the world for the leaking gas, and take decisive action. these dams, in a drought like this, the better, you must first see the world as it is. And the reality is that Puerto f there would be no rivers and there Rico’s potential is being squandered. SAVE OUR WATER would be no fish. Nor is this waste limited to just one Puerto Rico should be a blooming flow- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservoir and one river. The Bureau of er, but instead it is withering on the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Reclamation is ordering pulse flows vine. California (Mr. MCCLINTOCK) for 5 min- throughout the State, completely Puerto Rico is ensnared in the worst utes. uncaring of the impact on the rapidly economic crisis in its history. The is- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, endangered species called homo sapi- land’s healthcare system is in a precar- California is now in the fourth year of ens. ious state, the territory’s homicide the worst drought on record. Hydrolo- Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago I intro- rate—despite recent improvements— gists estimate it is the worst drought duced H.R. 1668, the Save Our Water still far exceeds that of any U.S. State, in 1,200 years. The Sierra snowpack Act. It simply provides that during an and residents of Puerto Rico are relo- today is just 5 percent of normal. One extreme drought the requirements of cating to the States in record numbers. of our largest reservoirs, the New massive environmental pulse flows are I have heard it argued that leaders in Melones Reservoir on the Stanislaus suspended. I want to urge speedy con- Puerto Rico should concentrate solely River, is at just 22 percent of its capac- sideration and passage of this act, but on the immediate problems at hand ity, with the rainy season now offi- I fear it will not come in time to pre- and set aside the issue of political sta- cially over. vent the exhaustion of our remaining tus until those problems are resolved Water rationing is in effect in many water supply. or their severity is reduced. This argu- communities. Many Californians face I warned of this practice last year, ment has superficial appeal, but it is $500 fines if they take too long in the and I appealed to State and Federal completely wrong. All of Puerto Rico’s

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As a veteran of the United States Air is excluded from the earned income tax A group of brave warriors known as Force, I am extremely grateful to the program, partially excluded from the the Shepherd’s Men set out on a jour- unwavering commitment the Shep- child tax credit program, excluded ney that will take them from the Free- herd’s Men have shown to defend their from the Supplemental Security In- dom Tower in New York City to the fellow servicemen and ensure that they come program, and treated unequally Shepherd’s Center in Atlanta, Georgia. have the resources they need to begin under the Federal nutrition assistance Every day, servicemen and -women their road to recovery. program. from across our country return from Although the road may be long and If you want to understand why Puer- the fields of combat only to fight an- fraught with setbacks, people across to Rico has high debt, you must realize other battle at home. While this battle this Nation are going the extra mile to that the territory government has bor- may not include heavy artillery or ensure our servicemembers are given rowed so heavily in the bond market in enemy combatants, it is just as dev- the help they deserve. order to compensate for its disparate astating. To the Shepherd’s Men, Godspeed on treatment under Federal programs. Post-traumatic stress disorder, or the rest of your journey, and thank you If you want to understand why pa- PTSD, and traumatic brain injuries are for your commitment to our Nation’s tients in Puerto Rico received inad- disorders that take years—and some- military. equate care, why physicians and hos- times a lifetime—to heal. These en- f pitals are not fairly compensated, and emies invade the mind and cause un- HONORING BISHOP WALTER SCOTT why the cost of providing health care is speakable pain for those suffering and disproportionately borne by the Puerto THOMAS, SR., AND HIS FORTY for their families. YEARS OF SERVICE TO GOD Rico Government rather than shared For this reason, 13 brave men, whose equitably with the Federal Govern- mission is to raise awareness and fund- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ment, you must grasp that Puerto Rico ing for those with PTSD and traumatic Chair recognizes the gentleman from is treated in a discriminatory fashion brain injuries, have accepted the ardu- Maryland (Mr. CUMMINGS) for 5 min- under Medicaid, traditional Medicare, ous task of running from the Big Apple utes. Medicare Advantage, and the Afford- to the Peach State. Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, it is able Care Act. With each step forward, the Shep- with great honor, admiration, and re- If you want to understand why drug- herd’s Men are one step closer to reach- spect that I take this time to honor related violence is pervasive in Puerto ing their goal of raising $250,000 for the one of this Nation’s most distinguished Rico, then you must come to terms Shepherd Center’s SHARE Military Ini- citizens, Bishop Walter Scott Thomas, with the fact that Federal law enforce- tiative, a comprehensive rehabilitation Sr., in recognition of his 40 years of ment agencies have dedicated insuffi- program that provides assistance and service to God as a pastor, mentor, and cient personnel and equipment to Puer- support for servicemen and -women community leader. to Rico because States invariably take who have sustained mild to moderate I am honored to rise today to share priority over territories when it comes traumatic brain injury and PTSD from with my colleagues in the United to the allocation of finite resources. the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. States House of Representatives the To solve its deeply entrenched prob- While the wounds may have been in- accomplishments of this remarkable lems and to reach its enormous poten- flicted years ago, the scars still re- man. tial, Puerto Rico must receive equal main, and that is why the Shepherd’s For the last 40 years, Bishop Walter treatment. And to receive equal treat- Men run 911 miles with 22-pound packs Scott Thomas, Sr., has faithfully ment, Puerto Rico must become a strapped to their chests. served as the pastor of the New Psalm- State. To pretend otherwise is just These courageous men do not run for ist Baptist Church located in the Sev- that: to pretend. their own glory, but for their fellow enth Congressional District in Balti- That is why less than 3 months ago I servicemembers whose lives may be more, Maryland. Bishop Thomas is a introduced H.R. 727, the most forceful forever changed by the effects of these Baltimore native who was called to statehood admission bill for Puerto conditions. proclaim God’s Word to the world. Rico in history. Today, one out of five servicemem- He received a bachelor’s of science I am proud to report that the bill is bers returning home from Iraq or Af- degree from the University of Mary- likely to obtain its 100th cosponsor as ghanistan have been diagnosed with land in economics, a master’s of divin- early as today. Cosponsors come from one of these debilitating conditions. If ity degree from Howard University 31 States, the District of Columbia, and left unchecked, these injuries could be School of Religion, and a doctor of the four other territories. They are life threatening. As our servicemem- ministry degree from St. Mary’s Semi- both Democrats and Republicans. In- bers return home from Active Duty, it nary and the University of Baltimore. deed, about 1,900 bills have been intro- is important for them to know that In 1975, Bishop Thomas was called to duced so far in this Congress, and H.R. they do not suffer alone. pastor the New Psalmist Baptist 727 has more bipartisan support than This morning, the Shepherd’s Men Church. He is a devoted leader who over 99 percent of them. are a few steps closer to reaching their cares about the needs of his congrega- Every Member who cosponsors this final destination. As the Sun rose gent- tion, the community, and the world. bill is standing up for a powerful prin- ly against the backdrop of the Iwo Under his dynamic leadership over ciple, which is this: the people of Puer- Jima Memorial, the Shepherd’s Men the last four decades, New Psalmist to Rico are American citizens who have arrived in our Nation’s Capital. It was Baptist Church has grown to serve sev- enriched the life of this Nation for gen- here—at the place that memorialized eral thousand members. His vision and erations. one of the most historic moments in message of ‘‘empowering disciples’’ has My constituents have fought—and our history—where I joined the Shep- inspired thousands to make a positive many have died—for a flag that con- herd’s Men for a short 1-mile run out of impact in their personal lives, commu- tains 50 stars, but no star that rep- their 911-mile journey. nities, the State of Maryland, the resents them. If they reaffirm their de- As I stood in the shadow, Mr. Speak- country, and the world. sire in a federally sponsored vote to be- er, of the Iwo Jima Memorial, one of He is an influential leader who gra- come a full and equal member of the the Shepherd’s Men following our run ciously uses his gifts to serve clergy American family, they have earned the came up to me and said: When we go and religious leaders. From 1999 to 2002, right to be first-class citizens. into combat, we know that we may not Bishop Thomas served as the president

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They marched and stood non- On July 20, 2005, Bishop Thomas was Coordinated medical rehabilitation violently against violence and, might I elevated to the office of bishop and pre- provided in an inpatient setting is cru- say, under the auspices of the misinter- siding prelate of the Kingdom Associa- cial to Medicare beneficiaries with in- pretation of the law, those law enforce- tion of Covenant Pastors by ministers juries, disease, disabilities, or chronic ment officers—misguided, of course— from across this great Nation. conditions. that stopped those individuals from ex- Bishop Thomas has led multiple out- Unfortunately, beginning in 2010, the pressing their rights. reach initiatives to provide services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Today, I come to match the need for and resources to the community. These Services began placing limitations on the reauthorization of the Voting initiatives include assisting economi- what types of therapy a beneficiary Rights Act to the enormous need, in a cally disadvantaged families and home- could receive, despite the professional bipartisan manner, to reform our less persons, providing employment as- judgment of the treating physician. criminal justice system. sistance for job seekers, and partnering Mr. Speaker, these limitations re- Over the news airwaves of the last 24 with school principals to provide strict recreational therapy from being hours, right here in Washington, D.C., school resources. prescribed, despite it being medically there was a statement about a young In 2013, Bishop Thomas and the New necessary in many cases. father who stood on his doorsteps in Psalmist Baptist Church donated The bipartisan Access to Inpatient Fairfax, Virginia, that, finally, his two $40,000 to the Baltimore City North- Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015 beautiful daughters had a settlement western Police District to renovate the that I have introduced with Congress- from that law enforcement depart- station entrance and lobby for our po- man BUTTERFIELD will undo these un- ment. He was shot on his doorsteps. lice officers and community members. The facts are such that I won’t discuss In addition to his leadership in the necessary barriers imposed by CMS today, but one can almost assume that local community, Bishop Thomas has that place limitations on what types of that father did not need to lose his life. been a global leader, supporting therapy a beneficiary may receive. Yesterday, the #marchtojustice, the projects to improve the quality of life b 1045 Justice League of New York City, came for the world’s underserved citizens. This legislation will not cost the to the west lawn to petition the gov- Bishop Thomas and New Psalmist Bap- American taxpayer any money; will ernment to end racial profiling and to tist Church support a school in help facilitate access to the appro- begin to address the question of how do Nairobi, Kenya, as well as clean water priate mix of services in an inpatient we have a criminal justice system that and sanitation projects in Africa. rehabilitation facility; and will benefit Bishop Thomas has also been the meets the equality and justice of patients with brain injuries, spinal guest of His Royal Highness Prince America. cord injuries, and those who have sus- Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and United Sadly, just a few miles a way, in Bal- tained strokes, amputations, individ- Nations Secretary General Ban Ki- timore, we understand that a young uals living with neurological disorders, moon to represent the United States man was picked up and, ultimately, and a wide range of other conditions. and the Christian faith in the Many went into a coma and died. What hap- Mr. Speaker, I stand here today and Heavens, One Planet faith and con- pened in the midst of the time where strongly urge my colleagues on both servation event in Windsor, England. his spinal cord was nearly severed in In 2009, Bishop Thomas had the honor sides of the aisle to get behind this the custody of law enforcement offi- of delivering the invocation during commonsense bipartisan legislation. cers? President Barack Obama’s whistlestop f Let me be very clear. As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, tour at Baltimore’s War Memorial REAUTHORIZATION OF THE VOT- my commitment is that law enforce- Building. In 1998, Bishop Thomas ING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 AND ment officers go home to their fami- hosted President William Jefferson CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Clinton at the New Psalmist Baptist lies. In a few days, we will be honoring The SPEAKER pro tempore. The those who fell in the line of duty. We Church. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Finally, Mr. Speaker, Bishop Thomas will be standing and respecting the fact Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for 5 minutes. is a devoted husband, father, and that they provide a protection for this Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the friend. He is the loving husband to first Nation and they serve us. We thank Speaker and acknowledge that 1965 is a lady Patricia Thomas and the proud fa- them for that. very unique and special year. It is the ther of three very successful children: But we must come to a point where commemoration of the march across Joi; Walter, Jr.; and Joshua. we hold the Constitution dear and that Bishop Thomas is a source of wisdom the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, citizens of the United States have the and encouragement to his family and Alabama, which symbolized to the right to access and speech and protest friends. Bishop Thomas is a great world the cry and passion to have your and that protesters are not dangerous friend who has inspired me through his voices heard through the vote. outsiders. faithful leadership of his family and I stand here today asking this body Mr. Speaker, I have introduced two the New Psalmist Baptist Church. and its leadership to put on the floor of initiatives that I would ask my col- I am honored that God allowed our the House the reauthorization of the leagues to join me on, initiatives that lives to eclipse, and today I wish to Voting Rights Act of 1965, a bill that should draw bipartisan support. One is thank him on behalf of Baltimore, was reauthorized in 2006, 2007, under the Build TRUST legislation that sim- Maryland, and indeed the Nation and the leadership of President George W. ply indicates that there should be a the world for his dedication, commit- Bush and the Members of the United process by which local jurisdictions use ment to God, his church, his family, States Congress, in a bipartisan man- various citations and nuisance cita- and his community. ner. The vote in the Senate was 98–0, tions and stopping people on the street and we had an equally impressive vote as a source of revenue, the same kind f here in the United States House of Rep- of issue that confronted Eric Garner— ACCESS TO INPATIENT REHABILI- resentatives. who, by the way, Mr. Speaker, was a TATION THERAPY ACT OF 2015 The question would be why, a simple large man who everybody knew, who The SPEAKER pro tempore. The task of updating this legislation to en- was simply trying to support his fam- Chair recognizes the gentleman from sure that thousands, maybe millions, ily, maybe selling a few cigarettes. Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 are not denied the right to vote. No one has suggested that, dealing minutes. I start with that because the walk with the laws of New York, that that Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was wasn’t against the law. What we are Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I joined the particularly brutal, and I want to give saying is that Eric Garner did not need

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Sixty-eight percent of the assaults from New Hampshire (Mr. GUINTA) ticular community, and you must re- in the last 5 years were not reported. come forward and lead the House in the port where all your revenue is coming We need to change our culture, and we Pledge of Allegiance. from in terms of, if it is overly exces- need to say ‘‘no more.’’ Mr. GUINTA led the Pledge of Alle- sive, then you will lose Federal funds Now, Mr. Speaker, I have been on giance as follows: because we know that you are going this floor numerous times; and, as I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the into certain communities. many of you have seen before, I have United States of America, and to the Repub- The other is the CADET Act, which I shared my personal story from our lic for which it stands, one nation under God, hope will draw bipartisan support. It family situation with this issue. I will indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. does what South Carolina is doing. It tell you, just as I said the first time I f codifies the collection of data of lethal came here and shared that story with force by law enforcement and citizens. the Nation, I say it again: there are no WELCOMING REVEREND BOYD Mr. Speaker, it is time now to use excuses for sexual assault and domestic THOMAS TUCKER the CADET bill for the science of violence in America. The SPEAKER. Without objection, criminal justice reform and the Build It is time for us to come together as the gentleman from South Carolina TRUST bill to rebuild trust and have a nation and say ‘‘no more’’ to sexual (Mr. MULVANEY) is recognized for 1 police accountability. assault and domestic violence on our minute. I believe that this 50th year of Selma, fellow citizens. There was no objection. Mr. Speaker, pushes us to reauthorize f Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Speaker, it is the Voting Rights Act and move to- RECESS with great honor and pleasure that I ward a just criminal justice reform. introduce to the Chamber today Rev- f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- erend Tom Tucker. Tom is the senior ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair pastor at Sisk Memorial Baptist SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS declares the House in recess until noon MONTH Church in Fort Mill, which is just down today. the street from my house. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 55 I was talking to Reverend Tucker be- THOMPSON of Pennsylvania). The Chair minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- forehand, and he said he was called to recognizes the gentleman from New cess. ministry, Mr. Speaker, when he was 18, York (Mr. REED) for 5 minutes. f but he fought it until he was 30. I think Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today it is a wonderful story. to recognize, again, April as Sexual As- b 1200 He has been the president of the sault Awareness Month. AFTER RECESS South Carolina Baptist Convention Mr. Speaker, we must stand up and The recess having expired, the House Pastors Conference; he is currently the raise awareness across this country was called to order by the Speaker at first vice president of the South Caro- that sexual assault and domestic vio- noon. lina Baptist Convention; he is a fea- lence can no longer be allowed to exist f tured devotional speaker for the Billy in our country. We must be proactive Graham Evangelistic Association; and on raising awareness on this issue. PRAYER he has ministered, literally, all over That is why I come to this floor today Reverend Boyd Thomas Tucker, Sisk the world. to do just that. Memorial Baptist Church, Fort Mill, He is married to Brenda. They have Each Member—Democrat, Repub- South Carolina, offered the following two children who are here today, one of lican, East, West, North, South—has an prayer: whom, Krystal, is married to Jared opportunity, and I hope they join me to With praise and thanksgiving we bow Ribble, the son of my good friend, Con- do this throughout April, to say ‘‘no before You, Father. We thank You for gressman REID RIBBLE from Wisconsin. more’’ to sexual assault in the United Your love and guidance in each per- So it is an honor and a privilege to States of America. son’s life who serves in this room. have, today, as our guest chaplain, Mr. Speaker, every 2 minutes, an- Grant to the Members of this body wis- Reverend Tom Tucker. other American is sexually assaulted, dom to take up their duties today. every 2 minutes. That is 237,868 vic- James said, ‘‘If any man lack wisdom, f tims—our fellow citizens—a year that it shall be given him.’’ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER are impacted by this heinous crime and So we pray for wisdom and discern- PRO TEMPORE assault and violence. ment in their decisions, understanding Now, Mr. Speaker, one of the other in their thinking, mercy in their judg- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. things that we need to do, on top of ments. GRAVES of Louisiana). The Chair will raising awareness, is change our cul- We know that without You, Your entertain up to 15 further requests for ture in America. Earlier this month, a guidance, we can do nothing, but with 1-minute speeches on each side of the graphic video was shown across this You, we can do all things. May we not aisle. Nation and across this world of a gang be frightened by the problems that con- f rape that took place in broad daylight front us as a nation, but give thanks NO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS on the beaches of Panama City, Flor- that You are with us in this hour. AND BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL ida. The victim was clearly incapaci- May Your Word be a lamp unto our ALIENS tated and was clearly assaulted by sev- feet and a light unto our path. Guide us eral men on that beach. this day, I pray in my Lord and Sav- (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked Mr. Speaker, those perpetrators ior’s name, Jesus Christ. and was given permission to address should and will be held accountable. Amen. the House for 1 minute and to revise Justice will be done; but what culture f and extend his remarks.) exists in America to allow the hun- Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. dreds of people that were standing THE JOURNAL Speaker, last summer’s border crisis nearby who witnessed this assault and The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- was the result of President Obama’s did nothing? Bystanders need to under- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- 2012 decision to grant amnesty to some

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Local businesses like the rifices, your fight in the name of free- American taxpayers, these illegal im- electric cooperatives are the backbone dom and democracy. migrants can now get work permits. of America’s economy, the forefront of American heroes like Jeff Ingalls are This enables them to get Social Secu- new innovations, and are leaders in the reason our country remains the rity numbers and government benefits. providing affordable, reliable energy, ‘‘land of the free and the home of the Make no mistake; what Obama is creating jobs for American families. brave.’’ For that we are forever grate- doing is bilking hard-working Amer- In conclusion, God bless our troops, ful. ican taxpayers. That is why I am re- and may the President by his actions f introducing my bill, the No Social Se- never forget September the 11th in the curity Numbers and Benefits for Illegal global war on terrorism. 100 DAYS OF REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP Aliens Act. America is a country of f laws, not men. I am fully committed to (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given SOLAR READY VETS PROGRAM stopping the President’s illegal action. permission to address the House for 1 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given minute.) bers are reminded to avoid improper permission to address the House for 1 Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, last week references to the President. minute.) the House Republicans marked 100 days f Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in of Republican control of both bodies of support of the Solar Ready Vets pro- COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNI- Congress: 100 days spent working for gram, the recently announced Federal the wealthy special interests against VERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN initiative to train veterans for jobs in GENOCIDE the hard-working American families, the solar industry. 100 days where we saw our national se- Solar power accounted for 32 percent (Ms. HAHN asked and was given per- curity threatened when we came dan- of electricity-generating capacity that mission to address the House for 1 gerously close to shutting down the came online in the United States last minute.) Department of Homeland Security, 100 Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today year, creating 31,000 American jobs. days where we saw Republicans vote to in solidarity with the Armenian com- The energy company, SolarCity, will end the Medicare guarantee and turn it munity to commemorate the 100th an- soon open one of the largest solar panel into a voucher program. niversary of the events that led to the manufacturing plants in the world in Now, today, we are seeing House Re- Armenian genocide. my home community of Buffalo, New publicans attempt to undermine the One hundred years ago, on April 24, York, creating 3,500 jobs in our region. more than 300 Armenian leaders were The solar industry employs 174,000 Consumer Financial Protection Bu- taken from their homes, arrested, and Americans, a number that is quickly reau, an entity designed to protect systematically executed. They were increasing. We should seize the oppor- American consumers, by taking what the first massacred in a genocide that tunity to ensure that our veterans can was a bipartisan bill that came out of committee with nearly unanimous sup- resulted in the deaths of 11⁄2 million in- participate in this growth. nocent men, women, and children. The Solar Ready Vets program trains port and using it as a vehicle through The children, grandchildren, and veterans for jobs in the solar industry the Committee on Rules to slash fund- younger descendants of the genocide’s at 10 military bases across the country. ing for this important Federal pro- victims have worked hard to remember We are calling for the Niagara Falls gram. and honor those who suffered. I am Air Reserve Station to be one of those We had a bipartisan bill that could proud to be a member of the Congres- sites. This program creates jobs, fights have been an important piece of legis- sional Armenian Caucus and to cospon- climate change, and provides economic lation that we all could get behind, and sor H. Res. 154, the Armenian Genocide opportunity to returning veterans. it had to be used as a way to under- Truth and Justice Resolution. I call on Congress to support our vet- mine this really important and essen- I praise the Armenian American com- erans, support clean energy, and sup- tial government function of protecting munity throughout Los Angeles Coun- port American jobs by supporting the the American consumer. We have just ty and elsewhere in California and the Solar Ready Vets program. gone too far with this. We need to get back to doing the work that the Amer- United States for making sure that the f history of that tragic period is known ican people sent us here to do. and urging our government to offi- HONORING JEFF INGALLS f (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given cially recognize the genocide. PUTTING DECISIONMAKING BACK permission to address the House for 1 f IN THE DISTRICTS minute and to revise and extend his re- SUPPORT ELECTRIC marks.) (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- COOPERATIVES Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise mission to address the House for 1 (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina today to honor Jeff Ingalls, a Granite minute and to revise and extend her re- asked and was given permission to ad- Stater, American hero, and former marks.) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- prisoner of war. This week he is being Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, while we are vise and extend his remarks.) rightfully recognized during the Pris- all hard-working Americans dedicated Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. oner of War Medal ceremony this Fri- to the freedom and future of our coun- Speaker, over 1.5 million rural South day. try, our districts and States are vastly Carolinians receive their power Master Chief Jeff Ingalls grew up in different. House Republicans reject the through local electric cooperatives, North Woodstock, New Hampshire, and notion that Washington knows best, who work to keep costs low and main- enlisted in the United States Navy in and our policies reflect that. By put- tain high energy standards. Unfortu- July of 1978, where he served as a mem- ting power back into the hands of the nately, President Obama established ber of an elite unit of highly technical States, we can ensure the decisions new regulations for electric water divers. Ingalls served in missions that made best reflect the Americans we heaters 5 years ago, destroying jobs. were not only incredibly complex and represent. These regulations went into effect last challenging, but also extremely dan- In the people’s House, we understand week and have negatively impacted the gerous. this more than any other branch. We cooperatives by limiting their ability In June of 1985, Ingalls was aboard understand that a top-down approach to manage water heaters during peak TWA flight 847 when it was hijacked by to government is unrealistic and un- time, making consumers pay for an in- terrorists. The six-man detachment, in- fair. We hear the voices of those we efficient use of resources. cluding five U.S. Navy divers, was held represent. Parents don’t need bureau- I am grateful to support the Energy in captivity by terrorists, during which crats in Washington, D.C., to tell them Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015. time one bravely lost his life. where to send their children to school

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If we do not stop f the people’s House, we are so proud of Iran far beyond its nuclear ambitions, RIGHT-TO-WORK ZONES the individual districts we come from, we, in fact, will lose American lives like mine in the great State of North every day for the rest of my life. (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given Carolina, and we are going to advance f permission to address the House for 1 policies that let the people there minute and to revise and extend his re- b 1215 thrive. marks.) f CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ACT Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to commend the communities in COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNI- (Mr. TED LIEU of California asked and was given permission to address my district that have rejected the Gov- VERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN ernor of Illinois’ efforts to create so- GENOCIDE the House for 1 minute.) Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. called right-to-work zones. (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given Speaker, in a modern society, all of us Rather than lifting Illinois up to permission to address the House for 1 deal with a thousand issues, but there make life better for working families, minute.) is only one issue that can kill human- the Governor’s divisive plan would drag Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise ity as a species, and that is climate down all corners of the State into a today in remembrance of the 11⁄2 mil- change. Rising sea levels, more ex- race to the bottom. These zones are a lion victims of the Armenian genocide, treme weather events, and hotter tem- gimmick to pit communities against which began 100 years ago on April 24. peratures are not partisan issues. each other, to deprive workers of their I join with the Armenian National Last month, President Reagan’s rights, and to weaken unions. Committee of the Merrimack Valley of former Secretary of State George Rather than creating good-paying Massachusetts and Armenian commu- Shultz wrote a column in The Wash- jobs for Illinois workers, these zones nities across the country and through- ington Post asking for action on cli- will depress wages across the State by out the world in mourning those lost mate change. Today, on Earth Day, I incentivizing companies to move to and honoring the survivors and their am introducing the Climate Solutions whatever town offers them the possi- descendants as we recognize this cen- Act, which will tackle climate change bility of paying lower wages and offer- tennial commemoration. by focusing on three areas: slashing ing fewer benefits. As a member of the Armenian Con- carbon pollution, implementing bold We shouldn’t be asking hard-working gressional Caucus, I strongly support renewable portfolio standards, and set- men and women to work for poverty- H. Res. 154, the Armenian Genocide ting high energy efficiency standards. level wages to make up for the fiscal Resolution. The systematic, premedi- In the future, our history books will deficit Illinois faces, a deficit which is tated mass murder committed by the write that America led the world on caused, in large part, by laws that we Ottoman Empire against the Arme- climate change and saved the planet— pass right here on the floor of Congress nians was genocide. Other countries or there will be no more history books. that cause the citizens of Illinois to have formally acknowledged dark and f pay $20 billion more each year in taxes painful chapters in their past, and it is than we get back in Federal spending. time for Turkey to do the same. The NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS WITH Unions did not cause the problems Armenians and the descendants of IRAN that Illinois faces, and cutting work- those who were victimized deserve jus- (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was ers’ pay will not solve them. So I com- tice. given permission to address the House mend those in Naperville, Aurora On this somber anniversary, we have for 1 minute and to revise and extend Township, Oswego, and communities a responsibility to acknowledge the his remarks.) throughout Illinois fighting against truth about this horrific event. It is a Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise this bad policy. I am proud to stand necessary step to building a more just today with great concern over the with you. future for all Armenians. Obama administration’s ongoing nu- f clear negotiations with Iran. I also rise f CONGRATULATING DUKE in support of the efforts of our col- BASKETBALL IRAN IS A TERRORIST STATE leagues in the Senate to ensure that (Mr. ISSA asked and was given per- any agreement made with Iran has the (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given mission to address the House for 1 consent of our constituents’ elected of- permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- ficials here in Congress. minute and to revise and extend his re- marks.) Mr. Speaker, we have seen, in regions marks.) Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, as we meet across the world, the Obama adminis- Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, as a today shortly after noon here, it is tration’s limited ability to enforce its proud graduate of Duke University’s evening in the Persian Gulf. It is international agreements and promote Graduate School, I rise today to honor evening off the coast of Yemen. As we our country’s interests. The recent the Duke men’s basketball team and speak, Iran is supplying the rebels, the horrific chemical weapon attacks in their coach, Mike Krzyzewski, who re- Houthi rebels, with weapons. Their Syria, the growth of ISIS, and Mos- cently won the NCAA title. ships are heading toward them. cow’s continued dominance in Ukraine The 2015 Duke men’s basketball team Iran is, in fact, our enemy; and Iran all call into question the strength and was led by veteran senior guard Quinn is, in fact, in an active war to desta- resolve needed by this administration Cook and freshman Chicagoan Jahlil bilize many of the Arab countries, as to enforce an agreement with one of Okafor, who was named ACC Player of we speak. Iran is a terrorist state, but our Nation’s most dangerous foes: Iran. the Year and was a unanimous All- we are pretending it isn’t. The Houthis As these negotiations continue, I American selection. Coach K led the have been determined by the United strongly urge my colleagues to care- team to a 35–4 record and the national Nations to be stopped as rebels, and yet fully consider the ability of the admin- title with a hard-fought victory over the Theodore Roosevelt is circling rather istration to uphold and enforce the Wisconsin in the title game. than, in fact, sinking that ship or stop- terms decided on with Iran and the im- Coach K, a Polish American from ping it. pact that this will have on our security Chicago, has won more men’s college We, America, are negotiating a nu- and the security of one of our Nation’s basketball games than any other coach clear deal that may or may not work— closest allies: Israel. in history—over 1,000, including 945 that remains to be seen—but we are ne- Mr. Speaker, I believe that this is a wins and five NCAA titles at Duke. gotiating with a terrorist state, a ter- critical moment for our Nation and for And, as all college basketball fans

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Science amendment under the five-minute rule the 2015 NCAA Tournament championship. has given us ways to stop children from amendment in the nature of a substitute rec- f getting diseases that have threatened ommended by the Permanent Select Com- society for generations. Do vaccinate. mittee on Intelligence now printed in the DEBT-FREE COLLEGE It is safe. bill. The committee amendment in the na- (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given ture of a substitute shall be considered as f read. All points of order against the com- permission to address the House for 1 mittee amendment in the nature of a sub- minute.) ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE stitute are waived. No amendment to the Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, a col- committee amendment in the nature of a lege education should be accessible to (Mr. POLIS asked and was given per- substitute shall be in order except those all Americans. mission to address the House for 1 printed in part A of the report of the Com- Currently, 40 million Americans have minute and to revise and extend his re- mittee on Rules accompanying this resolu- student loans, with an average balance marks.) tion. Each such amendment may be offered of $29,000. This impacts our entire econ- only in the order printed in the report, may Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today be offered only by a Member designated in omy, as it prevents young people from in solemn recognition of the 100-year the report, shall be considered as read, shall buying homes, starting a family, and anniversary of the genocide of over 1 be debatable for the time specified in the re- even buying a car. million Armenians at the hands of the port equally divided and controlled by the Mr. Speaker, we provide a high Ottoman Turks. proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub- school education for all students be- The Armenian genocide began April ject to amendment, and shall not be subject cause we recognize the advantages for 24, 1915, when 250 Armenian intellec- to a demand for division of the question in our children and our society of having the House or in the Committee of the Whole. tuals and community leaders were ar- All points of order against such amendments a good education. rested. By 1918, between 800,000 and 1.5 are waived. At the conclusion of consider- But a high school education is no million Armenians had disappeared, ation of the bill for amendment the Com- longer enough if you want to get a been killed through massacres, or sub- mittee shall rise and report the bill to the good-paying job. A college education is jected to forced labor and death House with such amendments as may have necessary and essential in today’s soci- marches in the desert. been adopted. Any Member may demand a ety in order to move ahead. It is an es- The Armenian genocide joins other separate vote in the House on any amend- sential step to getting a good-paying great human tragedies of the 20th cen- ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment job and joining the middle class. tury, including the Holocaust perpet- in the nature of a substitute. The previous Mr. Speaker, we are stacking the uated by Nazi Germany against Jews, question shall be considered as ordered on deck against our young people. The Gypsies, homosexuals, Christians, and the bill and amendments thereto to final cost of higher education is through the political opponents; the massacre of passage without intervening motion except roof, and student loans are weighing on the Tutsis in the Rwandan genocide; one motion to recommit with or without in- our youth at one of the most vulner- the Khmer Rouge; and Joseph Stalin’s structions. able points in their lives. SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this mass murders. resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to Mr. Speaker, our parents and grand- I rise today to remember those whose clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House parents didn’t have to take on this lives perished in the Armenian geno- resolved into the Committee of the Whole level of debt just to get an education. cide and to recognize the Armenian House on the state of the Union for consider- It is our responsibility to ensure that Americans in their ongoing quest to ation of the bill (H.R. 1731) to amend the future generations have the same op- ensure that those who perished are re- Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance portunities that our parents and grand- membered for their loss of life in one of multi-directional sharing of information re- parents had to access higher education the most tragic genocides of the 20th lated to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and without the burdensome student loan century. for other purposes. The first reading of the debt that we now carry. f bill shall be dispensed with. All points of f PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN OF H.R. 1560, PROTECTING CYBER the bill and amendments specified in this (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- NETWORKS ACT, AND PROVIDING section and shall not exceed one hour equal- mission to address the House for 1 FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. ly divided and controlled by the chair and minute.) 1731, NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ranking minority member of the Committee Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, there was a PROTECTION ADVANCEMENT ACT on Homeland Security. After general debate story in today’s Washington Post about OF 2015 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the the Salk vaccine being approved for Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- amendment in the nature of a substitute rec- usage in this country 50 years ago, on er, by direction of the Committee on ommended by the Committee on Homeland April 12, 1955. There was a picture of a Rules, I call up House Resolution 212 Security now printed in the bill, it shall be second-grade student getting a shot as and ask for its immediate consider- in order to consider as an original bill for the a test case in 1954. It brought back ation. purpose of amendment under the five-minute memories to me that I wanted to relate The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- rule an amendment in the nature of a sub- here. lows: stitute consisting of the text of Rules Com- My father was a physician. In 1954, he mittee Print 114-12. That amendment in the H. RES. 212 nature of a substitute shall be considered as gave shots to second-grade children as Resolved, That at any time after adoption read. All points of order against that amend- part of the testing of the Salk vaccine. of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant ment in the nature of a substitute are I had a brother in the second grade. My to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the waived. No amendment to that amendment father gave him the shot that he gave House resolved into the Committee of the in the nature of a substitute shall be in order all other second-graders. Whole House on the state of the Union for except those printed in part B of the report I was in kindergarten. My father’s consideration of the bill (H.R. 1560) to im- of the Committee on Rules accompanying mission was not to give shots beyond prove cybersecurity in the United States this resolution. Each such amendment may the second grade. So while the vaccine through enhanced sharing of information be offered only in the order printed in the re- about cybersecurity threats, and for other port, may be offered only by a Member des- was in my home, he thought about giv- purposes. The first reading of the bill shall ignated in the report, shall be considered as ing it to me but didn’t. be dispensed with. All points of order against read, shall be debatable for the time speci- In the spring of 1954, I came down consideration of the bill are waived. General fied in the report equally divided and con- with polio. My father never forgave debate shall be confined to the bill and shall trolled by the proponent and an opponent,

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Let the attention be on North to the House with such amendments as may deep understanding of the dangers that Korea. Let it be on Iran. Let it be on have been adopted. Any Member may de- cyber attacks pose every day. the countless enemies of the United mand a separate vote in the House on any If both bills are adopted, this rule States who want to destroy this Na- amendment adopted in the Committee of the combines the bills and sends them to tion. For today, we speak with a united Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the the Senate as a package in an effort to voice that they will fail. nature of a substitute made in order as origi- work with the other Chamber, go to We declare with one voice that Amer- nal text. The previous question shall be con- ican companies have the right to pro- sidered as ordered on the bill and amend- conference, and to produce a product ments thereto to final passage without inter- that will be signed into law. This is a tect their own, to protect and defend vening motion except one motion to recom- fair rule that respects this body, the their own networks, to share technical mit with or without instructions. importance of this issue, and the legis- information with the appropriate agen- SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1560 lative process as a whole. cies on a voluntary basis if they so the Clerk shall— The world has changed greatly since choose. (1) add the text of H.R. 1731, as passed by I thank the Intelligence and Home- the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. this body last discussed cybersecurity. The ‘‘Internet of Things’’ has created land Security Committees and their 1560; staff for their tireless work they have (2) conform the title of H.R. 1560 to reflect unforeseen risks and exposed vulnera- the addition of H.R. 1731, as passed by the bilities and defects in the ability of done to ensure that we can protect our House, to the engrossment; companies to even simply talk to each economy, our infrastructure, and our (3) assign appropriate designations to pro- other without fear of frivolous litiga- private information. I know detractors of the legislation visions within the engrossment; and tion. (4) conform cross-references and provisions Our enemy is adapting, growing bold- may attempt to paint this rule and un- for short titles within the engrossment. er and more sophisticated. North derlying measures in a different light, (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. so let’s allow the facts to speak for Korea, Iran, Russia, and China seek to 1731, as passed by the House, to the engross- themselves. exploit and devastate our economic se- ment of H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731 shall be laid on These bills have three key compo- the table. curity as a nation and our data secu- nents. First, they provide for com- b 1230 rity as individuals through cyber at- pletely voluntary participation by pri- tacks that we cannot adequately an- vate companies in a program with posi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ticipate, respond, or even communicate tleman from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) is tive legal authority. This program al- about. lows three kinds of sharing—private recognized for 1 hour. Foreign governments aren’t the only Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- company to private company, govern- ones who wish to do Americans harm. er, for the purpose of debate only, I ment to private company, and private Terrorists and criminal enterprises yield the customary 30 minutes to the company to government—but this have also recognized that American gentleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), sharing of information is limited only companies are crippled by the ambi- pending which I yield myself such time to cyber threat indicators. guity in our law as it relates to sharing as I may consume. During consider- Second, they require the removal of cyber threat information. ation of this resolution, all time yield- all unrelated personal information. It The cyber attack surface has ex- ed is for the purpose of debate only. is the technical cyber threat informa- panded. Wearables, connected vehicles, tion that is being shared, zeros and GENERAL LEAVE and embedded devices have made it Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- ones. In fact, there is a requirement possible for cyber attacks to literally er, I ask unanimous consent that all that both the government and the pri- be driven into the parking lot or Members have 5 legislative days to re- vate entity remove personally identifi- walked through doors. able information when the information vise and extend their remarks and to The traditional ways of responding to include extraneous materials on H. is shared and also when it is received. cyber threats and recovering from Res. 212, currently under consideration. Third, the legislation expressly pro- them are not sufficient to safeguard The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there hibits the cyber threat indicators from objection to the request of the gen- the data privacy of Americans and the being used for surveillance. tleman from Georgia? economic security of our Nation. The These bills will benefit all Americans There was no objection. scope of these attacks and devastating by helping businesses better protect Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- damages are increasing as rapidly as sensitive information. Attacks against er, I am pleased to bring this rule for- the attackers are themselves. our network often seek to steal Ameri- ward on behalf of the Rules Committee. These bills are not a magic pill. They cans’ personal information. This can It is a rule that respects the legislative will not render inoperable the scores of include credit and debit card informa- process and reflects the responsibility foreign countries and enterprises that tion, medical records, or even Social of Congress to address a critical deficit want to see American exceptionalism Security numbers. in the infrastructure of our Nation. brought to its knees; but they do give Many of the recent attacks that we This rule provides for consideration clear, positive legal authority to Amer- have all read about in the news were of both cybersecurity measures under a ican companies to allow them to pro- specifically aimed at stealing the per- structured amendment process. As a tect their own and to appropriately sonal information of Americans. Cyber result of a thorough and deliberative share cyber threats with other coun- attackers are also increasingly tar- committee hearing yesterday evening, tries and, in certain cases, Federal geting small businesses. In fact, in 2014, there are five amendments to H.R. 1560 agencies. 60 percent of all targeted attacks and 11 amendments to H.R. 1731 that Let me be clear. These are not sur- struck at small- and medium-sized this body will have the opportunity to veillance bills. These are not data col- businesses. debate and ultimately vote for or lection bills. This is not the PATRIOT The underlying legislation will also against. Act or FISA. This body will debate in- help protect American jobs by pro- The bipartisan nature of these bills telligence gathering, collecting, shar- tecting the intellectual property of speaks to the critical need for this leg- ing, and using at some point in the fu- American businesses. It is estimated islation. Both bills passed their respec- ture, but today is not that day. that cyber attacks cost Americans tive committees with bipartisan sup- I know those rightly concerned with roughly 500,000 jobs a year. Foreign port, and I am hopeful this rule will government surveillance, like myself, companies often use cyber attacks to enjoy similar overwhelming support. would like to use this rule for that pur- target the trade secrets of U.S. compa- For each bill, amendments offered by pose and the underlying measures as a nies and then use the information to Democrats exceeded those offered by platform to debate that, but I urge produce their own competing product.

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If we are actually voting on two overlapping dent would allow this information fail to act and pass this rule and the bills that, in several respects, con- sharing to infringe on your civil lib- underlying bills, our Nation and our tradict one another. erties, even though we have utterly personal privacy is more at risk than For instance, the bills have dras- failed to pass a single piece of legisla- ever before. tically different determinations of tion to end the privacy abuses that we Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of what kind of information may be know have occurred under this admin- my time. shared, what purposes the government istration and the prior administration. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the may use the information for, and what The problem with these bills is that gentleman from Georgia for yielding hacking countermeasures companies they go far beyond, and they open up me the customary 30 minutes, and I are allowed to take to protect their additional loopholes and potential yield myself such time as I may con- networks. abuses with regard to privacy abuses, sume. Instead of having a meaningful de- particularly H.R. 1560, the so-called Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to bate on the merits of each bill’s ap- Protecting Cyber Networks Act. Both the rule and the underlying legislation. proach, this body, if this rule passes, bills open up Americans’ private infor- Today, the House is convening to de- would forego that, and we would sim- mation to inappropriate scrutiny by bate a matter that we all agree is crit- ply debate and vote on each bill sepa- the Federal Government. ical for our national security, our eco- rately, and if they both pass, the rule Now, I expect we will hear pro- nomic competitiveness, our prosperity, directs the Clerk to mesh them to- ponents of both bills argue at length and the success of our private sector. gether through something called con- that the protections against sharing The recent cyber attacks on Sony forming amendments. personal information are sufficiently and Anthem are but two prominent ex- Not only would this leave businesses robust. amples of cases in which American to wade their way through two sepa- For instance, under both bills, they businesses or government entities have rate, contradictory regulatory will cite that cyber threat data is come under attack by hackers, among schemes, but it leaves it unclear which scrubbed twice for personal informa- many other instances that haven’t bill’s provisions would actually prevail tion, once by private entities before even been reported. in practice and under which cir- they transmit it to the government I want to recognize the work that the cumstances. It actually would create and once by government entities before House Intelligence and Homeland Secu- more uncertainty in the marketplace, they store the information or share it rity Committees did on these pieces of rather than less. with anybody else. legislation and their attempts to ad- I don’t think anybody could reason- Now, that sounds good, but, unfortu- nately, the devil is in the details, and dress these issues. Unfortunately, in ably call this an open process. We a close reading of the bill shows that spite of their hard work and the work shouldn’t be depriving our constituents there is an enormous loophole in the of those that went into crafting these of an open debate on important issues. information-scrubbing component and two bills, I regret that they fall short The major amendments of this bill that that it fails to offer Americans safe- of their goals and would likely do more would have restored privacy, many of guards for the personal information. harm than good. which I was a cosponsor, are not even Not only do both bills, particularly allowed to be debated on the floor of b 1245 the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, the House, not for 10 minutes, not for 5 Under both bills, any Federal entity raise enormous concerns about inap- minutes, not even for 1 minute. in receipt of cyber data threat informa- propriate sharing of personal informa- My colleagues and I on both sides of tion may store and share personal in- tion and surveillance on Americans’ the aisle are being denied a vote on the formation it receives—unscrubbed in- private lives, but they are built on the very amendments that we feel could formation—if they believe that it is re- premise that many security experts address the concerns we have with the lated to a cybersecurity threat. have warned is fundamentally flawed, cybersecurity legislation and make Now, this standard isn’t too vague, that sharing information with the Fed- sure that we keep American networks considering that information ‘‘related’’ eral Government should be the central safe. to a cybersecurity threat could be in- focus of our efforts to protect Amer- Mr. Speaker, in the 2 years since the terpreted to mean just about anything, ican cyber networks, rather than sim- NSA’s shockingly broad data collection but it is also incredibly broad. It in- ply one aspect to a multipronged strat- program PRISM came to light, we have cludes an implicit assumption that egy to defeat hackers, foreign and do- heard from many of our constituents. Americans’ personal information mestic. The American people want an end to should be shared, unless Federal offi- Now, before I address the substance unwarranted surveillance. They want cials have information that it is not re- of these two bills, I want to discuss Congress to restore desperately needed lated to a cybersecurity threat. In this unusual rule before us and how it accountability and transparency to our many cases, the burden is to show that treats two bills which contradict each Nation’s often out-of-control intel- the personal information is not related other in significant ways. ligence-gathering apparatus. to a cybersecurity threat for it to be Ordinarily, when two committees It is bewildering to many people scrubbed, rather than the other way share jurisdiction over a matter—in that, at the very time the American around. this case, the Homeland Security Com- people have spoken out that we want So, yes, companies and Federal enti- mittee and the Intelligence Com- more safeguards, instead, we are bring- ties are required to scrub the data for mittee—they collaborate. One com- ing forward two bills whose central ob- information that can be used to iden- mittee handles one portion of the bill, jective is to facilitate the flow of more tify a specific person. But the loophole reports it out; the other committee personal information to the Federal then calls on them not to remove any handles the other portion, reports it Government, when we continue to put personally identifiable information un- out, and they work together to bring a off the question of surveillance reform less they can show that it is not re- single piece of legislation to the floor and bringing an end to the NSA’s bulk lated to cybersecurity. Even if there is for Members to debate, amend, and data collection without warrants. an off chance that something at some vote for or against. It is especially disappointing in light point might be pertinent to some kind This is what happened, for example, of the fact that several PATRIOT Act of investigation, it puts Americans’ with the recent SGR repeal legislation, provisions will sunset at the end of personal information—without war- which had components under the juris- next month, giving Congress a crucial rants, without due process, including diction of no less than six different opportunity to reexamine and rein in information about patterns of Internet committees in this body, but was pre- Federal surveillance programs. use, location, content of online com- sented before us as a single bill. By putting off that issue and bring- munications—at great risk. In this case, however, because there ing mass information sharing to the We have seen before that the Federal seems to be some kind of turf war be- floor, Congress is asking the American Government has a poor track record of

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H.R. 1560 permits cyber plagued our Nation’s legal system and I introduced, along with my col- threat data, including Americans’ pri- our privacy rights. leagues on both sides of the aisle, a vate information, that is shared with While the government is required to number of amendments to both bills— the Federal Government to be stored get a warrant if it wants to search one with the gentlewoman from Cali- and used for a raft of unrelated pur- through a person’s physical mail, it is fornia, Representative ZOE LOFGREN, poses, unconstrained by congressional not required to get a warrant to search and one with Representative ZOE LOF- directive, including investigations and through somebody’s old emails, pro- GREN and the gentleman from Michi- potential prosecution of crimes com- vided the emails are older than 6 gan, Representative JUSTIN AMASH—to pletely unrelated to cybersecurity. months. That contradiction and loop- impose a higher standard on Federal Obviously, all of us want law enforce- hole was based on a 1986 law that was entities who are entrusted with this ment agencies to be equipped to pre- written before most people knew what personal information. Our proposal vent and prosecute violent crime, but email was. would simply require the Federal Gov- the inclusion of these matters com- Representative YODER and I sponsor ernment to remove personally identifi- pletely unrelated to cybersecurity a bipartisan bill that has 261 cospon- able information unless it is directly broadens the scope of the measure far sors, and yet when we offered a provi- necessary to identify or mitigate a cy- beyond what it is purported to be: a cy- sion on this bill, we were not given a bersecurity threat—the purported pur- bersecurity bill. In fact, it reduces the chance to vote on it and pass it in spite pose of this bill. focus of our efforts on combating cy- of the grave due process implications These amendments would have im- bersecurity when you open it up to ev- that the underlying legislation has. posed no additional burdens on private erything under the sun. In addition to these privacy and due companies, but they would have given By including a vast array of other process concerns, I am alarmed by the our Nation’s technology companies and reasons the government can invoke to prospect that H.R. 1560 will actually in- the customers who keep them globally store and share personal information, vite attempts by both private and pub- competitive more confidence that pri- the authors of the bill essentially lic entities to deliberately weaken the vate information shared under these transformed the information-sharing integrity of software systems in the bills would not be subjected to inappro- initiative into a broad new surveillance name of cybersecurity. priate mass scrutiny by the govern- program. H.R. 1560, for instance, authorizes ment. Yes. Rather than a cybersecurity companies to deploy countermeasures Sadly, our amendments met the same measure, effectively, these bills are a that are called defensive measures in fate as nearly two dozen others put stalking horse for broad new surveil- the form of hack backs that would oth- forth to add in important privacy safe- lance authority by multiple agencies of erwise be illegal. A countermeasure op- guards. the Federal Government without war- erated on one network should never The potential for abuse of private in- rants, without oversight. cause harm to another that is prohib- formation under H.R. 1560 is even more H.R. 1560 empowers Federal entities ited by the Federal antihacking stat- far-reaching. The Homeland Security to hold onto any information about an ute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse bill at least makes clear that the infor- individual that may be ‘‘related to’’ Act. But that is precisely what can mation companies transmit to DHS any of the many law enforcement pur- happen when a company places should be shared specifically with poses lumped into the bill. That gives malware on its own network, because if other agencies that need it to protect the Federal Government enormous in- that data gets stolen along with other critical infrastructure. But the cir- centive to retain and scrutinize per- valuable data, it can harm or lead to cumstances under which information sonal information, even if it is unre- unauthorized or backdoor access of can be shared under the Intelligence lated to a cybersecurity threat. other proprietary networks or informa- bill—and who it can be shared with— The scope of the use authorizations tion. are fuzzier and broader. also undermines due process protec- The gentleman from Virginia, Rep- Under the approach taken by H.R. tions that exist to protect Americans resentative GERRY CONNOLLY, put for- 1560, every cyber threat indicator against unwarranted search and sei- ward two amendments to address this shared with a civilian agency of the zure. Private information about a per- issue in a very thoughtful manner. Re- Federal Government is immediately son that was transmitted warrantlessly grettably, neither one will be allowed shared with a host of other government to the NSA under a program that was to be debated or receive a vote on the agencies, including the NSA. This in- purportedly designed to combat hack- floor of the House unless we can defeat creases the threat to cybersecurity by ers should not be admissible or used in this rule. having repositories of information rep- court against them on an unrelated of- Furthermore, both bills present the licated across numerous government fense—not related to cybersecurity, risk that Federal entities will use the agencies, creating additional avenues not related to hacking. It would render threat information they receive from for attack by malicious hackers. That all of our due process protections in- private companies to circumvent the means that private sector companies valid simply because of the medium of security protections safeguarding those will not be able to participate in the the information that is used with re- same private companies’ information program and promise their users they gard to these matters in this case: systems, effectively creating their own will not share information with NSA or Internet and cyber-related mediums back doors which could later be ex- other government agencies unless re- and communications through them. ploited by malicious hackers. quired by law. I joined Representatives ZOE LOF- As a matter of routine, our intel- Furthermore, it is true that the GREN, DARRELL ISSA, and BLAKE ligence apparatus already demands Homeland Security bill includes some FARENTHOLD on an amendment to that private companies include defects troubling provisions that allow the make clear that information sharing in their encryption system for the pur- government to use cybersecurity may only be used for the purpose of ported purpose of conducting backdoor threat information for criminal inves- mitigating cybersecurity threats, surveillance. Today’s legislation only tigations unrelated to cybersecurity. again, the purported purpose of this makes it easier for the NSA to find and Fortunately, the Rules Committee bill. If the proponents of this bill are exploit more of these back doors and, made in order an amendment by Rep- serious about combating cybersecurity, therefore, easier—not harder—for resentatives JOHN KATKO, ZOE LOF- why did the Rules Committee deny hackers to find and exploit these very GREN, and ANNA ESHOO that would ad- Members the opportunity to limit the same security weaknesses.

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I thank the and that was done, again, working with making it clear that Federal entities gentleman for yielding. privacy groups and working with those could not use data obtained through in- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support who are concerned with civil liberties, formation sharing to demand that pri- of the rule and also of the underlying at the same time working with those vate entities create new encryption bills, H.R. 1731 and H.R. 1560. who realize how absolutely essential to weaknesses to enable backdoor hack- As was pointed out, I am the only our security passage of this legislation ing. Sadly, once again, her amendment Member of Congress who is on the is and how we have to have this type of will not be heard on the floor of the Homeland Security Committee and the cooperation, this type of sharing, this House, and this bill will encourage and Intelligence Committee; and I was able information sharing, and being done to both take part and also to observe allow additional venues for the illicit with the government and with the pri- closely the extent to which the gen- hacking it purports to combat. vate sector working together to com- tleman from Texas, Chairman MCCAUL, Mr. Speaker, I don’t doubt the inten- bat these enemies which can come at and the gentleman from California, tions and the goals of my colleagues on us from all directions. Again, every Chairman NUNES, worked with Mem- the Intelligence and Homeland Secu- bers on both sides of the aisle, worked second of every day these attacks are rity Committees, but these bills simply with privacy groups, worked with Fed- being attempted and carried out. represent a step backwards rather than eral officials, government officials, and That is the crisis that faces us as a a step forward, present risks on too administration officials to try to make nation. It is not as obvious as a bomb many fronts, from privacy, to due proc- this as bipartisan a bill as possible, to going off in Times Square, and it is not ess, to the threats that they add to the ensure that privacy would be pro- as obvious as a bomb going off at the integrity of the very networks that tected, but also to ensure that every- Boston Marathon, but it is just as crit- these bills are designed to safeguard. thing possible can be done to protect ical. In addition, the bills’ focus on infor- our Nation against cyber intrusions. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mation sharing negates an important Now, every day there are attacks time of the gentleman has expired. conversation about more important upon our infrastructure. The critical Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- mechanisms Congress should be look- infrastructure—mostly in private er, I yield the gentleman an additional ing at to protect cyber systems, mech- hands—is being targeted; and Federal 1 minute. anisms that are not as fraught with networks, databases that are vital to Mr. KING of New York. It is just as risks to our civil liberties and are more our national security, are under as- critical and just as vital, in some ways effective at protecting our networks. sault every second of every day. more so, in that the ultimate result We should be doing more, for instance, Cyberterrorism, whether it is carried could be so devastating to our Nation. to educate businesses and governments out by a nation-state, such as Iran or So, Mr. Speaker, I would ask, again, about basic network security. Russia or China, or carried out by ter- passage of the rule, which I believe is Even here in Congress, we have seen rorist organizations, such as ISIS or al obviously essential, but also passage of evidence of how woefully lacking even Qaeda, is extremely damaging and the underlying bills because, again, our elementary knowledge about cyber threatening to our national security; Congress has been criticized, with some threats is. Helping businesses prevent and it is essential that we, especially validity, for not being able to work to- cyber attacks doesn’t have to mean since so much of our critical infra- gether and for not being able to get that the government vacuums up end- structure is in the hands of the private things done. But to have such a vital, less amounts of personal data about sector, allow for sharing, that we allow controversial issue as this, to have how individual Americans are using companies to share information with both committees who deal with it most the Internet and their personal com- the government, that there is mutual closely, to have them come together, munications. sharing with the government, with the all the effort and work that went into In fact, if we stop allowing the NSA private sector, so that these companies it, to have them come together to come to demand that U.S. businesses delib- can do it without fear of being sued, up with this package of legislation, erately weaken their own networks for without fear of liability—they act in this shows Congress works. It shows we the purpose of government surveil- good faith; they do what has to be take this issue seriously, and it means lance, that, in itself, would be a big done. we are going to go forward in all we step forward to strengthening our na- Every measure that was put in can to combat terrorism in all its tional cybersecurity. there—I know the gentleman from Col- forms. Right now, probably the most Sadly, today’s rule doesn’t even orado disagrees, but every measure is lethal are the cybersecurity attacks allow for a debate or for a vote on the in there to ensure that individual being made on us. most significant concerns surrounding rights will not be violated, that pri- Mr. Speaker, I urge strong support of this legislation and denies Members vacy will not be violated. And again, the rule and the underlying bill. the opportunity to consider changes we have to look at, for instance, if the Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I would just that would address the issues that we gentleman from Colorado is wrong, add that demanding that private com- have raised and improve cybersecurity what this could mean to our country, panies deliberately include defects in under this bill. For these reasons, I how this could devastate—devastate— their own encryption systems for the our infrastructure, devastate our na- hope my colleagues join me in opposing purpose of allowing the NSA to con- tional security, devastate our financial the rule and the underlying legislation. duct backdoor surveillance only in- system. I reserve the balance of my time. So again, this was not something creases the risk of our cybersecurity Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- that was rushed into. And when you networks rather than decreases it, er, again, I want to focus this debate. have both bills passing out of com- which is exactly what the bill does. There are many things my friend from mittee with, as far as I recall, not one Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the Colorado brought up that will be de- dissenting vote—not that everyone was distinguished gentleman from Mis- bated, that are coming up, I think, as in full agreement with the bills. But sissippi (Mr. THOMPSON), the ranking early, frankly, as tomorrow in some the fact is this is probably as close to member of the Committee on Home- committees and will be debated on this a consensus as you can come in the land Security. floor. This is about sharing. This is Halls of Congress on such a critical Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. about information protection. and, in some ways, such a controversial Speaker, I thank the gentleman from And with that, I am pleased to yield issue, to find that type of unanimity on Colorado for yielding the time. 3 minutes to the distinguished gen- the two committees that deal with this Mr. Speaker, though I support H.R. tleman from New York (Mr. KING), who most significantly. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Pro- is a member of both the Homeland Se- tection Advancement Act, as approved curity and the Intelligence Commit- b 1300 by voice vote in my committee, I rise tees. He is the chairman of the Home- H.R. 1731 is the Homeland Security to express my disappointment with the land Subcommittee on Counterterror- Committee bill that allows this infor- rule.

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Mr. Speak- gia (Mr. CARTER), a member of the bersecurity practices.’’ The White er, I yield the gentleman an additional Homeland Security Committee and a House was referring to the language 1 minute. colleague of mine from Georgia. that was inserted at the direction of Mr. ISSA. I thank the gentleman. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. I thank the the Judiciary majority. Mr. Speaker, this bill should man- gentleman. Instead of providing a targeted safe date our knowing more and the govern- Mr. Speaker, national cybersecurity harbor for companies to share timely ment not knowing. It should have en- will be an issue this House will have to cyber threat information, it establishes sured that the government only had constantly address for the foreseeable an unduly complicated legal frame- what it needed. It should have pro- future. To achieve a system that will work that runs the risk of providing li- tected private companies who wanted protect our Nation’s citizens and its in- ability relief to companies that act to exchange appropriate information frastructure, we must create a public- negligently. Moreover, it explicitly im- between each other. It should not have private partnership between Federal munizes companies from not acting on created a vast treasure trove here in agencies and American businesses. This timely cyber information. This lan- Washington or somewhere in the hin- partnership will allow Federal agencies guage runs counter to the fundamental terland where the government now and and American businesses to share goal of the legislation: to get compa- in the future can dig in for any pur- cyber threat information, vulnerabili- nies timely, actionable information to pose—criminal background investiga- ties within our cyber network, and the use to protect their networks. tions or perhaps simply checking to see creation of new systems to protect con- Yet when H.R. 1731 is considered to- if you paid your taxes. The fact is, this sumer information. However, private morrow, Members will not be allowed is a data vault that is not narrowly businesses need to be provided protec- to vote on a single amendment to fix construed, and, therefore, sadly, with- tions and incentives to ensure they are the liability provision that the White out the amendments that were not al- protected from government abuse and House has called ‘‘sweeping’’ and said lowed, I am not in a position to vote private legal proceedings meant to may weaken cybersecurity overall. Re- for this bill. I thank the chairman, and gain access to private security infor- markably, none of the seven amend- I thank Mr. POLIS for his kind remarks mation. ments that were filed to fix it are being also. Mr. Speaker, one of our top priorities allowed. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat with these two bills should be to clear- I would also like to register my dis- the previous question, we will offer an ly acknowledge protections given to appointment that the rule calls for amendment to the rule that will allow companies that engage in penetration H.R. 1731, upon passage, to be attached the House to consider the Department testing and clearly state that company to the Intelligence Committee bill. of Veterans Affairs Cybersecurity Pro- proprietary information is protected From my conversation with Members, I tection Act. from nefarious legal proceedings and know that there is a great deal of sup- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the exempted from Freedom of Information port for authorizing cyber information gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. KIRK- Act requests. It is reasonable to think sharing with the Federal civilian lead, PATRICK) to discuss our proposal. that individuals would actively pursue the Department of Homeland Security. Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I this sort of proprietary information for As such, I would argue that the rule thank my colleague for giving me a the sole purpose of accessing the vul- should have called for H.R. 1560 to be couple of minutes to talk about the im- nerabilities of private cyber networks folded into our bill. portance of protecting our veterans if we do not clearly state that this in- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. At this from cyber attack. formation is protected and exempt point, Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. from those actions. yield 1 minute to the distinguished 1128, the Department of Veterans Af- I believe we should consider these gentleman from California (Mr. ISSA), fairs Cyber Security Protection Act. possibilities and ensure that protec- the chairman of the Judiciary Commit- My bill will protect veterans’ personal tions are provided so our country and tee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intel- and sensitive information from cyber its citizens can fully benefit from these lectual Property, and the Internet. attacks without compromising the laws. Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the VA’s ability to provide the health care, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Will the gentleman. benefits, and services our veterans gentleman yield? Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting the have earned. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. I yield to rule, but not without trepidation. I will This legislation will do primarily the gentleman. be opposing the underlying bill, but not three things. First, it will require the Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I want to without regret. The underlying bill VA to develop an information security thank my colleague from Georgia who could have done what we wanted it to strategic plan that protects current sits on the Homeland Security Com- do. It could have allowed for the ex- veterans’ information and anticipates mittee for his passion and his commit- change of information while protecting future cybersecurity threats. Second, ment to addressing these critical de- individuals’ privacy. It could have lim- it mandates a report on VA actions to fects in the laws governing this vol- ited that information to preventing a hold employees accountable for data untary sharing of cyber threat infor- cyberterrorist attack. But, in fact, breaches. Third, it requires the VA to mation. The legislation before us today amendments that were offered on a bi- propose a reorganization of the VA’s is good policy reflective of the hard partisan basis, a number of them, that information-security infrastructure to work of the committees on which you could have limited this would have, in protect veterans and provide greater sit, Homeland Security and the Intel- fact, allowed us to have the confidence levels of accountability and responsi- ligence Committee, as well as input that this information would be used bility in the VA. from a vast array of stakeholders. It is only for what it was intended. My bill will also require the VA to important to know that the legislation Mr. Speaker, since 9/11, the govern- report employee violations of its policy is supported by every sector of the ment has begun to know more and and report any incidents involving the economy. more about what we are doing, who we compromise of veterans’ personal in- As my friend so eloquently noted, the are, where we live, where we sleep, formation by the VA or from outside legislative process will rightly con- whom we love, whom we do business cyber attacks. tinue after these bills are considered by with, and where we travel. And we have Mr. Speaker, this bill is one common- the full House this week and for years known less and less. Just a few days sense way that we can hold the VA ac- to come as we revisit and reassess the ago, the Ninth Circuit in northern Cali- countable and protect veterans’ private needs of Americans’ privacy and also fornia had to rule that the government and personal information from cyber the laws governing cybersecurity.

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I just want to say personally that I resentative LOFGREN, Representative Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- appreciate all the hard work that you ISSA, and others, but none of those er, I yield myself such time as I may have done on this issue bringing this amendments are allowed to be dis- consume. forward and continuing to work for not cussed or debated under this rule. As we move forward, I think one of only the companies in Georgia but Both the Protecting Cyber Networks the things—and there are many things across this Nation who depend on a Act and the National Cybersecurity that are going to be discussed, and I safe and secure cyber network. Protection Advancement Act fall well encourage all Members to vote for this Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- short of the standard—and in the case rule. As we move into general debate, there will be a lot of discussion that self the balance of my time. of the Protecting Cyber Networks Act talks about what we are moving for- Mr. Speaker, it is ironic that on this can even be counterproductive and falls ward; but, also, I want to bring forward very day, leaders on the Judiciary woefully short. Committee will introduce legislation that we are—as is seemingly not dis- b 1315 designed to reform and rein in the Fed- cussed bringing forth, there are amend- eral Government’s surveillance pro- These pieces of legislation would en- ments being brought forth on both of grams. I haven’t had the opportunity able Federal agencies to store and these bills. There also were 20-something amend- to review those bills yet, so I can’t share Americans’ private information, ments in Homeland Security; there was speak to their merits. But I hope that such as Internet usage patterns, even also an amendment in Intelligence. if it is a strong bill, it will make its the content of online communications, These are vetted bills. This is a proper way through both Chambers and be- based on a vague or broad standard role with what we are doing in Con- come law. that doing so is not unrelated to a cy- gress in bringing these to the floor. But, today, this body is considering a bersecurity threat. Again, not affirmatively, they don’t Are there times that someone may rule that would take us in the wrong want others? Yes; but, at this point, we have to prove that it is related to a cy- direction. Recent history has shown are going to have that debate here on bersecurity threat; the burden of proof that this body shares the American the floor. That is why voting for this is to show that it is not unrelated to a people’s concerns that we don’t take rule and moving this forward is the cybersecurity threat. How can you de- the threat of unwarranted surveillance proper thing to do. seriously enough and that Congress monstrably show that about anything? Before we also move back from this, needs to pass meaningful reforms that It would make it easier for govern- I want to talk about this need and why balance our liberties, our freedoms, and ment agencies to deliberately weaken we are here even to start with. Most our privacy with the need to keep software systems for the purpose of Americans recognize and understand America safe. creating new surveillance back doors that the growing attacks against our Senate Majority Leader MITCH that foreign nation-states and hackers cyber networks and critical infrastruc- MCCONNELL introduced legislation yes- can presumably also exploit. ture and our laws fail to provide proper terday that would extend the NSA’s It would leave the door wide open to legal authority for information regard- surveillance program without any of more NSA surveillance by allowing the ing cyber threats to be shared. the reforms that many of us on both sharing of personal information for a In fact, when I am back home in the sides of the aisle have advocated to raft of purposes unrelated to cyberse- Ninth District of Georgia discussing rein them in. This is despite the na- curity. We can do better. this, most people don’t realize there is tional outcry and, indeed, inter- By rejecting this rule, Members of this barrier, and especially everything national embarrassment that has been Congress will show that, yes, we take that is going on, they don’t understand counterproductive to the very Amer- cybersecurity seriously, so seriously why some of these impediments were ican security goals that these provi- that we want to take the time to get it put into place that keeps companies sions are designed to advance. right. Whether that takes another from protecting their own, but also This makes me fear that Congress is week or 2 weeks or 3 weeks, getting it protecting their own personal informa- not learning from the mistakes of the right means allowing Members of this tion. past, mistakes of overly broad surveil- body input into the formulation of the One of the things that is missing in lance authorities, but instead is about final bill meaningfully through the this debate is the discussion of what to repeat them. So before we approve kinds of amendments that have been has actually happened and the personal faster, broader, and easier sharing of rejected outright under this rule with- information that is shared by these vast amounts of personal information out discussion, without debate, with- hackers who are getting into our sys- from innocent Americans with the Fed- out a vote. tem. eral Government, Congress should be Unfortunately, the rule before us Some of the latest attacks per- taking up legislation to prove that we today denies us the ability to consider petrated by North Korea and other have the ability to curb abuse and the amendments that would have addressed criminal enterprises on Sony Pictures Federal Government’s penchant for many of the concerns with the bill. and health insurance providers Anthem abusing its access to this kind of data. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- and Blue Cross Blue Shield speak to So far Congress has not shown its ap- sent to insert the text of the amend- the type of attacks that occur on a titude for preventing this kind of ment in the RECORD, along with extra- daily basis that target the backbone of abuse. Yet today we ask the American neous material, immediately prior to American business and the privacy of people to trust us, to trust the Presi- the vote on the previous question. America’s most sensitive data. dent, yet again, by opening up even The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there As we look to constrain this, as we more information to the NSA and objection to the request of the gen- look to put in proper safeguards, we other surveillance agencies. tleman from Colorado? have to realize that doing nothing ex- Our experience with the NSA has There was no objection. poses more and more of our American shown us that to protect American Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I urge my citizens to personal information being civil liberties from an overzealous sur- colleagues on both sides of the aisle to shared. If we don’t believe it, just read veillance apparatus, the authorities to vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous ques- the headlines from Sony, Anthem, and review and share Americans’ personal tion. these others that have come out re- information need to be construed as I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this bizarre cently. narrowly, as unambiguously, and as rule that combines two, at times, con- According to the Department of specifically as possible by the United tradictory bills and rejects bipartisan Homeland Security, in 2014 alone, they

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Although we with a report from the Government Account- and does not reflect the full scope of may have some differences, our unity ability Office that their privacy and civil lib- the attacks on our Nation. should be clear against the cyber at- erties are not being compromised by the pro- When we look at this and we talk tacks and our resolve to prevent them grams established by this bill. about the personal information, the and show their success is strong. Other Jackson Lee Amendments to H.R. FBI Director James Comey said: This rule provides for ample debate 1731 will include an assurance that DHS’s re- There are two kinds of big companies in on the floor, the opportunity to debate mains current on innovations: 1. on data secu- the United States. There are those who have and to vote on 16 amendments, and a rity that can improve privacy and civil liberties been hacked . . . and those who don’t know smooth and deliberative process for protections; 2. in industrial control systems to they have been hacked. sending one bill to the Senate. These keep pace with industry adoption of new tech- A recent survey by the Ponemon In- bills will help protect American con- nologies; and industry best practices; and 3. stitute showed an average cost of a sumers, jobs, and small businesses. that can aid DHS in aligning federally funded cyber crime for U.S. retail stores more Allowing companies, again, to volun- cybersecurity research and development with than doubled from 2013 to an annual tarily share cyber threat indicators private sector efforts to protect privacy and average of 8.6 million per company in with other companies and government civil liberties. 2014. agencies will help bring awareness to These amendments will make sure that The annual average cost for a com- new threats and vulnerabilities. technology and equipment purchased with tax- pany of a successful cyber attack in If businesses can learn about a new payer dollars provided to ensure cybersecurity 2014 increased to 20.8 million in finan- threat from another business or from will remain current and focused on real-world cial services, 14.5 million in the tech- the government before they are tar- applications that reflect constitutional values nology sector, and 12.7 million in the geted themselves, they can better act and how businesses and industry function. communications industry. to protect their customers’ personal in- An important building block for improving The scope of many attacks are not formation from a similar attack. the Nation’s cybersecurity is ensuring that pri- fully known. For example, in July of I would like to thank Intel, Home- vate entities can collaborate to share timely 2014, the U.S. Computer Emergency land Security, Judiciary, and Rules cyber threat information with each other and Readiness Team issued an advisory Committee members and staff for the the Federal Government. that more than 1,000 U.S. businesses thoughtful and involved processes that The Administration is expressing concerns have been affected by the Backoff have brought us to this point. with H.R. 1560’s broad liability protections of- malware, which targets point-of-sale I urge my colleagues to support the fered to companies that sharing information systems used by most retail industries. rule and these two cybersecurity bills. with federal government programs established These attacks targeted administrative Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to under this bill. Appropriate liability protections should be and customer data and, in many cases, speak on the Rule governing debate on H.R. established that incentivize good cybersecurity financial data. Most companies en- 1731 and H.R. 1560. practices and would not grant immunity to a counter multiple cyber attacks every I support the Rule for H.R. 1731 and H.R. private company for failing to act on informa- day, many unknown to the public and 1569 because it: 1. provides for consideration tion it receives about the security of its net- many unknown to the companies them- of important improvements to both bills; 2. works. makes clear the role of the Department of selves even. The important component of cybersecurity is Again, as we look back over the at- Homeland Security in securing civil govern- that computer network owners and managers tacks of just the past year, Target an- ment networks; and 3. the responsibilities of will act to improve cyber defense of their sys- nounced an additional 70 million indi- DHS in assist private sector entities in improv- tems when provided with information that vidual contact information was taken ing overall cybersecurity for themselves and vulnerabilities in their computer networks exist. during the December 2013 breach in their customers. Legislation should not provide incentives for which 40 million customers’ credit and The bipartisan process that the Homeland companies not to act when presented with evi- debit information was stolen. Security Committee followed through the lead- dence of network cyber security vulnerabilities. Between May 2013 and January 2014, ership of Chairman MCCAUL and Ranking Electronic data breaches involving Sony, the payment cards of 2.6 million Mi- Member THOMPSON is an example of what can Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, chaels customers were affected. be accomplished when partisanship is re- JPMorgan Chase, and Athem are only a few Attackers targeted the Michaels POS moved from the policymaking equation. of the cyber incidents that have plagued pri- system to gain access to their systems. I would also like to thank Chairman SES- vate sector networks. The email service Yahoo! Mail was SIONS and Ranking Member SLAUGHTER as These data breaches also are a reminder reportedly hacked in for 273 million well as members of the Rules Committee for that the Internet is not yet what it must be- users, although the specific number of making 4 of my amendments in order. come to continue to meet the remote commu- accounts affected was not released. I join my colleagues in the work to secure nication needs of a global marketplace. For 2 weeks, AT&T was hacked from our nation’s cybersecurity, while preserving As with other threats this nation has faced the inside by personnel who accessed the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens. in the past and overcome we must create the user information, including Social Se- The road to today began in 2011, when resources and the institutional responses to curity information. President Obama took several steps to move protect our nation while preserving our lib- Foreign nationals from China have the issue of cybersecurity to the forefront by: erties and freedoms. been indicted for computer hacking 1. releasing a cybersecurity legislative pro- We cannot accomplish the task of better cy- and economic espionage. We have seen posal; 2. calling on Congress to take urgent bersecurity without the cooperation and full these attacks all over the board. action to give the private sector and govern- support of citizens; the private sector; local Looking at this, the real issue that ment the tools needed to combat cyber threats state and federal government; computing re- comes to mind is if we sit back and are at home and abroad; and 3. issuing the Inter- search community; and academia. not productive and not proactive as the national Strategy for Cyberspace to make This level of cooperation requires the trust Intelligence Committee and the Home- clear to nations abroad that the United States and confidence of the American people that land Security Committee have been was firmly committed to improving cybersecu- the actions taken by government to combat here, we are putting in danger more rity and combating cyber terrorism. cyber threats will not threaten our way of life personal information being exposed in I will be offering several amendments as the nor our hard fought Constitutional rights. ways that no American needs to have two bills are considered. H.R. 1731 makes clear that the Department their personal information exposed and The Jackson Lee amendments are simple of Homeland Security will be the federal gov- are being targeted in the process. and will improve the privacy protections al- ernment agency responsible for securing civil- This is good legislation that needs to ready in the bills and allow the Department of ian government networks and supporting vol- stay on the floor, and that is why we Homeland Security to become a better partner untary efforts by private sector companies and are here today to support this rule and with the private sector in its work to improve institutions to improve coordination and re- to look forward to that debate that has domestic cybersecurity. sponse to cyber security threats.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.024 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 The issues regarding liability protection re- pany H. Res. 212, the special rule governing vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] lated to cybersecurity must be addressed in consideration of H.R. 1731, does not reflect a has no substantive legislative or policy im- plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what order for H.R. 1560 and H.R. 1731 to have request by Mr. MULVANEY of South Carolina to they have always said. Listen to the Repub- any chance of succeeding. add Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi as a cospon- It is my understanding that Chairman lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative sor of his amendment, number 8 printed in Process in the United States House of Rep- MCCAUL and Ranking Member THOMPSON part B of the report. resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s have reached agreement on language that ad- The material previously referred to how the Republicans describe the previous dresses concerns that have been raised re- by Mr. POLIS is as follows: question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- garding liability. AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 212 OFFERED BY though it is generally not possible to amend There are talented and resourceful people MR. POLIS OF COLORADO the rule because the majority Member con- outside and inside of government who can in- At the end of the resolution, add the fol- trolling the time will not yield for the pur- form Congress on approaches to information lowing new sections: pose of offering an amendment, the same re- sharing that will yield the desired results with- SEC. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- out compromising privacy or civil liberties. resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to vious question on the rule. . . . When the Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House motion for the previous question is defeated, control of the time passes to the Member position to the Rule for H.R. 1560 and H.R. resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider- who led the opposition to ordering the pre- 1731. Members from both parties have a vious question. That Member, because he shared goal of bolstering cybersecurity and ation of the bill (H.R. 1128) to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain im- then controls the time, may offer an amend- improving the quality of information that the provements in the information security of ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of private sector receives about timely cyber the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for amendment.’’ threats so that they can protect their systems. other purposes. General debate shall be con- In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House I am greatly disappointed that the Rules Com- fined to the bill and shall not exceed one of Representatives, the subchapter titled mittee failed to make in order any of the sev- hour equally divided and controlled by the ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal eral amendments submitted by both Demo- chair and ranking minority member of the to order the previous question on such a rule crats and Republicans to refine what the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. After gen- [a special rule reported from the Committee on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- White House has called ‘‘sweeping’’ liability eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. All ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- protections, as they appear in both cyber infor- points of order against provisions in the bill tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- mation sharing bills to be considered this are waived. At the conclusion of consider- jection of the motion for the previous ques- week. ation of the bill for amendment the Com- tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Extending liability protection to a company mittee shall rise and report the bill to the mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- that ‘‘fails to act’’ on timely threat information House with such amendments as may have ber leading the opposition to the previous could encourage companies to simply do noth- been adopted. The previous question shall be question, who may offer a proper amendment ing despite receiving information critical to the considered as ordered on the bill and amend- or motion and who controls the time for de- security of its systems. Appropriate liability ments thereto to final passage without inter- bate thereon.’’ protection does not grant immunity to compa- vening motion except one motion to recom- Clearly, the vote on the previous question on a rule does have substantive policy impli- nies for failing to act on such cybersecurity mit with or without instructions. If the Committee of the Whole rises and reports cations. It is one of the only available tools threat information, but rather incentivizes that it has come to no resolution on the bill, for those who oppose the Republican major- sound cybersecurity practices. The provision then on the next legislative day the House ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- also effectively preempts state laws—including shall, immediately after the third daily native views the opportunity to offer an al- those in California, Massachusetts, and Mary- order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, ternative plan. land—that hold businesses liable for failing to resolve into the Committee of the Whole for Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- maintain reasonable security of their systems, further consideration of the bill. er, I yield back the balance of my time, thereby undermining important protections for SEC. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the consideration of H.R. 1128. and I move the previous question on consumers and their sensitive data. the resolution. Instead, my Democratic colleagues on the THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Homeland Security Committee and I support IT REALLY MEANS MARCHANT). The question is on order- President Obama’s straightforward, tailored This vote, the vote on whether to order the ing the previous question. approach to addressing what some in industry previous question on a special rule, is not The question was taken; and the have identified as a major barrier to the shar- merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- ing of cyber threat information—the risk that Speaker pro tempore announced that dering the previous question is a vote the ayes appeared to have it. sharing such information would expose com- against the Republican majority agenda and panies to legal liability. Unfortunately, the li- a vote to allow the Democratic minority to Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I ability protection provision included in the bill offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about demand the yeas and nays. puts in place an unduly complicated structure what the House should be debating. The yeas and nays were ordered. that runs the risk of providing liability relief to Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- companies that fail to act on timely cyber in- ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair scribes the vote on the previous question on will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum formation. I submitted two amendments to ad- the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the dress the liability protection problems that consideration of the subject before the House time for any electronic vote on the exist in both information sharing bills to be being made by the Member in charge.’’ To question of adoption of the resolution. considered this week. The first would have defeat the previous question is to give the The vote was taken by electronic de- struck the provision immunizing companies opposition a chance to decide the subject be- vice, and there were—yeas 237, nays that fail to act on timely threat information and fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s 179, not voting 15, as follows: ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that clarified that the Act has no impact on a duty [Roll No. 163] to act on shared cybersecurity threat informa- ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- mand for the previous question passes the YEAS—237 tion. The second would have removed all po- control of the resolution to the opposition’’ Abraham Brat Collins (NY) tential liability exemptions for willful mis- in order to offer an amendment. On March Aderholt Bridenstine Comstock conduct by government actors. 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Allen Brooks (AL) Conaway These provisions would have improved both fered a rule resolution. The House defeated Amash Brooks (IN) Cook bills greatly, and at a minimum they deserved the previous question and a member of the Amodei Buchanan Costello (PA) Babin Buck Cramer to be debated on the House floor today. The opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Barletta Bucshon Crawford effectiveness of information sharing legislation asking who was entitled to recognition. Barr Burgess Crenshaw and efforts to improve the security of compa- Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: Barton Byrne Culberson ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Benishek Calvert Davis, Rodney nies’ systems depends on getting liability pro- Bilirakis Carter (GA) Denham tection right. I look forward to continuing the the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Bishop (MI) Carter (TX) Dent discussion on liability protection with Members yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Bishop (UT) Chabot DeSantis from both sides of the aisle as the bill moves Black Chaffetz Diaz-Balart the first recognition.’’ Blackburn Clawson (FL) Dold forward. The Republican majority may say ‘‘the Blum Coffman Duffy Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, vote on the previous question is simply a Bost Cole Duncan (SC) House Report 114–88, the report to accom- vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Boustany Collins (GA) Duncan (TN)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.004 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2377 Ellmers (NC) LaMalfa Rokita Lofgren Pelosi Sherman Graves (LA) McClintock Russell Emmer (MN) Lamborn Rooney (FL) Lowenthal Perlmutter Sinema Griffith McHenry Ryan (WI) Farenthold Lance Ros-Lehtinen Lowey Peters Sires Grothman McKinley Salmon Fincher Latta Roskam Lujan Grisham Peterson Slaughter Guinta McMorris Sanford Fitzpatrick LoBiondo Ross (NM) Pingree Speier Guthrie Rodgers Scalise Fleischmann Long Rothfus Luja´ n, Ben Ray Pocan Swalwell (CA) Hanna McSally Schweikert Fleming Loudermilk Rouzer (NM) Polis Takai Hardy Meadows Scott, Austin Flores Love Royce Lynch Price (NC) Takano Harper Meehan Sensenbrenner Forbes Lucas Russell Maloney, Quigley Thompson (CA) Harris Messer Sessions Fortenberry Luetkemeyer Ryan (WI) Carolyn Rangel Thompson (MS) Hartzler Mica Shimkus Maloney, Sean Rice (NY) Foxx Lummis Salmon Titus Heck (NV) Miller (FL) Shuster Matsui Richmond Franks (AZ) MacArthur Sanford Tonko Hensarling Miller (MI) Simpson Frelinghuysen Marchant McCollum Roybal-Allard Herrera Beutler Moolenaar Scalise Torres Sinema Garrett Marino McDermott Ruiz Hice, Jody B. Mooney (WV) Schweikert Tsongas Smith (MO) Gibbs Massie McGovern Ruppersberger Hill Mullin Smith (NE) Scott, Austin McNerney Rush Van Hollen Gibson McCarthy Holding Mulvaney Smith (NJ) Sensenbrenner Meeks Ryan (OH) Vargas Gohmert McCaul Hudson Murphy (PA) Smith (TX) Goodlatte McClintock Sessions Meng Sa´ nchez, Linda Veasey Huizenga (MI) Neugebauer Stefanik Gosar McHenry Shimkus Moore T. Vela Hultgren Newhouse Stewart Gowdy McKinley Shuster Moulton Sanchez, Loretta Vela´ zquez Hunter Noem Stivers Granger McMorris Simpson Nadler Sarbanes Visclosky Hurd (TX) Nugent Stutzman Graves (GA) Rodgers Smith (MO) Napolitano Schakowsky Walz Hurt (VA) Nunes Thompson (PA) Graves (LA) McSally Smith (NE) Nolan Schiff Waters, Maxine Issa Palazzo Griffith Meadows Smith (NJ) Norcross Scott (VA) Watson Coleman Jenkins (KS) Palmer Thornberry Grothman Meehan Smith (TX) O’Rourke Scott, David Welch Jenkins (WV) Paulsen Tiberi Guinta Messer Stefanik Pallone Serrano Wilson (FL) Johnson (OH) Pearce Tipton Guthrie Mica Stewart Pascrell Sewell (AL) Yarmuth Johnson, Sam Perry Trott Hanna Miller (FL) Stivers Jolly Pittenger Turner Upton Hardy Miller (MI) Stutzman NOT VOTING—15 Jordan Pitts Valadao Harper Moolenaar Thompson (PA) Brady (TX) Hastings Schrader Joyce Poe (TX) Wagner Harris Mooney (WV) Thornberry Costa Murphy (FL) Smith (WA) Katko Poliquin Walberg Hartzler Mullin Tiberi Curbelo (FL) Neal Wasserman Kelly (PA) Pompeo Walden Heck (NV) Mulvaney Tipton DesJarlais Olson Schultz King (IA) Posey Walker Hensarling Murphy (PA) Trott Deutch Payne King (NY) Price, Tom Walorski Herrera Beutler Neugebauer Turner Graves (MO) Poe (TX) Kinzinger (IL) Ratcliffe Walters, Mimi Hice, Jody B. Newhouse Upton Kline Reed Weber (TX) Hill Noem Valadao Knight Reichert b 1349 Webster (FL) Holding Nugent Wagner Labrador Renacci Wenstrup Hudson Nunes Walberg Messrs. CLEAVER and GENE GREEN LaMalfa Ribble Westerman Huelskamp Palazzo Walden of Texas changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ Lamborn Rice (SC) Huizenga (MI) Palmer Lance Westmoreland Walker Rigell Hultgren Paulsen to ‘‘nay.’’ Latta Roby Whitfield Walorski Hunter Pearce LoBiondo Roe (TN) Williams Walters, Mimi Messrs. NEUGEBAUER, HUDSON, Hurd (TX) Perry Long Rogers (AL) Wilson (SC) Weber (TX) and STIVERS changed their vote from Hurt (VA) Pittenger Loudermilk Rogers (KY) Wittman Webster (FL) Issa Pitts ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Love Rohrabacher Womack Wenstrup Jenkins (KS) Poliquin So the previous question was ordered. Lucas Rokita Woodall Jenkins (WV) Pompeo Westerman Luetkemeyer Rooney (FL) Yoder Westmoreland The result of the vote was announced Johnson (OH) Posey as above recorded. Lummis Ros-Lehtinen Yoho Johnson, Sam Price, Tom Whitfield MacArthur Roskam Young (AK) Jolly Ratcliffe Williams Stated against: Marchant Ross Young (IA) Jones Reed Wilson (SC) Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Marino Rothfus Young (IN) Wittman Jordan Reichert 163, had I been present, I would have voted McCarthy Rouzer Zeldin Joyce Renacci Womack McCaul Royce Zinke Katko Ribble Woodall ‘‘no.’’ Kelly (PA) Rice (SC) Yoder The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NOES—182 King (IA) Rigell Yoho question is on the resolution. Adams DeFazio Johnson, E. B. King (NY) Roby Young (AK) The question was taken; and the Kinzinger (IL) Roe (TN) Young (IA) Aguilar DeGette Jones Kline Rogers (AL) Young (IN) Speaker pro tempore announced that Amash Delaney Kaptur Knight Rogers (KY) Zeldin the ayes appeared to have it. Bass DeLauro Keating Labrador Rohrabacher Zinke Beatty DelBene Kelly (IL) RECORDED VOTE Becerra DeSaulnier Kennedy NAYS—179 Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Bera Deutch Kildee Beyer Dingell Kilmer Adams Conyers Green, Gene recorded vote. Bishop (GA) Doggett Kind Aguilar Cooper Grijalva A recorded vote was ordered. Blumenauer Doyle, Michael Kirkpatrick Ashford Courtney Gutie´rrez The vote was taken by electronic de- Bonamici F. Kuster Bass Crowley Hahn vice, and there were—ayes 238, noes 182, Boyle, Brendan Edwards Langevin Beatty Cuellar Heck (WA) F. Ellison Larsen (WA) Becerra Cummings Higgins not voting 11, as follows: Brady (PA) Engel Larson (CT) Bera Davis (CA) Himes [Roll No. 164] Brown (FL) Eshoo Lawrence Beyer Davis, Danny Hinojosa Brownley (CA) Esty Lee Bishop (GA) DeFazio Honda AYES—238 Bustos Farr Levin Blumenauer DeGette Hoyer Abraham Byrne Duckworth Butterfield Fattah Lewis Bonamici Delaney Huffman Aderholt Calvert Duffy Capps Foster Lieu, Ted Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Israel Allen Carter (GA) Duncan (SC) Capuano Frankel (FL) Lipinski F. DelBene Jackson Lee Amodei Carter (TX) Duncan (TN) Ca´ rdenas Fudge Loebsack Brady (PA) DeSaulnier Jeffries Ashford Chabot Ellmers (NC) Carney Gabbard Lofgren Brown (FL) Dingell Johnson (GA) Babin Chaffetz Emmer (MN) Carson (IN) Gallego Lowenthal Brownley (CA) Doggett Johnson, E. B. Barletta Clawson (FL) Farenthold Cartwright Garamendi Lowey Bustos Doyle, Michael Kaptur Barr Coffman Fincher Castor (FL) Graham Lujan Grisham Butterfield F. Keating Barton Cole Fitzpatrick Castro (TX) Grayson (NM) Capps Duckworth Kelly (IL) Benishek Collins (GA) Fleischmann Chu, Judy Green, Al Luja´ n, Ben Ray Capuano Edwards Kennedy Bilirakis Collins (NY) Fleming Cicilline Green, Gene (NM) Ca´ rdenas Ellison Kildee Bishop (MI) Comstock Flores Clark (MA) Grijalva Lynch Carney Engel Kilmer Bishop (UT) Conaway Forbes Clarke (NY) Gutie´rrez Maloney, Carson (IN) Eshoo Kind Black Cook Fortenberry Clay Hahn Carolyn Cartwright Esty Kirkpatrick Blackburn Costa Foxx Cleaver Heck (WA) Maloney, Sean Castor (FL) Farr Kuster Blum Costello (PA) Franks (AZ) Clyburn Higgins Massie Castro (TX) Fattah Langevin Bost Cramer Frelinghuysen Cohen Himes Matsui Chu, Judy Foster Larsen (WA) Boustany Crawford Garrett Connolly Hinojosa McCollum Cicilline Frankel (FL) Larson (CT) Brat Crenshaw Gibbs Conyers Honda McDermott Clark (MA) Fudge Lawrence Bridenstine Culberson Gibson Cooper Hoyer McGovern Clarke (NY) Gabbard Lee Brooks (AL) Davis, Rodney Gohmert Courtney Huelskamp McNerney Clay Gallego Levin Brooks (IN) Denham Goodlatte Crowley Huffman Meeks Cleaver Garamendi Lewis Buchanan Dent Gosar Cuellar Israel Meng Clyburn Graham Lieu, Ted Buck DeSantis Gowdy Cummings Jackson Lee Moore Cohen Grayson Lipinski Bucshon Diaz-Balart Granger Davis (CA) Jeffries Moulton Connolly Green, Al Loebsack Burgess Dold Graves (GA) Davis, Danny Johnson (GA) Nadler

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.005 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 Napolitano Ruppersberger Takano by the gentlewoman from New Hamp- Reed Scott (VA) Tonko Nolan Rush Thompson (CA) Renacci Scott, David Torres shire (Ms. KUSTER) had been disposed Norcross Ryan (OH) Thompson (MS) Ribble Sensenbrenner Tsongas O’Rourke Sa´ nchez, Linda Titus of. Rice (NY) Serrano Upton Pallone T. Tonko AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. KUSTER Richmond Sewell (AL) Van Hollen Pascrell Sanchez, Loretta Rigell Sherman Torres The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Vargas Pelosi Sarbanes Tsongas Rohrabacher Simpson Veasey Perlmutter Schakowsky Van Hollen clause 6 of rule XVIII, the unfinished Ros-Lehtinen Sinema Vela Peters Schiff Roybal-Allard Sires Vargas business is the demand for a recorded Vela´ zquez Peterson Schrader Royce Slaughter Veasey Visclosky Pingree Scott (VA) vote on amendment No. 1 printed in Ruiz Smith (NJ) Vela Pocan Scott, David part D of House Report 114–74 offered Ruppersberger Speier Walden ´ Polis Serrano Velazquez by the gentlewoman from New Hamp- Rush Stefanik Walters, Mimi Price (NC) Sewell (AL) Visclosky Ryan (OH) Stivers Walz shire (Ms. KUSTER) on which further Quigley Sherman Walz Sa´ nchez, Linda Swalwell (CA) Waters, Maxine Rangel Sires Waters, Maxine proceedings were postponed and on T. Takai Watson Coleman Rice (NY) Slaughter Watson Coleman which the noes prevailed by voice vote. Sanchez, Loretta Takano Webster (FL) Richmond Speier Welch The Clerk will redesignate the Sanford Thompson (CA) Welch Roybal-Allard Swalwell (CA) Wilson (FL) Sarbanes Thompson (MS) Wilson (FL) Ruiz Takai Yarmuth amendment. Schakowsky Thompson (PA) Yarmuth The Clerk redesignated the amend- Schiff Tiberi Yoder NOT VOTING—11 ment. Schrader Titus Brady (TX) Hastings Payne Curbelo (FL) Murphy (FL) Smith (WA) RECORDED VOTE NOES—173 DesJarlais Neal Wasserman The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Abraham Hardy Peterson Graves (MO) Olson Schultz has been demanded. Allen Harper Pittenger Amash Harris Pitts b 1356 A recorded vote was ordered. Amodei Hartzler Poe (TX) So the resolution was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2- Babin Heck (NV) Poliquin minute vote. Barr Hensarling Pompeo The result of the vote was announced Bishop (MI) Hice, Jody B. Price, Tom as above recorded. The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (UT) Hill Ratcliffe A motion to reconsider was laid on vice, and there were—ayes 244, noes 173, Black Holding Reichert not voting 14, as follows: Blackburn Hudson Rice (SC) the table. Blum Huelskamp Roby [Roll No. 165] f Bost Huizenga (MI) Roe (TN) AYES—244 Boustany Hultgren Rogers (AL) MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Brat Hunter Rogers (KY) Adams Deutch Kilmer Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Rokita Aguilar Diaz-Balart Kind A message from the Senate by Ms. Brooks (AL) Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) Ashford Dingell Kirkpatrick Curtis, one of its clerks, announced Buck Jenkins (WV) Roskam Barletta Doggett Kuster Bucshon Johnson (OH) Ross that the Senate has passed bills of the Barton Dold Lance Burgess Johnson, Sam Rouzer Bass Doyle, Michael Langevin following titles in which the concur- Byrne Jordan Russell Beatty F. Larsen (WA) rence of the House is requested: Carter (GA) King (IA) Ryan (WI) Becerra Duckworth Larson (CT) Carter (TX) King (NY) Salmon S. 971. An act to amend title XVIII of the Benishek Duncan (TN) Latta Chabot Kinzinger (IL) Scalise Social Security Act to provide for an in- Bera Edwards Lawrence Chaffetz Kline Schweikert Beyer Ellison Lee crease in the limit on the length of an agree- Clawson (FL) Knight Scott, Austin Bilirakis Engel Levin ment under the Medicare independence at Coffman Labrador Sessions Bishop (GA) Eshoo Lewis home medical practice demonstration pro- Cole LaMalfa Shimkus Blumenauer Esty Lieu, Ted gram. Collins (GA) Lamborn Shuster Bonamici Farenthold Lipinski Conaway Long Smith (MO) S. 984. An act to amend title XVIII of the Boyle, Brendan Farr LoBiondo Cook Loudermilk Smith (NE) Social Security Act to provide Medicare ben- F. Fattah Loebsack Cramer Love Smith (TX) eficiary access to eye tracking accessories Brady (PA) Fitzpatrick Lofgren Crawford Lucas Stewart Brooks (IN) Fleming Lowenthal for speech generating devices and to remove Crenshaw Luetkemeyer Stutzman Brown (FL) Flores Lowey the rental cap for durable medical equipment Culberson Lummis Thornberry Brownley (CA) Foster Lujan Grisham under the Medicare Program with respect to Denham Marchant Tipton Buchanan Frankel (FL) (NM) speech generating devices. DeSantis Massie Trott Bustos Fudge Luja´ n, Ben Ray Duffy McCarthy Turner f Butterfield Gabbard (NM) Duncan (SC) McCaul Valadao Calvert Gallego Lynch Ellmers (NC) McClintock Wagner BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL Capps Garamendi MacArthur Emmer (MN) McHenry Walberg Capuano Gibson Maloney, PROTECTION ADVISORY BOARDS Fincher McKinley Walker Ca´ rdenas Graham Carolyn ACT Fleischmann McMorris Walorski Carney Graves (GA) Maloney, Sean Forbes Rodgers Weber (TX) Carson (IN) Graves (LA) Marino The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fortenberry Meadows Wenstrup Cartwright Grayson Matsui DENHAM). Pursuant to House Resolu- Foxx Mica Westerman Castor (FL) Green, Al McCollum Franks (AZ) Miller (FL) Westmoreland tion 200 and rule XVIII, the Chair de- Castro (TX) Green, Gene McDermott Frelinghuysen Miller (MI) Whitfield clares the House in the Committee of Chu, Judy Grijalva McNerney Garrett Mooney (WV) Williams Cicilline Gutie´rrez McSally the Whole House on the state of the Gibbs Mullin Wilson (SC) Clark (MA) Hahn Meehan Union for the further consideration of Gohmert Mulvaney Wittman Clarke (NY) Hanna Meeks Goodlatte Murphy (PA) Womack the bill, H.R. 1195. Clay Heck (WA) Meng Gosar Neugebauer Woodall Cleaver Herrera Beutler Messer Will the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Gowdy Newhouse Yoho Clyburn Higgins Moolenaar YODER) kindly take the chair. Granger Noem Young (AK) Cohen Himes Moore Griffith Nunes Young (IA) Collins (NY) Hinojosa Moulton b 1358 Grothman Palazzo Young (IN) Comstock Honda Nadler Guinta Palmer Zeldin IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Connolly Hoyer Napolitano Guthrie Perry Zinke Accordingly, the House resolved Conyers Huffman Nolan Cooper Hurd (TX) Norcross NOT VOTING—14 itself into the Committee of the Whole Costa Israel Nugent Aderholt Hastings Payne House on the state of the Union for the Costello (PA) Issa O’Rourke Brady (TX) McGovern Rothfus Courtney Jackson Lee Pallone further consideration of the bill (H.R. Curbelo (FL) Murphy (FL) Smith (WA) Crowley Jeffries Pascrell 1195) to amend the Consumer Financial DesJarlais Neal Wasserman Cuellar Johnson (GA) Paulsen Graves (MO) Olson Schultz Protection Act of 2010 to establish ad- Cummings Johnson, E. B. Pearce visory boards, and for other purposes, Davis (CA) Jolly Pelosi with Mr. YODER (Acting Chair) in the Davis, Danny Jones Perlmutter b 1405 Davis, Rodney Joyce Peters chair. DeFazio Kaptur Pingree Mr. LATTA changed his vote from The Clerk read the title of the bill. DeGette Katko Pocan ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Delaney Keating Polis So the amendment was agreed to. mittee of the Whole rose on Tuesday, DeLauro Kelly (IL) Posey The result of the vote was announced DelBene Kelly (PA) Price (NC) April 21, 2015, amendment No. 2 printed Dent Kennedy Quigley as above recorded. in part D of House Report 114–74 offered DeSaulnier Kildee Rangel Stated against:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.007 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2379 Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there a seat at the table when new rules are 165 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been objection to the request of the gentle- being written for the financial services present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ woman from New Hampshire? industry. The Acting CHAIR. There being no There was no objection. This amendment is pro-veteran. It further amendments, under the rule, Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I re- supports our military families. And it the Committee rises. serve a point of order. makes sense. Accordingly, the Committee rose; The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point So, I ask all of us, Republicans and and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. of order is reserved. Democrats, to support this amend- MARCHANT) having assumed the chair, The gentlewoman from New Hamp- ment. Send a message to our veterans. Mr. YODER, Acting Chair of the Com- shire is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance mittee of the Whole House on the state Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, this is of my time. of the Union, reported that that Com- the final amendment to the bill, which b 1415 mittee, having had under consideration will not kill the bill or send it back to the bill (H.R. 1195) to amend the Con- committee. If adopted, the bill will im- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I sumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 mediately proceed to final passage as withdraw my reservation of a point of to establish advisory boards, and for amended. order. other purposes, and, pursuant to House Mr. Speaker, I would first like to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- Resolution 200, he reported the bill, as commend Congressman PITTENGER and ervation of the point of order is with- amended by that resolution, back to Congressman HECK for their tireless drawn. the House with sundry further amend- work on this bill. The three of us ar- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I ments adopted in the Committee of the rived in Congress at the same time, claim the time in opposition. Whole. just over 2 years ago, as part of a very The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under large freshman class. tleman from Texas is recognized for 5 the rule, the previous question is or- Republicans and Democrats alike, we minutes. dered. were all sent here by constituents frus- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I Is a separate vote demanded on any trated with the gridlock and partisan- just want the House to, again, focus amendment reported from the Com- ship who want their Representatives to upon what this underlying bill is all mittee of the Whole? If not, the Chair work together to solve problems. about, a most modest and bipartisan will put them en gros. In that spirit, I appreciate the bipar- effort to simply ensure that the CFPB, The amendments were agreed to. perhaps the single most powerful and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tisan work that went into this bill, unaccountable agency in the history of question is on the engrossment and which addresses a noble goal: ensuring the Federal Government, has some peo- third reading of the bill. that the voices of small businesses are The bill was ordered to be engrossed heard by Federal regulators making ple to represent the voices of our and read a third time, and was read the important decisions across our entire small-business people, those that are third time. economy. being so harmed as we are losing a community financial institution a day MOTION TO RECOMMIT I share that goal. Indeed, I have Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I have a worked across the aisle to bring regu- in America, a community financial in- motion to recommit at the desk. lators like the FDA and the SBA to my stitution that helped fund our small The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the district in New Hampshire to ensure mom-and-pop restaurants, our auto- gentlewoman opposed to the bill? that they listen to our small businesses mobile transmission repair shops, a Ms. KUSTER. I am opposed in its and family farmers. farmer, a rancher, all of our small busi- current form. Unfortunately, this bill before us nesses. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The today falls short of what our constitu- All we are asking is that we have Clerk will report the motion to recom- ents expect and deserve, and contains a that council available, and what start- mit. last-minute, partisan amendment to ed out as a bill that came out of our The Clerk read as follows: undermine funding for consumer pro- committee 53–5, unfortunately, yet Ms. Kuster moves to recommit the bill tection. again, there were some of my friends H.R. 1195 to the Committee on Financial Regardless of one’s position on the on the other side of the aisle who were Services with instructions to report the bill, however, I believe we should all for it before they were against it. same back to the House forthwith, with the work together to improve it. Thus, I We will have very substantive de- following amendment: Add at the end the following: offer this amendment to help protect bates on the issues dealing with the SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION veterans and military servicemembers CFPB, but this one is a very modest BY PERSONS EMPLOYED BY COMPA- from unscrupulous business practices. one to have small business council, one NIES ENGAGED IN PREDATORY This bill authorizes several advisory that the Congressional Budget Office PRACTICES RELATED TO boards to ensure that the Consumer Fi- says will not cost trillions, will not SERVICEMEMBERS. No person shall be eligible to be a member nancial Protection Bureau consults cost billions, will not cost millions, but of the Small Business Advisory Board, the with small businesses and community actually a figure we rarely hear around Credit Union Advisory Council, or the Com- financial institutions. here, Mr. Speaker, thousands, on an munity Bank Advisory Council who has, in My amendment is straightforward, annual basis, thousands. the last ten years, been employed by or acted simply stating that no person shall be We should reject the motion to re- as an agent of a company that has been sub- eligible to serve on a CFPB advisory commit. There is no reason to include ject to a State or Federal enforcement ac- board if they or their company has it. Already, veterans’ voices will be tion, including a consent order, settlement or deferred prosecution agreement, for: committed unfair, abusive, or decep- represented, and if there is any group (1) Unfair, abusive, or deceptive acts or tive business practices against vet- that deserves representation in all of practices in relation to the provision of con- erans or military families. the forms of council of government, it sumer credit products to veterans or We can all agree that men and is our men and women who serve this servicemembers. women in uniform should not have Nation honorably in uniform—and our (2) Unfair, abusive, or deceptive acts or their homes foreclosed, their cars re- veterans, already assured. practices in relation to the provision of con- possessed, or their families evicted It is time to get on to the larger busi- sumer credit products within 50 miles of a when they are fighting overseas to pro- ness of the House. I urge all of my col- United States military installation, or that has targeted or harmed veterans, tect our freedom. Likewise, military leagues to oppose the motion to recom- servicemembers, or their families who live families should not be targeted by mit and to approve the underlying bill on or are deployed to such installation. predatory interest rates and other abu- from the gentleman from North Caro- (3) Any violation of the Servicemembers sive lending practices. That is not just lina (Mr. PITTENGER), and let’s get Civil Relief Act. wrong; it is illegal. small business council at the table of Ms. KUSTER (during the reading). My amendment is straightforward. If the CFPB. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent a business violates protections for Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance to dispense with the reading. military families, they should not have of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.012 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Benishek Hensarling Pompeo The yeas and nays were ordered. objection, the previous question is or- Bilirakis Herrera Beutler Posey Bishop (MI) Hice, Jody B. Price, Tom The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a dered on the motion to recommit. Bishop (UT) Hill Ratcliffe 5-minute vote. There was no objection. Black Holding Reed The vote was taken by electronic de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Blackburn Hudson Reichert Blum Huelskamp vice, and there were—yeas 235, nays question is on the motion to recommit. Renacci Bost Huizenga (MI) Ribble 183, not voting 13, as follows: The question was taken; and the Boustany Hultgren Rice (SC) [Roll No. 167] Speaker pro tempore announced that Brat Hunter Rigell Bridenstine Hurd (TX) Roby YEAS—235 the noes appeared to have it. Brooks (AL) Hurt (VA) Roe (TN) Abraham Guthrie Pittenger RECORDED VOTE Brooks (IN) Issa Rogers (AL) Aderholt Hanna Pitts Buchanan Jenkins (KS) Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I demand Rogers (KY) Allen Hardy Poe (TX) Buck Jenkins (WV) Rohrabacher Amodei Harper Poliquin a recorded vote. Bucshon Johnson (OH) Rokita Ashford Harris Pompeo A recorded vote was ordered. Burgess Johnson, Sam Rooney (FL) Babin Hartzler Posey Byrne Jolly The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Ros-Lehtinen Barletta Heck (NV) Price, Tom Calvert Jordan Roskam Barr Hensarling Ratcliffe ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- Carter (GA) Joyce Ross Barton Herrera Beutler minute vote on the motion to recom- Carter (TX) Katko Reed Benishek Hice, Jody B. Chabot Kelly (PA) Rothfus Reichert mit will be followed by a 5-minute vote Bilirakis Hill Chaffetz King (IA) Rouzer Renacci on passage of the bill, if ordered. Bishop (MI) Holding Clawson (FL) King (NY) Royce Ribble Bishop (UT) Hudson The vote was taken by electronic de- Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Russell Rice (SC) Black Huelskamp Cole Kline Ryan (WI) Rigell vice, and there were—ayes 184, noes 234, Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Collins (GA) Knight Salmon Roby not voting 13, as follows: Blum Hultgren Collins (NY) Labrador Sanford Roe (TN) Bost Hunter [Roll No. 166] Comstock LaMalfa Scalise Rogers (AL) Boustany Hurd (TX) Conaway Lamborn Schweikert Rogers (KY) AYES—184 Brat Hurt (VA) Cook Lance Scott, Austin Rohrabacher Adams Foster Bridenstine Issa Moulton Costello (PA) Latta Sensenbrenner Rokita Aguilar Frankel (FL) Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Nadler Cramer LoBiondo Sessions Rooney (FL) Ashford Fudge Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Napolitano Crawford Long Shimkus Ros-Lehtinen Bass Gabbard Bucshon Johnson (OH) Nolan Crenshaw Loudermilk Shuster Roskam Beatty Gallego Burgess Johnson, Sam Norcross Davis, Rodney Love Simpson Ross Becerra Garamendi Byrne Jolly O’Rourke Denham Lucas Smith (MO) Rothfus Bera Graham Calvert Jordan Pallone Dent Luetkemeyer Smith (NE) Rouzer Beyer Grayson Carter (GA) Joyce Pascrell DeSantis Lummis Smith (NJ) Royce Bishop (GA) Green, Al Carter (TX) Katko Pelosi Diaz-Balart MacArthur Smith (TX) Russell Blumenauer Green, Gene Chabot Kelly (PA) Perlmutter Dold Marchant Stefanik Ryan (WI) Bonamici Grijalva Chaffetz King (IA) Peters Duffy Marino Salmon Boyle, Brendan Gutie´rrez Stewart Clawson (FL) King (NY) Peterson Duncan (SC) Massie Sanford F. Hahn Stutzman Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Pingree Ellmers (NC) McCarthy Scalise Brady (PA) Heck (WA) Thompson (PA) Cole Kline Pocan Emmer (MN) McCaul Schweikert Brown (FL) Higgins Thornberry Collins (GA) Knight Farenthold McClintock Scott, Austin Brownley (CA) Himes Polis Tiberi Collins (NY) Labrador Fincher McHenry Sensenbrenner Bustos Hinojosa Price (NC) Tipton Comstock LaMalfa Fitzpatrick McKinley Sessions Butterfield Honda Quigley Trott Conaway Lamborn Fleischmann McMorris Shimkus Capps Hoyer Rangel Turner Cook Lance Fleming Rodgers Shuster Capuano Huffman Rice (NY) Upton Costello (PA) Latta Flores McSally Simpson Ca´ rdenas Israel Richmond Valadao Cramer LoBiondo Forbes Meadows Sinema Carney Jackson Lee Roybal-Allard Wagner Crawford Long Fortenberry Meehan Smith (MO) Carson (IN) Jeffries Ruiz Walberg Crenshaw Loudermilk Foxx Messer Smith (NE) Cartwright Johnson (GA) Ruppersberger Walden Cuellar Love Franks (AZ) Mica Smith (NJ) Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. Rush Walker Culberson Lucas Frelinghuysen Miller (FL) Smith (TX) Castro (TX) Jones Ryan (OH) Walorski Davis, Rodney Luetkemeyer Garrett Miller (MI) Stefanik Chu, Judy Kaptur Sa´ nchez, Linda Walters, Mimi Denham Lummis Gibbs Moolenaar Stewart Cicilline Keating T. Weber (TX) Dent MacArthur Gibson Mooney (WV) Stivers Clark (MA) Kelly (IL) Sanchez, Loretta Webster (FL) DeSantis Marchant Gohmert Mullin Stutzman Clarke (NY) Kennedy Diaz-Balart Marino Sarbanes Goodlatte Mulvaney Wenstrup Clay Kildee Dold McCarthy Thompson (PA) Schakowsky Gosar Murphy (PA) Westerman Cleaver Kilmer Duffy McCaul Thornberry Schiff Gowdy Neugebauer Westmoreland Clyburn Kind Duncan (SC) McClintock Tiberi Schrader Granger Newhouse Whitfield Cohen Kirkpatrick Duncan (TN) McHenry Tipton Scott (VA) Graves (GA) Noem Williams Connolly Kuster Ellmers (NC) McKinley Trott Scott, David Graves (LA) Nugent Wilson (SC) Conyers Langevin Emmer (MN) McMorris Turner Serrano Griffith Nunes Wittman Cooper Larsen (WA) Farenthold Rodgers Upton Sewell (AL) Grothman Palazzo Womack Costa Larson (CT) Fincher McSally Valadao Sherman Guinta Palmer Woodall Courtney Lawrence Fitzpatrick Meadows Wagner Sinema Guthrie Paulsen Yoder Crowley Lee Fleischmann Meehan Walberg Sires Hanna Pearce Yoho Cuellar Levin Fleming Messer Walden Slaughter Hardy Perry Young (AK) Cummings Lewis Flores Mica Walker Speier Harper Pittenger Young (IA) Davis (CA) Lieu, Ted Forbes Miller (FL) Walorski Swalwell (CA) Harris Pitts Young (IN) Davis, Danny Lipinski Fortenberry Miller (MI) Walters, Mimi Takai Hartzler Poe (TX) Zeldin DeFazio Loebsack Foxx Moolenaar Weber (TX) Takano Heck (NV) Poliquin Zinke DeGette Lofgren Franks (AZ) Mooney (WV) Webster (FL) Thompson (CA) Delaney Lowenthal Frelinghuysen Mullin Westerman Thompson (MS) NOT VOTING—13 DeLauro Lowey Garrett Mulvaney Westmoreland Brady (TX) Hastings Smith (WA) DelBene Lujan Grisham Titus Gibbs Murphy (PA) Whitfield Culberson Murphy (FL) DeSaulnier (NM) Tonko Stivers Gibson Neugebauer Williams Curbelo (FL) Neal Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray Torres Wasserman Gohmert Newhouse Wilson (SC) DesJarlais Olson Dingell (NM) Tsongas Schultz Goodlatte Noem Wittman Graves (MO) Payne Doggett Lynch Van Hollen Gosar Nugent Womack Doyle, Michael Maloney, Vargas Gowdy Nunes Woodall F. Carolyn Veasey b 1424 Granger Palazzo Yoder Duckworth Maloney, Sean Vela So the motion to recommit was re- Graves (GA) Palmer Young (AK) Duncan (TN) Matsui Vela´ zquez Graves (LA) Paulsen Young (IA) Edwards McCollum Visclosky jected. Griffith Pearce Young (IN) Ellison McDermott Walz The result of the vote was announced Grothman Perry Zeldin Engel McGovern Waters, Maxine as above recorded. Guinta Peterson Zinke Eshoo McNerney Watson Coleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Esty Meeks Welch NAYS—183 Farr Meng Wilson (FL) question is on the passage of the bill. Adams Beyer Brooks (AL) Fattah Moore Yarmuth The question was taken; and the Aguilar Bishop (GA) Brown (FL) Amash Blumenauer Brownley (CA) NOES—234 Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Bass Bonamici Buck Abraham Amash Barletta Beatty Boyle, Brendan Bustos Aderholt Amodei Barr Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, on Becerra F. Butterfield Allen Babin Barton that I demand the yeas and nays. Bera Brady (PA) Capps

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.036 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2381 Capuano Heck (WA) Norcross priorities relating to my new appointment Over the last several years, cyber at- ´ Cardenas Higgins O’Rourke on the House Committee on Small Business. tacks have become a pressing concern Carney Himes Pallone Sincerely, Carson (IN) Hinojosa Pascrell for the United States. Anthem, Home MARK TAKAI, Cartwright Honda Pelosi Depot, Sony, Target, JPMorgan Chase, Member of Congress. Castor (FL) Hoyer Perlmutter and other companies have been subject Castro (TX) Huffman Peters The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Chu, Judy Israel Pingree to major attacks, resulting in the com- Cicilline Jackson Lee Pocan objection, the resignation is accepted. promise of personal information of em- Clark (MA) Jeffries Polis There was no objection. ployees and customers alike. Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Price (NC) f Cyber thieves, whether hostile for- Clay Johnson, E. B. Quigley Cleaver Jones Rangel ELECTING A MEMBER TO A CER- eign agents or money-seeking crimi- Clyburn Kaptur Rice (NY) TAIN STANDING COMMITTEE OF nals, have stolen credit card numbers, Cohen Keating Richmond accessed medical records, leaked pro- Connolly Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- Conyers Kennedy Ruiz TIVES prietary information, and published Cooper Kildee Ruppersberger confidential emails affecting tens of Costa Kilmer Rush Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, by di- millions of Americans. This situation Courtney Kind Ryan (OH) rection of the Democratic Caucus, I cannot continue. Crowley Kirkpatrick Sa´ nchez, Linda offer a privileged resolution and ask Cummings Kuster T. The House has passed cybersecurity Davis (CA) Langevin Sanchez, Loretta for its immediate consideration. information-sharing legislation with Davis, Danny Larsen (WA) Sarbanes The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- strong majorities in the past two Con- DeFazio Larson (CT) Schakowsky lows: DeGette Lawrence Schiff gresses. The gentleman from Cali- Delaney Lee Schrader H. RES. 219 fornia, Ranking Member SCHIFF, and I DeLauro Levin Scott (VA) Resolved, That the following named Mem- have continued this bipartisan tradi- DelBene Lewis Scott, David ber be and is hereby elected to the following tion, working closely together to draft DeSaulnier Lieu, Ted Serrano standing committee of the House of Rep- Deutch Lipinski Sewell (AL) a bill that will increase the security of resentatives: Dingell Loebsack Sherman our networks while protecting users’ Doggett Lofgren Sires (1) COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS.—Mr. privacy. Takai. Doyle, Michael Lowenthal Slaughter I see the gentleman from Maryland F. Lowey Speier The resolution was agreed to. Duckworth Lujan Grisham Swalwell (CA) (Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) is here. He spon- Edwards (NM) Takai A motion to reconsider was laid on sored this legislation last time, along Ellison Luja´ n, Ben Ray Takano the table. with the gentleman from Michigan, Engel (NM) Thompson (CA) Eshoo Lynch Thompson (MS) f Chairman Rogers, who is now retired, Esty Maloney, Titus PROTECTING CYBER NETWORKS but I do want to give them a special Farr Carolyn Tonko ACT thanks and gratitude. Fattah Maloney, Sean Torres I hope that we can get this bill across Foster Massie Tsongas GENERAL LEAVE Frankel (FL) Matsui Van Hollen the floor this year. Fudge McCollum Vargas Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- We have also worked closely with Gabbard McDermott Veasey imous consent that all Members may leadership—the gentleman from Texas, Gallego McGovern Vela have 5 legislative days in which to re- Chairman MCCAUL; the gentleman from Garamendi McNerney Vela´ zquez Graham Meeks Visclosky vise and extend their remarks and in- Virginia, Chairman GOODLATTE—and Grayson Meng Walz sert extraneous material on H.R. 1560, the Senate Intelligence Committee to Green, Al Moore Waters, Maxine the Protecting Cyber Networks Act. ensure that our bills complement each Green, Gene Moulton Watson Coleman Grijalva Nadler Welch The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. other. Gutie´rrez Napolitano Wilson (FL) RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois). Is there ob- The Protecting Cyber Networks Act Hahn Nolan Yarmuth jection to the request of the gentleman addresses a core problem in our digital NOT VOTING—13 from California? security infrastructure. Because of Brady (TX) Murphy (FL) Wasserman There was no objection. legal ambiguities, many companies are Curbelo (FL) Neal Schultz The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- afraid to share information about DesJarlais Olson Wenstrup ant to House Resolution 212 and rule cyber threats with each other or with Graves (MO) Payne Yoho XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the government. If a company sees Hastings Smith (WA) the Committee of the Whole House on some threat or attack, this bill will the state of the Union for the consider- allow the company to quickly report b 1432 ation of the bill, H.R. 1560. information about the problem without So the bill was passed. The Chair appoints the gentleman fearing a lawsuit so that other compa- The result of the vote was announced from Texas (Mr. MARCHANT) to preside nies can take measures to protect as above recorded. over the Committee of the Whole. themselves. A motion to reconsider was laid on The bill encourages three kinds of b 1436 the table. sharing: private-to-private, govern- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ment-to-private, and private-to-gov- f Accordingly, the House resolved ernment. In that third scenario, the itself into the Committee of the Whole bill allows companies to share cyber RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF House on the state of the Union for the threat information with a variety of COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RE- consideration of the bill (H.R. 1560) to government agencies. If banks are SOURCES improve cybersecurity in the United comfortable sharing with the Treasury The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- States through enhanced sharing of in- Department, they can share with fore the House the following resigna- formation about cybersecurity threats, Treasury. If utilities prefer sharing tion as a member of the Committee on and for other purposes, with Mr. with the Department of Energy, they Natural Resources: MARCHANT in the chair. can share with Energy. If companies CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, The Clerk read the title of the bill. want to share with the Department of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Homeland Security, the Justice De- Washington, DC, April 22, 2015. bill is considered read the first time. partment, or the Commerce Depart- Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, The gentleman from California (Mr. ment, they can share with them. Speaker of the House, The Capitol, Washington, NUNES) and the gentleman from Cali- The only sharing that this bill does DC. fornia (Mr. SCHIFF) each will control 30 not encourage is direct sharing to the DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER: This letter serves minutes. Department of Defense or the National as my official resignation from the House Committee on Natural Resources. It has The Chair recognizes the gentleman Security Agency. Companies can still been my pleasure serving on this Committee from California (Mr. NUNES). share with DOD and NSA, but they will since being elected to Congress. Thank you Mr. NUNES. Mr. Chair, I yield myself not receive any new liability protec- and I will continue working on important such time as I may consume. tions.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.014 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2382 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 This bill does not provide the govern- companies of an impending cyber at- that I, among others, raised last ses- ment with any new surveillance au- tack, just as it can for an approaching sion. However, there are still some im- thorities. To the contrary, it includes hurricane or an impending flu out- provements that are yet to be made as robust privacy protections. It only au- break. the bill moves forward. In particular, thorizes the sharing of cyber threat in- But let me be very clear about this: we need to further clarify that our li- dicators and defensive measures: tech- to get the liability protection, a com- ability protection only extends to nical information like malware signa- pany that chooses to participate must those who act, or fail to act, reason- tures and malicious code. remove any unrelated private informa- ably. Before companies share with the Fed- tion prior to sharing. This is something Before closing, I want to thank eral Government, they must remove all privacy advocates and I called for when Chairman NUNES for his leadership and personal information. If companies previous information-sharing bills for working so hard on this bill. It has don’t follow those requirements, there came before the House. been a great pleasure to work with is no liability protection. Furthermore, Unlike prior bills, this measure re- you, Mr. Chairman. I am grateful for a government agency that receives the quires the private sector to strip out all of the hours, energy, and talent information must scrub it a second private information. In fact, the bill that you and your staff have put in to time. This will ensure all personal in- has two, not one, privacy scrubs. The making this bill successful. I want to formation has been removed. Only then first happens when a company shares thank all the members of HPSCI as can the information be forwarded to with another company or the Federal well as the Judiciary Committee and other Federal agencies. Government, and the second happens the Homeland Security Committee for Finally, the bill provides for strong when the Federal Government shares working together on this. We had many public and congressional oversight by the information further. This bill even differences in opinion, and we still requiring a detailed biennial inspectors holds the government directly liable if have some, but we kept our eyes firmly general report relating to the govern- it doesn’t do what it is required to do. on what is best for the American peo- ment’s receipt, use, and dissemination Second, to get the liability protec- ple as a whole. With that, we found of cyber threat indicators. The Privacy tion, a private company wishing to ways to come together and produce a and Civil Liberties Oversight Board share with the Federal Government stronger bill. must also submit a biennial report on must go through a civilian portal. To Mr. Chairman, I hope we can con- the privacy and civil liberties impact be clear: a company can’t go directly tinue to work together as well with the of the bill. to the DOD or NSA and get the bill’s li- Senate and with the White House and The increasing pace and scope of ability protection. all the stakeholders to produce an even cyber attacks cannot be ignored. This The lack of a civilian portal in pre- stronger bill for the President to sign bill will strengthen our digital defenses vious bills was another key privacy into law. so that American consumers and busi- group criticism, and this bill has re- I also want to acknowledge the lead- nesses will not be put at the mercy of solved that issue, too. In fact, of the ership of our predecessors, DUTCH RUP- cyber criminals. I look forward to pass- five main criticisms of prior cyber PERSBERGER and former HPSCI Chair- ing this legislation. bills, this bill has resolved each of man Mike Rogers. We have come this I reserve the balance of my time. them. It has private sector privacy far in part because of the good work Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, I yield stripping of information. It has a civil- they did in the last couple of sessions. myself such time as I may consume. ian portal. It also has narrow restric- I also want to thank all those who I rise in support of H.R. 1560, the Pro- tions on what the government can use came in to speak with us and provide tecting Cyber Networks Act. At some that shared cyber threat information their input in making this a better bill. point, we need to stop just hearing for. Gone is a national security use Every day we delay more privacy is about cyber attacks that steal our provision. Gone is a vague terrorism stolen, more jobs are lost, and more most valuable trade secrets and our use provision. And what is left is only economic harm is done. Let’s stop sit- most private information and actually the most narrow of uses: to prevent ting by and watching all of this hap- do something to stop it. At some point, cyber attacks, to prevent the loss of pen. Let’s do something. Let’s do what we need to stop talking about the next life, to prevent serious harm to a child, this administration has urged us to do Sony, the next Anthem, the next Tar- and to prevent other serious felonies. and pass this bill. Let’s do it now. I re- get, the next JPMorgan Chase, and the serve the balance of my time. next State Department hack and actu- b 1445 Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, at this ally pass a bill that will help ensure Gone, too, is any question of whether time I would like to yield 3 minutes to that there will be no next cyber attack. offensive countermeasures or hack the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. A few weeks back, the House Intel- back is authorized. This bill makes WESTMORELAND), who also is the chair- ligence Committee held an open hear- clear that you cannot take anything man of the Subcommittee on NSA and ing on the cyber threat to America’s but defensive actions to protect your Cybersecurity for the House Intel- private sector. We heard from our wit- networks and data. ligence Committee. nesses that their businesses are cyber And, lest anyone be confused, Mr. Mr. WESTMORELAND. Thank you, attacked billions of times a day—not Chairman, this bill makes clear in Chairman NUNES. thousands, not millions, but billions. black-and-white legislative text that Madam Chairman, today I rise in The threat to our economy, our jobs, nothing in the bill authorizes govern- support of H.R. 1560, the Protecting and our privacy from not acting is ment surveillance in this act—nothing. Cyber Networks Act. The bill encour- massive, and it is certain. We see it What this bill does is authorize vol- ages and protects information sharing happening all around us. So we must untary, private sector sharing of cyber on cyber threats between private com- act now. That is why I am proud to threat information, and it allows the panies and the government and private support this bill. government to be able to quickly share companies. The bill safeguards person- The Protecting Cyber Networks Act threat information with the private ally identifiable information from provides for voluntary information sector, just as we need a CDC to put being exchanged during the process by sharing of cyber threats between and out timely warnings and advice on how requiring private companies and the among the private and public sectors. to counteract this year’s flu strain or government to both make sure that no It does what no executive order can do: how to prevent a local disease from be- private information is exchanged. it incentivizes cyber threat informa- coming an epidemic. In addition, the My home State of Georgia is home to tion sharing by providing limited li- bill requires strong privacy and civil many companies that deal with and se- ability protection. Now companies can liberties guidelines and intense report- cure sensitive data on a daily basis, pool their resources and say to one an- ing requirements. and they are constantly looking for other: I found this malicious code or The bill before us today strikes the better ways to protect their networks. this virus in my system; you need to right balance between securing our After recent cyber attacks against protect yourself against it as well. And networks and protecting our privacy, American businesses, I have spoken to now the government can better warn and addresses the privacy concerns industry leaders from Georgia and

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By allowing American businesses to ical infrastructure is targeted. What The Protecting Cyber Networks Act alert other companies and the govern- would happen if someone were to take will enable private companies to share ment of specific threats, and only the out our electrical grid or 911 call cen- cyber threat information on a vol- threats, the Protecting Cyber Net- ters or air traffic control? It goes on untary basis with the Federal Govern- works Act can help shut down the and on. ment. This bill provides essential li- cybercriminals from stealing sensitive Voluntary information sharing ability protection for sharing cyber information or causing devastating among companies helps our companies threat indicators through trusted civil- damage to our networks. defend themselves. Voluntary, two-way ian agency portals. The Protecting Cyber Networks Act information sharing with the Federal Again, Madam Chair, I commend is a bipartisan step forward in pro- Government helps improve our ability Chairman NUNES for his important tecting businesses and citizens from to protect America against foreign work on this bill and thank him for his being the next victim of a cyber at- cyber threats by getting out more and great partnership in working together tack. This bill helps devastating cyber better information faster. to have these two complementary bills, attacks from going unnoticed or only There are some concerns I have, as as tomorrow I will bring to the floor a being shared months after the attack. anyone has in any bill, between the bill pro-security, pro-privacy bill, the Na- Madam Chairman, I would like to and the bill Chairman Rogers and I in- tional Cybersecurity Protection Ad- thank Chairman NUNES; Ranking Mem- troduced which passed the House. vancement Act of 2015, which further ber SCHIFF; the ranking member on the The Acting CHAIR (Ms. FOXX). The reinforces the role of the Department subcommittee, Mr. HIMES; and Mr. time of the gentleman has expired. of Homeland Security’s National Cy- Mr. SCHIFF. I yield the gentleman RUPPERSBERGER for all the work that bersecurity and Communications Inte- he has put into this, as well as former an additional 30 seconds. gration Center as the hub for cyber Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. However, I Chairman Rogers. I ask for a ‘‘yea’’ threat information sharing. feel it is important to reach consensus vote on this. Chairman NUNES and I have worked and move this issue forward now. Our Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, it is a in lockstep to remove obstacles pre- country continues to be cyber at- pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gen- venting greater cyber threat informa- tacked. We are under attack as I speak. tion sharing across the private and tleman from Maryland (Mr. RUPPERS- To do nothing is not an option. public sectors. I commend the staff on BERGER), the former ranking member I want to thank again the leadership of the Intelligence Committee. both sides of the aisle, who have oper- of Chairman NUNES and Ranking Mem- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam ated in tandem as we crafted these cy- ber SCHIFF for their leadership and for bersecurity bills. I would also like to Chairman, I rise in support of the bi- the entire committee coming together partisan Protecting Cyber Networks acknowledge Chairman GOODLATTE for for this bill, and I ask my colleagues to devising the House’s standard liability Act and want to thank the members of support it. the House Intelligence Committee for exemption language for this week’s cy- Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, at this bersecurity bill. continuing to prioritize our Nation’s time I yield 5 minutes to the gen- These bills represent a unified front security over partisan rhetoric. I do tleman from Texas (Mr. MCCAUL), the in the House for strengthening cyberse- want to say this: I want to thank chairman of the Homeland Security curity while ensuring Americans’ pri- Chairman NUNES and also Ranking Committee, who, without his strong vacy, and I urge my colleagues to sup- Member SCHIFF for acknowledging leadership and support, we wouldn’t be port this measure. Chairman Rogers and me, but I want to at this juncture today getting a bill Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, it gives remind you that it was a team ap- passed today and tomorrow that will me great pleasure to yield 3 minutes to proach, and you two were very active hopefully become law. Mr. HIMES, one of our subcommittee in helping to bring this bill here today Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Chair, I rise ranking members on the Intelligence as we did before. So thank you for your today in strong support of H.R. 1560, Committee and the Representative leadership. It is well worth it, and it is the Protecting Cyber Networks Act. I from Connecticut. refreshing to see this bipartisanship. would like to first thank Chairman Mr. HIMES. Madam Chairwoman, I Mr. NUNES. Will the gentleman NUNES for his great leadership and col- would like to thank my friend from yield? laboration with my committee and Ju- California for yielding time and start Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. I yield to diciary on this bill, and also the rank- by saying that I am thrilled to be the gentleman from California. ing member, ADAM SCHIFF, a good standing here to urge support for the Mr. NUNES. I thank the gentleman friend as well, for his great work in the Protecting Cyber Networks Act. I for yielding. I thanked you in my open- direction that this bill has gone. I would like to thank and congratulate ing statement, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, think it has gone in the right direc- Chairman NUNES, Ranking Member but without your leadership and former tion. Also I know former Ranking SCHIFF, and the chairman of the sub- Chairman Rogers’ leadership on this Member DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER was committee on which I serve as ranking bill, we would not be here today. I am here. I want to thank him for his lead- member, Mr. WESTMORELAND, for com- encouraged not only by your past sup- ership over the many years on this im- ing together at a time when this Con- port, but then your taking the time to portant issue of cybersecurity. gress is accused, often rightly so, of come down here to speak on this bill I Madam Chair, this legislation comes being dysfunctional to take a very sub- think says a lot about you and your at a critical time of rising cyber stantial step to secure the networks on commitment to our national security threats and attacks on our digital net- which so much of our lives today de- and the security of our cyber networks. works. Cyber breaches and attacks are pend. So thank you. affecting Americans’ privacy, security, As ranking member of the Cybersecu- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Thank you, and prosperity. Individuals are having rity Subcommittee, my daily travels again, and thank you for your leader- their most private information com- every single day expose me to people ship. Now, this legislation is very simi- promised. Businesses are seeing their who say the single most important lar to the bill that Chairman Rogers intellectual property stolen and their thing we as a Congress can do today to and I introduced to promote informa- networks damaged. advance the security of our networks, tion sharing between the private and The Federal Government’s sensitive to protect Americans, their financial public sectors, which is the single most information is being targeted. The records, their health records and, of important thing we can do to combat country’s critical infrastructure is course, even more ominously, to pro- increasingly aggressive cyber attacks. being probed by foreign enemies. tect them against potential attack

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The ex- Chair, I would like to thank Ranking focus on this day in and day out can amples are voluminous: 70 million Tar- Member ADAM SCHIFF, as well as our communicate threats to each other and get customers were hacked; 56 million chair, Chairman NUNES, for your lead- communicate with the experts within Home Depot customers were hacked; ership on this matter. the United States Government to work 4.6 million Snapchat users were Today, I rise in support of H.R. 1560, as a team to counter very, very serious hacked. This is Snapchat, which is sup- the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, a threats. This rubric has been set up posed to be an impenetrable account bill that I am proud to be an original with ample attention and good atten- that allows data to come in and dis- cosponsor, a bill that was unanimously tion to the very legitimate privacy appear. They were hacked. Hackings voted out of our committee, the Intel claims and the liberties that we all are happening every day. Our privacy Committee. take so seriously. is under attack. Again, I want to commend both the The stakes are high. We saw what The problem, today, there is vir- chairman and the ranking member for happened at Sony. We saw what hap- tually zero relationship between pri- their leadership. It is an honor to serve pened at Anthem. We know all the at- vate industry and government—private on that committee where we really try, tacks that have been leveled inter- industry, which has about 85 percent of on a daily basis, to be bipartisan in our efforts to protect the homeland and to nationally that destroyed computers. the networks, and government, which secure our national security. This is the reality that we live with, has about 15 percent of the networks but has vast resources that can help This critical bill is bipartisan legisla- and this is a very big step, an informa- tion, which encourages the private sec- tion-sharing protocol that will counter protect individuals against attacks. Our government has a duty, a respon- tor to share cyber threat information, those who wish us ill. sibility, to protect the American peo- which will ultimately help prevent fu- I would note that the privacy protec- ple, and that is what this bill seeks to ture attacks. It seems like we are al- tions in this bill are considerably bet- do. It does it in a number of ways. ways hearing about another company ter, as the chairman and ranking mem- First and foremost, this is a vol- being hit with cyber attacks. ber have pointed out, than those that untary program that is being created. These attacks cost our economy bil- were in the bill of the last Congress. No business is required to turn over lions of dollars each year, and it The objections of those who are focused their breach or hack information to threatens our national security and on privacy have been dealt with point the government; instead, there is a for- jeopardizes every American’s sensitive, by point. And while I won’t say that mat, a procedure, that is now in place personal, and financial information. the bill is perfect, this bill does what it that will incentivize them to work This bill takes a very important step needs to do to protect the privacy of with the government to identify in a towards addressing this emerging na- the American people by obligating ev- way that strips out, through a number tional security threat without compro- eryone to work hard to scrub person- of protections, personal identifying in- mising the privacy of American citi- ally identifiable information from any formation. zens. code, any information that is ex- The first way that it is stripped out Fostering an environment where changed. is, when the business that has been companies can voluntarily share infor- I have learned in my 6 years here hacked reports to a civilian agency, mation with each other helps American that we don’t produce perfection, and they must scrub the personal identi- businesses defend themselves against it is my hope that as this bill proceeds fying information; but that is not the harmful cyber attacks and helps them through the legislative path that we only way that that information is protect consumer information and pri- will work even harder to make sure we scrubbed. vacy. are very clear about definitions and, in Once the government agency receives Additionally, two-way information fact, are protecting the privacy rights this personal identifying information, sharing with the Federal Government of Americans as best as we can. But in again, before it can be used or for- helps improve the Federal Govern- the meantime we have taken a very big warded anywhere else in the govern- ment’s ability to protect all Americans step forward in a bipartisan fashion in ment, it, again, must be scrubbed—two against foreign cyber threats by dis- a way that will make America, its peo- protections against personal identi- seminating vital information in a more ple, and its networks more secure. For fying information being used. timely and efficient manner. that, I am grateful to the leadership Now, should any personal identifying I know some continue to criticize and urge support of the Protecting information be passed along to the gov- this cyber bill and all cyber bills as Cyber Networks Act. ernment, this bill provides a right of violating privacy, but I must assure Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I con- action, civil recourse for any indi- you, Madam Chair, that this bill is a tinue to reserve the balance of my vidual who is wronged to sue the gov- vast improvement over the CISPA bill time. ernment. There is also an oversight that was entered and passed this House Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chairman, I committee, a biannual inspector gen- last term. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from eral report that must be presented to This bill includes many more privacy California (Mr. SWALWELL), another of Congress that would report on any pri- protections that weren’t in the original our ranking members on the Intel- vacy violations that occur. bill, the most important of which is the ligence Committee and a colleague Madam Chair, the American people, requirement for two scrubs of private from California. day after day, are either learning that information, one by the private sector they have been hacked or someone before sharing that information and 1500 b they know has been hacked. This will one by the government before sharing Mr. SWALWELL of California. continue to have a devastating effect it further. Madam Chair, I want to thank our on our economy and, as my colleague There is also now a civilian portal— ranking member and also the chair for from Connecticut alluded to, perhaps no direct sharing with NSA—a very bringing forward this bipartisan and our public utilities if we do not act. narrow set of government use provi- necessary legislation. I urge support of this for my col- sions, and a clear and legislative prohi- As we speak right now, Americans leagues, and I thank the chairman and bition against such surveillance. Let are under attack, and these attacks are the ranking member for the hard work me repeat: no provision of this bill pro- not coming in the form of anything they have done. vides any surveillance authorities. that we have been used to before. Peo- Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I con- I am encouraged by the strong show- ple are not kicking down front doors of tinue to reserve the balance of my ing of bipartisanship as we work to- homes and businesses; instead, they are time. gether to address the emerging threats

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This bill before us certainly isn’t per- my colleagues have made sure of that, Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, at this fect. The liability protections, while and we will continue to do so as the time, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- generally narrow, could still be con- bill advances. tleman from Michigan (Mr. TROTT). strued to project a company’s failure Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- to act on threat indicators. It is impor- Mr. TROTT. Madam Chair, I want to ance of my time. thank the gentleman from California tant that my friends in this Chamber Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I yield for allowing me to speak in support of understand that information sharing is myself such time as I may consume. this bill. not a silver bullet. Today, I rise concerned about the There will still be important work to I will close by just taking a few mo- need for stronger cybersecurity efforts be done to improve our Nation’s cyber ments to thank my ranking member in our country. We live in a world defenses, but I can say, with great con- and colleague from California (Mr. where personal data flows through the fidence, passing an information-shar- SCHIFF) for his fine work on this prod- Internet with great speed and data ing bill will get us significantly closer uct. about people is gathered in an instant. to being much more secure in cyber- I also would be remiss not to thank, The use of social media has opened up space than where we are right now, on both sides of the aisle, the staff that our lives to anyone with a computing particularly when it comes to pro- have worked hours and hours and hours device, and this is the same world tecting critical infrastructure. to make the legislation from last Con- where hackers steal millions of per- However, after studying this issue for gress even better and then, as Mr. sonal records from people in our dis- the better part of a decade, I can firmly MCCAUL said, to work with the Judici- tricts. say that this bill marks a meaningful ary Committee and the Homeland Se- I would venture to guess that most step forward. curity Committee so that we have a Let me, again, congratulate the Members of Congress have been af- product that I think is much better chairman and the ranking member for fected by hackers. Internet criminals than the product that we have had in continuing with this bipartisan spirit pose dire threats to our governments the past. that has long animated the Intel- on the local, State, and Federal level. ligence Committee’s cybersecurity We have been in consultations with The Federal Government has extensive work. the United States Senate. They have resources to put up a fight, but our I urge my colleagues to support the passed their bill out of committee. We local governments and municipalities bill. look forward to, hopefully, their pass- do not. Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I reserve ing a bill off the Senate floor so that In response, five southeast Michigan the balance of my time. we can get to a conference. counties—Livingston, Monroe, Oak- Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, I yield Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- land, Washtenaw, and Wayne—and the myself such time as I may consume. ance of my time. State of Michigan came together to Every moment we wait equals an- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Chair, I rise build the Cyber Security Assessment other Social Security number stolen, today to oppose to H.R. 1560, the Protecting for Everyone. CySAFE, as it is known, another checking account hacked, an- Cyber Network Act (PCNA). While I commend provides a strong point for govern- other invaluable trade secret pilfered, Chairman NUNES and Ranking Member SCHIFF ments to begin assessing their cyberse- and another job lost. This is certain. for crafting a bill that improves upon the cyber- curity needs and taking steps to re- We see it every day. security legislation this body has previously spond to attacks. The assessment is a Many of us and our constituents, voted on, I cannot support it in its current simple Excel download located at both individuals and businesses, have form. www.g2gmarket.com. been the victim of a cyber crime. Madam Chair, I commend these local Whether it is identity theft, the hack- Despite addressing many of the reserva- Michigan governments for committing ing of our email or Facebook accounts, tions I had when we voted on the Cyber Intel- the resources to develop such a tool. I or the loss of our privacy, when our ligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) encourage all of my colleagues to pro- health insurance company is breached, last Congress, I have concerns about the am- mote the use of CySAFE and to work we have our privacy invaded. biguous liability provisions in this legislation. together to find the right solutions to All of us are certainly paying higher While companies should have some legal pro- fight cyber crime, starting with pass- fees to compensate for the billions of tection, this bill gives liability protections to ing H.R. 1560. dollars our businesses lose to cyber companies so long as they share or receive Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, I am hacking and to the costs of preventing information ‘‘in accordance with the Act.’’ It pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gen- future cyber attacks. The problem is would grant immunity to companies for simply tleman from Rhode Island (Mr. LAN- only getting worse. As our cars, our putting forth a ‘‘good faith’’ effort when report- GEVIN), who is a former member of the phones, our home security systems, our ing security threats and sharing consumer Intelligence Committee and one of the Internet banking, our electronic health data with the government and other compa- Congress’ leading experts on cyber records, our web-based baby monitors nies. For example, companies would receive matters. all get smarter, they also get more vul- liability protection even if they fail to act on Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Chair, I nerable. threat information in a timely manner. The un- thank the gentleman for yielding. This isn’t speculation. This is hap- intended effect of these murky liability provi- Madam Chair, this has been a long pening today. It is happening right sions is that companies would not have the time in coming. When I served on the now. On the time that we have been on same incentive to report security threats and Intelligence Committee the past two the floor discussing this cyber bill, bil- protect their consumers’ privacy. I was dis- Congresses, I worked very closely with lions of additional hacking attempts appointed that Republicans did not allow a Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member have been made. vote on two amendments offered by Rep. RUPPERSBERGER on CISPA, and their Here, we have the opportunity to RICHMOND than would have addressed these legacy is very evident in this fine bill. help stop this scourge of cyber hack- overbroad liability provisions. I would, however, like to commend ing. We need to encourage cyber threat Our country faces cyber-network attacks Chairman NUNES and Ranking Member information sharing by passing the each day which threaten our national security SCHIFF for rising to the challenge as Protecting Cyber Networks Act today and our economy. I strongly believe that we the new leaders of the House Perma- and then not resting until it improves must take steps to protect against these cyber nent Select Committee on Intelligence on its way to the President’s desk for threats while not sacrificing our privacy and and producing an even better product, signature. civil liberties. Should this bill pass the House,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.046 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2386 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 I hope that many of the loopholes can be re- going cybersecurity threats to such entities to (C) information that is stored on, processed solved with the Senate, but as it stands today prevent or mitigate adverse impacts from such by, or transiting an information system mon- I cannot support it. cybersecurity threats. itored by the private entity under this para- ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES.—The pro- The Acting CHAIR. All time for gen- graph. cedures developed and promulgated under para- (2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub- eral debate has expired. graph (1) shall— section shall be construed to— Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be ‘‘(A) ensure the Federal Government has and (A) authorize the monitoring of an informa- considered for amendment under the 5- maintains the capability to share cyber threat tion system, or the use of any information ob- minute rule. indicators in real time consistent with the pro- tained through such monitoring, other than as It shall be in order to consider as an tection of classified information; provided in this Act; original bill for the purpose of amend- ‘‘(B) incorporate, to the greatest extent prac- (B) authorize the Federal Government to con- ticable, existing processes and existing roles and duct surveillance of any person; or ment under the 5-minute rule an responsibilities of Federal and non-Federal enti- (C) limit otherwise lawful activity. amendment in the nature of a sub- ties for information sharing by the Federal Gov- (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR OPERATION OF DEFEN- stitute recommended by the Perma- ernment, including sector-specific information SIVE MEASURES.— nent Select Committee on Intelligence sharing and analysis centers; (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- printed in the bill. The committee ‘‘(C) include procedures for notifying non- graph (2) and notwithstanding any other provi- amendment in the nature of a sub- Federal entities that have received a cyber sion of law, a private entity may, for a cyberse- threat indicator from a Federal entity in accord- curity purpose, operate a defensive measure that stitute shall be considered as read. is operated on and is limited to— The text of the committee amend- ance with this Act that is known or determined to be in error or in contravention of the require- (A) an information system of such private en- ment in the nature of a substitute is as ments of this section, the Protecting Cyber Net- tity to protect the rights or property of the pri- follows: works Act, or the amendments made by such Act vate entity; and (B) an information system of a non-Federal H.R. 1560 or another provision of Federal law or policy of entity or a Federal entity upon written author- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- such error or contravention; ‘‘(D) include requirements for Federal entities ization of such non-Federal entity or such Fed- resentatives of the United States of America in eral entity for operation of such defensive meas- Congress assembled, receiving a cyber threat indicator or defensive measure to implement appropriate security con- ure to protect the rights or property of such pri- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. trols to protect against unauthorized access to, vate entity, such non-Federal entity, or such (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as or acquisition of, such cyber threat indicator or Federal entity. the ‘‘Protecting Cyber Networks Act’’. (2) LIMITATION.—The authority provided in defensive measure; (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- ‘‘(E) include procedures that require Federal paragraph (1) does not include the intentional tents of this Act is as follows: entities, prior to the sharing of a cyber threat or reckless operation of any defensive measure Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. indicator, to— that destroys, renders unusable or inaccessible Sec. 2. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and ‘‘(i) review such cyber threat indicator to as- (in whole or in part), substantially harms, or defensive measures by the Federal sess whether such cyber threat indicator, in initiates a new action, process, or procedure on Government with non-Federal en- contravention of the requirement under section an information system or information stored on, tities. 3(d)(2) of the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, processed by, or transiting such information sys- Sec. 3. Authorizations for preventing, detecting, contains any information that such Federal en- tem not owned by— analyzing, and mitigating cyber- tity knows at the time of sharing to be personal (A) the private entity operating such defensive security threats. information of or information identifying a spe- measure; or (B) a non-Federal entity or a Federal entity Sec. 4. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and cific person not directly related to a cybersecu- that has provided written authorization to that defensive measures with appro- rity threat and remove such information; or priate Federal entities other than ‘‘(ii) implement a technical capability config- private entity for operation of such defensive the Department of Defense or the ured to remove or exclude any personal informa- measure on the information system or informa- National Security Agency. tion of or information identifying a specific per- tion of the entity in accordance with this sub- Sec. 5. Federal Government liability for viola- son not directly related to a cybersecurity section. (3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub- tions of privacy or civil liberties. threat; and section shall be construed— ‘‘(F) include procedures to promote the effi- Sec. 6. Protection from liability. (A) to authorize the use of a defensive meas- cient granting of security clearances to appro- Sec. 7. Oversight of Government activities. ure other than as provided in this subsection; or Sec. 8. Report on cybersecurity threats. priate representatives of non-Federal entities. (B) to limit otherwise lawful activity. EFINITIONS Sec. 9. Construction and preemption. ‘‘(b) D .—In this section, the terms (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR SHARING OR RECEIV- Sec. 10. Conforming amendments. ‘appropriate Federal entities’, ‘cyber threat in- ING CYBER THREAT INDICATORS OR DEFENSIVE Sec. 11. Definitions. dicator’, ‘defensive measure’, ‘Federal entity’, MEASURES.— SEC. 2. SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS and ‘non-Federal entity’ have the meaning (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES BY THE given such terms in section 11 of the Protecting graph (2) and notwithstanding any other provi- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH NON- Cyber Networks Act.’’. sion of law, a non-Federal entity may, for a cy- FEDERAL ENTITIES. (b) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than bersecurity purpose and consistent with the re- (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Secu- 90 days after the date of the enactment of this quirement under subsection (d)(2) to remove per- rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amend- Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in sonal information of or information identifying ed by inserting after section 110 (50 U.S.C. 3045) consultation with the heads of the other appro- a specific person not directly related to a cyber- the following new section: priate Federal entities, shall submit to Congress security threat and the protection of classified ‘‘SEC. 111. SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICA- the procedures required by section 111(a) of the information— TORS AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES BY National Security Act of 1947, as inserted by (A) share a lawfully obtained cyber threat in- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH subsection (a) of this section. dicator or defensive measure with any other NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES. (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The non-Federal entity or an appropriate Federal ‘‘(a) SHARING BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN- table of contents in the first section of the Na- entity (other than the Department of Defense or MENT.— tional Security Act of 1947 is amended by insert- any component of the Department, including ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the protec- ing after the item relating to section 110 the fol- the National Security Agency); and tion of classified information, intelligence lowing new item: (B) receive a cyber threat indicator or defen- sources and methods, and privacy and civil lib- ‘‘Sec. 111. Sharing of cyber threat indicators sive measure from any other non-Federal entity erties, the Director of National Intelligence, in and defensive measures by the or an appropriate Federal entity. consultation with the heads of the other appro- Federal Government with non- (2) LAWFUL RESTRICTION.—A non-Federal en- priate Federal entities, shall develop and pro- Federal entities.’’. tity receiving a cyber threat indicator or defen- mulgate procedures to facilitate and promote— SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PREVENTING, DE- sive measure from another non-Federal entity or ‘‘(A) the timely sharing of classified cyber TECTING, ANALYZING, AND MITI- a Federal entity shall comply with otherwise threat indicators in the possession of the Fed- GATING CYBERSECURITY THREATS. lawful restrictions placed on the sharing or use eral Government with representatives of rel- (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR DE- of such cyber threat indicator or defensive meas- evant non-Federal entities with appropriate se- FENSIVE MONITORING.— ure by the sharing non-Federal entity or Fed- curity clearances; (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other eral entity. ‘‘(B) the timely sharing with relevant non- provision of law, a private entity may, for a cy- (3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub- Federal entities of cyber threat indicators in the bersecurity purpose, monitor— section shall be construed to— possession of the Federal Government that may (A) an information system of such private en- (A) authorize the sharing or receiving of a be declassified and shared at an unclassified tity; cyber threat indicator or defensive measure level; and (B) an information system of a non-Federal other than as provided in this subsection; ‘‘(C) the sharing with non-Federal entities, if entity or a Federal entity, upon the written au- (B) authorize the sharing or receiving of clas- appropriate, of information in the possession of thorization of such non-Federal entity or such sified information by or with any person not au- the Federal Government about imminent or on- Federal entity; and thorized to access such classified information;

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SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS under this Act, including guidelines to ensure in formal or informal technical discussion re- AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES WITH that personal information of or information garding cyber threat indicators or defensive APPROPRIATE FEDERAL ENTITIES identifying specific persons is properly removed measures with a non-Federal entity or from pro- OTHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF from information received, retained, used, or DEFENSE OR THE NATIONAL SECU- viding technical assistance to address RITY AGENCY. disseminated by a Federal entity in accordance vulnerabilities or mitigate threats at the request (a) REQUIREMENT FOR POLICIES AND PROCE- with this Act or the amendments made by this of such an entity; DURES.— Act; (D) limit otherwise lawful activity; (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the National (B) limit the receipt, retention, use, and dis- (E) prohibit a non-Federal entity, if author- Security Act of 1947, as inserted by section 2 of semination of cyber threat indicators containing ized by applicable law or regulation other than this Act, is amended— personal information of or information identi- this Act, from sharing a cyber threat indicator (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub- fying specific persons, including by estab- or defensive measure with the Department of section (c); and lishing— Defense or any component of the Department, (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol- (i) a process for the prompt destruction of including the National Security Agency; or lowing new subsection: such information that is known not to be di- (F) authorize the Federal Government to con- ‘‘(b) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SHARING rectly related to a use for a cybersecurity pur- duct surveillance of any person. WITH THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL ENTITIES pose; (d) PROTECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION.— OTHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR (ii) specific limitations on the length of any (1) SECURITY OF INFORMATION.—A non-Fed- THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.— period in which a cyber threat indicator may be eral entity monitoring an information system, ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall de- retained; and operating a defensive measure, or providing or velop and submit to Congress policies and proce- (iii) a process to inform recipients that such receiving a cyber threat indicator or defensive dures relating to the receipt of cyber threat indi- indicators may only be used for a cybersecurity measure under this section shall implement an cators and defensive measures by the Federal purpose; (C) include requirements to safeguard cyber appropriate security control to protect against Government. threat indicators containing personal informa- unauthorized access to, or acquisition of, such ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING POLICIES AND tion of or identifying specific persons from un- cyber threat indicator or defensive measure. PROCEDURES.—The policies and procedures re- authorized access or acquisition, including ap- (2) REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMA- quired under paragraph (1) shall— propriate sanctions for activities by officers, em- TION.—A non-Federal entity sharing a cyber ‘‘(A) be developed in accordance with the pri- ployees, or agents of the Federal Government in threat indicator pursuant to this Act shall, prior vacy and civil liberties guidelines required under section 4(b) of the Protecting Cyber Networks contravention of such guidelines; to such sharing, take reasonable efforts to— (D) include procedures for notifying non-Fed- (A) review such cyber threat indicator to as- Act; ‘‘(B) ensure that— eral entities and Federal entities if information sess whether such cyber threat indicator con- received pursuant to this section is known or de- tains any information that the non-Federal en- ‘‘(i) a cyber threat indicator shared by a non- Federal entity with an appropriate Federal enti- termined by a Federal entity receiving such in- tity reasonably believes at the time of sharing to formation not to constitute a cyber threat indi- be personal information of or information iden- ty (other than the Department of Defense or any component of the Department, including cator; tifying a specific person not directly related to a (E) be consistent with any other applicable the National Security Agency) pursuant to sec- cybersecurity threat and remove such informa- provisions of law and the fair information prac- tion 3 of such Act is shared in real-time with all tion; or tice principles set forth in appendix A of the of the appropriate Federal entities (including all (B) implement a technical capability config- document entitled ‘‘National Strategy for Trust- relevant components thereof); ured to remove any information contained with- ed Identities in Cyberspace’’ and published by in such indicator that the non-Federal entity ‘‘(ii) the sharing of such cyber threat indi- cator with appropriate Federal entities is not the President in April, 2011; and reasonably believes at the time of sharing to be (F) include steps that may be needed so that subject to any delay, modification, or any other personal information of or information identi- dissemination of cyber threat indicators is con- action without good cause that could impede re- fying a specific person not directly related to a sistent with the protection of classified informa- ceipt by all of the appropriate Federal entities; cybersecurity threat. tion and other sensitive national security infor- and (3) USE OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND DE- mation. ‘‘(iii) such cyber threat indicator is provided FENSIVE MEASURES BY NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.— (3) SUBMISSION.—The Attorney General shall to each other Federal entity to which such cyber A non-Federal entity may, for a cybersecurity submit to Congress— purpose— threat indicator is relevant; and (A) not later than 90 days after the date of the (A) use a cyber threat indicator or defensive ‘‘(C) ensure there— enactment of this Act, interim guidelines re- ‘‘(i) is an audit capability; and measure shared or received under this section to quired under paragraph (1); and ‘‘(ii) are appropriate sanctions in place for of- monitor or operate a defensive measure on— (B) not later than 180 days after such date, ficers, employees, or agents of a Federal entity (i) an information system of such non-Federal final guidelines required under such paragraph. who knowingly and willfully use a cyber threat entity; or (c) NATIONAL CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE indicator or defense measure shared with the (ii) an information system of another non- INTEGRATION CENTER.— Federal Government by a non-Federal entity Federal entity or a Federal entity upon the (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National under the Protecting Cyber Networks Act other written authorization of that other non-Federal Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.), as than in accordance with this section and such entity or that Federal entity; and amended by section 2 of this Act, is further Act.’’. (B) otherwise use, retain, and further share amended— (2) SUBMISSION.—The President shall submit (A) by redesignating section 119B as section such cyber threat indicator or defensive measure to Congress— subject to— 119C; and (A) not later than 90 days after the date of the (B) by inserting after section 119A the fol- (i) an otherwise lawful restriction placed by enactment of this Act, interim policies and pro- lowing new section: the sharing non-Federal entity or Federal entity cedures required under section 111(b)(1) of the on such cyber threat indicator or defensive ‘‘SEC. 119B. CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTE- National Security Act of 1947, as inserted by GRATION CENTER. measure; or paragraph (1) of this section; and ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Of- (ii) an otherwise applicable provision of law. (B) not later than 180 days after such date, fice of the Director of National Intelligence a SE OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS BY (4) U final policies and procedures required under Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— such section 111(b)(1). ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—There is a Director of the (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT USE.—A State, tribal, (b) PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.— Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, or local government may use a cyber threat indi- (1) GUIDELINES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The who shall be the head of the Cyber Threat Intel- cator shared with such State, tribal, or local Attorney General, in consultation with the ligence Integration Center, and who shall be ap- government for the purposes described in clauses heads of the other appropriate Federal agencies pointed by the Director of National Intelligence. (i), (ii), and (iii) of section 4(d)(5)(A). and with officers designated under section 1062 ‘‘(c) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The Cyber Threat (B) EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE.—A cyber of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre- Intelligence Integration Center shall— threat indicator shared with a State, tribal, or vention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1), shall ‘‘(1) serve as the primary organization within local government under this section shall be— develop and periodically review guidelines relat- the Federal Government for analyzing and inte- (i) deemed voluntarily shared information; ing to privacy and civil liberties that govern the grating all intelligence possessed or acquired by and receipt, retention, use, and dissemination of the United States pertaining to cyber threats; (ii) exempt from disclosure under any State, cyber threat indicators by a Federal entity ob- ‘‘(2) ensure that appropriate departments and tribal, or local law requiring disclosure of infor- tained in accordance with this Act and the agencies have full access to and receive all- mation or records, except as otherwise required amendments made by this Act. source intelligence support needed to execute by applicable State, tribal, or local law requir- (2) CONTENT.—The guidelines developed and the cyber threat intelligence activities of such ing disclosure in any criminal prosecution. reviewed under paragraph (1) shall, consistent agencies and to perform independent, alter- (e) NO RIGHT OR BENEFIT.—The sharing of a with the need to protect information systems native analyses; cyber threat indicator with a non-Federal entity from cybersecurity threats and mitigate cyberse- ‘‘(3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the under this Act shall not create a right or benefit curity threats— President, the appropriate departments and to similar information by such non-Federal enti- (A) limit the impact on privacy and civil lib- agencies of the Federal Government, and the ty or any other non-Federal entity. erties of activities by the Federal Government appropriate committees of Congress;

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(iv) the purpose of preventing, investigating, (1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intel- disrupting, or prosecuting any of the offenses section shall be construed— ligence Integration Center shall— listed in sections 1028, 1029, 1030, and (A) to require dismissal of a cause of action ‘‘(1) have not more than 50 permanent posi- 3559(c)(2)(F) and chapters 37 and 90 of title 18, against a non-Federal entity (including a pri- tions; United States Code. vate entity) that has engaged in willful mis- ‘‘(2) in carrying out the primary missions of (B) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—A cyber threat conduct in the course of conducting activities the Center described in subsection (c), may not indicator or defensive measure provided to the authorized by this Act or the amendments made augment staffing through detailees, assignees, Federal Government under this Act shall not be by this Act; or or core contractor personnel or enter into any disclosed to, retained by, or used by any Federal (B) to undermine or limit the availability of personal services contracts to exceed the limita- department or agency for any use not permitted otherwise applicable common law or statutory tion under paragraph (1); and under subparagraph (A). defenses. ‘‘(3) be located in a building owned or oper- (C) PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.—A cyber (2) PROOF OF WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.—In any ated by an element of the intelligence commu- threat indicator or defensive measure provided action claiming that subsection (a) or (b) does nity as of the date of the enactment of this sec- to the Federal Government under this Act shall not apply due to willful misconduct described in tion.’’. be retained, used, and disseminated by the Fed- paragraph (1), the plaintiff shall have the bur- (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The eral Government in accordance with— den of proving by clear and convincing evidence table of contents in the first section of the Na- (i) the policies and procedures relating to the the willful misconduct by each non-Federal en- tional Security Act of 1947, as amended by sec- receipt of cyber threat indicators and defensive tity subject to such claim and that such willful tion 2 of this Act, is further amended by striking measures by the Federal Government required misconduct proximately caused injury to the the item relating to section 119B and inserting by subsection (b) of section 111 of the National plaintiff. the following new items: Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) (3) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT DEFINED.—In this ‘‘Sec. 119B. Cyber Threat Intelligence Integra- of this section; and subsection, the term ‘‘willful misconduct’’ means tion Center. (ii) the privacy and civil liberties guidelines an act or omission that is taken— ‘‘Sec. 119C. National intelligence centers.’’. required by subsection (b). (A) intentionally to achieve a wrongful pur- (d) INFORMATION SHARED WITH OR PROVIDED SEC. 5. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIABILITY FOR pose; TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— VIOLATIONS OF PRIVACY OR CIVIL (B) knowingly without legal or factual jus- (1) NO WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE OR PROTECTION.— LIBERTIES. tification; and The provision of a cyber threat indicator or de- (a) IN GENERAL.—If a department or agency of (C) in disregard of a known or obvious risk fensive measure to the Federal Government the Federal Government intentionally or will- that is so great as to make it highly probable under this Act shall not constitute a waiver of fully violates the privacy and civil liberties that the harm will outweigh the benefit. any applicable privilege or protection provided guidelines issued by the Attorney General under SEC. 7. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. by law, including trade secret protection. section 4(b), the United States shall be liable to (a) BIENNIAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— (2) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—Consistent a person injured by such violation in an amount (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the National with section 3(c)(2), a cyber threat indicator or equal to the sum of— Security Act of 1947, as added by section 2(a) defensive measure provided by a non-Federal (1) the actual damages sustained by the per- and amended by section 4(a) of this Act, is fur- entity to the Federal Government under this Act son as a result of the violation or $1,000, which- ther amended— shall be considered the commercial, financial, ever is greater; and (A) by redesignating subsection (c) (as redesig- and proprietary information of the non-Federal (2) reasonable attorney fees as determined by nated by such section 4(a)) as subsection (d); entity that is the originator of such cyber threat the court and other litigation costs reasonably and indicator or defensive measure when so des- incurred in any case under this subsection in (B) by inserting after subsection (b) (as in- ignated by such non-Federal entity or a non- which the complainant has substantially pre- serted by such section 4(a)) the following new Federal entity acting in accordance with the vailed. subsection: written authorization of the non-Federal entity (b) VENUE.—An action to enforce liability cre- ‘‘(c) BIENNIAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— that is the originator of such cyber threat indi- ated under this section may be brought in the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than cator or defensive measure. district court of the United States in— once every two years, the Director of National (3) EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE.—A cyber (1) the district in which the complainant re- Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of threat indicator or defensive measure provided sides; the other appropriate Federal entities, shall sub- to the Federal Government under this Act shall (2) the district in which the principal place of mit to Congress a report concerning the imple- be— business of the complainant is located; mentation of this section and the Protecting (A) deemed voluntarily shared information (3) the district in which the department or Cyber Networks Act. and exempt from disclosure under section 552 of agency of the Federal Government that violated ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under title 5, United States Code, and any State, trib- such privacy and civil liberties guidelines is lo- paragraph (1) shall include the following: al, or local law requiring disclosure of informa- cated; or ‘‘(A) An assessment of the sufficiency of the tion or records; and (4) the District of Columbia. policies, procedures, and guidelines required by (B) withheld, without discretion, from the (c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—No action shall this section and section 4 of the Protecting public under section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, lie under this subsection unless such action is Cyber Networks Act in ensuring that cyber United States Code, and any State, tribal, or commenced not later than two years after the threat indicators are shared effectively and re- local provision of law requiring disclosure of in- date of the violation of the privacy and civil lib- sponsibly within the Federal Government. formation or records, except as otherwise re- erties guidelines issued by the Attorney General ‘‘(B) An assessment of whether the procedures quired by applicable Federal, State, tribal, or under section 4(b) that is the basis for the ac- developed under section 3 of such Act comply local law requiring disclosure in any criminal tion. with the goals described in subparagraphs (A), prosecution. (d) EXCLUSIVE CAUSE OF ACTION.—A cause of (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1). (4) EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS.—The provi- action under this subsection shall be the exclu- ‘‘(C) An assessment of whether cyber threat sion of a cyber threat indicator or defensive sive means available to a complainant seeking a indicators have been properly classified and an measure to the Federal Government under this remedy for a violation by a department or agen- accounting of the number of security clearances Act shall not be subject to a rule of any Federal cy of the Federal Government under this Act. authorized by the Federal Government for the department or agency or any judicial doctrine SEC. 6. PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY. purposes of this section and such Act. regarding ex parte communications with a deci- (a) MONITORING OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.— ‘‘(D) A review of the type of cyber threat indi- sion-making official. No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in cators shared with the Federal Government (5) DISCLOSURE, RETENTION, AND USE.— any court against any private entity, and such under this section and such Act, including the (A) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—A cyber threat action shall be promptly dismissed, for the moni- following: indicator or defensive measure provided to the toring of an information system and information ‘‘(i) The degree to which such information Federal Government under this Act may be dis- under section 3(a) that is conducted in good may impact the privacy and civil liberties of spe- closed to, retained by, and used by, consistent faith in accordance with this Act and the cific persons. with otherwise applicable provisions of Federal amendments made by this Act. ‘‘(ii) A quantitative and qualitative assess- law, any department, agency, component, offi- (b) SHARING OR RECEIPT OF CYBER THREAT IN- ment of the impact of the sharing of such cyber cer, employee, or agent of the Federal Govern- DICATORS.—No cause of action shall lie or be threat indicators with the Federal Government ment solely for— maintained in any court against any non-Fed- on privacy and civil liberties of specific persons. (i) a cybersecurity purpose; eral entity, and such action shall be promptly ‘‘(iii) The adequacy of any steps taken by the (ii) the purpose of responding to, prosecuting, dismissed, for the sharing or receipt of a cyber Federal Government to reduce such impact. or otherwise preventing or mitigating a threat of threat indicator or defensive measure under sec- ‘‘(E) A review of actions taken by the Federal death or serious bodily harm or an offense aris- tion 3(c), or a good faith failure to act based on Government based on cyber threat indicators ing out of such a threat; such sharing or receipt, if such sharing or re- shared with the Federal Government under this

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United States national security, economy, and such cyber threat indicators by a Federal entity (B) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required intellectual property. under this section or section 4 of such Act. under paragraph (3) of section 1061(e) of the In- (3) A description of the extent to which the ‘‘(F) A description of any significant viola- telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act capabilities of the United States Government to tions of the requirements of this section or such of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(e)), as added by sub- respond to or prevent cybersecurity threats (in- Act by the Federal Government— paragraph (A) of this paragraph, shall be sub- cluding cyber attacks, theft, or data breaches) ‘‘(i) an assessment of all reports of officers, mitted not later than 2 years after the date of directed against the United States private sector employees, and agents of the Federal Govern- the enactment of this Act. are degraded by a delay in the prompt notifica- ment misusing information provided to the Fed- (2) BIENNIAL REPORT OF INSPECTORS GEN- tion by private entities of such threats or cyber eral Government under the Protecting Cyber ERAL.— attacks, theft, and breaches. Networks Act or this section, without regard to (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after (4) An assessment of additional technologies whether the misuse was knowing or wilful; and the date of the enactment of this Act and not or capabilities that would enhance the ability of ‘‘(ii) an assessment of all disciplinary actions less frequently than once every 2 years there- the United States to prevent and to respond to taken against such officers, employees, and after, the Inspector General of the Department cybersecurity threats (including cyber attacks, agents. of Homeland Security, the Inspector General of theft, and data breaches). ‘‘(G) A summary of the number and type of the Intelligence Community, the Inspector Gen- (5) An assessment of any technologies or prac- non-Federal entities that received classified eral of the Department of Justice, and the In- tices utilized by the private sector that could be cyber threat indicators from the Federal Govern- spector General of the Department of Defense, rapidly fielded to assist the intelligence commu- ment under this section or such Act and an in consultation with the Council of Inspectors nity in preventing and responding to cybersecu- evaluation of the risks and benefits of sharing General on Financial Oversight, shall jointly rity threats. such cyber threat indicators. submit to Congress a report on the receipt, use, (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by ‘‘(H) An assessment of any personal informa- and dissemination of cyber threat indicators subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified tion of or information identifying a specific per- and defensive measures that have been shared form, but may include a classified annex. son not directly related to a cybersecurity threat with Federal entities under this Act and the (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The that— amendments made by this Act. Director of National Intelligence shall make ‘‘(i) was shared by a non-Federal entity with (B) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under publicly available the unclassified portion of the the Federal Government under this Act in con- subparagraph (A) shall include the following: report required by subsection (a). travention of section 3(d)(2); or (i) A review of the types of cyber threat indi- (e) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In ‘‘(ii) was shared within the Federal Govern- cators shared with Federal entities. this section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ ment under this Act in contravention of the (ii) A review of the actions taken by Federal has the meaning given that term in section 3 of guidelines required by section 4(b). entities as a result of the receipt of such cyber the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. ‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each report sub- threat indicators. 3003). mitted under paragraph (1) may include such (iii) A list of Federal entities receiving such SEC. 9. CONSTRUCTION AND PREEMPTION. recommendations as the heads of the appro- cyber threat indicators. (a) PROHIBITION OF SURVEILLANCE.—Nothing priate Federal entities may have for improve- (iv) A review of the sharing of such cyber in this Act or the amendments made by this Act ments or modifications to the authorities and threat indicators among Federal entities to iden- shall be construed to authorize the Department processes under this section or such Act. tify inappropriate barriers to sharing informa- of Defense or the National Security Agency or ‘‘(4) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required tion. any other element of the intelligence community by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi- (C) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each report sub- to target a person for surveillance. fied form, but may include a classified annex. mitted under this paragraph may include such (b) OTHERWISE LAWFUL DISCLOSURES.—Noth- ‘‘(5) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The recommendations as the Inspectors General re- ing in this Act or the amendments made by this Director of National Intelligence shall make ferred to in subparagraph (A) may have for im- Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit— publicly available the unclassified portion of provements or modifications to the authorities (1) otherwise lawful disclosures of communica- each report required by paragraph (1).’’. under this Act or the amendments made by this tions, records, or other information, including (2) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required Act. reporting of known or suspected criminal activ- under subsection (c) of section 111 of the Na- (D) FORM.—Each report required under this ity, by a non-Federal entity to any other non- tional Security Act of 1947, as inserted by para- paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified Federal entity or the Federal Government; or graph (1) of this subsection, shall be submitted form, but may include a classified annex. (2) any otherwise lawful use of such disclo- not later than one year after the date of the en- sures by any entity of the Federal government, (E) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The actment of this Act. Inspector General of the Department of Home- without regard to whether such otherwise law- (b) REPORTS ON PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB- land Security, the Inspector General of the In- ful disclosures duplicate or replicate disclosures ERTIES.— telligence Community, the Inspector General of made under this Act. (1) BIENNIAL REPORT FROM PRIVACY AND CIVIL (c) WHISTLE BLOWER PROTECTIONS.—Nothing the Department of Justice, and the Inspector LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.— in this Act or the amendments made by this Act General of the Department of Defense shall (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1061(e) of the Intel- shall be construed to prohibit or limit the disclo- make publicly available the unclassified portion ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of sure of information protected under section of each report required under subparagraph (A). 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(e)) is amended by adding 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code (gov- at the end the following new paragraph: SEC. 8. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY THREATS. erning disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL REPORT ON CERTAIN CYBER AC- (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 abuse, or public health or safety threats), sec- TIVITIES.— days after the date of the enactment of this Act, tion 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov- ‘‘(A) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Privacy and the Director of National Intelligence, in con- erning disclosures to Congress), section 1034 of Civil Liberties Oversight Board shall biennially sultation with the heads of other appropriate title 10, United States Code (governing disclo- submit to Congress and the President a report elements of the intelligence community, shall sure to Congress by members of the military), or containing— submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of any similar provision of Federal or State law.. ‘‘(i) an assessment of the privacy and civil lib- the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee (d) PROTECTION OF SOURCES AND METHODS.— erties impact of the activities carried out under on Intelligence of the House of Representatives Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by the Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the a report on cybersecurity threats, including this Act shall be construed— amendments made by such Act; and cyber attacks, theft, and data breaches. (1) as creating any immunity against, or oth- ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the sufficiency of the (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by sub- erwise affecting, any action brought by the Fed- policies, procedures, and guidelines established section (a) shall include the following: eral Government, or any department or agency pursuant to section 4 of the Protecting Cyber (1) An assessment of— thereof, to enforce any law, executive order, or Networks Act and the amendments made by (A) the current intelligence sharing and co- procedure governing the appropriate handling, such section 4 in addressing privacy and civil operation relationships of the United States disclosure, or use of classified information; liberties concerns. with other countries regarding cybersecurity (2) to affect the conduct of authorized law en- ‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each report sub- threats (including cyber attacks, theft, and data forcement or intelligence activities; or mitted under this paragraph may include such breaches) directed against the United States (3) to modify the authority of the President or recommendations as the Privacy and Civil Lib- that threaten the United States national secu- a department or agency of the Federal Govern- erties Oversight Board may have for improve- rity interests, economy, and intellectual prop- ment to protect and control the dissemination of ments or modifications to the authorities under erty; and classified information, intelligence sources and the Protecting Cyber Networks Act or the (B) the relative utility of such relationships, methods, and the national security of the amendments made by such Act. which elements of the intelligence community United States. ‘‘(C) FORM.—Each report required under this participate in such relationships, and whether (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified and how such relationships could be improved. in this Act or the amendments made by this Act form, but may include a classified annex. (2) A list and an assessment of the countries shall be construed to affect any requirement ‘‘(D) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The and non-state actors that are the primary under any other provision of law for a non-Fed- Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board threats of carrying out a cybersecurity threat eral entity to provide information to the Federal shall make publicly available the unclassified (including a cyber attack, theft, or data breach) Government.

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(f) INFORMATION SHARING RELATIONSHIPS.— tecting Cyber Networks Act or the amendments tems, distributed control systems, and program- Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by made by such Act.’’. mable logic controllers. this Act shall be construed— SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. (9) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local gov- (1) to limit or modify an existing information- In this Act: ernment’’ means any borough, city, county, par- sharing relationship; (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the ish, town, township, village, or other political (2) to prohibit a new information-sharing rela- meaning given the term in section 3502 of title subdivision of a State. tionship; or 44, United States Code. (10) MALICIOUS CYBER COMMAND AND CON- (3) to require a new information-sharing rela- (2) APPROPRIATE FEDERAL ENTITIES.—The TROL.—The term ‘‘malicious cyber command and tionship between any non-Federal entity and term ‘‘appropriate Federal entities’’ means the control’’ means a method for unauthorized re- the Federal Government. following: mote identification of, access to, or use of, an (g) PRESERVATION OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGA- (A) The Department of Commerce. information system or information that is stored TIONS AND RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act or the (B) The Department of Defense. on, processed by, or transiting an information amendments made by this Act shall be con- (C) The Department of Energy. system. strued— (D) The Department of Homeland Security. (11) MALICIOUS RECONNAISSANCE.—The term (1) to amend, repeal, or supersede any current (E) The Department of Justice. ‘‘malicious reconnaissance’’ means a method for or future contractual agreement, terms of service (F) The Department of the Treasury. actively probing or passively monitoring an in- agreement, or other contractual relationship be- (G) The Office of the Director of National In- formation system for the purpose of discerning tween any non-Federal entities, or between any telligence. security vulnerabilities of the information sys- non-Federal entity and a Federal entity; or (3) CYBERSECURITY PURPOSE.—The term ‘‘cy- tem, if such method is associated with a known (2) to abrogate trade secret or intellectual bersecurity purpose’’ means the purpose of pro- or suspected cybersecurity threat. property rights of any non-Federal entity or tecting (including through the use of a defensive (12) MONITOR.—The term ‘‘monitor’’ means to Federal entity. measure) an information system or information acquire, identify, scan, or otherwise possess in- (h) ANTI-TASKING RESTRICTION.—Nothing in that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an formation that is stored on, processed by, or this Act or the amendments made by this Act information system from a cybersecurity threat transiting an information system. shall be construed to permit the Federal Govern- or security vulnerability or identifying the (13) NON-FEDERAL ENTITY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- ment— source of a cybersecurity threat. vided in this paragraph, the term ‘‘non-Federal (1) to require a non-Federal entity to provide (4) CYBERSECURITY THREAT.— entity’’ means any private entity, non-Federal information to the Federal Government; (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub- government department or agency, or State, (2) to condition the sharing of a cyber threat paragraph (B), the term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ tribal, or local government (including a political indicator with a non-Federal entity on such means an action, not protected by the first subdivision, department, officer, employee, or non-Federal entity’s provision of a cyber threat amendment to the Constitution of the United agent thereof). indicator to the Federal Government; or States, on or through an information system (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘non-Federal enti- (3) to condition the award of any Federal that may result in an unauthorized effort to ad- ty’’ includes a government department or agen- grant, contract, or purchase on the provision of versely impact the security, confidentiality, in- cy (including an officer, employee, or agent a cyber threat indicator to a Federal entity. tegrity, or availability of an information system thereof) of the District of Columbia, the Com- (i) NO LIABILITY FOR NON-PARTICIPATION.— or information that is stored on, processed by, or monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by transiting an information system. Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana this Act shall be construed to subject any non- (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘cybersecurity Islands, and any other territory or possession of Federal entity to liability for choosing not to en- threat’’ does not include any action that solely the United States. gage in a voluntary activiy authorized in this involves a violation of a consumer term of serv- (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘non-Federal enti- Act and the amendments made by this Act. ice or a consumer licensing agreement. ty’’ does not include a foreign power or known (j) USE AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION.— (5) CYBER THREAT INDICATOR.—The term agent of a foreign power, as both terms are de- Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by ‘‘cyber threat indicator’’ means information or a fined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence this Act shall be construed to authorize, or to physical object that is necessary to describe or Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). modify any existing authority of, a department identify— (14) PRIVATE ENTITY.— or agency of the Federal Government to retain (A) malicious reconnaissance, including (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- or use any information shared under this Act or anomalous patterns of communications that ap- the amendments made by this Act for any use vided in this paragraph, the term ‘‘private enti- pear to be transmitted for the purpose of gath- ty’’ means any person or private group, organi- other than permitted in this Act or the amend- ering technical information related to a cyberse- ments made by this Act. zation, proprietorship, partnership, trust, coop- curity threat or security vulnerability; erative, corporation, or other commercial or (k) FEDERAL PREEMPTION.— (B) a method of defeating a security control or (1) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amend- nonprofit entity, including an officer, employee, exploitation of a security vulnerability; or agent thereof. ments made by this Act supersede any statute or (C) a security vulnerability, including anoma- (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘private entity’’ in- other provision of law of a State or political sub- lous activity that appears to indicate the exist- division of a State that restricts or otherwise ex- cludes a component of a State, tribal, or local ence of a security vulnerability; government performing electric utility services. pressly regulates an activity authorized under (D) a method of causing a user with legitimate this Act or the amendments made by this Act. (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘private entity’’ access to an information system or information does not include a foreign power as defined in (2) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- information system to unwittingly enable the lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). construed to supersede any statute or other pro- defeat of a security control or exploitation of a vision of law of a State or political subdivision (15) REAL TIME; REAL-TIME.—The terms ‘‘real security vulnerability; time’’ and ‘‘real-time’’ mean a process by which of a State concerning the use of authorized law (E) malicious cyber command and control; enforcement practices and procedures. an automated, machine-to-machine system proc- (F) the actual or potential harm caused by an esses cyber threat indicators such that the time (l) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this incident, including a description of the informa- in which the occurrence of an event and the re- Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be tion exfiltrated as a result of a particular cyber- construed— porting or recording of it are as simultaneous as security threat; or technologically and operationally practicable. (1) to authorize the promulgation of any regu- (G) any other attribute of a cybersecurity lations not specifically authorized by this Act or (16) SECURITY CONTROL.—The term ‘‘security threat, if disclosure of such attribute is not oth- control’’ means the management, operational, the amendments made by this Act; erwise prohibited by law. (2) to establish any regulatory authority not and technical controls used to protect against (6) DEFENSIVE MEASURE.—The term ‘‘defensive an unauthorized effort to adversely impact the specifically established under this Act or the measure’’ means an action, device, procedure, amendments made by this Act; or security, confidentiality, integrity, and avail- technique, or other measure executed on an in- ability of an information system or its informa- (3) to authorize regulatory actions that would formation system or information that is stored duplicate or conflict with regulatory require- tion. on, processed by, or transiting an information (17) SECURITY VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘se- ments, mandatory standards, or related proc- system that prevents or mitigates a known or curity vulnerability’’ means any attribute of esses under another provision of Federal law. suspected cybersecurity threat or security vul- hardware, software, process, or procedure that SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. nerability. could enable or facilitate the defeat of a security Section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, is (7) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal enti- control. amended— ty’’ means a department or agency of the United (18) TRIBAL.—The term ‘‘tribal’’ has the (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the States or any component of such department or meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in sec- end; agency. tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and (2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘wells.’’ and (8) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘infor- Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). inserting ‘‘wells; or’’; and mation system’’— (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol- (A) has the meaning given the term in section The Acting CHAIR. No amendment lowing: 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and to the committee amendment in the ‘‘(10) information shared with or provided to (B) includes industrial control systems, such nature of a substitute shall be in order the Federal Government pursuant to the Pro- as supervisory control and data acquisition sys- except those printed in part A of House

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These it does not get liability protection, nor to amendment, and shall not be subject changes will align several sections of should it. to a demand for division of the ques- the bill, including the authorization for That is the right result, and we have tion. the use of defensive measures and the to be careful not to create any confu- liability protections, with the Com- b 1515 sion about there being any immunity mittee on Homeland Security’s bill, for people or for companies acting will- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. NUNES H.R. 1731. fully, recklessly, or even unreasonably The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order The amendment also removes a di- in disregarding private information or to consider amendment No. 1 printed in rect amendment to the Freedom of In- the requirement that it be extricated. part A of House Report 114–88. formation Act because the bill already The manager’s amendment makes Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I have an contains a strong exemption of cyber positive technical changes. There are amendment at the desk. threat information and defensive meas- further changes that I would like to see The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will ures from disclosure. The change does as the bill moves forward. Confusion in designate the amendment. not have a substantive effect on the ex- any section of the bill, particularly as The text of the amendment is as fol- emption of cyber threat information lows: it pertains to liability, means litiga- from disclosure laws. tion, and litigation means costs, so I Page 5, beginning line 16, strike ‘‘in ac- The changes also reflect feedback we cordance with’’ and insert ‘‘under’’. think there is further work for us to do Page 9, line 2, strike ‘‘and is limited to’’. have received from our minority, from to make it even more clear. Page 9, beginning line 14, strike ‘‘the in- the executive branch, from outside In sum, I support the technical and tentional or reckless operation of any’’ and groups, and from other committees of substantive changes made in the man- insert ‘‘a’’. Congress. We want to make sure that ager’s amendment, and I urge my col- Page 9, beginning line 17, strike ‘‘substan- the bill establishes a workable system leagues to do the same. I join the tially harms, or initiates a new action, proc- for companies and the government to chairman in urging support for the ess, or procedure on’’ and insert ‘‘, or sub- share cyber threat information and de- stantially harms’’. manager’s amendment. Page 12, beginning line 2, strike ‘‘a non- fensive measures. I yield back the balance of my time. Federal entity, if authorized by applicable I urge Members to support this tech- Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, as I have law or regulation other than this Act, from nical and clarifying amendment, and I no other speakers, I urge my colleagues sharing’’ and insert ‘‘otherwise lawful shar- reserve the balance of my time. to support this amendment. ing by a non-Federal entity of’’. Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, I claim I yield back the balance of my time. Page 14, line 18, insert ‘‘or defensive meas- the time in opposition, although I am The Acting CHAIR. The question is ure’’ before ‘‘shared’’. not opposed to the gentleman’s amend- Page 23, line 19, strike ‘‘section 3(c)(2)’’ and on the amendment offered by the gen- insert ‘‘this Act’’. ment. tleman from California (Mr. NUNES). Page 24, line 15, strike ‘‘section The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- The amendment was agreed to. 552(b)(3)(B)’’ and insert ‘‘section 552(b)(3)’’. tion, the gentleman from California is AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. CA´ RDENAS Page 25, line 13, insert ‘‘investigating,’’ recognized for 5 minutes. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order after ‘‘to,’’. There was no objection. Page 25, line 18, insert ‘‘investigating, Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, the man- to consider amendment No. 2 printed in prosecuting,’’ after ‘‘to,’’. part A of House Report 114–88. Page 27, line 23, strike ‘‘subsection’’ and ager’s amendment makes mostly tech- ´ nical edits to the bill which advanced Mr. CARDENAS. Madam Chair, I am insert ‘‘section’’. here to present my amendment. Page 27, beginning line 24, strike ‘‘of the out of the Intelligence Committee The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will violation’’ and all that follows through the unanimously. These strong edits came period on page 28, line 2, and insert the fol- from our close and continuing con- designate the amendment. lowing: ‘‘on which the cause of action sultations with outside groups and The text of the amendment is as fol- arises.’’. with the White House. lows: Page 28, line 4, strike ‘‘subsection’’ and in- Page 15, after line 7, insert the following: sert ‘‘section’’. There is still work that remains to be done. In particular, we are going to (f) SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.— Page 28, line 14, strike ‘‘in good faith’’. (1) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator of the Page 28, beginning line 22, strike ‘‘in good work, as the bill moves forward, on the Small Business Administration shall provide faith’’. liability section. In order to benefit assistance to small businesses and small fi- Page 33, line 16, insert ‘‘of such Act’’ before from the liability protection under the nancial institutions to monitor information the semicolon. current language, it is necessary for and information systems, operate defensive Page 33, line 19, insert ‘‘of such Act’’ before measures, and share and receive cyber threat the period. companies to strictly comply with the Page 38, line 20, strike ‘‘threats,’’ and in- act, which means sharing information indicators and defensive measures under this sert the following: ‘‘threats to the national only for a cybersecurity purpose and section security and economy of the United States,’’. taking reasonable efforts to remove (2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after Page 44, line 2, strike ‘‘activiy’’ and insert the date of the enactment of this Act, the private information before sharing it. Administrator of the Small Business Admin- ‘‘activity’’. I would support making further Page 44, after line 23, insert the following: istration shall submit to the President a re- changes to the bill to make this re- (3) STATE REGULATION OF UTILITIES.—Ex- port on the degree to which small businesses cept as provided by section 3(d)(4)(B), noth- quirement even more clear. In par- and small financial institutions are able to ing in this Act or the amendments made by ticular, I think it would be advan- engage in cyber threat information sharing this Act shall be construed to supersede any tageous to strike what is, in my view, under this section. Such report shall include statute, regulation, or other provision of law an unnecessary section on the rule of the recommendations of the Administrator of a State or political subdivision of a State construction pertaining to willful mis- for improving the ability of such businesses relating to the regulation of a private entity conduct. and institutions to engage in cyber threat performing utility services, except to the ex- information sharing and to use shared infor- Striking the rule of construction will mation to defend their networks. tent such statute, regulation, or other provi- help further clarify the intent of the sion of law restricts activity authorized (3) OUTREACH.—The Federal Government under this Act or the amendments made by bill, which is that liability protection shall conduct outreach to small businesses this Act. is only available if a company or other and small financial institutions to encourage Strike section 10. non-Federal entity shares cyber threat such businesses and institutions to exercise Page 51, line 13, strike ‘‘electric’’. information, for a cybersecurity pur- their authority under this section. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to pose, and only after it takes reasonable The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 212, the gentleman steps to remove private information House Resolution 212, the gentleman

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He worked closely with when we marked it in the Intelligence I applaud the managers of this legis- the committee to ensure that the lan- Committee. I am only bringing up this lation for all of their hard work. I un- guage did not disrupt the intent of the amendment today to address a basic derstand the difficult balance that bill. I am prepared to accept the transparency concern raised by my must be struck in this important de- amendment. constituents after the markup, that bate, and I thank the committee for I yield back the balance of my time. the cybersecurity threat posed to our the opportunity to have my amend- Mr. CA´ RDENAS. Madam Chair, I government, to our businesses, and to ment considered today. yield the balance of my time to the our personal information is massive Madam Chair, this amendment will gentleman from California (Mr. and is growing every day. protect national security by starting SCHIFF). This bill provides important tools to from the ground up in protecting our Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman, ensure that the lessons learned from a smallest of businesses. my colleague, for yielding. breach of one company can help Cyber attacks are a real threat to Madam Chair, for a large business, a strengthen the security of others. As a our economy and national security. cyber attack can be costly and dam- result, your Social Security and credit Hackers will look for the most vulner- aging. For a small business, a cyber at- card numbers will be better protected. able in the supply chain to exploit tack can be fatal, wiping out a family’s Madam Chair, as someone who op- their security. This is why we must dream or a lifetime of work in a few posed CISPA last year, I feel like this make sure any legislation related to clicks of a mouse. iteration is a major first step forward cybersecurity places small businesses Small businesses and small financial in privacy protection and trans- at the forefront of our security plan- institutions also don’t have the large ning. parency. I am particularly happy with legal shops that are sometimes nec- the robust protections of personally By doing this, we will be protecting essary to keep up with the latest customers and businesses up and down identifiable information. changes or regulations coming from Unlike past iterations, this bill man- the supply chain, which will defend our Washington. economy, as a whole, from being at- dates that cyber threat information is That is why I am so pleased that my scanned and that personal information tacked. California colleague offered this impor- The amendment will ensure that the is removed not once, but twice, before tant amendment. While I don’t expect SBA will assist small businesses and it can be transmitted to other Federal that any sharing mechanism will ulti- small financial institutions in partici- agencies. mately be costly to maintain or to ac- pating in the programs under this bill, I am pleased, Madam Chair, that cess, there will be some costs, espe- and it will make sure the Federal Gov- companies will share their cyber threat cially in the early stages of implemen- ernment performs outreach to small information with a civilian agency and tation, and there will be some new pro- businesses and to small financial insti- not directly with the intelligence com- cedures to navigate. munity. I am also happy that addi- tutions. This amendment will help put the This is a commonsense provision that tional limitations are placed on the reach and authority of the Small Busi- addresses the issues that are critical to ways that cyber threat information ness Administration in the service of ensuring the security of our cyberspace can be utilized. cybersecurity by having the agency as- and of our economic well-being now For all of the benefits of this bill, the sist in the rollout of cyber threat infor- and into the future. American people still—rightfully so— Small businesses are increasingly be- mation sharing. expect oversight that is consistent and It is an important addition to the coming the target of cyber criminals as comprehensive. That is what this bill. I thank the gentleman for raising larger companies increase their protec- amendment is all about. It strengthens the issue, and I urge my colleagues to tions, so we need to arm them with the the oversight of the inspector general’s support it. information and technical assistance monitoring of this kind of information Mr. CA´ RDENAS. I yield back the bal- they need to create effective plans to sharing. ance of my time. Now, with this amendment, the in- thwart these attacks and intrusions. The Acting CHAIR. The question is On a personal note, I once owned a spector general will oversee and report on the amendment offered by the gen- small business myself. I left my bigger, on the process for information-sharing tleman from California (Mr. corporate job to start a small business procedures, for removing personal in- CA´ RDENAS). in my local community and employ formation, and any incidence in which The amendment was agreed to. people I grew up with. Washington is a this information was treated improp- AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. CARSON OF faraway place for many small busi- erly. INDIANA nesses in our country. The laws here It will ensure Congress and the public The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order can seem disconnected. The issues can that sharing is happening properly and to consider amendment No. 3 printed in be brushed off as someone else’s prob- that the public is being protected. I part A of House Report 114–88. hope that my good Republican col- lem. Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam That is why it is essential that, leagues will support this amendment. Chair, I have an amendment at the today and moving forward on all of I reserve the balance of my time. desk. Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I claim these cybersecurity debates, that we The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will the time in opposition, although I am make sure we have programs in place designate the amendment. not opposed to the amendment. to work with and to educate our small The text of the amendment is as fol- The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- businesses and that we understand lows: that, every time one of these small tion, the gentleman from California is Page 37, after line 16, insert the following recognized for 5 minutes. businesses is successfully attacked and new clause: breached, it is a possibility that it (v) A review of the current procedures per- There was no objection. could go under, losing those local jobs. taining to the sharing of information, re- Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I want to I think this is a commonsense amend- moval procedures for personal information thank the gentleman. He is a member ment. or information identifying a specific person, of the Intelligence Committee and has I reserve the balance of my time. and any incidents pertaining to the improper played a very productive and construc- Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I claim treatment of such information. tive role. As he said, his constituents the time in opposition, although I am The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to have brought these concerns to him. He not opposed to the amendment. House Resolution 212, the gentleman worked with the ranking member and

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I tleman from California (Mr. SCHIFF), this Act shall terminate on the date that is doubt very seriously we would be hav- my good friend. seven years after the date of the enactment ing serious discussions right now about Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman of this Act. things as important as the PATRIOT for yielding. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Act if a sunset provision was not Madam Chair, this is Mr. CARSON’s House Resolution 212, the gentleman hardwired into the bill. Maybe we first year on the committee, and I ap- from South Carolina (Mr. MULVANEY) should consider adding these to every preciate his dedicated service and the and a Member opposed each will con- single piece of legislation for just the interest he has taken in oversight of trol 5 minutes. same reason: to force us from time to the intelligence community. He brings The Chair recognizes the gentleman time to see if what we thought we were a background in law enforcement, from South Carolina. doing several years ago was really as which is a very welcome addition to Mr. MULVANEY. Madam Chair, I good an idea as we thought it was sev- our committee, and joins other col- thank the chairman of the committee eral years ago. So that was the inten- leagues with a very similar back- for the opportunity to present the tion. ground. amendment here today. That is the genesis of this amend- He has worked closely with us to Very briefly, I will talk about the ment—again, very simple, a 7-year sun- make privacy improvements through- genesis of this amendment, which is set provision. I hope my colleagues will out the process. I support his efforts very simple, by the way. It adds a 7- see fit to support it. here again to make a good bill even year sunset to all the provisions of the I reserve the balance of my time. better. Mr. CARSON’s amendment would bill. Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I rise in include a requirement to make sure the Madam Chair, in going through the opposition to this amendment, al- critical dual privacy scrub is working review of this bill, it occurred to me though I appreciate my colleague’s the way it should. This is very impor- that this was a really close call. There concern. tant. It is at the core of our bill and at were folks whom I respect with a great The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman the core of our efforts to protect pri- deal of credibility who reached out to from California is recognized for 5 min- vacy. So we must monitor how these me and said: Look, here are the dif- utes. requirements are working and support Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, my friend ficulties with this bill and why we transparent reporting to make sure from South Carolina, I think, is very should defeat this bill. At the same that they are working as intended. thoughtful in his approach in wanting time, there are a lot of folks for whom I support the amendment and urge sunset provisions in many laws that my colleagues to do the same. I have a great deal of respect and have pass this body, and I think that is cor- Mr. CARSON of Indiana. I thank a great deal of credibility in the indus- rect on major pieces of legislation, es- try who also reached out to me and Chairman NUNES and Ranking Member pecially involving government bu- said: Look, this is a very serious prob- SCHIFF once again for their support in reaucracies, the creation of govern- helping to keep our communities safer, lem. Here are the good things in the ment bureaucracies, and the implemen- but I still want to thank my Repub- bill, and here is why you should sup- tation of regulation. lican colleagues for supporting this port it. I would just make a few important amendment, and I thank them for their It is probably not unusual that we points that I think this bill is very dif- friendship. As a new member of the have that circumstance before us ferent because this is a voluntary bill. committee, Madam Chair, I have great- where it is a close call. We are bal- It is also legislation that, because of ly appreciated the guidance—bipar- ancing two very critical things: secu- the liability protections that are in tisan guidance, if you will. rity—specifically, cybersecurity—on this bill, if you have a sunset clause in Every Member of this House, Madam one hand, and privacy, liberty inter- it—and part of the reason why the Chair, has heard from constituents who ests, on the other. It is a balancing act other amendments that were made out are concerned about government sur- that we are called on to do many, of order and this one was made in veillance and overreach. After every- many times here in Washington, D.C. order, because it was the longest time, thing we have heard about bulk collec- As I was going through the bill, tak- with the 7 years, as the gentleman tion over the last few years, the Amer- ing input from both sides of the argu- said—it is tough for a company to de- ican people are right to be concerned ment, it occurred to me: All right, sign, build, get in the process of pre- about new authorities to collect data. what if we have got it wrong? What if paring how they are going to share this As the text plainly and repeatedly we have the balancing act wrong? Sure, information company to company, and states, this is not a surveillance bill. we can go back in and fix it at some I am afraid that even though this is 7 We have protections in place to ensure point in the future, some indetermi- years, will companies make the invest- that the intelligence community can- nate time in the future; but face it, ment terms of being willing to actually not collect and utilize your personal this is a busy place, with a lot of bills share? Then, if this expires, what hap- data. This amendment simply ensures demanding attention on any given day pens with the trial lawyers that would that Congress and the public get to see in Congress. then come after the fact when the Con- this sharing process and see how it Wouldn’t it be nice to have some- gress doesn’t act with information that works if these protections happen to thing hardwired into the bill that is sitting out there that no longer has fail. I urge support for this amendment would force Congress at some point in the protections? and the underlying bill. the future to come back and say: Okay. This is actually why, back when the I yield back the balance of my time, A couple years back, here is what we last version of this legislation was up Madam Chair. did on cybersecurity. Is it working? last Congress, we made several changes The Acting CHAIR. The question is Did we get it right? Is the balance be- since then, and we have many more on the amendment offered by the gen- tween security and privacy one that is supporters since that time because of tleman from Indiana (Mr. CARSON). serving both of those very important the changes we have made to make The amendment was agreed to. interests correctly? sure that we have scrubbed private AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. MULVANEY We sat down to talk amongst some of data, to make sure this doesn’t go to The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order my colleagues about the amount of any government agency, to make sure to consider amendment No. 4 printed in time that was necessary. Madam Chair, that it is voluntary, all of the steps part A of House Report 114–88. 7 years is a long time to have a sunset that we have taken. But because of the Mr. MULVANEY. I have an amend- provision in a bill. It came to my at- trial lawyer component and the liabil- ment at the desk. tention, though, given the complex- ity being left open, this is why groups

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I hate to oppose on phones was being collected. We minutes. this amendment because he is my good didn’t know that when we passed the The Chair recognizes the gentle- friend, but I want to try to see if he PATRIOT Act. Now we have an oppor- woman from Texas. might be willing to withdraw and work tunity to put a backstop in place where b 1545 with us when we get to a conference on we can take a look a few years down a reasonable solution to this. the road and make sure this isn’t being Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I I reserve the balance of my time. misinterpreted, not in line with con- thank the manager and the chairman Mr. MULVANEY. I will respond in a gressional intent, and not in line with and ranking member of the House In- couple of different ways. the Constitution. This backstop, this telligence Committee for their service Under ordinary circumstances, sunset, is a critical piece of the bill. and leadership. Madam Chair, I might consider with- The bill is not perfect, but this makes I offer this amendment that I believe drawing the amendment, but I think it a whole lot better and gives us a sec- will answer a question that has been we are here today under a somewhat ond bite at the apple should things be raised by many Members but really has extraordinary rule. I do appreciate the going wrong. bipartisan support. chairman’s genuineness in his request I appreciate your yielding. This amendment is offered as a Jack- because we have worked very closely Mr. NUNES. Madam Chair, I am pre- son Lee-Polis amendment, and the spe- together on other matters in the past. pared to close. cifics of it say: I look forward to working with him on I would just say that I hate to have ‘‘Not later than three years after the other matters in the future. I consider to oppose this amendment because I date of the enactment of this Act, the him to be a good friend and colleague. think my colleagues are offering it in Comptroller General of the United But because of the nature of the joint good faith, with good intentions. How- States shall submit to Congress a re- rule, if this bill passes and the bill that ever, it is a voluntary program. As I port on the actions taken by the Fed- is being offered by the Homeland Secu- said, cybersecurity is going to continue eral Government to remove personal rity Committee tomorrow passes as to be an ever-increasing problem and information from cyber threat indica- well, my understanding is those two challenge, and the last thing we want tors pursuant to section 4(b).’’ bills will then be merged. I have a simi- to do is put a backstop in to where Again, this relates to the concern lar amendment, Madam Chair, tomor- companies or private citizens are that many of us will hear over and over row to Mr. MCCAUL’s bill, so I am not afraid to share the information with again from our constituents. really sure if even withdrawing at this each other because they are afraid of In the world of hacking and mistakes point would accomplish the necessary being sued by some trial lawyer down and misdirection and unfairness and end that you seek. I will politely de- the road. terrorism, it is important to secure cline your request, and respectfully so. Like I said, I hate to oppose the this Nation and to be able to have the I will point out, my good friend does amendment, but I will have to oppose right information. mention an interesting part of my his- the amendment and urge my colleagues As I serve as a member of the Home- tory here in Washington, D.C. When I to vote ‘‘no.’’ land Security Committee, I believe we offered a similar amendment to, I be- I yield back the balance of my time. have to have information to thwart lieve, the PATRIOT Act a couple years The Acting CHAIR. The question is terrorist acts and protect the home- back, The Heritage Foundation did op- on the amendment offered by the gen- land. pose it. It always makes me smile, tleman from South Carolina (Mr. But there is a public benefit to my Madam Chair, when I remember going MULVANEY). amendment. This amendment will pro- through that conversation with my The question was taken; and the Act- vide the public assurance from a reli- friends over at The Heritage Founda- ing Chair announced that the noes ap- able and trustworthy source that their tion, and I had to send them a copy of peared to have it. privacy and civil liberties are not being Ed Feulner’s own book. Ed, of course, Mr. MULVANEY. Madam Chair, I de- compromised. is one of the founding members of The mand a recorded vote. We are a State and a Nation born out Heritage Foundation, and the last The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to of the existence of the Bill of Rights. chapter is an exhortation to please in- clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Along with the Constitution, it has clude a sunset provision in every single ceedings on the amendment offered by framed a democracy, but it has also piece of Federal legislation. Again, the gentleman from South Carolina framed the preciousness of individual that just sort of makes me smile. will be postponed. rights and privacy. I offer this amend- With all due respect due to the chair- AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON ment, again, to emphasize the impor- man, both as the chair of the com- LEE tance of privacy that is so very impor- mittee and a Member of this body and The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order tant. a friend of mine, I will politely decline to consider amendment No. 5 printed in The Jackson Lee-Polis amendment his request. part A of House Report 114–88. provides, again, for a Government Ac- I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I countability Act report to Congress on Mr. NUNES. I now yield 1 minute to have an amendment at the desk. the actions taken by the Federal Gov- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will ernment to remove personal informa- FARENTHOLD). designate the amendment. tion from data shared through the pro- Mr. FARENTHOLD. I appreciate the The text of the amendment is as fol- grams established by this statute. chairman yielding time to me, even lows: The intent of the report, as indi- though I am in support of this amend- Add at the end the following: cated, is to provide Congress with in- ment. SEC. 12. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON formation regarding the effectiveness Madam Chair, we need this legisla- REMOVAL OF PERSONAL IDENTI- of protecting the privacy of Americans. tion because our companies, our indus- FYING INFORMATION. Again, this amendment would result tries, our government, and even our in- (a) REPORT.—Not later than three years in the sole external report on the pri- dividual citizens are under attack by after the date of the enactment of this Act, vacy and civil liberties impact of the the Comptroller General of the United States foreign cyber hackers, under attack shall submit to Congress a report on the ac- programs created under this bill. from criminals. We need the coopera- tions taken by the Federal Government to Privacy is of great concern to the tion between the government and the remove personal information from cyber American people. I know that because, private sector, but unfortunately we threat indicators pursuant to section 4(b). as we were doing the Patriot Act in the

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Green, Gene O’Rourke American public. Privacy involves the Brady (PA) Griffith Palazzo The Jackson Lee-Polis Amendment pro- Brat Grijalva Pallone handling and protection of personal in- vides for a Government Accountability Office Bridenstine Grothman Palmer formation. And as well, when personal (GAO) report to Congress on the actions Brooks (AL) Guinta Pascrell information is improperly accessed, taken by the Federal Government to remove Brown (FL) Gutie´rrez Paulsen used, or abused, it can cause financial Brownley (CA) Hahn Payne personal information from data shared through Buchanan Hanna Pearce and personal harm to those whose data the programs established by this statute. Buck Harris Pelosi is involved. The intent of the report is to provide Con- Burgess Heck (WA) Perlmutter Madam Chair, may I ask how much gress with information regarding the effective- Bustos Hensarling Perry time is remaining? Butterfield Herrera Beutler Peters ness of protecting the privacy of Americans. Byrne Hice, Jody B. Peterson The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman This amendment would result in the sole ex- Capps Higgins Pingree from Texas has 2 minutes remaining. ternal report on the privacy and civil liberties Capuano Himes Pitts ´ Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I impact of the programs created under this bill. Cardenas Hinojosa Pocan ask my colleagues to support the Jack- Carney Honda Poe (TX) Privacy is of great concern to the American Carson (IN) Hoyer Polis son Lee amendment. public. Carter (GA) Huelskamp Posey I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman Privacy involves the handling and protection Cartwright Huffman Price (NC) Castor (FL) Huizenga (MI) Price, Tom from California (Mr. SCHIFF), the dis- of personal information that individuals provide tinguished ranking member. Castro (TX) Hultgren Quigley in the course of everyday commercial trans- Chabot Hunter Rangel Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Chair, I thank actions. Chaffetz Hurt (VA) Ribble the gentlewoman from Texas and the When personal information is improperly Chu, Judy Issa Rice (NY) Cicilline Jackson Lee Rice (SC) gentleman from Colorado for their accessed, used, or abused it can cause finan- amendment, and I am happy to support Clark (MA) Jeffries Richmond cial and personal harm to the people whose Clarke (NY) Johnson (GA) Rigell it. data is involved. Clawson (FL) Johnson (OH) Roe (TN) We create a lot of law in this body, Clay Johnson, E. B. Rohrabacher A report on consumer views on their privacy and it is absolutely necessary that we Cleaver Jolly Rokita published by the Pew Center found that a ma- establish reporting mechanisms that Clyburn Jones Ross jority of adults surveyed felt that their privacy Cohen Jordan Rothfus allow us to measure the effectiveness is being challenged along such core dimen- Cole Joyce Rouzer of the work that we do here. This is an Collins (GA) Kaptur Roybal-Allard sions as the security of their personal informa- amendment that will do just that. Connolly Keating Ruiz tion and their ability to retain confidentiality. Conyers Kelly (IL) Rush By requiring regular reports on the For this reason, the Jackson Lee amend- Cooper Kennedy Russell operation of the sharing mechanism ment providing an independent report to the Costa Kildee Salmon that we are creating today, we can de- Courtney Kilmer Sa´ nchez, Linda public on how their privacy and civil liberties termine whether it is working as in- Cramer Kind T. are treated under the implementation of this Crowley King (IA) Sanchez, Loretta tended or whether it needs to be bill is important. Cummings Kline Sanford tweaked or changed to be more effec- I ask that my colleagues on both sides of Davis (CA) Kuster Sarbanes tive. We must always ensure that the DeFazio Labrador Scalise government is fulfilling its obligation the aisle support this amendment. DeGette LaMalfa Schakowsky I ask that the amendment be sup- Delaney Lamborn Schiff under this bill to remove personal in- ported, and I yield back the balance of DeLauro Langevin Schrader formation. DelBene Larsen (WA) Schweikert my time. Again, I want to thank SHEILA JACK- Denham Larson (CT) Scott (VA) The Acting CHAIR. The question is DeSantis Latta Scott, Austin SON LEE, as well as the gentleman from on the amendment offered by the gen- DeSaulnier Lawrence Scott, David Colorado, for their efforts. I support DesJarlais Lee Serrano the amendment. tlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON Deutch Levin Sessions Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, LEE). Dingell Lewis Sewell (AL) The amendment was agreed to. Doggett Lieu, Ted Sherman how much time is remaining? Doyle, Michael Lipinski Sires The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. MULVANEY F. Loebsack Slaughter from Texas has 45 seconds remaining. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Duckworth Lofgren Smith (MO) clause 6 of rule XVIII, the unfinished Duffy Loudermilk Smith (NE) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Thank you, Duncan (SC) Love Smith (NJ) Madam Chair. business is the demand for a recorded Duncan (TN) Lowenthal Smith (TX) Let me quickly say that a report on vote on the amendment offered by the Edwards Lowey Speier consumer views on the privacy issue gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Ellison Lucas Stefanik Ellmers (NC) Luetkemeyer Stutzman published by the Pew Center found that MULVANEY) on which further pro- Emmer (MN) Lujan Grisham Swalwell (CA) a majority of adults surveyed felt that ceedings were postponed and on which Engel (NM) Takai their privacy is being challenged along the noes prevailed by voice vote. Eshoo Luja´ n, Ben Ray Takano such core dimensions as the security of The Clerk will redesignate the Esty (NM) Thompson (CA) Farenthold Lummis Thompson (MS) their personal information and their amendment. Farr Lynch Thompson (PA) ability to retain confidentiality. The Clerk redesignated the amend- Fattah Maloney, Sean Tipton It is for this reason that I believe the ment. Fitzpatrick Marchant Titus Fleischmann Massie Tonko Jackson Lee amendment, in conjunc- RECORDED VOTE Fleming Matsui Torres tion with the underlying legislation, The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Flores McClintock Tsongas H.R. 1560, will be an added asset to en- has been demanded. Forbes McCollum Van Hollen sure that the personal data, privacy, Fortenberry McDermott Vargas A recorded vote was ordered. Foster McGovern Veasey and civil liberties of Americans are The vote was taken by electronic de- Foxx McMorris Vela protected. vice, and there were—ayes 313, noes 110, Frankel (FL) Rodgers Vela´ zquez Madam Chair, I offer my thanks to Chair- Franks (AZ) McNerney Visclosky not voting 8, as follows: Fudge Meadows Walker man NUNES, and Ranking Member SCHIFF for [Roll No. 168] Gabbard Meeks Walorski their leadership and work on H.R. 1560. Gallego Meng Walz AYES—313 The bipartisan work done by the House Se- Garamendi Miller (FL) Waters, Maxine lect Committee on Intelligence resulted in H.R. Adams Ashford Beatty Garrett Mooney (WV) Watson Coleman Aguilar Babin Becerra Gibbs Moore Weber (TX) 1560 being brought before the House for con- Allen Barton Bera Gibson Moulton Webster (FL) sideration. Amash Bass Beyer Gohmert Mullin Welch

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Mr. Speaker, the most important job Benishek Johnson, Sam Rooney (FL) Bishop (MI) Katko Ros-Lehtinen Is a separate vote demanded on any we have is to protect the American Blackburn Kelly (PA) Roskam amendment to the amendment re- homeland and the American people. Boustany King (NY) Royce ported from the Committee of the The threats against our country are Brooks (IN) Kinzinger (IL) Ruppersberger ceaseless and constantly evolving, and Bucshon Kirkpatrick Ryan (OH) Whole? Calvert Knight Ryan (WI) If not, the question is on the com- we too must evolve and adapt in our ef- Carter (TX) Lance Sensenbrenner mittee amendment in the nature of a forts to maintain the domestic security Coffman LoBiondo Shimkus substitute, as amended. that the American people have en- Collins (NY) Long Shuster Comstock MacArthur Simpson The amendment was agreed to. trusted us to uphold. Conaway Maloney, Sinema The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Passing H.R. 1560 will be a significant Cook Carolyn Stewart question is on the engrossment and step forward in that effort. Our Na- Costello (PA) Marino Stivers third reading of the bill. tion’s cyber infrastructure is under at- Crawford McCarthy Thornberry Crenshaw McCaul Tiberi The bill was ordered to be engrossed tack every single day from hackers, Cuellar McHenry Trott and read a third time, and was read the from foreign nations, and from terror- Culberson McKinley Turner third time. ists. I believe H.R. 1560 will strengthen Davis, Danny McSally Upton MOTION TO RECOMMIT Davis, Rodney Meehan Valadao our government’s ability to coordinate Dent Messer Wagner Miss RICE of New York. Mr. Speaker, with companies in the private sector, Diaz-Balart Mica Walberg I have a motion to recommit at the share intelligence, and respond to these Dold Miller (MI) Walden desk. threats, but I also believe the legisla- Fincher Moolenaar Walters, Mimi Frelinghuysen Murphy (PA) Wenstrup The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the tion should be stronger. Guthrie Newhouse Westmoreland gentlewoman opposed to the bill? We know that foreign nations and Hardy Nunes Whitfield Miss RICE of New York. I am opposed terrorist organizations are actively Harper Pittenger Womack to it in its current form. seeking to steal American military in- Hartzler Poliquin Woodall Heck (NV) Pompeo Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The telligence and technology, and we Hill Ratcliffe Young (IA) Clerk will report the motion to recom- know that terrorists are using the Holding Reed Young (IN) mit. Internet to spread their poisonous ide- NOT VOTING—8 The Clerk read as follows: ology, recruit American citizens to join Brady (TX) Hastings Smith (WA) Miss Rice of New York moves to recommit their ranks, and encourage attacks Curbelo (FL) Murphy (FL) Wasserman the bill H.R. 1560 to the Select Committee on here in America. Just this week, six Graves (MO) Olson Schultz Intelligence (Permanent Select) with in- Minnesota men were arrested after try- b 1620 structions to report the same back to the ing to travel to Syria to join the Is- House forthwith, with the following amend- lamic State. Last week, authorities ar- Messrs. ISRAEL, FINCHER, CAL- ment: VERT, RYAN of Wisconsin, TURNER, Page 22, line 14, strike ‘‘and’’. rested an Ohio man who actually SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. CARO- Page 22, line 16, strike the period and in- trained with a terrorist group in Syria LYN B. MALONEY of New York, sert a semicolon. and returned to the U.S., intent on car- Messrs. ABRAHAM, and RUPPERS- Page 22, after line 16, insert the following: rying out an attack on our soil. Earlier ‘‘(6) to prevent a terrorist attack against this month, two women in my home BERGER changed their vote from the United States, ensure that the appro- ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ State of New York were arrested for priate departments and agencies of the Fed- planning to detonate a bomb in New Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, eral Government prioritize the sharing of Ms. PELOSI, Mses. EDWARDS, LO- cyber threat indicators regarding known ter- York City. RETTA SANCHEZ of California, rorist organizations (including the Islamic Mr. Speaker, this amendment will Messrs. ROHRABACHER, CARNEY, State, al Qaeda, al Qaeda in the Arabian Pe- help prevent a domestic terror attack ZELDIN, ROSS, RICHMOND, Mses. ninsula, and Boko Haram) with respect to— by allowing Federal agencies to coordi- MATSUI, STEFANIK, Messrs. SIRES, ‘‘(A) cyberattacks; nate and prioritize the sharing of cyber CROWLEY, Mses. SCHAKOWSKY, ‘‘(B) the recruitment of homegrown terror- threat intelligence regarding known ists by such terrorist organizations; and DeGETTE, TITUS, Messrs. JOYCE, terrorist organizations like the Islamic ‘‘(C) travel by persons to and from foreign State, Boko Haram, al Shabaab, and al SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New countries in which such terrorist organiza- York, VEASEY, Mses. BROWNLEY of tions are based or provide training (including Qaeda and its affiliates, groups that California, LEE, and Mr. PETERSON Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Nige- use the Internet and social media as a changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ ria); and weapon in their efforts to attack the So the amendment was agreed to. ‘‘(7) to prevent the intelligence and mili- United States and the American peo- The result of the vote was announced tary capability of the United States from ple. Likewise, this amendment will di- as above recorded. being improperly transferred to any foreign rect Federal agencies to prioritize the The Acting CHAIR (Mr. THOMPSON of country, terrorist organization, or state sharing of intelligence regarding at- Pennsylvania). The question is on the sponsor of terrorism, ensure that the appro- tempts by terrorists and foreign na- priate departments and agencies of the Fed- committee amendment in the nature of eral Government prioritize the sharing of tions to steal American military tech- a substitute, as amended. cyber threat indicators regarding attempts nology. The amendment was agreed to. to steal the military technology of the This amendment will help protect The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, United States by state-sponsored computer our Nation and the people we serve. I the Committee rises. hackers from the People’s Republic of China have no doubt that that is the highest Accordingly, the Committee rose; and other foreign countries.’’. priority for my colleagues on both and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Mr. NUNES (during the reading). Mr. sides of the aisle, so we must also make HULTGREN) having assumed the chair, Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to it a priority to neutralize these threats Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Acting dispense with the reading. and do all that we can to thwart the Chair of the Committee of the Whole The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there violent ambitions of those who want to House on the state of the Union, re- objection to the request of the gen- do us harm. ported that that Committee, having tleman from California? Again, Mr. Speaker, I believe H.R. had under consideration the bill (H.R. There was no objection. 1560 is important legislation that de- 1560) to improve cybersecurity in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- serves bipartisan support, but I believe United States through enhanced shar- ant to the rule, the gentlewoman is this amendment deserves the same. It

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Kilmer Napolitano Sherman Sensenbrenner Turner Womack The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Kind Neal Sinema Sessions Upton Woodall Kirkpatrick Nolan Sires Shimkus Valadao Yoder tleman from California is recognized Kuster Norcross Slaughter Shuster Wagner Yoho for 5 minutes. Langevin O’Rourke Speier Simpson Walberg Young (AK) Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, this mo- Larsen (WA) Pallone Swalwell (CA) Smith (MO) Walden Young (IA) Larson (CT) Pascrell Takai Smith (NE) Walker Young (IN) tion to recommit is nothing more than Lawrence Payne Takano Smith (NJ) Walorski Zeldin a poison pill designed to destroy the Lee Pelosi Thompson (CA) Smith (TX) Walters, Mimi Zinke Levin Perlmutter Thompson (MS) years of work that have gone into NOT VOTING—9 crafting this legislation. Lewis Peters Titus Lieu, Ted Pingree Tonko Brady (TX) LaMalfa Wasserman The bill already does exactly what Lipinski Pocan Torres Curbelo (FL) Murphy (FL) Schultz the motion to recommit purposes. It Loebsack Polis Tsongas Graves (MO) Olson helps the American people defend Lofgren Price (NC) Van Hollen Hastings Smith (WA) themselves against hackers from coun- Lowenthal Quigley Vargas Lowey Rangel Veasey 1635 tries like China, Russia, Iran, North Lujan Grisham Rice (NY) Vela b Korea, and other terrorist groups. (NM) Richmond Vela´ zquez So the motion to recommit was re- While we stand here and continue to Luja´ n, Ben Ray Roybal-Allard Visclosky jected. (NM) Ruiz Walz debate this problem, our country is Lynch Ruppersberger Waters, Maxine The result of the vote was announced under attack from hackers who steal Maloney, Rush Watson Coleman as above recorded. our intellectual property, pilfer our Carolyn Ryan (OH) Welch The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Maloney, Sean Sa´ nchez, Linda Wilson (FL) personal information, and target our Matsui T. Yarmuth question is on the passage of the bill. national security interests. The question was taken; and the I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on NOES—239 Speaker pro tempore announced that the motion to recommit and ‘‘yes’’ on Abraham Flores Lucas the ayes appeared to have it. final passage. Aderholt Forbes Luetkemeyer RECORDED VOTE I yield back the balance of my time. Allen Fortenberry Lummis Amash Foxx MacArthur Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I demand The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Amodei Franks (AZ) Marchant a recorded vote. objection, the previous question is or- Babin Frelinghuysen Marino A recorded vote was ordered. dered on the motion to recommit. Barletta Garrett Massie Barr Gibbs McCarthy The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a There was no objection. Barton Gibson McCaul 5-minute vote. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Benishek Gohmert McClintock The vote was taken by electronic de- question is on the motion to recommit. Bilirakis Goodlatte McHenry vice, and there were—ayes 307, noes 116, The question was taken; and the Bishop (MI) Gosar McKinley Bishop (UT) Gowdy McMorris not voting 8, as follows: Speaker pro tempore announced that Black Granger Rodgers [Roll No. 170] the noes appeared to have it. Blackburn Graves (GA) McSally Blum Graves (LA) Meadows AYES—307 RECORDED VOTE Bost Griffith Meehan Abraham Clay Frankel (FL) Miss RICE of New York. Mr. Speaker, Boustany Grothman Messer Adams Cleaver Franks (AZ) I demand a recorded vote. Brat Guinta Mica Aderholt Clyburn Frelinghuysen A recorded vote was ordered. Bridenstine Guthrie Miller (FL) Aguilar Coffman Fudge Brooks (AL) Hanna Miller (MI) Allen Cole Gallego The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Brooks (IN) Hardy Moolenaar Amodei Collins (GA) Garamendi ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- Buchanan Harper Mooney (WV) Ashford Collins (NY) Gibbs minute vote on the motion to recom- Buck Harris Mullin Babin Comstock Goodlatte Bucshon Hartzler Mulvaney Barletta Conaway Gowdy mit will be followed by a 5-minute vote Burgess Heck (NV) Murphy (PA) Barr Connolly Graham on the passage of the bill, if ordered. Byrne Hensarling Neugebauer Beatty Cook Granger The vote was taken by electronic de- Calvert Herrera Beutler Newhouse Benishek Cooper Graves (GA) vice, and there were—ayes 183, noes 239, Carter (GA) Hice, Jody B. Noem Bera Costa Green, Gene Carter (TX) Hill Nugent Beyer Costello (PA) Guthrie not voting 9, as follows: Chabot Holding Nunes Bilirakis Cramer Gutie´rrez [Roll No. 169] Chaffetz Hudson Palazzo Bishop (GA) Crawford Hanna Clawson (FL) Huelskamp Palmer Bishop (MI) Crenshaw Hardy AYES—183 Coffman Huizenga (MI) Paulsen Bishop (UT) Crowley Harper Adams Clark (MA) Edwards Cole Hultgren Pearce Black Cuellar Hartzler Aguilar Clarke (NY) Ellison Collins (GA) Hunter Perry Blackburn Culberson Heck (NV) Ashford Clay Engel Collins (NY) Hurd (TX) Peterson Blum Davis (CA) Heck (WA) Bass Cleaver Eshoo Comstock Hurt (VA) Pittenger Bost Davis, Rodney Hensarling Beatty Clyburn Esty Conaway Issa Pitts Boustany Delaney Herrera Beutler Becerra Cohen Farr Cook Jenkins (KS) Poe (TX) Boyle, Brendan Denham Higgins Bera Connolly Fattah Costello (PA) Jenkins (WV) Poliquin F. Dent Hill Beyer Conyers Foster Cramer Johnson (OH) Pompeo Brooks (AL) DeSantis Himes Bishop (GA) Cooper Frankel (FL) Crawford Johnson, Sam Posey Brooks (IN) DeSaulnier Hinojosa Blumenauer Costa Fudge Crenshaw Jolly Price, Tom Brown (FL) Diaz-Balart Holding Bonamici Courtney Gabbard Culberson Jones Ratcliffe Brownley (CA) Dingell Hoyer Boyle, Brendan Crowley Gallego Davis, Rodney Jordan Reed Buck Dold Hudson F. Cuellar Garamendi Denham Joyce Reichert Bucshon Duckworth Huizenga (MI) Brady (PA) Cummings Graham Dent Katko Renacci Burgess Duffy Hultgren Brown (FL) Davis (CA) Grayson DeSantis Kelly (PA) Ribble Bustos Duncan (TN) Hunter Brownley (CA) Davis, Danny Green, Al DesJarlais King (IA) Rice (SC) Butterfield Ellmers (NC) Hurd (TX) Bustos DeFazio Green, Gene Diaz-Balart King (NY) Rigell Byrne Emmer (MN) Hurt (VA) Butterfield DeGette Grijalva Dold Kinzinger (IL) Roby Calvert Engel Israel Capps Delaney Gutie´rrez Duffy Kline Roe (TN) Ca´ rdenas Farenthold Jackson Lee Capuano DeLauro Hahn Duncan (SC) Knight Rogers (AL) Carney Farr Jeffries Ca´ rdenas DelBene Heck (WA) Duncan (TN) Labrador Rogers (KY) Carson (IN) Fincher Jenkins (KS) Carney DeSaulnier Higgins Ellmers (NC) Lamborn Rohrabacher Carter (GA) Fitzpatrick Jenkins (WV) Carson (IN) Deutch Himes Emmer (MN) Lance Rokita Carter (TX) Fleischmann Johnson (OH) Cartwright Dingell Hinojosa Farenthold Latta Rooney (FL) Castor (FL) Flores Johnson, Sam Castor (FL) Doggett Honda Fincher LoBiondo Ros-Lehtinen Castro (TX) Forbes Jolly Castro (TX) Doyle, Michael Hoyer Fitzpatrick Long Roskam Chabot Fortenberry Joyce Chu, Judy F. Huffman Fleischmann Loudermilk Ross Chaffetz Foster Kaptur Cicilline Duckworth Israel Fleming Love Rothfus Clarke (NY) Foxx Katko

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The result of the vote was announced and Ends’’ column, one that appealed Knight Palmer Smith (TX) to so many people throughout our re- Kuster Pascrell Speier as above recorded. LaMalfa Paulsen Stefanik A motion to reconsider was laid on gion. Lamborn Payne Stewart the table. Mr. Mead was so committed to serv- Lance Pearce Stivers ing his family’s newspaper that, after Langevin Pelosi Swalwell (CA) f graduating from Princeton University Larsen (WA) Perlmutter Takai Latta Peters Thompson (CA) HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW in 1949, he turned down a contract to Lawrence Peterson Thompson (MS) play professional football in the Na- Levin Pittenger Thompson (PA) Mr. ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Speak- tional Football League’s Detroit Lions Lipinski Pitts Thornberry er, I ask unanimous consent that when LoBiondo Poliquin Tiberi club; instead, he decided to return to the House adjourns today, it adjourn to work in Erie for the next 63 years at Loebsack Pompeo Tipton meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Long Price (NC) Titus the Erie Times. Love Price, Tom Torres The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Although Mr. Mead’s passing will Quigley Trott Lowey objection to the request of the gen- long be felt at the Erie Times Pub- Lucas Ratcliffe Turner tleman from Florida? Luetkemeyer Reed Upton lishing Company and in the entire city Lujan Grisham Reichert Valadao There was no objection. of Erie and in the entire community, (NM) Renacci Vargas f we know he now rests in heaven. Luja´ n, Ben Ray Rice (NY) Veasey As is true of all legends, Ed Mead (NM) Rice (SC) Visclosky MOMENT OF SILENCE COMMEMO- MacArthur Richmond Wagner may be gone, but he will surely never RATING 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Maloney, Rigell Walberg be forgotten. Carolyn Roby Walden OF FIRST USE OF POISON GAS Maloney, Sean Roe (TN) Walker Marchant Rogers (AL) Walorski (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given f Marino Rogers (KY) Walters, Mimi permission to address the House for 1 McCarthy Rohrabacher Weber (TX) minute.) PINELLAS PARK POLICE CHIEF McCaul Rokita Webster (FL) Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, today McHenry Rooney (FL) Wenstrup DORENE THOMAS McKinley Ros-Lehtinen Westerman represents the 100-year anniversary of McMorris Roskam Westmoreland the first use of poison gas on Earth. On (Mr. JOLLY asked and was given per- Rodgers Ross Whitfield April 22, 1915, chlorine gas was sent mission to address the House for 1 McNerney Rothfus Williams crawling in favorable winds over Flan- minute and to revise and extend his re- McSally Rouzer Wilson (FL) marks.) Meadows Royce Wilson (SC) ders Fields from German positions into Meehan Ruiz Wittman positions held by the French. This Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Meeks Ruppersberger Womack sowed terror and agony for the first to recognize someone who has been de- Meng Russell Woodall time. scribed as a trailblazer, a pioneer, and Messer Ryan (WI) Yoder a woman of firsts: Pinellas Park Police Mica Sanchez, Loretta Yoho I would like for everyone present and Miller (FL) Scalise Young (AK) everyone listening to pause for a mo- Chief Dorene Thomas who, on this Fri- Miller (MI) Schiff Young (IA) ment to think of everyone who has died day, will retire after four decades of Moolenaar Schrader Young (IN) in the last 100 years from poison gas, public service. Moore Scott, Austin Zeldin Thomas became the first sworn fe- Moulton Scott, David Zinke including everyone who is dying today in Syria. male police officer at the Pinellas Park NOES—116 Mr. Speaker, many people in Amer- Police Department in 1980. In fact, Amash Gabbard McDermott ica were horrified at the ‘‘60 Minutes’’ when she started, the evidence room Barton Garrett McGovern presentation of the sarin attacks and was located in the men’s locker room, Bass Gibson Mooney (WV) the footage that that included. It is something she would eventually Becerra Gohmert Nadler change. Blumenauer Gosar Napolitano horrifying to think that chlorine is Bonamici Graves (LA) Nolan also being used in that war today. In 2000, Thomas became the depart- Brady (PA) Grayson O’Rourke There is a reason that we put chem- ment’s first female police chief, but she Brat Green, Al Pallone often said she would simply prefer to Bridenstine Griffith ical weapons in a separate category, Perry Buchanan Grijalva never to be used by any nation in any be known as a good police chief rather Pingree Capps Grothman than a female police chief. Pocan war. Let us just pause and think for a Capuano Guinta Five years ago, she was elected presi- Cartwright Hahn Poe (TX) moment and rededicate ourselves to Chu, Judy Harris Polis ridding the entire world of chemical dent of the Florida Police Chiefs Asso- Cicilline Hice, Jody B. Posey weapons forever. ciation, another first for women. She Clark (MA) Honda Rangel has also started intensive crisis inter- Clawson (FL) Huelskamp Ribble f vention training, which teaches offi- Cohen Huffman Roybal-Allard Conyers Issa Rush b 1645 cers how to work with people with be- Courtney Johnson (GA) Ryan (OH) havioral or mental health challenges. Cummings Johnson, E. B. Salmon TRIBUTE TO ED MEAD Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rec- Davis, Danny Jones Sa´ nchez, Linda (Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania asked ognize a person who has helped keep DeFazio Jordan T. DeGette Kildee Sanford and was given permission to address our citizens safe, to honor a person who DeLauro Labrador Sarbanes the House for 1 minute.) has led with courage, kindness, grace, DelBene Larson (CT) Schakowsky Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. and understanding. DesJarlais Lee Schweikert Deutch Lewis Speaker, last month, our world bid I urge my colleagues to join me in Scott (VA) Doggett Lieu, Ted farewell to Ed Mead, a former presi- thanking Chief Thomas for her selfless Serrano Doyle, Michael Lofgren dent, copublisher, editor, columnist, years of service. Thank you for making F. Loudermilk Sherman Duncan (SC) Lowenthal Slaughter and all-around legend of the Erie Pinellas County a safer place, and Edwards Lummis Stutzman Times-News in Erie, Pennsylvania, a thank you to all the men and women Ellison Lynch Takano paper founded by his grandfather in who, today, serve on the front lines of Eshoo Massie Tonko 1888. law enforcement. Esty Matsui Tsongas Fattah McClintock Van Hollen Mr. Mead leaves behind an extraor- Chief Thomas, enjoy your retire- Fleming McCollum Vela dinary legacy in the newspaper busi- ment. You have very well earned it.

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Under the Speaker’s an- investment overseas, one wonders if foreign policy defeat after another? nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the there is not some other hidden motiva- A dog may lap up antifreeze because gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. RUS- tion. it seems good to the taste and pleasant SELL) is recognized for 60 minutes as Alarmingly, Mr. Obama uses contain- to the eye, but it does so with con- the designee of the majority leader. ment language with regard to China as sequence. We should not be lured by Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, at his a major premise for obtaining fast- the appeal to our natural senses for State of the Union Address, President track authority. While we employ eco- trade and economic growth. Obama asked us in Congress to grant nomic instruments of our national Patience now may prevent horrific us fast-track Trade Promotion Author- power with regard to an ascendant consequences in a major war in the fu- ity, so he can ‘‘write rules for the China, we must ensure in tandem ef- ture. We do that by advancing our na- world’s economy.’’ forts with diplomatic and informa- tional instruments of power with diplo- I sat alarmed for America’s future tional instruments as well. Strategi- matic effort, military readiness, and should we expand this President’s au- cally, these are lacking. preparedness in tandem with our eco- thority, given how he has extended ex- Further, should a trade dispute re- nomic effort. ecutive overreach, fumbled our foreign sult in an impasse, nations historically What serious harm can come by wait- policy, debilitated our defense, and di- have lashed back with their last re- ing 21 months? As Abraham Lincoln fa- minished our domestic tranquility. At maining option, their military. I have mously said: least this time, the President asked to been on the receiving end of many of Nothing good can be frustrated by time. bypass Congress. those strategic implications. Ours We do not need to give the President Regardless of the merits of trade must be prepared—our military—as we this authority. We need to wait, have partnership or the tactics of their ne- explore these new frontiers. the patience, lay the strategic founda- gotiation, two fundamental questions I have heard no serious discussion tion so that we can do what is best for loom: Why do we trust this President, from anyone in Congress or the White our country, and move into a trade given his track record in foreign af- House thinking comprehensively and agreement that will have a long-lasting fairs? And what serious harm would strategically in this manner, that our foundation. come to the Nation by waiting 21 military and our diplomatic efforts Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance months? must also be resourced and reinforced of my time. as we move economically in this pivot Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, f would prevent Congress from amending to Asia. as much as one word of the rules he When John Hay opened trade with 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF writes, a sweeping agreement the China more than a century ago as a ARMENIAN GENOCIDE White House has been working toward hedge on an ascendant Japan to bal- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under for the past 6 years. Even if parameters ance European concerns, the achieve- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- were set beforehand, violations would ment was widely heralded. Japanese so- uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Cali- be subject to an up-or-down vote with ciety had rapidly embraced Western fornia (Mr. SCHIFF) is recognized for 60 no amending permitted. Unlike a trea- science and technology since the days minutes as the designee of the minor- ty, a simple majority is all that would of Commodore Perry. A vibrant econ- ity leader. be needed to pass. omy blossomed. Western ideas in man- Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, on April For Congress to cede oversight on ufacturing, banking, business, and even 24, we will mark the 100th anniversary such a sweeping agreement could have military doctrine quickly transformed of the Armenian genocide. 100 years grave implications. The American peo- Japan into a formidable power. This ago, 1.5 million Armenians, along with ple must be at the table, and they can was not without political consequence. the Syrians and Greeks, were slaugh- be, through their elected representa- Japan had transformed her society, tered by the Ottoman Empire in the tives in Congress. fought as an ally in a world war with first genocide of the 20th century. In a balanced process, the full range the West, imported goods to a demand- The sheer scale of genocide thwarts of congressional committees would ing public, built ships together with our capacity to comprehend it: 1.5 mil- hold hearings with experts, establish the West, and signed treaties. Their lion Armenians killed, 6 million Jews clear objectives, set the terms of nego- rapid transformation alarmed the Jap- killed in the Holocaust, 1 million tiation, and be regularly informed anese Diet hardliners, who used this Tutsis. The numbers become abstrac- throughout the negotiating process. anti-Western sentiment to wedge polit- tions sanitized by their enormity. It is This would ensure trade deals are in ical power. only when we consider each of those the best national interest for the long Within a 15-year span, the lengthy lives individually that the full horror haul, not designed to please some small embrace of the West gave way to com- comes into focus. groups of well-connected insiders for petition for resources, distrust, the fall 1700 some tempting short-term benefit. of Japanese Government, and the doc- b While trade is vital in securing eco- trine of their Greater East Asia Co- The victims of genocide are more nomic freedom and in strengthening Prosperity Sphere. than victims—they are human beings. our values and friendships, we must ap- In only a couple of more years, what The Armenians massacred from 1915 to proach any partnership with a com- was embraced in the West was now 1923 were men, women, and children prehensive view of its strategic impact. widely disrespected in Japan. Despised, who were targeted in what was then an Advocates have stated that a Trans-Pa- they were deliberately attacked; few unprecedented campaign to wipe out an cific Partnership will open trade in- ever saw it coming. That Japan and the entire people. volving 40 percent of global economic United States are such strong allies It is our duty in the modern day to activity. and friends today is a testament of our remember those lost and to bear wit- This is a misrepresentation when one mutual commitment to the repairing ness that the campaign to destroy the considers that 6 of the 11 nations pro- of human diplomatic and economic Armenian people failed. We do so by posed for the partnership already have tragedies. speaking the truth, and we do so by strong trade agreements with the We cannot allow President Obama to speaking the names of those 1.5 million United States and many of the remain- rush willy-nilly into a fast-track Chi- and by keeping both the way they lived der enjoy excellent trade relations, nese hegemony without regard to stra- and the way they died alive in our such as with Japan. tegic thinking. Given his dismal for- memory. The President also claims a trade eign policy record, it comes as no rev- Earlier this month, I asked my thou- surplus without delineating this im- elation, but it does come with con- sands of Armenian constituents and provement will come from services sequences. What serious harm will millions of Armenians around the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.074 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 country and the world to submit the Bedros Torosian Mgrdich Salian names and stories of their family mem- Aram Achekbashian Gulsima Polatian bers who were killed 100 years ago. The Kegham Vanigian Kevork Der Markarian response was overwhelming. Thousands Mourad Zakarian Dilber Der Markarian of people sent the names and stories of Yervant Topuzian Araksiya Nadjarian ancestors killed in the genocide—the Hagop Basmajian Ohanes Kahkejian names of infants and toddlers ripped Smpat Kelejian Bertha Tanielian from their mother’s arms, the names of Roupen Garabedian Harout Aydinian children and the elderly dying of ex- Armenag Hampartsoumian Khachig Kerbabian haustion and starvation on a forced Apraham Mouradian Sarkis Dadoyan march to Deir ez-Zor, the names of Hrand Yegavian Siragan Abrahamian women and girls raped and brutalized Karnig Boyajian Bishop Ignatius Maloyan and killed, the names of clergy tor- Hovhannes Ghazarian Nerses Zeytoonian tured and burned alive in their own Mgrdich Yeretsian Karnig Seferian churches, the names of men robbed of Yeremia Manoukian Garabed Amirkhanian their possessions, of their homes, and Tovmas Tovmasian Ohan Khodzhabashian of their lives. Karekin Boghosian Mariam Amirkhanian Each victim has a name and a story. Minas Keshishian Victoria Sergenian drowned her two From Glendale, to Yerevan, to Jordan, Boghos Boghosian children and herself to end their suf- and every corner of the world where Hampartsum Boyajian fering as they were forced to march Armenian diaspora lives, families sent Janet Tufenkjioglu hundreds of miles through the desert. me those names and those stories. It is Daniel Mkitharian Iskandar Ohanissian my honor to read some of those names Takouhi Tufenkjioglu Touren Krikorian this hour, knowing that it would take Ripsime Bedoian and Margaret Apraham Krikorian more than 1,000 hours, more than 50 Bedoian were sisters, aged 8 and 10. Touren Krikorian days, to read all of them. They were taken forcefully by Turkish Bedo Seremjian Turkey may deny the genocide. Our soldiers from their home in Harpoot. Hachik Madilian administration may lack the courage Ransom was demanded, but the family Zakar Pstikyan to recognize the genocide. Our Con- was poor and could not pay. They were Sirvart Dembekjian gress may lack the courage to recog- never seen again. Mariam Donikian nize the genocide. But no one can deny Dikran Kalousdian Andon Donikian the humanity of its victims, and no one Khatun Kalousdian Sedrak Barighyan can deny our right to speak the truth. Mardiros Gevoglanian Mihran Chookaszian One hundred years ago, 1.5 million Adrineh Ghazelian Aznif Gulazian Armenians were killed in the Armenian Abraham Bilalian Simpad Gulazian genocide. These are their names: Nazareth Torosyan Vahan Manusadjian George Tutunjian Agavne Jurukian Souren Azirian Harutsun Minasian Avak Giurlakian Matyos Karachayirlian Samuel Kadiyan Harout Avagyan Mihran Khayan Dikran Karakashian Lilit Abrahamyan Levon Karachayirlian Manoug Tenkerian Avag Avagyan Abrahm Kasparian Mary Tenkerian Bagdasar Jurukian Artin Benlian Hagop Artinian Vahan Eloyan Voski Ghazarian Makrouhie Tenkerian Hambardzoum Avagyan Lucie Mahserejian Mihran Tenkerian Khachatour Avagyan Hagop Mahserejian Sarkis Tenkerian Hovsep Sarkissian Solomon Khachaturian Tagouhi Hounanian Khatchadour Jingirian Almakdisi Jubrail Chad Gevork Vasilyan Alex Petrosyan Hairabed Hairabedian Hovnan Hounanian Sarkis Jingirian Hripsime Hairabedian Siranush Tatulyan Khachadur Petrosyan Hripsime Semizian Shooshan Hounanian Petros Petrosyan Hagop Semizian Lusadzin Boghikian Hovhanes Petrosyan Yervant Semizian Karapet Orudzhyan Hagop Chaghastpanian Hovaness Arslanian Zorig Hounanian Garabet Petrosyan Nevart Arslanian Elias Hovsepian Shushat Petrosyan Manual Arslanian Grace Totigian-Klanian Megerdich Saakian Khosrof Arslanian Simon Klanian Yeranui Shurjyan Garabed Jihanian Azniv Totigian Panos Shurjyan Hovsep Sarkissian Mariam Minasian Hovhannes Hovhannisyan Souren Azirian Tamam Kouyoumjian Garabet Hovhannisyan Mihran Khayan Hovhannes Kouyoumjian Hovsep Hadjyan Archpriest Hoosik Kachouni Isgouhi Kademian Sarkis Hadjyan Nishan Nishanian Khachig Kademian Ohan Hadjyan Toros Balian Arakel Gayserian Khachadur Petrosyan Bayzar Balian Karapet Orudzhyan Petros Petrosyan Garabed Mekjian Vahan Avetikyan Sylva Portoian Sarkis Sevian Hakop Semerdjian Hagop Karanfilian Hagop Sevian Hagop Yeniguveiyian Gadar Karanfilian Prapion Sagherian Hagop Yeniguveiyian Dikran Vartanyan Hovhannes Sagherian Garabed Kulhanjian Kerop Vartanyan Nazaret Chalian Vahan Jihanian Manuel Tanielian Garabed Kulhanjian Assadour Shekherdmian Robert Vartanyan Bedros Der Sarkissian Khachik Danelian Barkev Vartanyan Haroutune Der Bedrossian Gadarineh Danelian Haykaz Vartanyan Nahabed Kasabian Makrouhi Chavdarian Levon Vartanyan Thadeus Derdiarian Garabed Jihanian Alice Malconian Agavne Pamboukian Hovsep Sarkissian Yervand Margaryan Hourig Barsoumian Matteos Sarkissian Manoushag Chakalian Sarkis Barsoumian

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22AP7.075 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2401 Khachadur Higobian Faris Surenian Lucine Manougian Hitoon Higobian Mardiros Fermanian Ohanness Avedis Jalakian Ohin Higobian Kaspar Jeboghlian David Muradian Ani Arkelian Hagop Jamgotchian Sara Muradian Sarkis Arkelian Hovhaness Jamgotchian Loucine Zarougian Higop Arkelian Hrant Shenlooguian Bedros Zarougian Ohines Arkelian Dikran Shenlooguian Tateos Der Avedisian Movses Kochgerian Krikor Shenlooguian Maritza Kurkjian Der Avedisian Arsidakes Varjabedian tried to pre- Nishon Jivelegian Arshavir Der Avedisian vent Turkish soldiers from raping his Surpoohi Jivelegian Hrant Der Avedisian 15-year-old sister in Nevshehir. He was Byzar Jivelegian Maritza Basmajian shot to death. Lusintak Amirkhanian Vartouhi Basmajian Mariam Kochgerian Simon Sheshetian Hagop Chavooshian Mari Iskandarian Sarkis Mouradian Boghos Zarougian Asadoor Daghlian Eva Mahseredjian was 10 years old. Bishop Kevork Nalbandian Elizabeth Daghlian Her village was occupied by Turkish Dickronouhi Nigoghosian Gabriel Khalaf troops. Two soldiers fought over her to Armenouhi Nigoghosian Simon Issa settle their dispute. Their commanding Barooyr Nigoghosian Astghik Doola officer cut Eva in half with a sword. Sarkis Nigoghosian Manel Jamgotchian Elize Mouradian Vartivar Berberian Moushegh Jamgotchian Garabed Kljian Anna Berberian Gernelios Jamgotchian Hagop Madaghjian Iskouhi Kalfayan Vahan Jamgotchian Khachig Kasabian Jivan Kalfayan Levon Jamgotchian Kohar Kasabian Parsekh Balian Kegham Djemdjemian Garabed Kasabian Valentine Balian Osanna Keuilian Garabed Berberian b 1715 Movses Keuilian Panos Berberian Mesrob Djemdjemian Ghazar Jivalagian Migirdich Salian Chouhar Djemdjemian Elizabeth Arakelian Haroutioun Apkarian Mariam Jamgotchian Kaloost Meldonian Sara Apkarian Dikranouhi Jamgotchian Sarkis Meldonian Hripsime Apkarian Anna Jamgotchian Hovagheem Hovsepian Mariam Kouyoumjian was taken by Karekin Hekimian Elbis Hovsepian the Turks in April 1915 and never seen Zabel Hekimian Hagopig Hovsepian again. Her daughter was orphaned as Avedis Hachadourian Elizabeth Yaghdjian an 11 year old, but she was rescued by Zabel Hachadourian Sarkis Yaghdjian the Near East Relief Foundation, an Khatchadour Hachadourian Krikor Yaghdjian unprecedented humanitarian effort un- Zarouhi Paghtikian Hajno Jardarabed Haji Martros dertaken by the U.S. Government and Levon Yapoujian Mardiros Deovletian concerned Americans with support Mary Yapoujian Asniv Yaghdjian worldwide. Artin Budakian Sara Yaghdjian Guiragos Kojakian Daniel Varten Kondakjian Mourad Sarkissian Hagopjan Kojakian Markar Zoornajian Zemroukht Sarkissian Levon Kojakian Sarkis Krikorian Artin Boyamian Harutiun Ansurian Hagop Kinadjian Avedis Boyamian Artashes Solakian Lucia Chaderchian Kevork Mkhitarian Hovhaness Kussajukian Ashod Kinadjian Lucine Mkhitarian Hagopig Kussajukian Khoren Kinadjian Arousiag Shirinian Maria Kussajukian Shahmihram Kinadjian Garabed Shirinian Makrouhi Kussajukian Vahharam Kinadjian Yaghut Markosyants Anoush Sarmanian Kaspar Santourian Martiros Markosyants Anna Sarmanian Maretdhza Hamalian Nikoghos Zarobyan Yurapet Karapetyan Victoria Kotchakian Bedros Bedrosian Ephrem Karapetyan Giragos Kotchakian Khachadour Buchaklian Hamparsum Borzakian Hambartzum Nersesian Levon Maxoudian Aghajan Tepoyan Nubar Nersesian Hagop Yeramian Haiganoush Kilerciyan Rehan Nersesian Skandare Kalousdian Yeranig Alexanyan Abraham Ghazarian Elizabeth Sirounian Artin DerSimonian Mooshegh Ghazarian Reverend Father Kevork Nalbandian Rebecca DerSimonian Samson Ghazarian Kevork Belekian Hovnan Doursounian Peprone Ghazarian Vartan Belekian Shoushan Doursounian Nounig Hotoian Nerses Belekian Simon DerSimonian Mariam Torisyan Yosef Belekian Nargiz DerSimonian Nazig Torisyan Hagob Belekian Avedis Kevorkian Nersess Der Babian Vartish Belekian Hampartsoom Belejian Toros Mekhsian George Vartarian Roupen Racoubian Rahel Mekhsian Tigran Nargizian Sarkis Gureghian Apraham Mekhsian Zarouhi Zeitounzian Nargizian Aram Demerjian Hrant Mekhsian Avedis Ainilian Michael Frengulian Mariam Kulekesayan Hovannes Mugrdichian Kevork Dashebeukian Haig Arakelian Hornig Mugrdichian Nishan Avedikian Armenak Garabedian Roupen Kapikian Toros Kurkjian Dikran Garabed Haiganoush Kapikian Senecherin Kalionjian Nevart Najarian Veronica Elmasian Tomas Khanzedian Grikor Surenian Apik Elmasian Mihran Chamian Dareh Surenian Satenig Kapikian Mergerios Tashjian Garegin Surenian Vartouhe Kaimian Antranig Beshgeturian Aghavni Surenian Toumass Kaimian Yervant Gabashian

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:31 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.033 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 Levon Racoubian Mavo Hakhoyan Marie Mesrobian Kalpakian Barour Kapigian Sedrak Avedissyan Sarkis Postallian Yervant Frengulian Zumrogh Mikaelian Mary Postallian Musbeg Demirjian Dikran Mekhtarentz Turfanda Minasian Kaprial Chordikian Afram Hadouband Marian Minasian Serop Srabian Kegham Mardikian Minas Minasian Movses Avedikian Megerdich Saroyan Zaruhi Artin Nidelian Mourad Abrahamian Harutyun Parlakyan Tanzouf Artin Nidilian Siran Khachigian Hagob Simonian Azaduhi Artin Nidelian Souren Yavruian Thaguhi Ashchyan Apraham Koumruian Levon Gevorgian Gohar Parlakyan Khatchik Khacherian Garabed Tahmizian Manouk Pahlevan Keoseyan Haiguhi Hagopian Magaros Dabanian Martiros Keoseyan Yetvart Jamgochian was 4 years old. Khoren Tossounian Onnig Khachaduryan He was with his sisters, hiding from Charles Atamian Knel Tourajikian shelling outside his village, when they Rose Atamian Sirarpy Tourajikian were found by Turkish soldiers. They Varduhi Hayzavakyan Arusiag Tourajikian cut a cross into his face, and they Grikor Xazaryan Papken Tourajikian killed him. Trtat Podrumyan Levon Tourajikian Eghiazar Melkonian Abraham Ashikyan Hermig Tourajikian Mariam Ashikyan Ossanna Basmajian Sarkis Melikyan Sahak Ashikyan Mihran Barzakyan Garabed Kulhanjian Manuk Ashikyan Anna Barzagyan Margaret Baronian Sarah Ashikyan Awanes Kramian Hovaness Baronian Haykuhi Ashikyan Aslan Kadoyan Marta Bilazarian Heripsime Ashikyan Tatos Kadoyan Sarkis Bilazarian Gevorg Ashikyan Harry Dalalian Bedros Der Sarkisian Hovannes Knajian was a well-known Aram Chamkertian Bedros Papazian and respected doctor. Turkish soldiers Garabet Chobanian Haroutioune Aydabirian came to his door at 3 a.m. and told him Serpouhi Adjemian Momjian Gabriel Handjian his help was needed for a 9-year-old Kalousd Daghlarian Hagop Kouyoumdjian girl. He went with them and was never Serob Qosyan Kevork Keshishian seen again. Hossep Melkisetian Mariam Keshishian Byuzant Ashikyan Khatchig Doudaklian Sarkis Ourfalian Harutyun Arabyan Avedis Mikaelian Nevart Ourfalian Abraham Arabyan Mesrob Der Mesrobian was burned Salome Proodian Karapet Arabyan alive in his church with his wife and Raffi Proodian Shnavon Arabyan his daughter. Vartkes Proodian Setrak Arabyan Yeva Kevorkian Khatoon Proodian Merkset Arabyan Stepan Khachigian Mugurditch Gulazian Haji Arabyan Garabeth Havoudjian Marderous Dadourian Lucine Arabyan Sima Havoudjian Dr. Onnig Mardirossian Yervand Arabyan Sarkis Mahseredjian Artin Der-Azarian Mariam Arabyan Nishan Mahakian Vartuhi Der-Azarian Sargis Hambartsumyan Hagop Donikian Sarkis Samsatlian Hambar Djxalyan Garabed Daghlarian Kevork Samsatlian Arak Djxalyan Armenag Bilezikjian Kevork Adiyamanian Hovhaness Khrlakian Manor Djxalyan Vartivar Kourouyan Eugenie Daghlarian Hagop Gulyunyan Mariam Kourouyan Macrouhie Lepejian Gulyustan Gulyunyan Sarkis Dadoyan Azniv Lepejian Gabriel Gulyunyan Tamar Gulbankian Mirzo Melkon Kalostyan Avetis Gulyunyan Zakary Mooradian Zakar Gulyunyan Hagop Alemian Hovhannes Alemian Antranig Agopian b 1730 Manoug Kelerjian Andreas Kelekian Aghajan Tepoyan Hovanes Derstepanian Armenak Malkhasyan Ossana Kalajian Balasan Elbakyan Vartouhi Topian Penyamin Vartivarian Sahak Elbakyan Ardashes Topian Marta Kehyaian Anush Elbakyan Hovannes Topian Avedis Vosbikian Tokhman Hagop Aristakes Topian Haroutoun Tcholakian Sirvart Tufenjioglu Madiam Topian Mariam Tcholakian Ovsanna Jamgotsian Nazanee Topian Krikor Dakessian Hovsep Chatoian Mariam Topian Dirouhi Dakessian Kaspar Jamgotsian Mikael Topian Maritza Achihsian Setrag Sahakian Arshalouis Topian Araxi Barsamian Kevork Roumian Mary Vezirian Donik Chilingirian Nigoghos Tertsakian Hagop Havatian Yuhaper Chilingirian Marie Tertsakian Taniel Muftikian Ovanes Chilingirian Hovsep Vehuni Krikor Muftikian Hazaros Bandoian Avedis Giragosian Zacharia Melkonian Harutyun Minasyan Garabed Sohigian Shookry Grigoryan Iskuhi Minasyan Hampardzum Khanamerian Vartouhi Chakmanian Reverend Father Nerces Nercesian Mariam Tatoian Armenouhi Toutikian was 7 years Yeretsgin Alpesa Der Nercesian Panos Cobanoglu old. She died of dehydration and hun- Haroutun Haroutunian Kohar Cobanoglu ger on a march through the desert. Her Luso Melkonyan Panos Arslanoglu father had to leave her body there in Sanam Melkonyan Margrit Arslanoglu the sand. Levon Hakhoyan Neshan Stepanian Krikor Krikorian

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:31 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.035 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2403 Hovannes Krikorian Hranoosh Nalbandian Berberian Aharon Piloyan Vartanush Krikorian Asatur Soghomonian Hagop Piloyan Araksi Krikorian Martiros and Aghavni Kotikian Khachadour Piloyan Sarkis Muradian Armenak Bahadorian Hagop Kepenekian Aris Krikorian Hovannes Ananian Zaruhy Chitjian Khatunagian Hakop Alemian Nazareth Boujoulian Marinos Chitjian Manouk Keshishian Harutiun Ansurian Mardiros Chitjian Agapi Dardakhanian Artashes Solakhian Vartouhi Chitjian Columbus Keshishian Igit Nurbekyants Yeranouhi Chitjian Arakel Boghossian Miriam Sarkissian Nishan Chitjian Takvor Andonian Margarita Kaphian Ludwig Madenlian Siragan Andonian Siroun Jilizian Vergeen Madenlian Filor Atanesyan Serop Jilizian Melkon Medzikian Parsegh Gumushian Minas Jilizian Elmasd Medzikian Haroutiun Gumushian Khatoun Jilizian Hagop DerBedrossian Veronica Gumushian Hampartsum Torian Yester DerBedrossian Haroutioun Andonian Hagop Torian Hambardzum Khulyan Garabed Soovajian Dikran Torian Karapet Khulyan Sisag Arpajian Dikran Dikranian Khachadoor Boyajian Misak Arpajian Araxi Dikranian Ipek Momdjian Krikor Orchanian Abraham Hayrikyan b 1745 Anna Khouljanian Sahak Abrahamyan Harutyun Pogosyan Lucine Torian Zaruhi Abrahamyan Pogos Sahakyan-Mirzayan Abraham Dikranian Loosaper Balian Eva Kevorkian Vartuhi Dikranian Avedis Nahabedian Garabed Kevorkian Ohanes Ohanian Haig Nahabedian Hovanes Aprahamian Mihran Mozian Haigouhi Sare-Kechichian Ashod Nishanian Haygazouhi Mozian Vahram DerManuelian Manvel Manukian Juhar Ohanian Chukajian Nurijan Khachig Khanzetian Juhar Ohanian Mariam Moughamian Haroutyoon Bronozian Hambarcum Chekichyan Krikor Moughamian Mariam Zeibari Andranik Chekichyan Hovhannes Keshishian Boghos Avedian Hakop Chekichyan Azniv Keshishian Nazenik Avedian Mariam Mardayan Galust Avetisian Knarig Avedian Khachadour Vartanian Andon Ahmaranian Shoushanig Avedian Zabelle Vartanian Vartouhi Sarajian Hagop Jomlekian Karabet Garsevanian Mariam Sarajian Azniv Jomlekian Simon Garsevanian Mardiros Kachian Onnig Jomlekian Sima Pamboukian Azatouhi Trdatyan was 3 years old. Aghavni Jomlekian Shukri Pamboukian She was murdered, along with her par- Megerditch Ayvazian Gevork Chilian ents, in front of her 13-year-old broth- Markar Der Hovanesian Margarit Pamboukian er. Her brother survived but would Hamparsoum Garabed Shehranian Zarouhie Mekjian never forget the trauma. Nishan Atamian Kevork Mekjian Petros Trdatyan Nazaret DerTavitian Kirakos Lazarian Dikran Menayan Zarouhi Andonian Pambock Lazarian Mariam Trdatyan Khachadour Paloulian Haygaz Mitilian froze to his death on Anania Nalbandian Sahag (Hagopian) Chakheian his father’s shoulders in a snowstorm Sema Nalbandian Hagop (Avedissian) Chakheyan as they fled during the French retreat Nishan Totigian Chakhe (Avedissian) Chakheyan from Marash in 1920. He was 8 years Makrouhi Totigian Serop Dzeroon Kizirian old. Sahag Karajaian Sarkis Amirkhanian was thrown into Garabed Baghamian Nemzur Koubandjian a well with his family and burned alive. Aram Baghamian Haroutioun Kourbanjian The only survivor was his 13-year-old Vahan Baghamian Yeghishe Bargamian brother, who would recall unto his Tzaghig Baghamian Jirair Bargamian death many years later the smell of Salpi Yengibaryan Agavni Norigian smoke. Mary Manuelian Kohar Jokhajian Arpineh Kizirian Sarkis Doudakian Zartoohie Karapiloian Avedis Kabaklian Asadour Najarian Nshan DerBedrossian Paylak Sarkisiants Terfanda Najarian Yeghisapet DerBedrossian Aramig Kitabjian Garabed Tashjian Aghajan DerBedrossian Siranush Kitabgian Hampartsoum Kenderian Krikor DerBedrossian Garabed Kitabjian Takouhy Kenderian Khanem DerBedrossian Setrak Kitabjian Mariam boghossian Mariam DerBedrossian Mariam Ter-Mkrtchyan Hripsime Kechichian Kevork DerBedrossian Movses Abajian Sarkis Keshishian Kayane DerBedrossian Alexan Keishian Haroutioun Kourbanjian Azniv DerBedrossian Sahag Momdjian Martiros Hovhannisyan Dickran Akmakjian Beatrice Momdjian Nemzur Koubandjian Maghak DerBedrossian Garabed Momdjian Grigor Mouradyan Hovsep DerBedrossian Armenag Momdjian Sahag Karajaian Elise DerBedrossian Joe Kahraman Nemzur Karajaian Zarouhi DerBedrossian Zaghig Seradarian Harutune Dadourian Noyemzar DerBedrossian Megerdich Seradarian Hunazant Alexanian Vartouhi DerBedrossian Ohan Ohanian Hovaness Azatyan Aram Baghamian Sirpouhi Ohanian Mariam Azatyan Vahan Baghamian Sarkiss Mushetsi Baloian Hakop Laxoyan Ara Aroian Smbat Sargisi Sargsyan Mari Laxoyan Tzaghig Baghamian

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:31 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.040 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 Mariam Roubinian Avedis Shalelengian Khachig Fundukian Sylva Roubinian Bedros Tekian Hagop Fundukian Armenag Hokhikian Krikor Dulgarian Khassig Fundukian Martiros Mirakhorian Pilbos Der Avedisian Eva Fundukian Zaghik Mardirosian Anahid Oundjian Melkon Medzigian Andranik Tsarukyan Vardui Gasparian Ludwig Medzigian Margret Saroyan Yeghiasar Yaylayian Verjin Medzigian Hovsep Saroyan Hagop Yaylayian Ara Medzigian Akchan Mkhitarian Vosgan Topalian Hovannes Altibarmakian Grigor Mkhitarian Antranig Hayrabed Horop Anoushian Nahabit Epikian Maritza Onnigian Zakaryan Nerses Yeghisabet Demirdjian Nerses Shabaglian Grigor Zohrap Haroution Demirdjian Maritza Onnigian Movses Deirmendjian Khachadour Cholakian Lucie Ayvazian Hovaness Toutikian Mariam Agajanian Takouhi khardalian Maritsa Kyulehyan Hagop Der Nikoghosian Sarkis Mavilian Tadevos Karapetyan Der Ashot Avedian Nunia Mavilian Khatchador Boyajian Dikran Khanjian Nazely Sarookeshian Shimavon Donoyan Armenag Diradourian Fedan Shokeyian Anna Donoyan Garabed Kenoian Levon Hissarian Avedis Chaparian Moushegh Boyajian Zarouhi Tchekrekhjian Sirak Keshishian Easaya Kenoian Nazaret Magarian Mardiros Toutikian Elizabeth Boyajian Kenoian Zarouhi Magarian Abraham Toutikian Peter Boyajian Rahel Demirjian Hovannes Knajian Garabed Baghamian Raffael Der-Tovmasyan Armenouhi Toutikian Sarkis Elmassian Levon Aharonian Harout Knajian Tzagheeg Baghamian Aharon Aharonian Lucya Knajian Adam Baghamian Altoon Aharonian Christeen Ter Stepanian Vahan Baghamian Haygaz Simonian Avak Mouradian Mugerditch Ohnikian Hagop Beloian Papken Toumaian Malaka Soghomonian died from a Hagop Beloian Hagop Kalbakian forced march through the Der Zor Yetvart Jamgochian Aram Jermakyan Desert while she was pregnant. She left Vergeen Tashjian Garabed Kaloustian behind four living children, the oldest Verone Bedrosian Sarkis Dadoyan of whom was only 9. Smbat Byurat DerGhazarian Elisabeth Partamian Aghavnee Ohnikian Zumgroot DerGhazarian Nazareth Partamian Haratyun Ohnikian Zartar Arakelian Ovsanna Kayayan Ludwig Ohnikian Maryam Kazarian Marna Banerian Hovsep Ohnikian Hovanness Yeretzian Onnig Khachigian Annig Ohnikian Marian Shekerdemian Elmonig Khachigian Mardig Kebabjian Vartan Yeretzian Onnig Khachaturian Avedis Mardiros Gertmenian Kevork Vichabian Stepan Khachigian Miriam Gertmenian Rejabian Simon Simonyan Elize Avakian Toros Chaglassian Zmrookht Simonyan Zabel Avakian Jivan Dedian Mariam Simonyan Arousiag Avakian Armenag Baghdassarian Haroutyun Papazian Setrag Avakian Kevork Aslanian Zakaria Minassian Mgrditch Tashjian Nvard Ter-Stepanyan Garabed Jingozian Boghos Mkhitarian Tzaghig Baghamian Zakaria Minassian Iskouhi Gabrielian Manush Pananian Krikor Papazian Aregnaz Markaryan Taguhi Doganyan Baghdassar Karibian Missak Mozian Hayrapet Doganyan Mary Meuguerditchian-Apelian Haroutyun Sarkissian Hakop Karoyan Zakar Ovoian Santoukht Mozian Ansoorian Petros Keheyan Hambardzum Khulyan Mikael Ansoorian Nazeli Keheyan Suren Hakobyan Yeghia Sarkissian Abraham Hairbedian Azatuhi Hakobyan Khazaros Charchian Khanem DerTavitian Vostan Baghallian Mihran Berberian Levon Hissarian Simon Hovhannesi Achikgiozian Haganoush Tarpinian Myram Kazarian Hripsime Aghvinian Megerdich Sarafian Siranoush Arakelian Hovhanes Aghvinian George Chelabian Kazar Arakelian Ester Maghakian Hakop Ter-Saakyan Armenag Metchikian Boghos Maghakian Tatos Moloian Garabed Varjabedian Maghak Maghakian Mikael Khachetoorian Boghos Asharjian Mkhoyan Asatur Hamparsoum Borzakian Boghos Asharjian Hripsime Maghakian Mesrob Der Mesrobian Mena Ashajian Srpuhi Mkrtchyan Marta Avakian Barkev Asharjian Assadour Assadourian Karnig Tomassian Dikran Asharjian Yeva Hovhannessian Gayane Kazarian Vartan Demoorjian Ghazaros Medzoian Dikran Kazarian Aharon Der Melkon Sargsian Tigran Ararat Kazarian Nazley Sarookeshian Loosatsin Medzoian Shoushanig Donegian Fedan Shokeyian Araxi Fundukian Haroutune Oknayan Krikor Shalelengian Zaven Fundukian Hagop Parsaghian Manoog Shokeyian Mariam Aroushian Niko Zakarian Sarkis Sarookeshishian Sarkis Aroushian Mariam Kouyoumjian Markarid Ounanian Shalelengian Gadarine Fundukian Kevork Mardirossian Osgehan Shalelengian Anahid Fundukian Hripsime Mardirossian Sirma Shalalengian Elmast Medzigian Kevork Mardirossian

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.045 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2405 Makrouhie Oknayan Anahid Der Parseghian Mary Kouyoumdjian Khachik Oknayan Zaruhi Caroglanian Vartivar Berberian Hagop Oknayan Asadour Daldabanian Yaghsapet Berberian Mihran Oknayan Krikor Daldabanian Hagop Pessayan Manuk Oknayan Arshagul Artinian Mary Pessayan Asvadzadour Oknayan Krikor Artinian Armen Dedeyan Marie Oknayan Vaxho Simonyan Simon Terzian Mousheg Khodjhumyan Haroutyun Tatikyan Satenik Lusparyan Jovannes Kabbendjian Kurken Parseghian Hripsime Lusparyan Krakow Ouzounian Mihran Sabonjian Artavazd Tumanyan Edward Bozajian Vahan Kazezian Nikolaj Safrazbekyan Manouk Gasparian Mariam Kazezian Levon Safrazbekyan Gazaros Tombulyan Yebrakseh Kazezian Rebecca Margossian Sarkis Gasparian Krikor Sabonjian Toros Margossianmy Ibrahim Louseian Nazar Guyujyan Sarkis Panpalian Ann Gasparian Razmik Palandjyan Vartan Vartanian Ibrahim Lousean Mari Guyujyan Hanna Gulian Davit Gezalian Krikor Gokpanossian Haroutioun Kapralian Yegisabet Gezalian Panos Trashian Ana Kapralian Hrand Mikoyan Goar Akopova Flore Kapralian Minas Chatalian Anoush Kulafian Baghdassar Avedikian Mariam Chatalian Vartouhy Kulafian Ohaness Aslanian Yestare Bedrossian Ohannes Hagopian Isgouhi Zhamgochian Derounian Rosa Jeboghlian Hagop Hagopian Hagop Terzian Marie Balian Jirair Demirjian Nishan Chaderjian Mikael Tarkanian Suqias Nuroyan Maritza Chaderjian Alton Derderian Matevos Sachyan Hagop Chaparian Esksa. Derderian Hnazand Sachyan Artin Chaparian Mihran Tarkanian Samson Khachatryan Hampartsoum Piligian Vartan Dakessian Mariam Khachatryan Hovaness Piligian Levon Guevoghlanian Asadur Arabyan Haroutune Piligian Boghos Grikorian Arax Arabyan Pilig Piligian Hovanes Minasyan Zvart Kureghian Kevork Chaparian Gevorg Minasyan Deradour Harmandayan Movses Kavarian Matevos Matilyan Kveh Gasparian Megerdich Kavarian Simon Kelian Gohar Kirakosian Khatoon Kavarian Hovannes Terterian Vasilika Kirakosyan Joseph Hanna Haji Teyrekian Zabel Kirakosian Danho Kavarian Ahavni Biricikyan Karapet Gasparian Hagop Kradjian Avetis Martirosyan Mariam Yeritsyan Deekran Kradjian Ocean Movsesian Arakel Arakelyan Nazaret Oglou Krikor Gureghian Makartich Ter-Hakopian Dikran Svazlian Paul DerBoghosian Nicholas Chavshudian Hagop Bodoorian Sahag DerBoghosian Mary Chavshudian Garabed Chilingirian Tigran Trchunyan Avedis Kilisian Toukhman Zoroghlian Tirhouhi Kara-Sarkissian Mari Shirinian Touma Zoroghlian Gevork Kara-Sarkissian Arsen Pashgian Garabed Zoroghlian Armen Kara-Sarkissian Haiganoush Mandjikian Hovhanness Zoroghlian Aram Kara-Sarkissian Krikor Kaakedjian Loucine Zoroghlian Alexan Tavitian Gadar Chaparian Garabed Zoroghlian Armine Pagoumian Takouhi Baghoyan Nshan Ter-Saakyan Vartan Balikian Ani Hidirsah Hovhannes Tngozian Margaret Madoian Haygaz Baghoyan Karapet Grigoryan Miriam Madoian Parsegh Baghoyan Parantzem Garavanian Hatchig Madoian Hagop Zilifian Abkar Badalian Pusant Madoian Helen Manoyan Karapet Grigoryan Maghta Gevorgian Boghos Manoyan Parantzem Garavanian Barsegh Karapetyan Krikor Zilifian Abkar Badalian Osanna Madoian Jovannes Kabbendjian Jeyran Badalian Atoyan Maria-Magdalena Vahan Hakobyan Manuk Hamamchyan Stepan Arvanyan Haykaz Sarkissyan Sarhad Kocharian Haroutune Bozghourdian Lucia Baghdasaryan John Hovig Yeressian Ghazaros Baldjian Sara Galtakian Kerop Tsaxikyan Sanasar Hovhannisyan Arutyun Gelejian Tatos Ghazazian Eriya Amirian Tagvor Dadurian Yervand Urghatbashian Armenag Zeytounsian Araxsi Dadurian Margaret Urghatbashian Toros Agha Chaghlassian Alina Dadurian Caspar Mardirossian Hovsep Najarian Hmiyak Dadurian Sinam Yeranosian Stephen Minasian Nishan Chaderjian Hovakim Ahramjian Haykandukht Mheryan Nishan Chaderjian Beghekia Ahramjian Hagop Melkonian Maritza Chaderjian Arsen Avedikian Christaphor Mheryhan Martha Margosian Acabi Avedikian Nerses Mheryhan Gulenia Havounjian Zarmandought Ahramjian Serop Manjikian Tonapet Yeritsyan Yevkine´ Ahramjian Sarkis Kurkdjian Senior Hovsep Sarkissian Arousiag Ahramjian Tigran Zarookian Armenuhi Balian Khoren Aharonian Zarouhi Alachanian Vahram Ghiragossian Raphael Bahde Mardiros Djambazian Hagop Kouyoumdjian Joseph Moukhtar

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.057 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 22, 2015 George Moukhtar Varteres Atanasian Hovhannes Aghanigian Francis Moukhtar Apig Jambaz Aram Srabian George Farra Vahram Altoonian Armen Onanian Mlcon Movsessian Yerchanig Aram Hovsep Malemezian Me´con Movsessian Nerses D. Kevorkian Kegham Samuelian Dr. Ovsia Hekimian Onnig Srabian Kapriel Tanielian Tavit Tavitian Partogh Zorian Karnig Gosdanian Antaram Hovanesian Akrig Kerestejian Hagop Dinjian Sarkis Hovanesian Melkon Piosian Armen Hovagimian Galust Jermakyan Pilibbos Chilinguirian Asadour Jamgochian Hamardzum Jermakyan Haroutiun Konialian Hovhannes Zartarian Vrej Jermakyan Vahan Jamjian Kevork Keleshian Toros Jermakyan Haroutiun Kalfaian Hagop Shoushanian Mania Jermakyan Hovhannes Kelejian Setrag Dulgerian Levon Jermakyan Sdepan Kurkjian Aram Dabaghian Aram Jermakyan Dikran Sarkisian Haroutiun Semerjian Siranush Alexanian Barooyr Arzoomanian Sarkis Eljanian Grigo Alexanian Haig Derderian Mihran Isbirian Maqruhi Alexanian Mirijan Artinian Senekerim Kalyonjian Maqruhi Alexanian Hampartsum Balasan Moorad Derderian Avak Der-Avakian Vahan Kehiaian Garabed Barsamian Hana Soghomonian Ardashes Ferahian Karnig Toughlajian Malaka Soghomonian Artin Meserlian Manuel Dedeian Isahak Ekshian Armenag Arakelian Levon Kantarian Mariam Ekshian Mihran Pasduˆrmajian Aram Hagopian Arsen Kostanyan Neshan Nahabedian Khachadour Grdodian Yegish Grigoryan Yeghia Suzigian Michael Frengulian Kriikor Shahinian Bedros Kurdian Roupen Rakoubian Khanum Nalbanian Shahinian Diran Yerganian Hampartsoom Blejian Anna Garabedian Asadoor Madteosian Vahan Husisian Airapet Tumanyan Yervant Chavooshian Nazaret Husisian Lucine Maghakian Adanalian Hagop Shahbaz Hemayag Karageozian Stepan Boyajian Sarkis Kaligian Israel Ozanian Stepan Boyajian Garabed Reyisian Dajad Chebookjian Hossep Melkisetian Kevork Kopooshian Levon Karageozian Parse´gh Shahbaz Krikor Ohnigian Hmayag Margosian Ardashe´s Haroutiunian Aram Ohnigian Hmaiag Karibian Jack Sayabalian (Paylag) Karekin Ohnigian Ardashig Boornazian Krikor Torosian Hovhannes Keoleian Hagop Boornazian Ke´gham Parse´ghian Dikran Baghdigian Arshag Kizirian Dikran Cheogurian Hovhannes Cheogurian Hovhannes Boghosian Shavarsh Kuˆrisian Dr. Be´nne´ Torosian Antranig Bozajian Krikor Ye´sayan Aram Achu´kbashian Aram Adrouni Aris Israye´lian Kegham Vanigian Aram Shesheian Mihran Tabakian Yervant Topoozian Huˆrach Loosparonian Hagop Te´rzian Roupen Garabedian Megerdich Asdourian Arisdage´s Kasbarian Hovhannes Der Ghazarian Tsitoghtsi Setrag Varjabed Haroutiun G. Jangulian Tovmas Tovmasian Partogh Odabashian Be´dros Kalfayan Hagop Basmajian Kaloosd Garabedian Haroutiun Kalfayan Moorad Zakarian Vahan Kasbarian Edwar Be´yazian Megerdich Yeretsian This evening I have had only 1 hour Ye´novk Shahe´n Karekin Boghosian to pay tribute to those who were killed Ne´rse´s Papazian Armenag Hampartsoumian 100 years ago. I had hoped to get Ne´rse´s Zakarian Yeremia Manoogian through 1,500 names, and I have still so Dr. Sde´pan Miskjian Apraham Mooradian many more to go. I will be entering all Dr. Le´von Bardizbanian Minas Keshishian of the names that I received into the Vramshabooh Arabian Suˆmpad Kuˆluˆjian CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Ne´rse´s Shahnoor Karnig Boyajian It would take me at least another Se´rovpe´ Noradoongian Herand Yegavian 1,000 hours, if I could, to speak the Kare´kin Husian Boghos Boghosian names of all 1.5 million Armenian men, Mardiros H. Koondakjian Herand Aghajanian women, and children who were lost. In Krikor Armooni Garabed Patoogian their memory, we think of those who Boghos Tanielian Khoren Khorenian went before. We cherish their memory, Megerdich Garabe´dian Amasiatsi Krikor Kayian and we have the courage to speak aloud Apraham Hayrigian Vramian Onnig Tertsagian that they perished in the first genocide Levon Aghababian Ardashes Solakian of the last century. We will never for- Kevork Terjimanian A. Proodian get, and we will never succumb to the Dikran Ashkharooni Garabed Dantlian coercion of complicity in silence on Kevork Diratsooyan Haygag Yeremishian genocide. Mihrtad Haygazn Tuˆlgadintsi Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Rosdom Rosdomian Prof. Garabed Soghigian of my time. Vramshabooh Samuelian Prof. Megerdich Vorperian f Arshag Khazkhazian Prof. Hovhannes Boujikanian b 1800 Mrgrrdich Sdepanian Prof. Nigoghos Tenekejian Levon Shashian Prof. Khachadour Nahigian IRAN Paroonag Feroukhan Prof. Donabed Lulejian The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Onnig Maghazajian Jirair Hagopian the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Teodor Mendzigian Hovhannes Dingilian uary 6, 2015, the Chair recognizes the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP7.060 H22APPT1 rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2407 gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) the fact is, under contract law, one of Oh, sure. Somebody, to want to look for 30 minutes. the contract 101 things they teach you tough, may send a boat to tag along be- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I do is, you have to have a mutual meeting hind a convoy, and we may send planes want to commend my friend from Cali- of the minds. If one side says, ‘‘We to blow up a tent or, like President fornia (Mr. SCHIFF) for what he is haven’t agreed to anything,’’ and you Clinton did, blow up a camel from time doing. I think it is a very noble thing don’t have a document they signed, and to time. It seemed like there may have to do when people are killed. Whether you don’t have a tape recording even of been an aspirin factory or something. you want to call it a genocide or not, I them saying, ‘‘Yes, we agree to those Maybe there was something more seri- just appreciate very much my friend things,’’ you don’t have a deal. You ous, but that is not shock and awe, as ADAM SCHIFF calling those names and don’t have an agreement. There is ab- we have shown some places before. giving them recognition after the hell solutely nothing enforceable. And the So when they are recruiting, of on Earth they went through. It was a interesting thing about international course they use the toothless, feckless very noble endeavor. law is, basically, if the most powerful United States examples. Like after the Mr. Speaker, what I came to the floor country in the world is not willing to USS Cole, I had a servicemember that to talk about is the so-called deal that enforce something that it says is an told me recently he was there and they the administration is trying in every agreement, then it doesn’t matter couldn’t believe that anybody could at- way they can to get Iran to even just whether you have got an agreement or tack a United States naval ship and ba- say that they are okay with. Unfortu- not. sically we don’t do anything. nately, the Iranians have been drag- I was very fortunate to have had, for I understood from somebody in the ging this out for years now. I read that a semester at Baylor Law School, a vis- Reagan administration that one of Valerie Jarrett had been talking before iting dean of a Japanese law school President Reagan’s great regrets was with the Iranians before the deal—the who taught an international law course after, I think it was, probably Iran be- negotiations, at least—ever surfaced. that I took. I did as well as you can do hind the bombing of the Marine bar- And we have reports that there was an in that course. Our professor, the vis- racks in Beirut where we lost about 300 informal negotiation taking place. It iting dean, was such a brilliant guy. I precious Marine lives, Congress made was denied back originally, and it did a paper on law of the sea and did clear we are not funding anything else, turns out there were negotiations. very well with that. and we pulled out. Another recruiting So what this has done to Israel—our I loved to sit down and visit with the tool for radical Islamists. ally, our friends in Israel, the people dean from Japan. After the conclusion And even that example from Beirut, that are actually our forward observers of the course, I had my grade. I said: under such a great American President out there in the middle of the chaotic You know, Dean, I hope this is not in- as Ronald Reagan, going back to 1979 Middle East that this administration appropriate to say; but having taken when radical Islam first committed an has helped make more chaotic—they your course, having studied diligently act of war against the United States, are out there, and they are kind of for your course, it seems to me that that was in response to President Car- like, as some people have referred to the bottom line with international law ter—at least, it followed his pronounce- them, the miner’s canary. When they is that, really, international law is ment that the Ayatollah Khomeini was are under attack, when they are strug- whatever the biggest, most powerful a man of peace. They hit our Embassy. gling because of other countries, then country says it is, if they are willing to I know at first they were saying: Oh, we can anticipate the United States use their power. And the dean said; the college students attacked. The col- will be shortly behind it. lege students have the hostages. And it Here is an article from The Wall Well, Mr. GOHMERT, you did learn seemed to me, as a member of the Street Journal dated April 17, entitled, something in my course. Yes, you have United States Army watching the news ‘‘U.S. Suggests Compromise on Iran got it. carefully from Fort Benning, that it Sanctions,’’ the byline, ‘‘President In international law, if nobody is seemed like they kept saying, you Obama said Tehran could receive sig- willing to stand behind a deal and force know, the students have the hostages. nificant economic relief immediately another country to abide by the deal, And I kept thinking if President Carter after concluding a deal to curb its nu- you don’t have a deal. You might as will just say: Okay. The students have clear program.’’ well not even have a written agreement Isn’t that great, though? We are now in international law if somebody is not the hostages. Then you get them back using the word ‘‘curb’’ their nuclear willing to enforce it. to us within 48 hours or even 72 hours; deal. At one time, it was to ‘‘dis- Under most people’s definition of an otherwise, you are going to see the en- mantle’’ their nuclear efforts. At one act of war, if you would attack an em- tire power of the United States mili- time, it was going to be totally unac- bassy, then for purposes of most peo- tary coming at Iran. And heaven help ceptable for Iran—probably the biggest ple’s international law, you have com- you, if you harm our hostages at all, supporter of terrorism in the world. mitted an act of war. That embassy is we may just wipe Tehran off the map if Certainly they have supported plenty considered to be sovereign. If you at- you do, and you as part of it. of terrorism that has killed Americans. tack that embassy, you have attacked I really felt like they would probably They have built and used and furnished that country—it is an act of war— release the hostages and say: See? See? IEDs that have killed and maimed so which is what happened in 1979 in a The students had them. We talked many thousands of Americans. But place called Tehran, Iran. them into releasing them. now we are down, at this point, to just I was in the Army, stationed at Fort But rather quickly, they figured out curbing. If we can just curb them, ap- Benning at the time, so we obviously that the Carter administration was not parently that will be satisfactory. were paying close attention to an act going to use the U.S. power and that And after the last so-called mutual of war against the United States. I all it was going to do was basically beg agreement was announced, we had the think most people at Benning were put for the hostages to be released until leaders of Iran saying, We didn’t agree on alert, but nothing happened. they scaled back an effort to rescue the to any of that. An act of war was committed against hostages that ended up being inad- Now having been a former judge, hav- the United States, but our failure to do equate because the Carter administra- ing tried no telling how many cases, I anything but basically beg the Iranians tion didn’t authorize enough heli- know that if you have one side saying to let our hostages come home was copters. They needed six. General ‘‘we have an agreement’’ and the other deemed as weakness and, as I under- Boykin confirmed what I was told at side saying ‘‘we never agreed to any- stand, still is used from time to time Fort Benning, that they needed six to thing,’’ and that is before any of the today as part of the recruiting effort to get to the staging area, crossing 500 terms of the agreement are ever under- show that Americans have no back- miles or so of desert. Their helicopters taken by either side, then you don’t bone. They are not going to stand up to had turbine engines. They expected have an agreement. They teach you it radical Islamists. Radical Islamists can that they might lose as many as 50 per- is basic contracts. have their will because America is a cent of their choppers. But they had to I know the President, in Chicago, was toothless tiger, unwilling to enforce have six get to the staging area, meet concentrating on the Constitution, but anything. the C–130 there and the other aircraft

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Sanctions once lifted are enor- there with five, then they had to abort will do anything you want. mously difficult to reinstate after because they had to have a minimum That is the way it is appearing not Western powers have commenced doing of six to make it work. Perhaps the only to the radical Islamists of the business. Inspections (not even of the helicopter pilot got disoriented. The world. It sure seems that they have our go everywhere/anytime variety) are chopper leaned, the blades went President wrapped around their little never foolproof and the parties con- through the C–130, and the people on finger and that they can get anything template a system designed for endless the C–130 and the helicopter were they want. wrangling about whether violations killed. Well, Mr. Speaker, what should they have occurred. But it goes back to having a Com- think after the Taliban in Afghanistan ‘‘But wait. It gets worse. The Wall mander in Chief that is not willing to was begged by the Obama administra- Street Journal reports: ‘The Obama ad- do everything he can to use our power tion to, gee, just sit down with us, we ministration estimates Iran has be- to save American lives and to send a will buy you wonderful offices in Qatar, tween $100 billion and $140 billion of its message around the world: Don’t mess and we will give you international oil revenue frozen in offshore accounts with the United States. Don’t mess prominence. Heck, if you sit down, we as a result of sanctions’ ’’. . . ‘‘The with our Embassy. Don’t mess with our will let murderers go of your Taliban monies of course will be instantly Embassy workers, because if you do, leaders. Just sit down with us. That is available to fund terrorist activities.’’ there will be a powerful price to pay. all we are asking. Well, Mr. Speaker, I guess that It sent a pretty clear message. That wouldn’t be President Obama saying b 1815 gets around. They understand who they that because apparently he hadn’t rec- Mr. Speaker, the message instead are dealing with. ognized that, but, okay. was: We got the power, but we don’t On page 3 of the 4-page article from The article says: have the backbone to use it. And that The Wall Street Journal it says this: ‘‘That would be a huge boost to Iran’s is being carried out. Of course, Presi- ‘‘The Obama administration esti- economy, given up front and with no dent Reagan used American power to mates Iran has between $100 billion and evidence of compliance. The monies of send a message. President George H. W. $140 billion of its oil revenue frozen in course will be instantly available to Bush, after Kuwait was invaded by offshore accounts as a result of sanc- fund terrorist activities and Iranian Iraq—I love the fact, as a former mili- tions. U.S. officials said they expect surrogates in Yemen, Syria, and else- tary member, that President George H. Tehran to gain access to these funds in where. W. Bush was a former military mem- phases as part of a final deal. Iran ‘‘ ‘Obama is willing to grant Iran ac- ber, and instead of trying to micro- could receive somewhere between $30 cess to funds that equate to about 10 manage the freeing of Kuwait, instead billion and $50 billion upon signing the percent of its GDP’ ’’—Iran’s GDP— of micromanaging, President Bush told agreement, said congressional officials ‘‘ ‘just for signing a deal. That percent- the military leaders that the goal is to briefed by the administration.’’ age boost is equivalent to a $1.7 trillion liberate Kuwait; you tell me what So, Mr. Speaker, that is from The injection into the U.S. economy today we’ve got to do. They told him how Wall Street Journal. Then 2 days later, (which is twice the dollar amount of many people we would need in theater April 19, in an article by Jennifer the 2009 stimulus package).’ ’’ before we attack. You hit them hard Rubin, it says: ‘‘Washington Post: That was explained by JINSA CEO with bombing, loosen them up, and the Obama is prepared to give anything Michael Makovsky. mission went incredibly well until and everything for a deal.’’ Then it ‘‘ ‘This was a terrific present to Iran Democrats in Congress started yelling, goes on to say: for its Army Day celebration on Satur- in essence, figuratively speaking, that ‘‘Just days after releasing the Iran day, when the regime showed off some President Bush needed to stop, stop, framework, Secretary of State John F. of its weapons to slogans of ‘‘Death to stop. Many in the media, stop, stop, Kerry reaffirmed that the United America,’’ and ‘‘Death to Israel.’’ ’ He stop, they are not fighting, they can’t States would insist on phased-in sanc- adds, ‘Equally dismaying was Obama’s stand up against us, oh, please stop, tions relief. Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei minimization in the same press con- you are being too brutal. publicly rebuked that suggestion and ference of Russia’s announcement to So President Bush, because of the declared he would insist on sanctions sell S–300 surface-to-air missile bat- left, was persuaded not to go all the relief up front. On Friday, the Presi- teries to Iran, which will make a mili- way to Baghdad at that time. Then dent cleared up matters by hanging tary strike against Iran’s nuclear fa- later he was beat up by the left in 1992 Kerry out to dry, pulling the rug out cilities much harder. Perhaps Obama for not going ahead and taking out from under his dwindling band of sup- was trying to save face by this Russian Saddam when he had the chance. porters and telling the world that move, and/or perhaps he no longer op- So it is an interesting place to work phased negotiations were up for grabs. poses the Russian sale because it will here. ‘‘The President declared: make it harder for Israel to spoil the Mr. Speaker, I go through that his- ‘‘With respect to the issue of sanc- nuclear deal through military action.’ tory so we understand where we stand tions coming down—I don’t want to get ‘‘If Israelis are expressing ‘shock and historically with radical Islam in the out ahead of John Kerry and my nego- amazement Friday night at U.S. Presi- Middle East. They don’t see us with the tiators in terms of how to craft this. I dent Barack Obama’s stated openness kind of fear that they should. would just make a general observation to Iran’s demand for the immediate Now, this article from The Wall and that is that how sanctions are less- lifting of all economic sanctions, and Street Journal, dated April 27, by Carol ened, how we snap back sanctions if his defense of Russia’s agreement to E. Lee and Jay Solomon, says: there’s a violation—there are a lot of supply a sophisticated air defense sys- ‘‘President Barack Obama suggested different mechanisms and ways to do tem to Iran,’ they should not be. The on Friday that Iran could receive sig- that. Part of John’s job and part of the President will give the Iranians any- nificant economic relief immediately Iranian negotiators’ job and part of the thing and everything to get his deal. after concluding a deal to curb its nu- P5+1’s job is to sometimes find for- ‘It’s deeply troubling that President clear program, a gesture towards one of mulas that get to our main concerns Obama declined to publicly reject Ira- Tehran’s key demands.’’ while allowing the other side to make nian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s It is really great. Tehran makes de- a presentation to their body politic demand that all economic sanctions mands, the President follows right in that is more acceptable.’’ against Iran be lifted upon concluding line, and Secretary Kerry follows right So going down the article, it said: a final nuclear agreement,’ Senator

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They are pabilities to make nuclear weapons.’ By the way, what could we do with ready to risk it all for their big idea. ‘‘The President who once declared that $50 billion that they may let Iran They are all millennials, aged any- the framework a ‘historic’ deal has have access to after all the damage, all where from 18 to 35; and it was a very been forced to concede there is no deal. the Americans Iran has funded killing informal, fluid session. Now he is signaling the final deal will and maiming. We could use some of What we heard was not surprising, be much worse than he or his defenders that money. Wow, $50 billion. but it was very striking. For too many ever suggested was possible. He prom- But one final article dated today of them, when we asked, How many of ised to dismantle Iran’s nuclear weap- from John Sexton, ‘‘Iran Says It Will you have student loan debt, their ons program; now he is locking it in. Refuse Access to IAEA Inspectors Any- hands went up. For too many of them, He once insisted on robust inspections where’ Nationwide.’’ when we asked, How much is your stu- and gradual lifting of sanctions. Those ‘‘A spokesman for Iran’s nuclear dent loan debt, their hands stayed up will go by the wayside too. Ultimately, agency has once again rejected calls to when I said, Is it above $25,000 or $50,000 Congress, the 2016 Presidential can- grant IAEA access to military sites, or $100,000? didates, our allies and the American continuing a war of words on the issue Then I asked and my colleagues people will need to explain that total that began Sunday.’’ asked: What would you do with that appeasement—which is where this is The bottom line, Mr. Speaker, this money? What would you spend it on if leading—will not be acceptable. They President is putting the world in jeop- you weren’t spending it every month will then have to devise the means for ardy. He is putting Israel in jeopardy. on your student loan debt? stopping Obama or immediately revers- He is putting us in jeopardy. He is put- These young, business-minded people, ing his ‘diplomacy,’ which is more like ting all of Israel’s neighbors in jeop- they didn’t say: I would go on a vaca- promising to make a ransom payment. ardy. It is time he woke up and smelled tion, or I would buy a new toy or a boat Unfortunately for the Saudis, that the baklava. or have fun for myself. likely means beginning an arms race as Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance They said: I would invest it in my they seek a bomb of their own. It will of my time. company. I would invest it in my com- pany. be quite a legacy if Obama gets his f way.’’ What do we know happens when en- Mr. Speaker, this President’s foreign b 1830 trepreneurs invest money in their com- panies? They create jobs. They create policy in the Middle East and North Af- FUTURE FORUM rica has created chaos. growth around their industries that Then April 20, there is this article The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. JEN- put more and more Americans to work. from the Washington Free Beacon: KINS of West Virginia). Under the Future Forum members learned a lot ‘‘The State Department on Monday Speaker’s announced policy of January at this visit, and what we learned was would not rule out giving Iran up to $50 6, 2015, the Chair recognizes the gen- that student loan debt is a barrier—not billion as a so-called ‘signing bonus.’ ’’ tleman from California (Mr. just a barrier, it is a tall brick wall . . . ‘‘Experts have said this multi- SWALWELL) for 30 minutes. that is standing in the way of an entire million dollar ‘signing bonus’ option, Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. generation realizing their entrepre- which was first reported by The Wall Speaker, I rise this evening to report neurial dreams. Street Journal, could be the largest back to the Congress on the progress of What we heard at District Cowork in cash infusion to a terror-backing re- the House Democratic Caucus’ newest New York was not unique. In San Fran- gime in recent memory.’’ group, Future Forum. cisco, we went to Hive, and we visited So they are getting access to money, Future Forum is made up of 14 Mem- their Impact Hub. Hive looked just like the article points out. bers of Congress who are going across District Cowork. You have tall ceil- So then, Mr. Speaker, I want to take the country to talk about issues facing ings, nothing on the walls—they are us back to March 2 from The Blaze, young Americans. We launched just barely painted—no carpet on the floor, where they report on President Obama last Thursday. We have gone to New just a building filled with a lot of en- saying Netanyahu has been wrong on York, Boston, and San Francisco, and ergy, a lot of good ideas, but a lot of Iran. And they have this quote in the we are just warming up. challenges standing in their way. article, and it quotes from Reuters, Our goal is to listen to—not talk to— At Hive, these young entrepreneurs, this is a quote from Obama, reported young Americans about issues ranging just like other entrepreneurs across by Reuters: from student loan debt, climate the country, they told us student loan ‘‘ ‘Netanyahu made all sorts of change, access to entrepreneurship, debt is standing in their way. Forty- claims. This was going to be a terrible and anything that is on their mind or one million young Americans have a deal. This was going to result in Iran standing in their way of achieving collective amount of $1.3 trillion in getting $50 billion worth of relief,’ their dreams, hopes, and aspirations. student loan debt. Obama told Reuters in an interview I encourage anyone watching tonight We heard from people at Hive that Monday. ‘Iran would not abide by the across America to tweet at me and to their debt was not just standing in the agreement. None of that has come tweet at Future Forum under way of them starting their own busi- true.’ ’’ #futureforum, so that we can address ness, but we asked the room—and at That was March 2. Now here we are your concerns right here on the House this event, I was joined by Congress- on April 22, and it turns out everything floor and across the country. man RUBEN GALLEGO of the Phoenix Prime Minister Netanyahu said has We started Thursday evening in New area and Congressman PETE AGUILAR of been true. So far, Mr. Speaker, every- York City. I was joined by Democratic the San Bernardino area in California thing that he has said that we have Policy and Communications chair and Congressman DEREK KILMER of the been able to get evidence on has been STEVE ISRAEL; Congresswoman GRACE Tacoma, Washington, area—we asked true. President Obama was wrong, MENG, who represents the Queens area; the room, about 100 people: How many Prime Minister Netanyahu was right, and Congressman SETH MOULTON, who of you own a home? Crickets, dead si- and knowing President Obama to be represents the greater Boston area. lent. the big, courteous, and wonderful man Our first stop was at the District How many of you have parents who he is, I am sure he will be sending an Cowork space in Manhattan in the own a home? Most of their hands went apology to Prime Minister Netanyahu Flatiron District. You see here in this up. very soon since he does owe him one. photo, this was not just any rigid, How many of you are renters now? On March 2 he tells Reuters that stuffy townhall. We invited young en- Most of their hands stayed up.

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This mother told they are paying in student loan debt. month? What would your payment us it doesn’t just weigh on her daugh- Homeownership, one of the bedrocks money go to? ter, who has a college degree and is of the American Dream, to have some- Again, no one said they were going to trying to find a job, but that it weighs thing to call your own, something that buy a bunch of toys or go on a bunch of on the entire household. we fought during our independence as a fancy vacations. They said that they With 41 million young people across country, that right for property, to would probably buy a car so they didn’t our country with $1.3 trillion in stu- chart your own course, have your own have to take the bus or take the BART dent loan debt, imagine how many fam- piece of land, now, an entire generation to class; they would hope to buy their ilies are affected by this. These are of millennial Americans, 80 million of first home; they would invest—which typically your parents who are just them, have mounting student loan debt would help the economy. starting to realize their golden years. that is going to delay their ability to Future Forum was also at San Fran- They worked so hard; paid into So- buy a home, that is going to delay cisco State University, and a young cial Security; hopefully had a pension; their ability to start and have a fam- girl at San Francisco State University, and they want to retire, maybe travel, ily, that is going to delay their oppor- as we talked about solutions we could maybe take up a hobby, maybe join a tunity to chase their dreams. offer to address rising tuition rates for local club; but their hopes and While we were in California, we also current students and the debt burden dreams—their golden retirements—are visited Chabot College in Hayward, that 41 million Americans carry, one being affected by children who are re- California, in the 15th Congressional San Francisco State student told us turning to the home and need their District, which I am proud to rep- that she had a dual challenge in her support. We heard this all across Amer- resent. At Chabot College, we assem- house. ica on this tour. This is a family mat- bled over 100 community college stu- She was trying to pay for her own ter, the student loan debt crisis in our dents, and we asked them: How much education, make it by, not qualifying country. Finally, in the Boston area, we also student debt do you think you will for many student loans, while her went to Greentown Labs, a clean tech have by the time you take your first mother also had $200,000 of her own stu- incubator I visited with Congressmen postcollege job? dent debt. This is a family matter— MOULTON and KENNEDY in Somerville, What we learned there, again, was this is a family matter—not just for very, very bewildering. Most antici- Massachusetts. that young San Francisco State stu- Here, we heard, again, about student pated that they would have $25,000 to dent, but for millions of young people loan debt, but we also were asked by a $50,000 in student loan debt. across the country. This debt is begin- number of people at this event: What is We did it in a very interactive way. ning to pile up and affect multiple gen- standing in the way of fixing this prob- We used text polling, so we asked the erations. lem? students to text in their answers. We We had the honor of going to Boston, We actually asked the audience: polled the group and said: Are you able where we were hosted by Congressmen What do you think? From your per- to take a full load of courses so that JOE KENNEDY and SETH MOULTON. We spective, what do you think is standing you can get out of community college visited Thermo Fisher Scientific, and in the way? as fast as possible and move on to a 4- we met with young scientists, people So many of them told us campaign fi- year university and move on into your who invested in their own future by nance laws—a smart, young crowd in career field? taking student loans and going to col- Somerville at Greentown Labs—cam- Most of them said that they couldn’t. lege and getting, in many cases, grad- paign finance laws, people in the audi- One student told us he worked three uate degrees to work in the field of ence told us—young entrepreneurs— jobs. The jobs, they were all mostly the science, to work in the field of thera- and I thought they were just focused same. They weren’t jobs that were pies and devices, hoping that they like a laser on their ideas and on rais- going to put them into the area of in- could play a critical role in helping ing money for their first and second dustry they would hope and aspire to people, making the world a better rounds of funding and on trying to be in. They were retail and restaurant place. scale up and getting their ideas off the jobs. At Thermo Fisher, these young sci- ground. No. These young people, they The members of Future Forum could entists told us exactly what we heard get it. identify with this. Congressman KIL- in San Francisco and in New York They told us exactly what the prob- MER talked about washing dishes in City. Their student loan debt weighs on lem was. Because of unlimited amounts college, and Congressman GALLEGO them. It holds them down like an an- of money that can be spent in elections talked about working as a restaurant chor. today, there is less courage in the Con- server, and I harkened back to my days Something happened at the Thermo gress to do big things, to tackle big in this town in Washington, D.C., as an Fisher visit that we didn’t expect—be- problems, and to help a whole country unpaid intern and working at Tortilla cause you have a room full of young of people who need it. Coast at the end of the day to make it entrepreneurs, young scientists, but They asked us about climate change. work. there was a mother who showed up. She Now, this was the first laboratory we Things are different now. Tuition kind of confessed: Well, you know, I had visited on the tour, and we had continues to go up. These students told know this event was billed as a millen- met with a number of young scientists us, during our Future Forum visit, that nial event. who were working in the clean tech they are taking a number of odd jobs She told us she was worried about her and clean energy areas. They asked us just to pay for the rising cost of com- daughter. Her daughter had gone to about climate change and what we munity college. college, just as we had, as a society, were doing in Congress to address it. I We talked about the President’s plan told young people you have to do. Her want to just go to some of the people during the State of the Union in this daughter took out a number of student who have tweeted in to us about Fu- very Chamber to offer free community loans, and her daughter lives at home ture Forum this evening and what college to anyone who was qualified and can’t find a job. their thoughts are. and able and willing. The students were I will first mention Hive, who has hopeful but not too optimistic. They b 1845 tweeted at us in San Francisco that see too many barriers and walls here in What we are seeing for our millennial they are excited about the ideas pre- Washington to get anything done that generation and what was expressed by sented and the issues raised and ‘‘let’s could help them. this mother is that we are at risk of be- get to work.’’

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What I am trying to say is there is ed there, and through the information Those 41 million Americans are not legislation that will cause great harm we have collected across the country, Democrats—they are not all Demo- to the American people, to our secu- we are actually putting the ball in the crats, and they are not all Republicans. rity, and to our prosperity. It is some- court of the young entrepreneurs and They are hopeful, aspirational young thing that is coming to a vote, and we students who are charting this new people who should benefit from the could well lose unless the American economy. We told them to help us same refinancing laws that you can use people mobilize and the people in this crowdsource ideas that can move with your home mortgage or with your Hall pay attention to the interests of America forward, and they gave us auto loan. the American people as a whole and some at these visits. There were other big ideas, and no not to major international corpora- With student loan debt being, prob- idea was too big or small for this tions that have been manipulating this ably, the biggest, most pressing issue, crowd. There was the proposal to have issue. there was a general consensus that a jubilee for all of the federally funded What am I talking about? I am talk- there are two groups affected by this. student loans—to take every borrower, ing about an issue that has over the The first group is of the students who return that money to those borrowers, years been taken for granted, that are enrolled right now and paying tui- to put them at zero, and watch where America would be the preeminent tech- tion and accruing debt. The second the money would go. nology power in the world. In fact, it group is of the 41 million young Ameri- The hypothesis was, if these students has been our technology superiority cans who already have student loan did not have to pay anywhere from $100 that has led to the prosperity of aver- debt. to $1,000 every month, they are not age Americans, to the standard of liv- The solutions that were thrown at us going to pocket the money; they are ing that we have, and also to our safety for the students who are in school now going to put the money back in the and security as a nation. or who will be in school was, one, treat economy, and it would essentially be a It isn’t that Americans have worked public education as a public good. Find stimulus. so hard—and we have worked hard—but a way to make sure that any qualified, I encourage everyone across the we have coupled work with technology. capable person who wants to go to col- country—every young person, every In fact, people work hard all over the lege can do so, and keep the costs as parent of a young person, every grand- world, but they have not had the pat- low or as next to zero as you can. parent of a young person—to give us ent protection, the protection for the We had people who were so excited your ideas. Future Forum is just get- intellectual rights of ownership in the about the Future Forum who had grad- ting started. We already are working development of new technology. The uated college 30, 40 years ago who came with our colleague Congresswoman people around the world haven’t had out and talked to us, and they DEBBIE DINGELL, who is excited and this; thus, they have had standards of harkened back to a time in California eager to host us in Michigan, and with living very low for ordinary people and when, in the UC and Cal State systems, other colleagues who want to bring us then, of course, the rich at the top. tuition was essentially free—they even to their States to talk to young people. What we have had in our country is a threw in the yearbook—yet the return Give us your ideas. You can tweet protection of intellectual property on investment was a whole generation them at #futureforum. Put it on rights by inventors. It is actually writ- of educated individuals who would con- Instagram. You can find us on ten into our Constitution. In fact, the tribute to the greatest economy in the Facebook. Tweet. Facebook. word ‘‘right’’ is only used once in the United States: California. Instagram. Use social media, body of the Constitution. There are the Their eyes popped out when they saw #futureforum. Give us your ideas be- Bill of Rights in the latter part, but how much it costs today to go to UC cause the goal is for us to listen to you the word ‘‘right’’ is only related to the Berkeley: $33,000 today is what it costs and then to work here in a bipartisan right that the Constitution declares for a year for a student to go to UC Berke- way to act on your behalf. those who are writers and inventors ley. People who had attended 20, 30 This conversation will continue. Our who have created something, and they years ago talked about when it was al- work will go on until we have lifted the have the right to control it and to own most next to nothing. It is $33,000 a burden that stands in the way of it for a given period of time. year. young, aspirational entrepreneurs. This has worked so well for the Congressman GALLEGO looked at that Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance United States. We have made sure that number—and he went to Harvard. Har- of my time. our people were competitive with the vard is the Berkeley of the East. Con- f overseas populations, that our people gressman GALLEGO looked at that num- produced the wealth that was nec- ber, and he said: That is about what I INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS DESTROYING THE PATENT essary for high-paying jobs, produced paid when I graduated from Harvard in the wealth that was necessary for the early 2000s, $33,000 a year. RIGHTS OF THE AMERICAN PEO- PLE standards of living. It comes back to Treat education as a public good. the fact that we have recognized, as a Keep interest rates as low as possible. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under right of ownership, the creativity ge- The consensus among people who met the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- nius of our own people. with us—these current students and en- uary 6, 2015, the Chair recognizes the Over the last two decades, most peo- trepreneurs—was that the government gentleman from California (Mr. ROHR- ple have not understood that there has should make no money on interest ABACHER) for 30 minutes. been a concealed effort to destroy the rates on loans that it gives to students. Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I patent rights of the American people. What about the 41 million young rise today to draw the attention of the Let me repeat that. For the last two Americans who have the $1.3 trillion in American people and my colleagues to decades, we have been fighting quiet- debt? There was a general consensus an issue that is rapidly coming to the ly—people haven’t even noticed it— that those debtholders should be able floor of the House, and it is an issue against large international corpora- to refinance their student loans. You that is coming so rapidly that some tions, multinationals, who would de- can refinance an auto loan. You can re- people might not notice the over- stroy the patent rights of the Amer- finance your home loan, but for the 86 whelming magnitude of this issue. ican people. percent of loans that are the Federal In fact, it is an issue that most peo- loans of those 41 million Americans, ple are bored with. They don’t like to b 1900 you can’t refinance them. discuss it. They think it is so com- Why did they want to do that? Be- Congressman JOE COURTNEY, a col- plicated that they don’t pay any atten- cause they want to steal the creation league of mine from Connecticut, has a tion. Unfortunately, the fact that little of our own inventors without having to

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As I ple who will file frivolous lawsuits that tried their best to keep out of the pub- say, when I first got here, they were we should eliminate the rights of the lic eye. calling them ‘‘submarine patents,’’ American people to sue for damages So how is it that Congress could even that is the evil force. Well, ‘‘troll’’ when they have been damaged by some- conceive of this, where you have big came about—I had a businessman who one or sue to protect their rights when corporations coming to say let’s neuter was an executive of a major company their rights have been violated? No. the rights of the little guy or of little who has actually now changed sides, But that is what is going on here. Americans? How would this happen? and he has decided, my gosh, no, he In the name of stopping the trolls, How could anyone imagine that a rep- can’t go along with this destruction of which they made up the term, we are resentative body like the House of Rep- Americans’ rights to own what they being asked to support legislation that resentatives would do anything like have created. He told me about how it dramatically eliminates the rights and that? was decided. protections of honest inventors, al- Well, of course, they are not coming He was in a room with senior execu- though that is not what is being said to this body—and they are not going to tives, mainly from the electronics in- every time there is a debate—‘‘We are the committee of jurisdiction, which is dustry. They went around the room for the small inventor; we are for the the Committee on the Judiciary— saying, now, what is the most sinister- small inventor,’’ when every single one claiming that they want to steal from sounding word that we can come up of the provisions hurts the small inven- little guys and that they want to take with in order to divert the attention of tor. people’s ideas and use them without the people away from the fact that our What is happening, basically, is we paying compensation for them. No, real target is these small inventors, be- are seeing that the legislation being they don’t say that. cause everybody has a soft spot in their pushed forward now is under a bill, They have had to create what I call heart for small inventors, so they are which is H.R. 9. It is already in the the straw man argument. Now, that is going to create a false image some committee. It was a bill that went a traditional way of debate. It is in the way. What can we do? What word can through last year. What happened is, debate books. If you can’t beat your we use to fool the American people into yes, it went through last year with the opponent in a debate, create a straw thinking that this is an evil force that same sort of, ‘‘Oh, we are not really man, create an image that you are ac- we are trying to stop when, in reality, trying to hurt the little guy,’’ but tually attacking this guy, the straw they are trying to beat down small in- knowing that is what it was doing be- man, when in reality you are attacking ventors? cause what happened is, yeah, the leg- somebody else. Somebody else is going Well, they went around the room, the islation passed this body. The legisla- to suffer the pain. guy was telling me, and he said: I actu- tion passed this body. So this man’s arguments, the straw ally suggested that they use the word To show you how bad it was, I man- man arguments, you can handle them. ‘‘patent pirate,’’ the ‘‘patent pirate.’’ aged to lead the fight and have one You can say how horrible that straw That is how horrible it is. But, no, by amendment that got one of the bad man is and his arguments mean noth- the time they got around to the end of provisions out. You know what that ing, well, because that is not really the the group, to the last part of the group, provision was? The provision was, if a guy who is being attacked. It is the they had all heard ‘‘patent troll,’’ small inventor feels that the Patent other man and woman down there, the which is even worse than ‘‘patent pi- Office has not been dealing with him on small inventors. They are the ones who rate.’’ So they all agreed that this a legal basis, on a legitimate basis, are going to feel it. But yet you don’t would be the word that we will use to that he no longer has the right to take hear that from those proponents of the deceive the American people. That is his case to court. They were elimi- legislation that, as I am warning peo- what it was all about. This business- nating the right of our inventors to ple, is on the way to the House floor. man was very upfront with me about take their case to court when their This straw man argumentation was the cynical nature of this type of ma- government isn’t operating legally. first used 20 years ago when I got here. nipulation. Now, we managed to push that one They were trying to suggest that we Well, obviously no one could come back. Unfortunately, the other provi- have to make major changes in our here and say, ‘‘We want to eliminate sions of the bill moved forward. But patent law because there are these hei- the rights of the American people to guess what. Even though it would hurt nous submarine patents. Over and over sue for damages,’’ and we can’t elimi- small inventors and technology inves- and over again, the submarine patents nate the rights of small inventors to tors and universities, that bill went were having such a horrible impact on actually try to get their money for forward out of this body, but it was business because they would come up something that they have invented and stopped in the Senate. It was stopped and charge people for patents that the spent their whole lifetime trying to in the Senate because some of these business didn’t even know existed. create, but what they can do is try to technology laboratories and some Well, submarine patents, that went get legislation that will eliminate the small inventors as well, but mainly the away. They no longer talk about sub- ability of patent trolls to function. universities, stepped forward and said: marine patents. Now the boogeyman Well, unfortunately, every single Wait a minute. You are trying to sup- that is helping them create a straw item that is being presented as a means posedly get patent trolls, but what you man argument that will result in the to control patent trolls actually does are doing is going to undercut us. It massive theft of intellectual property what? It hurts every single one of was analyzed that the result of that rights from America’s most creative them, does damage to little guys try- legislation, if signed into law and people, the boogeyman now is called ing to protect their patent rights. passed through the Senate, would have the patent troll. That is it: the patent By the way, everything they are pre- decreased the value of patents owned troll. These huge corporations have senting in this legislation would be the by our universities. spent millions—tens of millions, if not equivalent if someone says: Well, we Now, that is a major source of their hundreds of millions—of dollars over have got this horrible thing about friv- income is their patents because they these last few years trying to promote olous lawsuits. Because, in fact, what have laboratories and research centers. this image that there is a patent troll the businessmen often are complaining That would have negated about half out there—that sounds sinister, doesn’t about and claiming that trolls are the value of the patents that they own. it?—that has to be defeated. They have being the ones who are doing this, what This would have been a disaster. Luck- proposed legislation in the name of de- they are really talking about are frivo- ily, the universities spoke up, and they feating a patent troll, because that lous lawsuits. need to speak up in the House this time sounds very sinister, rather than legis- Well, there are frivolous lawsuits because it is the same bill they are try- lation that permits large corporations throughout our entire justice system ing to put through the House, and they

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A pay attention to what the effects of around the room and say: What is the patent troll, according to these huge this will be on our universities, what it bad word that we can come up with corporate interests, is someone who will be on—yes, and on the small inven- that will scare everybody into sup- didn’t invest in something but now has tors. It is unconscionable that we have porting our restrictions and our dimin- the rights to sue them because that in- these huge multinational corporations ishing of patent rights? The cynical vestor—the ‘‘troll’’—has purchased the in a power grab like this. people came up with the word ‘‘troll.’’ patent rights to certain technologies. Why is it that they are able to do Well, what is wrong with this, by the Let me note that a patent sometimes this, this attack on little guys, on av- way? Let me just note that this bill, runs around 10 to 20 years that a patent erage Americans who have dedicated H.R. 9, will greatly diminish patent owner can own his patent. An inventor their life to developing a new techno- protection, but, for example, it de- gets granted the patent, and for 17 logical idea? Why? Why is that? Well, stroys the right of discovery. It means years, they own that patent. because they are able to give major that if people actually invest in a small Well, many of them don’t have any campaign contributions. I am not talk- inventor—let’s say someone, a small money, and they can’t even develop it, ing about anybody’s vote being bought. inventor needs an investor. Of course so they have to have investors. Some of I don’t believe that that happens here. they do. They are not like these huge them face the theft of their tech- I know that a lot of people claim that, corporations. They need someone to in- nology, and they don’t have the money but I don’t claim that. What I do know vest. But later on, the big corporation to put out, and they, themselves, chal- is that contributors get the attention does what? Steals that invention. In lenge in court that their rights have of the Member of Congress or the Sen- order to what? These big corporations been violated. ator. That is what happens. are sued all the time for infringement. It is like a piece of property. If some- These big megacorporations—and body comes and builds a railroad track 1915 they are multinational corporations by b across your property and refuses to and large—have bought the attention What infringement means is they are give you any compensation for it, well, of these people and have made their ar- arrogantly taking something that be- you have a right to sue; but some of gument. So we have 90 percent of the longs to somebody else, something that the little guys don’t have enough Members of Congress and the Senate has been patented, and ignoring the money to sue. who are yawning and nobody is talking patent, putting it into their product, Well, in this case, what we have got to them about the bill, but they have and then say, ‘‘Well, sue me,’’ knowing is legal entities that are not involved got these other 10 percent with their that the little guys have trouble suing with actually the invention, but they best friends who have donated to their because they don’t have the money. will come in and say, I will invest in campaigns actually are able to make Well, if anybody has invested in that your patent so you will have enough the argument. inventor and the investor sues for in- money to sue these big guys because If we are to protect our prosperity, if fringement—let’s say his lawyers they are stealing from you—or they we are to protect our security, we have aren’t as good and he loses that case— got to move forward and interact with just buy the patent outright, and then well, now, they are changing the rules they own that property for a given pe- those people who are elected to rep- here. All of a sudden, all of the ex- resent us in the Congress and the riod of time, and then they sue. penses of that big company, the legal There is nothing wrong, I believe, United States Senate. That is the only expenses, will have to be picked up by thing that will thwart these multi- with someone stepping forward and that small inventor. nationals and their ability to buy the buying the property rights of an inven- Oh, my gosh, what happens when attention of a certain number of Mem- tor and then enforcing it through our that happens? You will never get any- bers of Congress. court system. There is nothing wrong The Congress will not pay attention body to invest in that small inventor with that, but we have been told that unless the universities, unless the aver- because the law not only says the in- these are all frivolous lawsuits by the age working people, the voters in their ventor will pay for the cost of asking trolls. district come and see them and talk to for the infringement case, but anybody Well, they are not. Some of them are them and say: We do not want our who has invested in his invention will like this, a troll—supposedly, by that rights to be diminished. We don’t want also have to bear that burden. Who is name—is nothing more than an inves- any of our rights, but especially our going to want to become liable if a big tor who has bought the property rights patent rights, which are the rights that company starts stealing and they can’t of an inventor, of the person who protect our jobs because it makes us prove it in court? owned the property in the first place. competitive with overseas. It produces The bill destroys treble damages. What we have is these multinational wealth enough for average people to Right now, if a big company decides to corporations trying to vilify someone live well in our country. steal from a little guy—well, if the lit- who comes in and buys patent rights Well, we need to make sure that tle guy can prove this guy knew that from small inventors and then using these huge corporations don’t run that was my patent and he is stealing that person to destroy all of the patent roughshod over the rest of us because my intellectual property, if he can rights of the small inventor. they, themselves, now, as I say, they prove that, he will get treble damages. Luckily, we have a bill in the Senate, haven’t bought votes; they bought at- That is triple damages. which is S. 632. It is CHRIS COONS from tention. We need to call attention to Well, that has been what we have had Delaware who actually has a piece of this issue, and it is up before the Com- all along. That permits the little guy legislation to try to strengthen peo- mittee on the Judiciary. We are talk- to have legal counsel because, if it is ple’s patent rights, and it eliminates ing about H.R. 9, a piece of legislation just simply getting the money back some of the—you might say—bad tac- that will do a tremendous damage to that he has lost, this is damages, be- tics that were used by people who were the American people by cutting off the cause he gets a certain amount because involved with frivolous lawsuits in the very constitutional right that our he has been violated. technology area. He takes care of that Founding Fathers knew was so impor- Well, if you eliminate that, how will without greatly diminishing the patent tant, and that is the right to own, for these little guys get a lawyer? Now, rights of real inventors. a given period of time, any type of these big guys are trying to eliminate We also have a bill with Representa- technology creation and creative ge- triple damages so the little guys can’t tive JOHN CONYERS here in the House, nius that you have as a writer or an in- get lawyers. By doing these things, and that bill protects the small guy ventor. H.R. 9 will dramatically decrease the while trying to improve the Patent Of- This is the little guys versus the big value of patents held by our major uni- fice. By the way, what his bill does is guys. This is David versus Goliath. I versities, held by retirement accounts, ensure that all the patent fees that go

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Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive work—intellectual property ownership I would ask my colleagues, if you be- communications were taken from the by inventors. lieve in liberty, believe what our Speaker’s table and referred as follows: That is the last I have on that piece Founding Fathers believed in, support 1239. A letter from the Chairman, Council of legislation, which is H.R. 9, which a strong patent system and oppose H.R. of the District of Columbia, transmitting deserves the attention of the American 9 and support my legislation, H.R. 1940, D.C. Act 21-39, ‘‘Public Charter School Pri- people. ority Enrollment Temporary Amendment which will restore to the American Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, I would like to end my time tonight people and to the States therein the section 602(c)(1); to the Committee on Over- talking about one other issue very right to control criminal law and their sight and Government Reform. quickly. Today, I introduced legisla- own personal behavior. 1240. A letter from the Chairman, Council tion, H.R. 1940, which basically says Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of the District of Columbia, transmitting that the Federal Government shall not of my time. D.C. Act 21-40, ‘‘Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools Salary Adjustment interfere in those States that have f eliminated the penalties on marijuana Temporary Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursu- ant to Public Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to use and sales or have allowed the oper- LEAVE OF ABSENCE By unanimous consent, leave of ab- the Committee on Oversight and Govern- ation of medical marijuana ment Reform. dispensaries. sence was granted to: 1241. A letter from the Chairman, Council This legislation, H.R. 1940, would ba- Mr. CURBELO of Florida (at the re- of the District of Columbia, transmitting sically leave it up to the States as to quest of Mr. MCCARTHY) for today on D.C. Act 21-41, ‘‘Health Benefit Exchange Au- whether or not people should be per- account of attending a Presidential thority Financial Sustainability Temporary mitted to use marijuana, especially visit to the Everglades National Park Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public medical marijuana. in his district. Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the Com- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. HASTINGS (at the request of Ms. I don’t see any reason why the people form. of the United States should face the PELOSI) for April 21 through April 23. 1242. A letter from the Chairman, Council type of controls and the type of police Mr. PAYNE (at the request of Ms. of the District of Columbia, transmitting state activity that impacts their lives PELOSI) for the first series of votes D.C. Act 21-42, ‘‘Educator Evaluation Data by people—whether they are well today on account of medical appoint- Protection Temporary Amendment Act of meaning or not—who have set up, basi- ment regarding foot surgery. 2015’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, section cally, a bureaucratic law enforcement f 602(c)(1); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. state that activates and prevents peo- SENATE BILLS REFERRED 1243. A letter from the Chairman, Council ple from living their own lives. Bills of the Senate of the following of the District of Columbia, transmitting If, indeed, someone is using mari- D.C. Act 21-38, ‘‘Wage Theft Prevention Clar- juana—for medical purposes especially, titles were taken from the Speaker’s ification Temporary Amendment Act of but also even for recreational use—if table and, under the rule, referred as 2015’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, section someone is in their backyard, smoking follows: 602(c)(1); to the Committee on Oversight and some marijuana, we should not spend S. 971. An act to amend title XVIII of the Government Reform. limited dollars. Social Security Act to provide for an in- 1244. A letter from the Chairman, Council crease in the limit on the length of an agree- of the District of Columbia, transmitting We have limited tax dollars here. We D.C. Act 21-43, ‘‘At-Risk Funding Temporary are cutting off veterans’ benefits, cut- ment under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration pro- Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public ting down on people who need help, but gram; to the Committee on Ways and Means; Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the Com- then we are spending it on trying to in addition, to the Committee on Energy and mittee on Oversight and Government Re- put in jail someone who is smoking Commerce for a period to be subsequently form. marijuana in their backyard or trying determined by the Speaker, in each case for 1245. A letter from the Chairman, Council to supply someone with the marijuana consideration of such provisions as fall with- of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 21-37, ‘‘H Street, N.E., Retail Pri- to smoke in their backyard. That is ab- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- cerned. ority Area Clarification Temporary Amend- solutely absurd. ment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public Law My bill, H.R. 1940, will insist that, if S. 984. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare ben- 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the Committee on a State has legalized the use of mari- eficiary access to eye tracking accessories Oversight and Government Reform. juana or the medical use of marijuana, for speech generating devices and to remove 1246. A letter from the Chairman, Council the Federal Government cannot in- the rental cap for durable medical equipment of the District of Columbia, transmitting fringe upon that. under the Medicare Program with respect to D.C. Act 20-492, ‘‘Student Nutrition on Win- It is sort of like you see a guy over in speech generating devices; to the Committee ter Weather Days Act of 2014’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the the corner of a park, and he is sur- on Energy and Commerce; in addition, to the Committee on Ways and Means for a period Committee on Oversight and Government rounded by policemen, and they throw Reform. him to the ground, and they handcuff to be subsequently determined by the Speak- er, in each case for consideration of such pro- 1247. A letter from the Chairman, Council him and put him in jail, and they go visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the of the District of Columbia, transmitting through the court procedures with the committee concerned. D.C. Act 21-48, ‘‘Reproductive Health Non- Discrimination Clarification Temporary judges and all these expenses for smok- f ing marijuana, versus the other end of Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public the park, where some lady is getting SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the Com- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- raped, but there is no policeman there, The Speaker announced his signature form. and they spend all of their money fo- to an enrolled bill of the Senate of the 1248. A letter from the Chairman, Council cusing on the people who are smoking following title: of the District of Columbia, transmitting marijuana. That makes no sense. S. 535. An act to promote energy efficiency. D.C. Act 21-49, ‘‘Marijuana Possession De- criminalization Clarification Temporary When you have limited dollars, we f should especially respect people’s right Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public to live their own lives; and, if they ADJOURNMENT Law 93-198, 602(c)(1); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. make mistakes, which they do, they Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I 1249. A letter from the Chairman, Council will have to live with those mistakes. move that the House do now adjourn. of the District of Columbia, transmitting I would ask my colleagues to support The motion was agreed to; accord- D.C. Act 21-44, ‘‘Vending Regulations Tem- H.R. 1940, which is consistent with ingly (at 7 o’clock and 26 minutes porary Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to

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GOSAR, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, ant to Public Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to By Mrs. HARTZLER: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- H.R. 1932. A bill to amend the Occupational CHAFFETZ, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. FLORES, ment Reform. Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow em- Mr. STEWART, Mr. COOK, Mr. HECK of 1251. A letter from the Chairman, Council ployers a grace period to abate certain occu- Nevada, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, of the District of Columbia, transmitting pational health and safety violations before Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DIAZ- D.C. Act 21-47, ‘‘Testing Integrity Temporary being subject to a penalty under such Act; to BALART, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. LABRADOR, Amendment Act of 2015’’, pursuant to Public the Committee on Education and the Work- Mr. HARDY, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, force. Law 93-198, section 602(c)(1); to the Com- Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. ADAMS, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. form. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. DUNCAN of BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. South Carolina, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. f BLUMENAUER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SALMON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mrs. MCMOR- CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, RIS RODGERS, Mr. THOMPSON of Penn- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU sylvania, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public LATTA, Mr. BARR, Mr. COLE, Mr. CON- CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. bills and resolutions of the following AWAY, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, titles were introduced and severally re- and Mr. NEWHOUSE): ferred, as follows: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CUM- H.R. 1937. A bill to require the Secretary of MINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture nois, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. to more efficiently develop domestic sources Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. COURT- DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, of the minerals and mineral materials of NEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. strategic and critical importance to United TAKANO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LAN- FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. States economic and national security and GEVIN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. POCAN, AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, manufacturing competitiveness; to the Com- Ms. FUDGE, Ms. DELAURO, and Ms. ´ Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition CLARK of Massachusetts): HECK of Washington, Mr. HINOJOSA, to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe- H.R. 1926. A bill to improve compliance Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. riod to be subsequently determined by the with mine safety and health laws, empower JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- Speaker, in each case for consideration of miners to raise safety concerns, prevent fu- SON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ture mine tragedies, and for other purposes; gia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KEN- tion of the committee concerned. to the Committee on Education and the NEDY, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. RIBBLE, Workforce. LEWIS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. CAROLYN Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. POCAN, By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself and B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. Ms. MOORE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. Mr. FRANKS of Arizona): MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. DUFFY): H.R. 1927. A bill to amend title 28, United MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, H.R. 1938. A bill to amend the Inspector States Code, to improve fairness in class ac- Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. General Act of 1978 to increase transparency tion litigation; to the Committee on the Ju- NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PAYNE, of the Inspectors General, and for other pur- diciary. Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. PETERS, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Oversight and By Mr. MCHENRY (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Government Reform. MEADOWS, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. HUD- Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, By Mr. BURGESS: SON, and Mr. ROUZER): Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of H.R. 1939. A bill to amend the FAA Mod- H.R. 1928. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA- ernization and Reform Act of 2012 to estab- enue Code of 1986 to expand the coverage of KOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. lish prohibitions to prevent the use of an un- qualified tuition programs and increase the SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, manned aircraft system as a weapon while limitation on contributions to Coverdell edu- Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash- operating in the national airspace system, cation savings accounts; to the Committee ington, Mr. SWALWELL of California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on on Ways and Means. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. MAX- By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, INE WATERS of California, Ms. WILSON PITTENGER, Mr. COFFMAN, and Ms. Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BLU- of Florida, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and SINEMA): MENAUER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia): H.R. 1929. A bill to restrict United States TITUS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. SCHA- H.R. 1933. A bill to eliminate racial nationals from traveling to countries in KOWSKY, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. profiling by law enforcement, and for other which foreign governments or anti-govern- AMASH, and Mr. POCAN): purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- ment forces allow foreign terrorist organiza- H.R. 1940. A bill to amend the Controlled ary. tions to engage in armed conflict for pur- Substances Act to provide for a new rule re- By Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for poses of participating in such armed conflict garding the application of the Act to mari- or from providing material support to enti- herself and Mr. ISRAEL): H.R. 1934. A bill to amend title XVIII of the huana, and for other purposes; to the Com- ties that are engaged in such armed conflict, Social Security Act to establish a national mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oncology Medical Home Demonstration the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for Foreign Affairs. Project under the Medicare program for the a period to be subsequently determined by By Mr. ELLISON: purpose of changing the Medicare payment the Speaker, in each case for consideration H.R. 1930. A bill to eliminate certain sub- for cancer care in order to enhance the qual- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- sidies for fossil-fuel production; to the Com- ity of care and to improve cost efficiency, tion of the committee concerned. mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. WESTMORELAND (for himself, to the Committees on Transportation and In- Energy and Commerce, and in addition to Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New frastructure, Natural Resources, Science, the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe- York, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. Space, and Technology, Energy and Com- riod to be subsequently determined by the FLEISCHMANN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BARR, merce, Agriculture, Appropriations, Finan- Speaker, in each case for consideration of Mr. STIVERS, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. cial Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a pe- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- DUFFY, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. FINCHER, riod to be subsequently determined by the tion of the committee concerned. Mr. MESSER, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Mr. CULBERSON (for himself and GOSAR, Mr. HILL, Mr. MURPHY of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Mr. MCCLINTOCK): Florida, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LUCAS, tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 1935. A bill to protect 10th Amend- Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. DAVID By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. ment rights by providing special standing for SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DESJARLAIS, SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. CAR- State government officials to challenge pro- Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. DUNCAN of South TER of Texas): posed regulations, and for other purposes; to Carolina, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. GARRETT, H.R. 1931. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. HURT the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for of Virginia, and Mr. KING of New to sell certain Federal land, to direct that himself, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, York): the proceeds of such sales be applied to re- Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. REED, Mrs. H.R. 1941. A bill to improve the examina- duce the Federal budget deficit, and for BLACK, and Mr. MARCHANT): tion of depository institutions, and for other

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purposes; to the Committee on Financial By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- Services. Mr. KIND, Mr. NEAL, Mr. THOMPSON of fornia, Mr. KIND, and Ms. FUDGE): By Mr. GUINTA (for himself, Ms. SCHA- California, Mr. LARSON of Con- H.R. 1956. A bill to improve the Federal KOWSKY, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. necticut, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Pell Grant program, and for other purposes; MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New California, and Mr. MCDERMOTT): to the Committee on Education and the Mexico, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. CONYERS, H.R. 1947. A bill to establish the Trade Workforce. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. Agreements Enforcement Trust Fund to take By Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LANCE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. actions to enforce free trade agreements to SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. LINDA T. LOBIONDO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. which the United States is a party, and for SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. other purposes; to the Committee on Ways BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- GIBSON, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. JONES, Mr. and Means. fornia, Mr. KIND, and Ms. FUDGE): FARR, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. DELAURO, By Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for H.R. 1957. A bill to improve the Federal Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. herself, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. Pell Grant program, and for other purposes; SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. GENE BROWN of Florida, Ms. TITUS, Mr. to the Committee on Education and the GREEN of Texas, Mr. MARINO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. KUSTER, Workforce. SERRANO, Mr. DENT, Mr. PRICE of and Miss RICE of New York): By Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. North Carolina, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. H.R. 1948. A bill to amend title 38, United SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. LINDA T. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet- SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. Mr. FATTAH, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. LEE, erans Affairs to provide child care assistance BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- Mr. HARRIS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. to veterans receiving certain medical serv- fornia, Mr. KIND, and Ms. FUDGE): JOLLY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ices provided by the Department of Veterans H.R. 1958. A bill to improve the Federal FITZPATRICK, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KIL- Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- Pell Grant program, and for other purposes; MER, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER): fairs. to the Committee on Education and the H.R. 1942. A bill to prevent human health By Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself Workforce. threats posed by the consumption of equines and Mr. MCCLINTOCK): By Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. raised in the United States; to the Com- H.R. 1949. A bill to provide for the consid- SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. LINDA T. mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- eration and submission of site and design SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. dition to the Committee on Agriculture, for proposals for the National Liberty Memorial BUTTERFIELD, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- a period to be subsequently determined by approved for establishment in the District of fornia, Mr. KIND, and Ms. FUDGE): the Speaker, in each case for consideration Columbia; to the Committee on Natural Re- H.R. 1959. A bill to provide Dreamer stu- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- sources. dents with access to student financial aid; to tion of the committee concerned. By Mr. BYRNE: the Committee on Education and the Work- By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. H.R. 1950. A bill to abolish certain execu- force, and in addition to the Committee on CAPUANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. tive agencies unless Congress disapproves of the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- CICILLINE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COO- such abolishment, and for other purposes; to quently determined by the Speaker, in each PER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ment Reform. concerned. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. By Mrs. CAPPS: JEFFRIES, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- H.R. 1951. A bill to prohibit the use of hy- By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. FARR, HAM of New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. draulic fracturing or acid well stimulation Mr. ELLISON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PIN- MALONEY of New York, Mrs. NAPOLI- treatment in the Pacific Outer Continental GREE, and Ms. LOFGREN): H.R. 1960. A bill to establish national goals TANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Shelf Region until the Secretary of the Inte- for the reduction and recycling of municipal POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SWALWELL of rior prepares an environmental impact state- solid waste, to address the growing problem California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, ment and conducts a study with respect to of marine debris, to require the Adminis- Mr. TONKO, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. such practices, and for other purposes; to the CONYERS): trator of the Environmental Protection Committee on Natural Resources. Agency to promulgate regulations to attain H.R. 1943. A bill to require the Supreme By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. FARR, Court of the United States to promulgate a those goals, and for other purposes; to the Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Mr. HUFFMAN): Committee on Energy and Commerce. code of ethics; to the Committee on the Judi- H.R. 1952. A bill to permanently prohibit By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. ciary. oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State LOWENTHAL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CART- By Mr. BLUM (for himself, Mr. BUCK, of California, and for other purposes; to the WRIGHT, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, and Mr. PETER- Committee on Natural Resources. and Ms. LOFGREN): SON): By Mr. DESANTIS (for himself, Mr. H.R. 1944. A bill to provide regulatory re- H.R. 1961. A bill to authorize the National BLUM, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. lief to alternative fuel producers and con- Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to SALMON, and Mr. MULVANEY): establish a Climate Change Education Pro- sumers, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 1953. A bill to require members of mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- gram; to the Committee on Energy and Com- Congress and congressional staff to abide by merce, and in addition to the Committee on dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care for a period to be subsequently determined Education and the Workforce, for a period to Act with respect to health insurance cov- by the Speaker, in each case for consider- be subsequently determined by the Speaker, erage, and for other purposes; to the Com- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- in each case for consideration of such provi- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- risdiction of the committee concerned. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the form, and in addition to the Committees on By Mr. DEFAZIO: committee concerned. H.R. 1945. A bill to amend the African Ele- House Administration, Ways and Means, and By Mr. HUFFMAN: phant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros Energy and Commerce, for a period to be H.R. 1962. A bill to establish State infra- and Tiger Conservation Act to provide for subsequently determined by the Speaker, in structure banks for education; to the Com- trade sanctions against countries involved in each case for consideration of such provi- mittee on Education and the Workforce. illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoc- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. eros horn, and for other purposes; to the committee concerned. CONNOLLY, and Mr. TAKAI): Committee on Natural Resources, and in ad- By Mr. FINCHER: H.R. 1963. A bill to provide for the upgrade dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, H.R. 1954. A bill to align exemptions for of the vehicle fleet of the United States for a period to be subsequently determined general solicitation of investment in com- Postal Service, and for other purposes; to the by the Speaker, in each case for consider- modity pools similar to the exemption pro- Committee on Oversight and Government ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- vided for general solicitation of securities Reform, and in addition to the Committee on risdiction of the committee concerned. under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Energy and Commerce, for a period to be By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Act; to the Committee on Agriculture. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Mr. KIND, Mr. NEAL, Mr. THOMPSON of By Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Ms. each case for consideration of such provi- California, Mr. LARSON of Con- SLAUGHTER, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LEVIN, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the necticut, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. RAN- Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. FUDGE, and Ms. committee concerned. GEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. LINDA T. NORTON): By Mr. HULTGREN (for himself, Mr. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and Mrs. H.R. 1955. A bill to amend the Federal LIPINSKI, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. DAVIS of California): Water Pollution Control Act to provide as- BUSTOS, Mr. SALMON, Ms. ESTY, Mr. H.R. 1946. A bill to amend the Trade Act of sistance for nutrient removal technologies to RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. ROTHFUS): 1974 to authorize the United States Trade States in the Great Lakes System; to the H.R. 1964. A bill to direct the Adminis- Representative to take discretionary action Committee on Transportation and Infra- trator of the Federal Aviation Administra- if a foreign country is engaging in unreason- structure. tion to revise hiring practices for air traffic able acts, policies, or practices relating to By Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. controller positions, and for other purposes; the environment, and for other purposes; to SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. LINDA T. to the Committee on Transportation and In- the Committee on Ways and Means. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. frastructure.

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A bill to require the Nuclear Science, Space, and Technology, for a period companies from requirements relating to the Regulatory Commission to retain and redis- to be subsequently determined by the Speak- use of Extensible Business Reporting Lan- tribute certain amounts collected as fines; to er, in each case for consideration of such pro- guage for periodic reporting to the Securi- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the ties and Exchange Commission, and for other By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM committee concerned. purposes; to the Committee on Financial of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her- Services. TAKAI, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. self, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MEEKS, and By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. CON- RANGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LEE, Ms. Mrs. LAWRENCE): YERS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, PINGREE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. CLARK H.R. 1979. A bill to strengthen the protec- Ms. MOORE, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Ms. tions from levy by the Internal Revenue TAKAI): SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Service for taxpayers in economic hardship; H.R. 1966. A bill to authorize the President Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, to the Committee on Ways and Means. to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Corps as a means of providing gainful em- MCGOVERN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT): ployment to unemployed and underemployed O’ROURKE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, H.R. 1980. A bill to enhance consumer ac- citizens of the United States through the Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. cess to electricity information and allow for performance of useful public work, and for TORRES, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of the adoption of innovative products and other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- California, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- services to help consumers manage their en- cation and the Workforce. fornia, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, ergy usage; to the Committee on Energy and By Mr. KILMER (for himself and Ms. Ms. MOORE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Commerce. HERRERA BEUTLER): Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE By Mr. BECERRA: H.R. 1967. A bill to authorize Federal agen- JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GRAYSON, and H. Res. 219. A resolution electing a Member cies to establish prize competitions for inno- Ms. MENG): to a certain standing committee of the vation or adaptation management develop- H.R. 1974. A bill to expand access to health House of Representatives; considered and ment relating to ocean acidification; to the care services, including sexual, reproductive, agreed to. considered and agreed to. Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- and maternal health services, for immigrant nology. f women, men, and families by removing legal By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. barriers to health insurance coverage, and CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY BABIN, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- STATEMENT lina, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of LAMALFA, Mr. MASSIE, and Mr. Committee on Ways and Means, for a period THOMPSON of Pennsylvania): to be subsequently determined by the Speak- the Rules of the House of Representa- H.R. 1968. A bill to amend title 28, United er, in each case for consideration of such pro- tives, the following statements are sub- States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdic- visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the mitted regarding the specific powers tion and funding over questions concerning the issue of marriage with respect to the De- committee concerned. granted to Congress in the Constitu- fense of Marriage Act and the Constitution, By Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. tion to enact the accompanying bill or and for other purposes; to the Committee on HULTGREN, Mr. FOSTER, and Mrs. joint resolution. the Judiciary. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York): H.R. 1975. A bill to amend the Securities By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Ms. Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securi- H.R. 1926. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. ESTY, Congress has the power to enact this legis- ties Exchange Commission to refund or cred- and Mr. CARNEY): lation pursuant to the following: it excess payments made to the Commission; H.R. 1969. A bill to expand eligibility for Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of to the Committee on Financial Services. the program of comprehensive assistance for the United States. By Ms. NORTON: family caregivers of the Department of Vet- By Mr. GOODLATTE: H.R. 1976. A bill to provide for nuclear erans Affairs, to expand benefits available to H.R. 1927. participants under such program, to enhance weapons abolition and economic conversion Congress has the power to enact this legis- special compensation for members of the in accordance with District of Columbia Ini- lation pursuant to the following: uniformed services who require assistance in tiative Measure Number 37 of 1992, while en- The constitutional authority on which this everyday life, and for other purposes; to the suring environmental restoration and clean- legislation is based is found in Article I, Sec- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addi- energy conversion; to the Committee on For- tion 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause tion to the Committees on Armed Services, eign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Oversight and Government Reform, Energy mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be Constitution, which grant Congress author- and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a subsequently determined by the Speaker, in ity over federal courts. period to be subsequently determined by the each case for consideration of such provi- By Mr. MCHENRY: Speaker, in each case for consideration of sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Hit. 1928. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- committee concerned. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion of the committee concerned. By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. LAWRENCE: CONNOLLY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which states H.R. 1970. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Mr. SIRES, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ‘‘The Congress shall have Power To lay and enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against MCGOVERN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, tax for manufacturing job training expenses; Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LAN- to pay the Debts and provide for the common to the Committee on Ways and Means. GEVIN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KEATING, Defence and general Welfare of the United By Mr. TED LIEU of California (for Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. NORTON, QUIGLEY): shall be uniform throughout the United Mr. BEYER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LOFGREN, H.R. 1977. A bill to amend the Outer Conti- States’’ and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GRI- nental Shelf Lands Act to permanently pro- which empowers Congress to ‘‘To make all JALVA, Mr. COHEN, Ms. JUDY CHU of hibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Laws which shall be necessary and proper for California, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HAS- outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- TINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic planning ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. areas; to the Committee on Natural Re- stitution in the Government of the United NADLER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. HAHN, sources. States, or in any Department or Officer Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. CART- By Mr. POLIS (for himself, Mr. thereof’’ ´ WRIGHT): CARDENAS, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HAS- By Mr. WITTMAN: H.R. 1971. A bill to reduce greenhouse gas TINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. NAPOLI- H.R. 1929. emissions and protect the climate; to the TANO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in CARTWRIGHT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SAR- lation pursuant to the following. addition to the Committee on Foreign Af- BANES, Mr. SIRES, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. The constitutional authority on which this fairs, for a period to be subsequently deter- BUSTOS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. WALZ, Ms. bill rests in the preamble of the Constitution mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- KAPTUR, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. MURPHY of providing for the ‘‘common defense’’ and in sideration of such provisions as fall within Florida, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONYERS, the powers governing national security in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. Article I, Section 8. By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. SPEIER, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. NOLAN): By Mr. ELLISON: ENGEL): H.R. 1978. A bill to require the Secretary of H.R. 1930. H.R. 1972. A bill to provide certain require- Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- ments for the licensing of commercial nu- servation corps, and for other purposes; to lation pursuant to the following: clear facilities; to the Committee on Energy the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in Article I, Section 8, Caluse 18 of the Con- and Commerce. addition to the Committees on Transpor- stitution of the United States, which states:

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United States, or in any Department or Offi- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cer thereof’’ lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. POE of Texas: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: H.R. 1931. States Constitution, which grants Congress By Mr. DESANTIS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- the power to, among other things, regulate H.R. 1953. lation pursuant to the following: Commerce among the several States. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 By Mr. WESTMORELAND: lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. HARTZLER: H.R. 1941. Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1932. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. FINCHER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1954. lation pursuant to the following: The Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United Clause 3 of the Constitution states that Con- lation pursuant to the following: States Congress shall have power gress shall have power to regulate the regu- Article I, Section 8—To make all Laws ‘‘To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- late Commerce with foreign Nations, and which shall be necessary and proper for car- tions, and among the several States, and among the several States, and with the In- rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, with the Indian Tribes.’’ dian Tribes. and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- By Mr. CONYERS: By Mr. GUINTA: tion in the Government of the United States H.R. 1933. H.R. 1942. or in any Department or Officer thereof. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HIGGINS: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1955. Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Section 8 Clause 18—The Congress shall Congress has the power to enact this legis- Amendment to the United States Constitu- have Power . . . To make Laws which shall lation pursuant to the following: tion, Congress shall have the power to enact be necessary and propey for carrying into Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 appropriate laws protecting the civil rights Execution the foregoing Powers, and all By Mr. HINOJOSA: of all Americans. other Powers vested by this Constitution in H.R. 1956. By Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS: the Government of the United States, or in Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1934. any Department or Officer thereof. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. SLAUGHTER: This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1943. and 18 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United The Constitutional authority in which this Congress has the power to enact this legis- States Constitution. bill rests is the power of the Congress to reg- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HINOJOSA: ulate Commerce as enumerated by Article I, The authority to enact this bill is derived H.R. 1957. Section 8, Clause 1 as applied to providing from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Congress has the power to enact this legis- for the general welfare of the United States Section 8. lation pursuant to the following: through the administration of the Medicare By Mr. BLUM: This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 program under Title 18 if the Social Security H.R. 1944. Act. Congress has the power to enact this legis- and 18 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United By Mr. CULBERSON: lation pursuant to the following: States Constitution. H.R. 1935. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Com- By Mr. HINOJOSA: Congress has the power to enact this legis- merce Clause H.R. 1958. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. DEFAZIO: Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 & the Tenth H.R. 1945. lation pursuant to the following: Amendment. Congress has the power to enact this legis- This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas: lation pursuant to the following: and 18 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United H.R. 1936. Article I, section 8 States Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. BLUMENAUER: By Mr. HINOJOSA: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1946. H.R. 1959. Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution, to ‘‘provide for the common de- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: fense and general welfare of the United Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitu- This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 States.’’ tion and 18 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United By Mr. AMODEI: By Mr. BLUMENAUER: States Constitution. H.R. 1937. H.R. 1947. By Mr. HONDA: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1960. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- The constitutional authority of Congress Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- tion section 8 of article I of the Constitution cle I, Section 8 of the United States Con- By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: By Mr. HONDA: stitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to H.R. 1948. H.R. 1961. providing for the general welfare of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States) and clause 18 (relating to the lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: power to make all laws necessary and proper Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 section 8 of article I of the Constitution for carrying out the powers vested in Con- To make Rules for the Government and By Mr. HUFFMAN: gress), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (re- Regulation of the land and naval Forces. H.R. 1962. lating to the power of Congress to dispose of By Mr. BUTTERFIELD: Congress has the power to enact this legis- and make all needful rules and regulations H.R. 1949. lation pursuant to the following: respecting the territory or other property Congress has the power to enact this legis- Clause 1 of Section 8, Article I of the U.S. belonging to the United States). lation pursuant to the following: Constitution By Mr. KIND: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Con- By Mr. HUFFMAN: H.R. 1938. stitution of the United States of America. H.R. 1963. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. BYRNE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1950. lation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Clause 7 of Section 8, Article I of the U.S. By Mr. BURGESS: lation pursuant to the following: Constitution H.R. 1939. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United By Mr. HULTGREN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- States Consititution. To make all Laws H.R. 1964. lation pursuant to the following: which shall be necessary and proper for car- Congress has the power to enact this legis- The attached language falls within Con- rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, lation pursuant to the following: gress’ delegated authority to legislate inter- and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, as this legis- state commerce, found in Article I, Section tion in the Government of the United States lation regulates commerce between the 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Further, or in any Department of Officer thereof states. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, pro- Congress’ authority to authorize the FAA to By Mrs. CAPPS: viding Congress with the authority to enact regulate airspace within the U.S. has been H.R. 1951. legislation necessary to execute one of its

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enumerated powers, such as Article 1, Sec- clauses 1 and 3 of section 8 of article I of H.R. 591: Mr. PETERS. tion 8, Clause 3. the Constitution. H.R. 592: Mr. ROUZER. By Mr. HURT of Virginia: By Mr. PALLONE: H.R. 605: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1965. H.R. 1977. H.R. 624: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. WALORSKI, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Mr. RUSH. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 662: Mr. FORBES. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2: H.R. 670: Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 672: Mrs. NOEM. Constitution The Congress shall have Power to dispose H.R. 702: Mr. MULLIN. By Ms. KAPTUR: of and make all needful Rules and Regula- H.R. 712: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. TIPTON. H.R. 1966. tions respecting the Territory or other Prop- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 717: Ms. DUCKWORTH. erty belonging to the United States; and H.R. 721: Mr. CRAWFORD and Mr. ROE of lation pursuant to the following: nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- Tennessee. Article 1, Section 8, with specific power to strued as to Prejudice any Claims of the H.R. 727: Mr. DELANEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. provide for the general welfare of the United United States, or of any particular State. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. KIRK- States and to regulate commerce among the By Mr. POLIS: PATRICK, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. several states, and with the Indian tribes of H.R. 1978. MATSUI, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. the Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- QUIGLEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. LINDA T. By Mr. KILMER: lation pursuant to the following: SA´ NCHEZ of California, and Mr. VELA. H.R. 1967. Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 & H.R. 756: Mr. COHEN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Clause 18 of the Constitution, Congress, has H.R. 771: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. lation pursuant to the following: the power ‘‘To make all laws which shall be H.R. 803: Mr. NEWHOUSE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 necessary and proper’’ for carrying out H.R. 812: Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 power including the power ‘‘To raise and sup- H.R. 815: Mr. SHIMKUS. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 port Armies’’ H.R. 825: Ms. TITUS, Mr. LATTA, Ms. JEN- By Mr. KING of Iowa: KINS of Kansas, and Mr. MICA. H.R. 1968. By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: H.R. 1979. H.R. 836: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois and Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LONG. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 842: Mr. PETERS. Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 H.R. 845: Mr. HUFFMAN. Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 ‘‘In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other H.R. 846: Mr. KIND, Mr. KEATING, and Ms. By Mr. WELCH: public Ministers and Consuls, and those in ADAMS. H.R. 1980. which a State shall be Party, the supreme H.R. 868: Mr. GARAMENDI. Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 885: Mr. COLE and Ms. BROWNLEY of the other Cases before mentioned, the su- lation pursuant to the following: California. preme Court shall have appellate Jurisdic- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Con- H.R. 891: Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. SMITH of tion, both as to Law and Fact, with such Ex- gress shall have Power To . . . make all Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ceptions, and under such Regulations as the Laws which shall be necessary and proper for VEASEY, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. GRANGER, Congress shall make.’’ carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Mr. HENSARLING, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Texas. ‘‘To constitute Tribunals inferior to the stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 902: Mr. PETERS. Supreme Court . . .’’ States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 907: Mr. POE of Texas. By Mr. LANGEVIN: thereof H.R. 916: Mr. DOLD. H.R. 920: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. H.R. 1969. f Congress has the power to enact this legis- RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. HANNA. lation pursuant to the following: ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 921: Mr. LONG. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 935: Mrs. TORRES. By Mrs. LAWRENCE: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 972: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 1970. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 980: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tions, as follows: FORBES. H.R. 985: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. RUP- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 24: Mr. DIAZ-BALART and Mr. MURPHY PERSBERGER, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of Pennsylvania. H.R. 986: Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. COLLINS of The Congress shall have Power *** To regu- H.R. 140: Mr. ROHRABACHER. Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. late commerce with foreign nations, and H.R. 169: Mr. PAULSEN. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. NEWHOUSE, among the several states, and with the In- H.R. 178: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. GUTHRIE, and Ms. STEFANIK. dian tribes. H.R. 209: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. By Mr. TED LIEU of California: H.R. 994: Ms. BORDALLO. MEEHAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. H.R. 996: Ms. MCCOLLUM and Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 1971. RANGEL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 997: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: WESTMORELAND. HUFFMAN, and Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 1062: Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Con- H.R. 210: Mr. GOODLATTE. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and stitution H.R. 282: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 287: Mr. GOSAR. H.R. 1086: Mr. BYRNE and Mr. BUCSHON. stitution H.R. 310: Mr. CRAWFORD. H.R. 1087: Mr. SALMON. By Mrs. LOWEY: H.R. 317: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 1117: Mr. HARPER. H.R. 1972. H.R. 353: Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 1128: Mr. CLEAVER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 381: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. HAHN, Mr. H.R. 1141: Ms. LOFGREN. lation pursuant to the following: DEFAZIO, and Ms. GABBARD. H.R. 1143: Mr. CHABOT. Article I H.R. 1147: Mr. ROE of Tennessee and Mr. By Mrs. LOWEY: H.R. 393: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 402: Mr. SCHRADER. OLSON. H.R. 1973. H.R. 1151: Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia. H.R. 424: Mr. CICILLINE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1170: Mrs. LAWRENCE. H.R. 425: Mr. CICILLINE. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1178: Mr. PETERS and Mr. CROWLEY. H.R. 430: Ms. BROWNLEY of California and Article I H.R. 1194: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM H.R. 1202: Mr. PETERSON and Mrs. KIRK- H.R. 432: Mr. DOLD. of New Mexico: PATRICK. H.R. 1974. H.R. 450: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 1206: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 456: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KATKO, and Mrs. Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, and lation pursuant to the following: LAWRENCE. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 H.R. 465: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. TROTT, H.R. 1211: Mr. CA´ RDENAS and Mrs. LAW- By Mr. MEEKS: and Mr. TIPTON. RENCE. H.R. 1975. H.R. 467: Mr. PETERS, Ms. WILSON of Flor- H.R. 1215: Mr. ROHRABACHER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ida, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RANGEL, and Ms. H.R. 1220: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. THOMPSON of lation pursuant to the following: ESTY. California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. Article I Section 8 of the United States H.R. 501: Ms. DUCKWORTH. NORTON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. Constitution H.R. 524: Mr. ROTHFUS. LOEBSACK, Ms. LEE, Mr. GENE GREEN of By Ms. NORTON: H.R. 532: Mr. KILMER. Texas, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, H.R. 1976. H.R. 540: Mr. MASSIE. Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mr. LIPINSKI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 546: Mr. POMPEO. H.R. 1229: Mr. MCGOVERN and Mr. POCAN. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 566: Mr. CLEAVER. H.R. 1233: Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. JOLLY.

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H.R. 1234: Mr. GROTHMAN. H.R. 1610: Mr. MOOLENAAR. H.R. 1832: Mr. POLIS. H.R. 1247: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROGERS of Ala- H.R. 1612: Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 1844: Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina. bama, and Mr. HANNA. H.R. 1613: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. H.R. 1869: Mr. BUCK and Mr. TIPTON. H.R. 1258: Mr. TAKAI. BYRNE, and Mr. LONG. H.R. 1876: Mr. LONG. H.R. 1271: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1614: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 1885: Mr. FORTENBERRY. H.R. 1284: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee and Mr. H.R. 1623: Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 1907: Mr. BRADY of Texas and Mr. BOU- RUSH. H.R. 1624: Mr. HARPER and Mr. BARLETTA. STANY. H.R. 1288: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1634: Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 1309: Mr. VELA and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 1650: Mr. HANNA. H.R. 1925: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1310: Mr. DOLD, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mrs. H.R. 1651: Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. H.J. Res. 42: Mr. GOSAR. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 1652: Mr. BENISHEK. H.J. Res. 43: Mr. AMASH, Mr. SMITH of Ne- H.R. 1312: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, H.R. 1666: Mr. MULVANEY and Mr. HARPER. braska, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ´ Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico, Mr. H.R. 1669: Mr. PEARCE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. HARRIS, and Mrs. SIRES, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. KIRK- LONG, and Mr. COLE. NOEM. PATRICK, and Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 1671: Mr. HENSARLING and Mr. RUS- H.J. Res. 44: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. H.R. 1365: Mr. BOST and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. SELL. PITTS, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. YOHO, Mr. MASSIE, H.R. 1383: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. H.R. 1674: Mr. WELCH, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- Mr. FLEMING, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. JONES, H.R. 1384: Miss RICE of New York. gia, and Mr. RANGEL. Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. H.R. 1388: Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. H.R. 1675: Mr. STIVERS, Mr. HIGGINS, and JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, GUTHRIE, and Mr. GRIFFITH. Ms. SINEMA. and Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 1392: Mrs. LAWRENCE. H.R. 1677: Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 1404: Mr. DEUTCH. H. Con. Res. 17: Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. H.R. 1684: Mr. ROUZER. H.R. 1435: Mr. DESAULNIER. BUCK, and Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 1700: Mr. O’ROURKE and Mr. H.R. 1443: Mr. MCCLINTOCK. H. Con. Res. 28: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, A´ RDENAS H.R. 1453: Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. C . Mr. TROTT, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. CAR- H.R. 1461: Mr. MULVANEY. H.R. 1732: Mr. HARRIS, Mr. JENKINS of West TER of Texas, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. HEN- H.R. 1477: Mr. HUFFMAN. Virginia, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. ROONEY of Flor- SARLING. ida, Mr. ROSS, and Mrs. ROBY. H.R. 1478: Mr. STIVERS and Mr. BYRNE. H. Con. Res. 40: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SAM H.R. 1736: Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 1493: Mr. SIRES. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. AL H.R. 1737: Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. LATTA, Ms. H.R. 1516: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. POLIS, and GREEN of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. BORDALLO, and Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. ISRAEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. LORETTA SAN- H.R. 1739: Mr. HENSARLING. H.R. 1528: Mr. CLEAVER. CHEZ of California, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. RUSH, H.R. 1752: Mr. YODER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. H.R. 1538: Mr. JONES and Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. FRANKS of FORBES, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. H.R. 1559: Mr. LAMALFA. Arizona, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MCGOV- H.R. 1567: Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. VAN HOL- BISHOP of Michigan. ERN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SALMON, Mr. WOODALL, LEN, and Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 1769: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LATTA, and Ms. MENG, and Mr. SIRES. H.R. 1568: Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. Ms. DUCKWORTH. H. Res. 56: Mr. WALZ. DOLD, and Mr. VALADAO. H.R. 1784: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. PAYNE, H.R. 1572: Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. HANNA, Mr. LONG, Mr. WITTMAN, and Ms. H. Res. 181: Mr. SALMON. H.R. 1594: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. COURTNEY, SLAUGHTER. H. Res. 188: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. NUGENT, H.R. 1786: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. H. Res. 194: Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. RENACCI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, and Mr. and Mr. TROTT. WALZ, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. H. Res. 207: Mr. COSTA, Mr. SEAN PATRICK PALAZZO, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. KELLY of Illi- H.R. 1800: Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HANNA, Mr. nois, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- H.R. 1807: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WELCH, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, and Mr. fornia, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah. RANGEL, and Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. KATKO.

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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 No. 59 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was the German Army introduced to the that ratification with pleasure. I voted called to order by the President pro world large-scale chemical weapons. for ratification—which was ratified tempore (Mr. HATCH). That gas swept the battlefield. People here in the Senate—of the convention f died and suffered enduring pain, and to do something more about these those who survived, with rare excep- chemical weapons. PRAYER tion, suffered the rest of their lives. But in spite of other efforts, the use The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- The Kaiser’s army released tons of of chemical weapons endures. One hun- fered the following prayer: chlorine gas, nearly devastating the dred years have passed since that fate- Let us pray. Allied line in Belgium. Europe would ful date in Belgium, and the world has Immortal God, You are the meaning never be the same. The world would yet to end the evil of those poisons. and mystery of all that is, was, and is never be the same. Today, Bashar al-Assad and his regime to be. Thank You for Your sustaining The use of poisonous gas proliferated and forces loyal to him in Syria are re- love and for the opportunities to learn during World War I, bringing death and sponsible for horrific violence that vio- from each other. Thank You for the devastation to members of the military lates basic decency. It violates inter- challenges and difficulties You use to and civilians. Following World War I, national laws of war and has shocked test and refine us. nations joined to support the Geneva the global conscience. Lord, give our lawmakers the wisdom Protocol of 1925, declaring that chem- It is no secret that Assad has repeat- to trust the unfolding of Your provi- ical weapons were so barbaric, so evil edly used chemical weapons against dence. May they embrace a humility that they should be prohibited from the Syrian people and the country over that seeks first to understand, instead use. which he dictates. Even after Syria was of striving first to be understood. De- The use of chemical weapons has con- compelled to accede to the conven- liver them from a false patriotism that tinued. The world will never forget the tion—the Chemical Weapons Conven- would render unto Caesar what belongs atrocities perpetrated by Hitler during tion in 2013—there is clear evidence to You. Guide them with Your powerful World War II, as Nazi Germany used that Assad has continued to reign ter- hand until the potentates of this world chemicals in the genocide of millions ror over his own people by using barrel acknowledge Your sovereignty and of Jews. During the Nazi regime, at the bombs filled with chlorine to indis- might. beginning of it, five men—one name criminately wreak havoc. We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. started with S, one started with A, one We are reminded of this all the time. f started with R, I, and N—invented I do not usually watch ‘‘60 Minutes.’’ It sarin gas. The world will not forget the is a good program, but I usually have PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE atrocities perpetrated by the Hitler re- other things to do. But I watched be- The President pro tempore led the gime during World War II as Nazi Ger- cause of the promotion on Sunday Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: many used chemicals in the genocide of evening about something they were I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the millions—millions—of Jews. going to do on ‘‘60 Minutes.’’ They had United States of America, and to the Repub- The Iraq-Iran war of the 1980s was an- graphic pictures that had never been lic for which it stands, one nation under God, other terrible instance of lethal gasses shown before of what this evil person indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. being deployed as a tool of warfare. In who runs this country of Syria did to f 1988, Saddam Hussein unleashed a his own people. chemical arsenal on his own people, Sadly, in addition to the use of chem- RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY killing thousands of Kurds. Those pic- ical weapons, the Assad regime has car- LEADER tures are available to see. The people ried out all manner of atrocities The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. are indiscriminately lying there—old throughout the course of the 4-year HOEVEN). The Democratic leader is rec- men, old women, middle aged people, civil war in Syria. As we speak, about ognized. and babies. The world witnessed these 400,000 Syrians have been killed. He is f events in horror and decided inter- responsible for the vast majority of national action was absolutely nec- those deaths. That does not take into CHEMICAL WEAPONS essary again. In 1992, the Chemical consideration the millions of people Mr. REID. Mr. President, yesterday Weapons Convention was adopted in who have been displaced. marked the 100th anniversary of a hei- Geneva. The Chemical Weapons Con- The regime has committed war nous and violent event that has trag- vention outlaws the production, stock- crimes and crimes against humanity, ically changed the world. On April 21, pile, and use of chemical weapons and including starvation, systematic mur- 1915, near the beginning of World War I, requires their destruction. I voted for der, torture, rape, sexual violence and

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The ac- second time. look forward to this bill’s passage in tion of the Assad regime has resulted The legislative clerk read as follows: the House and its signature by the in the deaths—as I indicated—of count- A bill ( S. 1035) to extend authority relat- President. less innocent civilians and has sewn ing to roving surveillance, access to business Mr. President, once the Justice for discord and disarray across the regime. records, and individual terrorists as agents Victims of Trafficking Act passes in Yet Assad has repeatedly lied to the of foreign powers under the Foreign Intel- the Senate, we will turn to consider- world about using chemical weapons. ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other ation of the President’s nominee to be He loves to get on these shows. The purposes. Attorney General. That is just what I U.S. journalists go over there, and he Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place pledged we would do, and that is what sits there before us talking all of these the bill on the calendar under the pro- we will do. lies about what he has not done. There visions of rule XIV, I object to further are dead people—hundreds of thousands proceedings. f of them there. There are barrel bombs, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY cluster bombs. He targets civilians. He tion having been heard, the bill will be Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on starves them, demonstrating again and placed on the calendar. one final matter, I believe we are going again what a terrible person he is and f someone who cannot be believed about to be hearing from the chairman of the anything he says. HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLA- Finance Committee shortly. Senator I am going to submit a Senate resolu- TION AND LYNCH NOMINATION HATCH will be on the floor to discuss bi- partisan trade promotion authority tion condemning the actions of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, legislation which is important because Assad regime and its military forces help is finally on the way for the thou- we know that trade is the key to sup- for these crimes they have carried out sands of enslaved victims who suffer porting high-quality American jobs and against humanity. This legislation will unspeakable abuse in the shadows. exporting more of the things American express the Senate support for the re- These victims often have nowhere safe workers make and exporting more of ferral of these evil acts that Assad has to sleep. They often have no safe place the things American farmers grow. perpetrated and that have also been to turn to. And if they do try to escape, Congress is working again, and this perpetrated by other Syrian officials many risk being treated by the justice bipartisan bill is another sign of that. and of course by the military leaders to system like criminals instead of the No legislation will ever be perfect, but an appropriate international tribune. victims they truly are. Also, I have to say, it turns my stom- Chairman HATCH and Ranking Member These victims deserve the help the ach to hear people talk about making a WYDEN, along with Chairman RYAN in Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act peace deal in Syria and having Assad the House, put together an agreement would provide. It is a human rights bill be a part of that deal. How could we do of which we can all be proud. It pro- that victims groups and advocates have that? This resolution will make clear tects and enhances Congress’s role in called ‘‘the most comprehensive and the Senate’s opposition to any role for the trade-negotiating process, while thoughtful piece of anti-trafficking Bashar al-Assad in any final settle- making sure Presidents of either party legislation currently pending’’ and one ment of that civil war. I am confident will have the ability to negotiate good that provides unprecedented support to my Senate colleagues will join me in agreements that can increase growth domestic victims of trafficking, who condemning the Assad regime and its in our American economy and support are all too often invisible and under- unthinkable campaign of evil against many high-quality American jobs. served. its own people. They are marking up that bill today. I We are relieved we can finally say I suggest the absence of a quorum. wish them the best of luck. We look that we will pass it today and that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The forward to having it on the floor in the Senate won’t violate longstanding bi- clerk will call the roll. very near future. The legislative clerk proceeded to partisan Hyde precedent in doing so. Mr. President, I yield the floor. call the roll. But let me be as clear as possible. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I There was never a logically consistent f ask unanimous consent that the order rationale for the filibuster that held up RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME for the quorum call be rescinded. this bill, and the nonpartisan Congres- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sional Research Service explicitly The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under objection, it is so ordered. backed up what Republicans have long the previous order, the leadership time f said when it confirmed that there are is reserved. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY no private funds in this bill. f Thankfully, the filibuster is at an LEADER JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF end. Today is a new day. Today, we will TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2015 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- finally vote to deliver much needed re- jority leader is recognized. sources for the victims of modern slav- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under f ery, with Hyde essentially applying to the previous order, the Senate will re- SCHEDULE all funds used for health and medical sume consideration of S. 178, which the services, just as it was in the original clerk will report. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, we The legislative clerk read as follows: will have a busy day of voting today. bill. This is nothing new; it is simply a Senators should expect two rollcall reaffirmation of the status quo. A bill (S. 178) to provide justice for the vic- tims of trafficking. votes at approximately 10:45 a.m. this We know that today’s outcome would morning and up to six rollcall votes not have been possible without the Pending: starting at 2 p.m. to finish the Herculean efforts of my colleague Sen- McConnell (for Cornyn) amendment No. antitrafficking bill. I filed cloture on ator CORNYN. He was absolutely deter- 1120, to strengthen the Justice for Victims of the Lynch nomination last night, and mined to see justice for victims, and we Trafficking Act by incorporating additional bipartisan amendments. under the regular order, that cloture really cannot thank him enough. He vote would occur 1 hour after the Sen- negotiated across the aisle in good The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ate convenes tomorrow. faith. He never gave up, not even in the ator from Texas. bleakest hour. And today, the real Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I wish f focus of all our efforts—the victims of to say very briefly—I know the distin- MEASURE PLACED ON THE trafficking and modern slavery—can guished chairman of the Finance Com- CALENDAR—S. 1035 see that help is finally on the way. mittee is on the floor to speak on an Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I We thank Senator CORNYN. We thank important matter—I would like to ex- understand there is a bill at the desk his negotiating partners from both par- press my gratitude to the majority due for a second reading. ties. We thank Chairman GRASSLEY for leader for his determination to see this

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Mr. President, I with- the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the usual form. draw my amendment No. 1120. shall, for each of fiscal years 2016 through The Senator from Utah. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 2019, use amounts available in the Fund to Mr. HATCH. I thank both of my col- amendment is withdrawn. award grants or enhance victims’ program- leagues who have spoken this morning, ming under— AMENDMENT NO. 1124 ‘‘(A) section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Senators MCCONNELL and CORNYN. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I offer Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY amendment No. 1124. U.S.C. 14044c); Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I wish to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 take a few minutes this morning to clerk will report. of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of talk once again about Congress’s role The legislative clerk read as follows: 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child in advancing our Nation’s trade policy. The Senator from Texas [Mr. CORNYN], for Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). While I know trade policy can be a very himself, Mrs. MURRAY, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR, ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in contentious topic here in Congress, proposes an amendment numbered 1124. subsection (h)(2), none of the amounts in the there are two simple facts that are be- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask Fund may be used to provide health care or yond dispute: No. 1, more than 96 per- unanimous consent that the reading of medical items or services. cent of the world’s consumers live out- the amendment be dispensed with. ‘‘(f) COLLECTION METHOD.—The amount as- side of the United States, and No. 2, in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sessed under subsection (a) shall, subject to order to be competitive, American objection, it is so ordered. subsection (b), be collected in the manner that fines are collected in criminal cases. businesses need to be able to sell more The amendment is as follows: ‘‘(g) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—Subject to American-made products and services (Purpose: To strengthen the Justice for Vic- section 3613(b), the obligation to pay an as- to those overseas customers. In order tims of Trafficking Act by incorporating sessment imposed on or after the date of en- to do that, we need to tear down bar- additional bipartisan amendments) actment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- riers to American exports. At the same Strike section 101 and insert the following: ficking Act of 2015 shall not cease until the time, we should lay down enforceable SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ assessment is paid in full. rules for our trading partners so that ‘‘(h) HEALTH OR MEDICAL SERVICES.— FUND. we can be sure American workers and (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, ‘‘(1) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—From amounts United States Code, is amended by adding at appropriated under section 10503(b)(1)(E) of job creators are competing on a level the end the following: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care playing field. Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment In order to accomplish these goals section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP and to advance our Nation’s interests ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of Reauthorization Act of 2015, there shall be enactment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- in the global marketplace, Congress transferred to the Fund an amount equal to and the administration need to work ficking Act of 2015 and ending on September the amount transferred under subsection (d) 30, 2019, in addition to the assessment im- for each fiscal year, except that the amount together. Most people acknowledge this posed under section 3013, the court shall as- transferred under this paragraph shall not be reality. Yet, there are differing views sess an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent less than $5,000,000 or more than $30,000,000 in as to what mechanisms should be in person or entity convicted of an offense each such fiscal year, and such amounts place to facilitate cooperation between under— shall remain available until expended. these two branches of government. In ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slav- ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General, the end, there is only one legislative ery, and trafficking in persons); in coordination with the Secretary of Health ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual tool with a proven track record, and and Human Services, shall use amounts that is trade promotion authority, oth- abuse); transferred to the Fund under paragraph (1) ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploi- to award grants that may be used for the erwise known as TPA. tation and other abuse of children); provision of health care or medical items or For decades—going back as far as ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation services to victims of trafficking under— FDR—TPA has been a cornerstone of for illegal sexual activity and related ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Traf- U.S. trade policy. TPA is a compact be- crimes); or ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization tween the Senate, the House, and the ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Na- Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and administration. Under this compact, tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to 14044c); human smuggling), unless the person in- the administration agrees to pursue ob- ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 jectives specified by Congress and to duced, assisted, abetted, or aided only an in- of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of dividual who at the time of such action was 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and consult with Congress as it negotiates the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child trade agreements. In turn, both the (and no other individual) to enter the United Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). House and the Senate agree to allow States in violation of law. ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund for expedited consideration of trade ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-OR- used under paragraph (1), not less than agreements without amendments. DERED OBLIGATIONS.—An assessment under $2,000,000, if such amounts are available in subsection (a) shall not be payable until the For a number of reasons, this com- the Fund during the relevant fiscal year, pact is essential for conclusion and person subject to the assessment has satis- shall be used for grants to provide services fied all outstanding court-ordered fines, or- for child pornography victims under section passage of strong trade agreements. ders of restitution, and any other obligation 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of Put simply, without TPA, our trading related to victim-compensation arising from 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). partners will not put their best offers the criminal convictions on which the spe- ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF PROVISION.—The appli- on the table because they will have no cial assessment is based. cation of the provisions of section 221(c) of guarantee that the agreement they ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAF- the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthoriza- reach will be the one Congress actually FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND.—There is established tion Act of 2015 shall continue to apply to in the Treasury of the United States a fund, votes on in the end. the amounts transferred pursuant to para- The most recent version of TPA ex- to be known as the ‘Domestic Trafficking graph (1).’’. Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- pired 8 years ago. While trade negotia- the ‘Fund’), to be administered by the Attor- MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 201 tions have continued since that time, ney General, in consultation with the Sec- of title 18, United States Code, is amended by without TPA in place, our negotiators retary of Homeland Security and the Sec- inserting after the item relating to section have effectively been negotiating with retary of Health and Human Services. 3013 the following: one arm tied behind their backs. We ‘‘(d) TRANSFERS.—In a manner consistent ‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. with section 3302(b) of title 31, there shall be need to renew TPA sooner rather than transferred to the Fund from the General Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I will be later in order to give these negotiators Fund of the Treasury an amount equal to the back to speak further on the Justice the tools they need to reach the best amount of the assessments collected under for Victims of Trafficking Act, but for deals possible.

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These concerns are unfounded for at hope that for the good of our country Fortunately, our TPA bill addresses least two reasons. most of us do want them to succeed— these uncertainties. Rather than First, immigration is completely ir- we need to renew TPA. ceding authority to the executive relevant to the objectives of the TPP Last week, I was joined by my col- branch, our bill empowers Congress at agreement and administration officials league Senator WYDEN and Chairman every step, from trade negotiations to have been clear and unequivocal that RYAN of the House Ways and Means final approval of the agreement itself. no immigration provisions are under Committee in introducing the Bipar- Our bill makes clear what objectives negotiation. tisan Congressional Trade Priorities a trade agreement must reach in order Just last week, USTR Michael and Accountability Act of 2015. This to be approved by Congress. In fact, the Froman testified before the Senate legislation would renew TPA and pro- bill contains the clearest articulation Committee on Finance and said: mote the advancement of 21st-century of trade priorities in our Nation’s his- I can assure you that we are not negoti- trade policies. Later today—in just a tory. It includes nearly 150 ambitious, ating anything in TPP that would require little while, in fact—the Senate Fi- high-standard negotiating objectives, any modifications of the U.S. immigration nance Committee will be marking up including strong rules for intellectual laws or system, any changes to our existing this bill, as well as other important property rights and agricultural trade, visa system. And, in fact, TPP will explicitly pieces of trade legislation. as well as protections for U.S. invest- state that it will not require changes in any party’s immigration laws or procedures. It has taken a long time to get here. ment. As you may recall, I, along with the In addition to setting negotiating ob- Second, even if people don’t trust two former chairmen, Senator Baucus jectives, our legislation constrains the this administration, particularly when and Congressman Camp, introduced a administration in a number of ways. it comes to immigration, the provi- bill to renew TPA early last year. That For example, it ensures that imple- sions of our TPA bill, the ones I just bill had bipartisan support in Congress menting bills for trade agreements will got through talking about, provide and was broadly endorsed by the busi- include—and I am quoting the text of greater congressional oversight and au- ness community. It also had the sup- the bill—‘‘only such provisions as are thority over trade agreements and pre- port of officials in the Obama adminis- strictly necessary or appropriate to im- vent this or any future administration tration. plement’’ trade agreements. from misleading Congress about what When Republicans took control of Additionally, it makes clear that any is included in any trade agreement. the Senate this year and I became the commitments made by the administra- In other words, if anyone is worried chairman of the Senate Finance Com- tion that are not disclosed to Congress that despite their clear statements to mittee, I made renewing TPA my top before an implementing bill is intro- the contrary, the administration will trade priority for this Congress and set duced are not to be considered part of use TPP to advance its immigration out to work with my colleagues on the relevant agreement and will have agenda, they should support our TPA both sides of the aisle. This legislation no force of law. bill. we will be marking up today is the re- Our legislation clarifies that trade Transparency. Another concern I sult of that hard work, and I am grate- agreements must be concluded within have heard from people both in and out ful to my colleagues for working with the TPA timeframe and that any sub- of government is that trade agree- me to get us this far. stantial modifications or additions ments currently under discussion have Of course, the effort to renew TPA made after that time will not be eligi- been negotiated behind closed doors really began a long time before we in- ble for approval under TPA procedures. and that by renewing TPA, Congress troduced our bill last year. Indeed, the So while I understand and even sym- would be enabling this type of secrecy. discussion and debate over a new and pathize with those who might be sus- Nothing could be further from the improved TPA began even before the picious of this administration and its truth. In fact, the opposite is true. Our last iteration expired in 2007. We have tendency to push the boundaries of its TPA bill goes further than any pre- been talking about this for a long time. constitutional authority, our TPA bill vious version of TPA to promote trans- Now is the time to act. speaks to these exact concerns. parency both for Members of Congress Over the past few weeks, as we have Furthermore, for those who might be and the American people. been preparing to move our legislation worried that trade agreements could Under our legislation, any Member of forward, some people—including some we used to harm U.S. sovereignty, our Congress who wants access to the nego- of my colleagues—have expressed con- bill addresses those issues as well. tiating text will get it, and at any time cerns about TPA and trade agreements First, the bill makes clear that any during the negotiations, Members of in general. So I wish to take a few min- provision of a trade agreement that is Congress will be able to request and re- utes this morning to address some of inconsistent with Federal or State law ceive a briefing from USTR on the sta- the specific issues that have been will have no effect. tus of negotiations. raised. Second, it states specifically that In addition, the bill will require the Constitutional and sovereignty con- Federal and State laws will prevail in administration to publicly release the cerns. Some have argued that TPA the event of a conflict with the trade full text of an agreement at least 60 cedes too much power to the adminis- agreement. days before they sign it, giving the tration and undermines Congress’s con- Third, it affirms that no trade agree- American people full access and knowl- stitutional authority to make laws. ment can prevent Congress or the edge of all trade agreements before I know the people have heard the States from changing their laws in the they are signed and well before they President claiming that TPP—the future. are submitted to Congress for their ap- Trans-Pacific Partnership—will be Fourth, it confirms that the adminis- proval. ‘‘the most progressive trade agreement tration cannot unilaterally change In short, any Member of Congress in history,’’ and they have heard him U.S. law. who is concerned about a lack of trans- brag about the labor and environ- As you can see, far from abdicating parency in trade negotiations should be mental standards the administration is Congress’s power from U.S. trade pol- a cosponsor of the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan shooting for with the agreement. The icy, our TPA bill enhances the role of TPA bill. question inevitably becomes, will Congress when it comes to trade agree- Currency. The last concern I will President Obama try to use this or ments. talk about today deals with currency other trade agreements to try to ad- Immigration. In addition to general manipulation. Specifically, I have vance unilateral changes in U.S. law concerns about constitutional powers heard from colleagues that our TPA

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Mr. President, I suggest currency policies of a number of coun- manufacturers, tech companies, health the absence of a quorum. tries, including some of our trade part- care companies, and I could literally go The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ners, continue to have negative con- on and on, but I will not, at least not clerk will call the roll. sequences on U.S. businesses and work- right now. Instead, today, I will just The senior assistant legislative clerk ers. I believe Congress should carefully mention two of the many letters of proceeded to call the roll. consider ways to address this issue. support we have received from busi- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask That is why, for the first time, our nesses and job creators. unanimous consent that the order for TPA bill includes a negotiating objec- I have a letter from the Trade Bene- the quorum call be rescinded. tive intended to address currency ma- fits America Coalition signed by hun- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nipulation. dreds of companies and major trade as- objection, it is so ordered. While I understand some of my col- sociations expressing their strong sup- THE NEW CONGRESS leagues would like that provision to be port for the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan TPA Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, it is stronger, this is a very complex issue. bill. over 100 days since the 114th Congress Many have expressed valid concerns I have another letter signed by near- has been in session led by a new major- that by requiring our trade agreements ly 300 State and local chambers of com- ity following the November election. to contain enforceable currency provi- merce, farm bureaus, and manufac- This Chamber can point to significant sions we would be inviting a number of turing associations, all expressing accomplishments in this short period unintended consequences, including their support for the swift renewal of of time. challenges to U.S. monetary policy. In TPA. Now, none of us is spiking the foot- addition, most have acknowledged that Leaders from a number of leading ball or saying that we have done mirac- such provisions would effectively derail conservative organizations have ex- ulous things, but it is undeniable that the TPP negotiations, harming our pressed support as well, including the we have made discernible, concrete farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and Conservative Reform Network, the progress on important matters that af- others who so desperately need access Cato Institute, Americans for Tax Re- fect the lives and the quality of life of to these markets. form, American Enterprise Institute, the American people. It is not just me saying this. Yester- American Action Forum, Tea Party In only 3 weeks into the new Con- day, I received a letter from Treasury Express, 60 Plus, American Commit- gress, the Senate already had more Secretary Lew expressing these very ment, American Conservative Union, votes on amendments than the Cham- concerns about the possibility of in- Americans for Job Security, Center for ber did in all of last year. What that cluding enhanced currency provisions Individual Freedom, Citizens for Lim- means is that, on a bipartisan basis, in TPA. On top of that, 10 former ited Taxation, Competitive Enterprise Senators have been able to contribute Treasury Secretaries, from both Re- Institute, Conservative Reform Net- their ideas on legislation—how to im- publican and Democratic administra- work, Council for Citizens Against prove it and get votes on it. That was tions, sent a letter to congressional Government Waste, Crossroads GPS, something we promised voters that leaders that made similar arguments. Digital Liberty, Ending Spending, would change after the last election. In As you can see, there is more than Frontiers of Freedom, Georgia Center ample reason to doubt the wisdom of the new Congress and under the new Right Coalition, Institute for Liberty, majority leader, Senator MCCONNELL, inserting stronger currency provisions Minnesota Center Right Coalition, Na- into TPA. I think it is fair, given Sec- we have delivered. tional Taxpayers Union, R Street, Rio Just a few weeks ago, the Senate retary Lew’s very clear statements, to Grande Foundation, Taxpayer Founda- assume that President Obama would passed a budget that actually balances tion Alliance, and the Thomas Jeffer- in 10 years—something the Chamber not sign a TPA bill that included such son Institute for Public Policy. provisions, and I think it is more than has done only once since 2009. More re- That is a long list and by no means cently, we sent to the President’s desk fair to say that even if he would sign contains everybody who is for this bill, such a bill, it would be devastating to the so-called doc fix, which, more im- and it is growing every day. As you can portantly, ensured access to the doc- our ongoing trade negotiations; there- see, TPA is supported across the ideo- by, threatening growth and jobs right tors and hospitals that our seniors logical spectrum. need. We also made great strides in here at home. That being the case, I I suppose this is the best way I can providing the American people a final hope my colleagues pursuing this route put it: Senator TED CRUZ coauthored say on the Iran nuclear deal that is will reconsider their positions. an op-ed with Senator Ryan in support being negotiated now by the Presi- Once again, we are going to mark up of our bill in today’s Wall Street Jour- dent’s representatives. We have made our TPA bill later today. I am excited nal. If both TED CRUZ and Barack progress on bipartisan legislation that and pleased for this opportunity. I Obama support our legislation, it is ensures the United States will get the think we will get a strong bipartisan probably safe to say we are onto some- best deal with our trading partners in vote to report the bill and send it to thing. the floor. We have crafted a very good I appreciate all the support we have pending negotiations—opening up bill, one that I think Members of both received thus far for our TPA bill. It American goods and services to global parties can support. I know some Mem- has been gratifying to see, and I look markets, which is good for our econ- bers have anxieties and concerns about forward to talking more with col- omy. It is good for jobs, and it is good these issues. We have put the bill to- leagues about these issues in the com- for better wages for hard-working gether with those types of concerns in ing week. American families. mind and, as I think I have dem- Mr. President, I yield the floor. But I must say, even with all of these onstrated today, anyone who is truly I suggest the absence of a quorum. accomplishments, I am most proud of supportive of trade and of opening for- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the deal we were able to reach this eign markets to U.S. goods and serv- clerk will call the roll. week concerning the Justice for Vic- ices and wants to create more good The senior assistant legislative clerk tims of Trafficking Act. jobs right here at home should support proceeded to call the roll. I have noticed one thing since I have our bill. Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask been here in Washington; it is that the Since the day we introduced our leg- unanimous consent that the order for rich and powerful seem to do pretty islation, letters and statements of sup- the quorum call be rescinded. well. They are well represented on K port have been pouring in. I will men- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Street, and they are not hesitant about tion just a few. objection, it is so ordered. letting their needs be known. But one

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It So this legislation, I think, actually objection, it is so ordered. would ensure that the Hyde language is is a very positive step because it dem- The clerk will report. now not expanded to any new programs onstrates that we have not fallen deaf The senior assistant legislative clerk under this bill. to the cries of those who actually need read as follows: I hope my colleagues will join us in our help—the victims of human traf- The Senator from Vermont [Mr. LEAHY] supporting this amendment so we can ficking. proposes an amendment numbered 301. pass this bill to help trafficking sur- This legislation will be instrumental Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask vivors, and then move as quickly as in helping victims of sexual abuse and unanimous consent that the reading of possible to confirm our highly qualified trafficking recover from a life in bond- the amendment be dispensed with. nominee for Attorney General. age, and it will provide stronger tools The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I thank my colleagues again for their for law enforcement officials to track objection, it is so ordered. work to reach this compromise. The down and punish those who want to (The amendment is printed in the families and communities we serve keep them in the shadows, who want to RECORD of March 16, 2015, under ‘‘Text rightly expect us to work together to continue to make profit from the pain, of Amendments.’’) solve problems and not let gridlock and the anguish, and the involuntary ser- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I appre- dysfunction get in the way of results. I vitude of typically young women be- ciate what the Senator from Texas has am very pleased we were able to find tween the ages of 12 and 14. And often said. We have worked together. I hope that common ground and a path for- these young women—these children— we continue to do this, but before I ward for this important legislation. I are treated as criminals and not as the talk about my substitute, I want to am very hopeful that now we will be victims they truly are. With the pas- yield the floor to the distinguished able to continue working together to sage of this bill, we are one step closer Senator from Washington State. tackle the many other challenges our to reining it in. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- country faces. So I thank our colleagues on both ator from Washington. I yield the floor. sides of the aisle, some of whom are Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, so The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- here in the Chamber, for working with many Members helped us get this bill ator from Vermont. us in the spirit of trying to accomplish back on a bipartisan path, but I want Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, my sub- something important and actually get- to thank Senators REID, CORNYN, KLO- stitute amendment, No. 301, brings to- ting it done. I know the distinguished BUCHAR, FEINSTEIN, MIKULSKI, and gether three very important bills that ranking member on the Judiciary Com- LEAHY in particular for their work. I provide a comprehensive approach to mittee, with whom I partnered on a also want to thank all of the staff who preventing human trafficking and help number of important topics, is here, have worked extremely hard to get this survivors rebuild their lives. First, it and I thank him for his contribution. done, especially Melanie Rainer from includes the Leahy-Collins-Murkowski- And the Senator from Washington, my staff. Ayotte amendment to protect runaway Mrs. MURRAY, has been very important From the beginning of this debate, and homeless youth from trafficking. in the negotiation and in getting us to Democrats have been very clear that Second, it includes the Klobuchar-Cor- yes. this bill to help survivors should focus nyn bill as reported in February by the Finally—and I know time is short, so squarely on that goal alone. We also Judiciary Committee. The safe harbor I will have more to say on this later. felt this conversation was no place for bill encourages States to treat victims But there are literally 200 outside a debate about restrictions on women’s of trafficking as victims and not—as groups—faith-based groups, law en- health access. While there are clear dif- oftentimes they are treated—as crimi- forcement organizations, and other or- ferences between the two parties when nals. Finally, it includes the Cornyn- ganizations—that worked on the side- it comes to women’s health, I know Klobuchar bill, S. 178, but without the lines cheering us, asking us to get this Senator CORNYN and many others divisive language that limits victims’ done—groups such as Rights4Girls, agreed with us that an effort to fight services, which has held us up so long. Shared Hope International, Coalition back against human trafficking in our My amendment came about as a re- Against Trafficking in Women, the End country is, without question, no place sponse to the request of survivors and Child Prostitution and Trafficking or- for gridlock and dysfunction. It should the dedicated people who work with ganization, and the National Associa- not have taken this long, but I am very them, the people who actually see this tion to Protect Children. These groups pleased that we were able to work to- day-by-day, for whom it is not a theo- and hundreds of others across the coun- gether, find common ground, and reach retical thing, but is an actual day-by- try have literally been our boots on the an agreement. day crisis. They have urged us to re- ground. This agreement isn’t perfect. No move the unnecessary and harmful pro- I also think it is important to recog- comprise ever is, and I am sure my col- vision which stalled this bill for weeks. nize organizations such as Google Ideas leagues on the other side of the aisle Congress has a long history of pass- and the McCain Institute, particularly would say the same thing. I believe ing legislation to address human traf- Cindy McCain, who joined me in Hous- there is much more we can and must do ficking. We did so in the Leahy-Crapo ton recently to talk more about this to protect and strengthen women’s ac- Violence Against Women Reauthoriza- important topic. cess to comprehensive, high-quality tion Act, which included the reauthor- So there are a lot of people who con- health care. ization of the Trafficking Victims Pro- tributed to get us to where we are In the 21st century, there is no rea- tection Act. We consistently have ad- today. We are not done yet. We have son a woman should be prevented from dressed human trafficking legislation some important votes in just a few exercising her constitutionally guaran- without abortion politics being in- minutes—a total of 8 votes today—be- teed right to make her own choices serted in the discussion. My amend- fore we complete our work on this leg- about her own body. That is something ment would return us to the path of islation, but I think this is a good day. I could not feel more strongly about, the bipartisan bills we passed in years This will be a good day for the Senate and I am going to keep working to not past. Importantly, my amendment is and for the victims of human traf- only protect that right but expand and going to make sure we are preventing ficking. improve access to care for women human trafficking in the first place. I yield the floor. across the country. It is one thing to work with children The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I am very glad, however, that the after they become victims. I think we ator from Vermont. amendment we are proposing this would all agree it is better if we can

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The Runaway mous consent request to waive rule ment we will vote on relative to the and Homeless Youth Act, first passed XXVI to allow the Finance Committee Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act in 1974, funds tried-and-true programs to pass a fast-track bill that will un- will remove the Hyde amendment to help these youth stabilize their dermine the American worker. which is the longstanding, 39-year con- lives. When a homeless or runaway The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- sensus that taxpayer funds will not be teen is looking for a place to stay and tion is heard. used to fund abortions. This amend- there is nothing available, they some- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, let ment would completely strip that Hyde times resort to desperate measures. me say to my good friend from amendment, and it would undermine They are picked up almost at once by Vermont, the Finance Committee is the delicate compromise that has been sex traffickers and exploited. scheduled to deal with the trade pro- reached on the important legislation. The substitute amendment reauthor- motion authority issue this afternoon. The next vote we will have will be on izes and strengthens the programs that There are over 200 amendments. I that compromise piece of legislation, have worked ever since 1974. It adds would say to my friend, all this objec- the Cornyn-Murray-Klobuchar legisla- training for service providers so we can tion is going to do will be to require us tion. It would literally cut funding for better identify victims of trafficking to recess after the votes on trafficking human trafficking victims as compared and refer them to the appropriate re- and stay in session because we are to this compromise. sources. It includes language to pre- going to finish the bill in the Finance I would urge our colleagues to stick vent discrimination against homeless Committee today. I appreciate the Sen- with the bipartisan compromise and to youth based on their sexual orientation ator’s opposition, but I want to make vote against the Leahy amendment. or gender identification. clear to him and to our colleagues that I yield the floor. We found, in the testimony before it will not prevent the trade promotion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Judiciary Committee, a growing authority bill from being dealt with in ator from New Mexico. number of homeless and runaway Finance today. We will simply go into FRANK R. LAUTENBERG SAFER CHEMICALS FOR youth identify as LGBT. Many of them recess after we finish the trafficking THE 21ST CENTURY ACT have actually been thrown out of their bill and stay in recess, and the com- Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I rise on homes for who they are. I am a parent; mittee will work until it reports out Earth Day to speak about our children I am a grandparent. I find this heart- the bill. and about chemical safety. We come in breaking to me that any child, any I understand the Senator’s vigorous contact with thousands of chemicals child for whatever reason would be opposition to it. The Senator has made every day. As I am speaking now, mil- thrown out of their home. We have to that quite clear. It is certainly under- lions of our fellow citizens are buying ensure that these vulnerable children standable. The Senator has a right to groceries or going to the hardware who have already been rejected do not do that. I am just making the point store or getting clothes or toys for face rejection again because of how that this particular way to oppose it their children. They assume the gov- they look or dress or whom they love. will not be successful today. ernment has studied the chemicals in I urge all Senators to support this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- these products and determined they are amendment. This is a moral issue. If ator from Vermont. safe. But that is not the case. we are serious about listening to sur- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, let me The Toxic Substances Control Act of vivors and responding to their needs say to my friend, the majority leader, 1976, or TSCA, is supposed to protect and if we are serious about preventing I appreciate his position. But as he American families, and it doesn’t. human trafficking and protecting vul- knows, not only is there massive oppo- There are over 84,000 known chemicals nerable children in the first place, this sition to this TPP agreement, but in manufactured and commercial prod- amendment is the strongest option be- there is a lot of concern that the Amer- ucts, and hundreds of new ones come fore us. on the market every year. How many We should be judged by what we do ican people have not been involved in for the most vulnerable among us. The the process, that there is not a lot of of those products have been regulated combination of these three bills should transparency. What we are trying do is by the EPA? Less than half a dozen. These are troubling numbers. TSCA bring us together. I urge the Senate to to make sure this debate takes place has been in existence for almost 40 support this comprehensive substitute. out in the public, that the American Several of us in this body, both par- people have as much time as possible years, and out of 84,000 chemicals—and ties, have had the privilege to serve to understand the very significant im- counting—less than a dozen are actu- law enforcement before coming here, as plications of this trade agreement. I, ally regulated. The EPA cannot even I did. I said many times on this floor and I suspect others, will do our best to regulate asbestos, a known carcinogen. that I still have nightmares today, 40 make that happen. Since losing a court battle in 1991, they years later, from some of the scenes I Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I have not been able to regulate it. The saw back then. I could arrest and pros- understand the position of my friend risks and dangers have been around for ecute these people who harm these from Vermont on this. This Finance decades, but there is no cop on the youth, but we could never give back to Committee meeting obviously will be beat. TSCA has failed. the youth who they were before they open to the public. There will be many Some States are trying to fill the gap were harmed. amendments offered, most of them I by regulating a few chemicals, but my Unfortunately, what I have night- expect reflecting the views of the Sen- home State of New Mexico, and the mares about happens in so many more ator from Vermont, but the meeting vast majority of others, have no ability places. In the distinguished Presiding will go forward. The committee will to test chemicals. They don’t have a Officer’s own home State, as well as simply be inconvenienced by the cur- department to write regulations. With- the home States of every single Mem- rent actions of the Senator from out a working Federal law, they have ber of this body, it is happening today. Vermont, but the committee will go no protection. Even California, which These are the most vulnerable of our forward. The Senate will be in recess, probably has the greatest capacity of citizens. We as Senators should help and the committee will meet at the all States to test and regulate, has protect them. earliest possible time and finish the only proposed rules for three chemi- Mr. President, I yield the floor. bill today. cals. In 7 years, since California passed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- a law to regulate chemicals, it has only jority leader. jority whip. begun the process on three chemicals. REQUEST FOR COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO MEET Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask That is why I and others have worked Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I unanimous consent for 30 seconds to so hard to find compromise on this ask unanimous consent that the Com- speak before the vote. issue. That is why I introduced the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:28 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.008 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2318 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 Frank R. Lautenberg Safer Chemicals Fourth, our bill defines, for the first mental champion, he believed we could for the 21st Century Act. time, our most vulnerable popu- as well. I come to the floor today on Earth lations—pregnant women, infants, the Americans trust that when they go Day to urge all of my colleagues here elderly, and workers—and explicitly re- to the grocery store, or when they are to make reforming our broken chem- quires that EPA ensure they are pro- in their own homes, that the products ical safety law a priority. We have a tected from chemicals in commerce or they reach for are safe. The current moral obligation to protect our kids manufacturing. system fails that trust. It fails to pro- from dangerous chemicals. Finally, we limit confidential busi- vide confidence in our regulatory sys- I have been privileged to work with ness information protection for indus- tem. And it fails to provide confidence Senator VITTER on this bill. I thank try. Currently, it is limitless, unless in our consumer products. We cannot him and our colleagues who have challenged by EPA. We call for a 10- let that failure continue. It hurts our worked with us. This is a true bipar- year sunset on confidential business in- economy, and it hurts the American tisan effort. We don’t always agree on formation claims. people. some of the issues, but we have one Reform takes time. But, it should We need solutions, not roadblocks basic goal here. Reform is overdue. It is not take decades. We can’t afford to and closed doors. Senator VITTER and I 40 years overdue. wait any longer. Our children and our will continue to work with all stake- All of our landmark environmental communities can’t afford to wait for holders. If we can make this bill better, laws have been reformed or amended— protection from chemicals. Yes, that we will. We all share that goal. But, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking means compromise. The goal was not a here’s the bottom line: We must work Water Act, the Clean Air Act—but not perfect bill. The goal was, and is, real through the remaining challenges. Now the Toxic Substances Control Act. It reform. is not the time for digging in our should have been—and it was not for We have worked to address the issues heels—and going nowhere. Mr. Presi- lack of trying. with the original bill, and we still have dent, 40 years of that is enough. Now is Our esteemed former colleague, the work to do. It doesn’t do everything I the time for change. late Senator Frank Lautenberg led the want. Senator VITTER has given a great There is only one essential question way for many years, with great deter- deal as well. But this is a strong, bipar- before us. Is this reform better than mination. tisan bill. I am confident it can pass what we have? The answer is yes. Can He never gave up. Together we fought the Senate. It will ensure EPA has the we make it even better? I hope the an- the good fight to pass our dream bill, authority to keep us safe, something swer to that question is yes as well. but were never able to make any EPA cannot do now. But, that will require a spirit of co- progress. And he realized we needed to So, let’s be clear. We have a choice. operation and compromise. That will work with all stakeholders. Everyone We can continue with a law that has require that we continue to have every- failed. We can continue to leave the at the table, including industry. Be- one at the table. American people unprotected. Or we cause he understood, this is not about Critics charge that this is an alliance can actually make a difference. We can getting all that we want. This is about with the chemical industry. That is give the EPA the power it needs to do getting the American people the pro- false. It is an alliance with the Amer- its job—so that chemicals are tested— tections they need. His effort to reform ican people. They put their trust in the so that our homes and workplaces are TSCA was the last major legislation he American government to protect them. safe—and so that American families introduced. That trust has not been met. are protected. It is in everyone’s interest—to iden- Mr. President, 2 years ago, the New I believe the choice is obvious. To tify dangerous chemicals, to protect York Times endorsed the Lautenberg- those who disagree, I would ask a sim- the American public, and restore con- Vitter bill. The Times said—correctly— ple question. Are you willing to live fidence in the safety of the products that previous efforts at reform had with a failed law another 20 or 40 made by American companies. gone nowhere, and the bill ‘‘deserves to years? Because we all agree on one be passed because it would be a signifi- We have a historic opportunity to thing—TSCA is a failure. create a chemical law that works and cant advance over the current law.’’ This is the best chance we have, pos- provide American families with the That was 2 years ago. I was honored sibly for many years, to pass a law that protections they expect and deserve. to take over as the lead Democrat on will protect our kids from dangerous Let’s work together. Let’s make that the bill. Since then, I have listened to chemicals. concerns. I reached across the aisle. I Our bill will make Americans safer. happen. Let’s not wait another 40 brought everyone into the room, or at Not just Americans fortunate to live in years. I yield the floor. least tried to. With my Republican col- States with protections. All Ameri- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- league, Senator VITTER, we have im- cans. No matter where they live. proved the bill. For those Americans in States with jority whip. I want to talk for a moment about existing safeguards, that won’t change. f what this bill actually does, and how it Those safeguards will stay in place. MEDICARE INDEPENDENCE AT moves us forward. Specifically, it does Any regulations in place as of January HOME MEDICAL PRACTICE DEM- the following: of this year will remain. And there is a ONSTRATION IMPROVEMENT ACT First, the manufacture of a new role for States to play—to help with OF 2015 chemical cannot begin until EPA ap- the thousands of chemicals that EPA Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask proves it. Currently, a new chemical is will not be able to evaluate. unanimous consent that the Finance on the market after 90 days, unless But, let’s be clear. The EPA has the Committee be discharged from further EPA finds unreasonable risk. Our bill largest staff on chemical safety of any consideration of S. 971, and that the gives EPA the time it needs, and keeps country in the world. They should be Senate proceed to its immediate con- these chemicals out of American able to put that staff to good use. To do sideration. homes in the meantime. otherwise is wasted opportunity and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Second, current TSCA has no re- continued failure. objection, it is so ordered. quirement for evaluating existing This has not been an easy process. The clerk will report the bill by title. chemicals. None. Our bill does and in- But, it is a necessary one. I believe it The senior assistant legislative clerk cludes deadlines, even more aggressive will result in a good bill. We welcome a read as follows: than the EPA itself asked for. healthy debate. We welcome construc- A bill (S. 971) to amend title XVIII of the Third, we require a stronger safety tive amendments. At the same time, Social Security Act to provide for an in- standard for all chemicals to be evalu- we should not lose sight of the key crease in the limit on the length of an agree- ated. No longer will EPA be required to goal—to actually pass a bill. To reform ment under the Medicare independence at choose the ‘‘least burdensome’’ regula- a law that is not working. To protect home medical practice demonstration pro- tion. Its criteria will be safety, science, our families and communities. gram. and public health—never cost or con- I believe we can do this. And Senator There being no objection, the Senate venience. Lautenberg, who was a great environ- proceeded to consider the bill.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:28 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.010 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2319 Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I fur- S. 984 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ther ask unanimous consent that the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- objection, it is so ordered. resentatives of the United States of America in Wyden amendment, which is at the f desk, be agreed to, and the bill, as Congress assembled, amended, be read a third time. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. DISCHARGE AND REFERRAL—H.R. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Steve Glea- 710 son Act of 2015’’. objection, it is so ordered. SEC. 2. PROVIDING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY AC- Mr. CORNYN. Finally, Mr. President, The amendment (No. 1129) was agreed CESS TO EYE TRACKING ACCES- I ask unanimous consent that H.R. 710 to, as follows: SORIES FOR SPEECH GENERATING be discharged from the Committee on (Purpose: To make a technical correction) DEVICES. Homeland Security and Governmental (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(n) of the So- On page 2, line 5, insert ‘‘of the Social Se- cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is Affairs and be referred to the Com- curity Act’’ after ‘‘1866E(e)(1)’’. amended by inserting ‘‘and eye tracking and mittee on Commerce, Science, and The bill was ordered to be engrossed gaze interaction accessories for speech gen- Transportation. for a third reading and was read the erating devices furnished to individuals with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without third time. a demonstrated medical need for such acces- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask sories’’ after ‘‘appropriate organizations)’’. Mr. CORNYN. I yield the floor. for a voice vote. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with re- f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there spect to devices furnished on or after Janu- any further debate? ary 1, 2016. JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAF- If there is no further debate, the bill SEC. 3. REMOVING THE RENTAL CAP FOR DURA- FICKING ACT OF 2015—Continued having been read the third time, the BLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- question is, Shall it pass? MEDICARE WITH RESPECT TO ator from Vermont. The bill (S. 971), as amended, was SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES. Section 1834(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I under- passed, as follows: Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(2)(A)) is amended— stand there are 4 more minutes on this S. 971 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the side. Am I correct? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- end; The PRESIDING OFFICER. There resentatives of the United States of America in (2) in clause (iii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the are 21⁄2 minutes of debate remaining on Congress assembled, end; and the Democratic side. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I yield lowing new clause: This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare back our time. Independence at Home Medical Practice ‘‘(iv) in the case of devices furnished on or VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 301 Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015’’. after October 1, 2015, and before October 1, 2018, which serves as a speech generating de- SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE LIMIT ON THE LENGTH The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time OF AN AGREEMENT UNDER THE vice or which is an accessory that is needed having been yielded back, under the MEDICARE INDEPENDENCE AT for the individual to effectively utilize such previous order, the question is on HOME MEDICAL PRACTICE DEM- a device,’’. agreeing to amendment No. 301, offered ONSTRATION PROGRAM. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask Section 1866E(e)(1) of the Social Security by the Senator from Vermont, Mr. unanimous consent that the motion to LEAHY. Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc–5(e)(1)) is amended by reconsider be made and laid upon the striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask for table. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a unanimous consent that the motion to objection, it is so ordered. reconsider be considered made and laid sufficient second? f upon the table with no intervening ac- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tion or debate. RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY ond. The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask The senior assistant legislative clerk objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that the Senate called the roll. now proceed to the en bloc consider- f Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators ation of the following resolutions STEVE GLEASON ACT OF 2015 are necessarily absent: the Senator which were submitted earlier today: S. from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask Res. 144, National Crime Victims’ from Florida (Mr. RUBIO). unanimous consent that the Senate Rights Week; S. Res. 145, Parkinson’s The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. SUL- proceed to the immediate consider- Awareness Month; S. Res. 146, Assist- LIVAN). Are there any other Senators in ation of S. 984, that the bill be read a ant Principals Week; and S. Res. 147, the Chamber desiring to vote? third time, and that the Senate vote on Historian Emeritus. passage of the bill with no intervening There being no objection, the Senate The result was announced—yeas 43, action or debate. proceeded to consider the resolutions nays 55, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The en bloc. [Rollcall Vote No. 156 Leg.] clerk will report the bill by title. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask YEAS—43 A bill (S. 984) to amend title XVIII of the unanimous consent that the resolu- Baldwin Heitkamp Reed Social Security Act to provide Medicare ben- tions be agreed to, the preambles be Bennet Hirono Reid eficiary access to eye tracking accessories agreed to, and the motions to recon- Blumenthal Kaine Sanders for speech generating devices and to remove Booker King Schatz sider be laid upon the table en bloc. Boxer Klobuchar the rental cap for durable medical equipment Schumer The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Brown Leahy Shaheen under the Medicare Program with respect to Cantwell Markey speech generating devices. objection, it is so ordered. Stabenow Cardin McCaskill Tester The resolutions were agreed to. Carper Menendez There being no objection, the Senate Udall The preambles were agreed to. Coons Merkley Warner proceeded to consider the bill. (The resolutions, with their pre- Durbin Mikulski Warren The bill was ordered to be engrossed Feinstein Murphy ambles, are printed in today’s RECORD Whitehouse for a third reading and was read the under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) Franken Murray Gillibrand Nelson Wyden third time. f Heinrich Peters Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask for a voice vote. DISCHARGE AND REFERRAL—S. 782 NAYS—55 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask Alexander Casey Cotton Ayotte Cassidy Crapo no further debate, the bill having been unanimous consent that S. 782 be dis- Barrasso Coats Daines read the third time, the question is, charged from the Committee on Envi- Blunt Cochran Donnelly Shall it pass? ronment and Public Works and be re- Boozman Collins Enzi The bill (S. 984) was passed, as fol- ferred to the Committee on Energy and Burr Corker Ernst Capito Cornyn Fischer lows: Natural Resources.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.027 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 Flake Lee Sasse The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without port to a State government after they Gardner Manchin Scott objection, it is so ordered. are released from a military correc- Graham McCain Sessions Grassley McConnell Shelby Under the previous order, the time tional facility. Hatch Moran Sullivan until 2 p.m. is equally divided in the Under the civilian justice system, sex Heller Murkowski Thune usual form. offenders are registered in the State Hoeven Paul Tillis AMENDMENT NO. 1121 before they are released. The State Inhofe Perdue Toomey Isakson Portman then provides the information to the Vitter Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I call up Johnson Risch Wicker amendment No. 1121. Department of Justice to be included Kirk Roberts in both the public and the private Na- Lankford Rounds The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. tional Sex Offender Registry, which is NOT VOTING—2 The legislative clerk read as follows: where the average citizen can go and Cruz Rubio The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. see if there is a sex offender in their The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under BURR] proposes an amendment numbered neighborhood. the previous order requiring 60 votes 1121. A Department of Defense inspector for the adoption of this amendment, Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unan- general report issued in August of last the amendment is rejected. imous consent that the reading of the year revealed that an estimated 242 of VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1124 amendment be dispensed with. the 1,312 released sex offenders failed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without self-report. the previous order, the question is on objection, it is so ordered. In that inspector general’s report, agreeing to amendment No. 1124, of- The amendment is as follows: they said: fered by the Senator from Texas, Mr. (Purpose: To require the Secretary of De- The lack of jurisdiction for DOD to reg- CORNYN. fense to inform the Attorney General of ister military sex offenders with the Na- Mr. CORNYN. I ask for the yeas and persons required to register as sex offend- tional Sex Offender Registry enables mili- nays. ers) tary sex offenders released from military prisons to evade sex offender registration re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a At the end, add the following: quirements. sufficient second? TITLE ll—MILITARY SEX OFFENDER There is a sufficient second. REPORTING I am not sure it can be put any The clerk will call the roll. plainer than that. SEC. lll. SHORT TITLE. The Department of Defense tried to The legislative clerk called the roll. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Military Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Sex Offender Reporting Act of 2015’’. correct the problem by working with are necessarily absent: the Senator SEC. lll. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS State authorities and the U.S. Mar- from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator RELEASED FROM MILITARY COR- shals, but underreporting continues from Florida (Mr. RUBIO). RECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there CONVICTION. Differences in State laws in military any other Senators in the Chamber de- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Sex Offender Reg- reporting procedures enables some siring to vote? istration and Notification Act is amended by criminals to totally evade reporting inserting after section 128 (42 U.S.C. 16928) The result was announced—yeas 98, the following: and detection. nays 0, as follows: A recent Scripps news report re- ‘‘SEC. 128A. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS [Rollcall Vote No. 157 Leg.] RELEASED FROM MILITARY COR- vealed grim examples of the con- YEAS—98 RECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON sequences of these cracks in the sys- CONVICTION. Alexander Flake Murray tem. Ayotte Franken Nelson ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall provide to Consider the recent case of Matthew Baldwin Gardner Paul the Attorney General the information de- Carr. The military convicted Matthew Barrasso Gillibrand Perdue scribed in section 114 to be included in the Carr for posing as a gynecologist. He Bennet Graham Peters National Sex Offender Registry and the Dru Blumenthal Grassley Portman Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website preyed on seven women. After spending Blunt Hatch Reed regarding persons— 7 years incarcerated, he evaded reg- Booker Heinrich Reid ‘‘(1)(A) released from military corrections istration upon his release. He assaulted Boozman Heitkamp Risch Boxer Heller facilities; or another woman before being appre- Roberts ‘‘(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by hended by civilian authorities. This as- Brown Hirono Rounds Burr Hoeven courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10, Sanders sault was preventable in that commu- Cantwell Inhofe Sasse United States Code (the Uniform Code of nity, but the DOD wasn’t required to Capito Isakson Schatz Military Justice), do not include confine- Cardin Johnson post him as a sex offender. Schumer ment; and Carper Kaine In another case, a former officer Scott ‘‘(2) required to register under this title.’’. Casey King Sessions (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- served 5 years for sexually assaulting 3 Cassidy Kirk minors in the cruelest way possible. He Coats Klobuchar Shaheen MENT.—The table of contents of the Adam Cochran Lankford Shelby Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is evaded registration, and Scripps lo- Collins Leahy Stabenow amended by inserting after the item relating cated this individual living within a Sullivan Coons Lee to section 128 the following: mile of a school. It is scary, a pedophile Corker Manchin Tester Cornyn Markey Thune ‘‘Sec. 128A. Registration of sex offenders re- living next to a school—and no one Cotton McCain Tillis leased from military correc- knew he was there. Crapo McCaskill Toomey tions facilities or upon convic- This amendment requires the Depart- Daines McConnell Udall tion.’’. ment of Defense to communicate a Donnelly Menendez Vitter Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I wish to Durbin Merkley Warner criminal’s information directly to the Enzi Mikulski Warren speak very briefly on an amendment Attorney General to improve tracking Ernst Moran Whitehouse the Senate will have an opportunity to and public notification. Feinstein Murkowski Wicker vote on this afternoon. My amendment is based upon a bipar- Fischer Murphy Wyden Due to the way the Sex Offender Reg- tisan bill, S. 409, that I introduced with NOT VOTING—2 istration and Notification Act is cur- the support of Senator MCCASKILL. Cruz Rubio rently written, there is a problem with That bill already has the support of 15 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tracking sex offenders convicted in a of our colleagues: Senators AYOTTE, the previous order requiring 60 votes military justice system. Some of these BLUNT, CORNYN, COTTON, CRAPO, FISCH- for the adoption of this amendment, offenders are exploiting the cracks in ER, RUBIO, SESSIONS, TILLIS, TOOMEY, the amendment is agreed to. that system. FEINSTEIN, KING, MIKULSKI, and NEL- The Senator from North Carolina. My amendment is, quite honestly, a SON. Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I rise to fix to the problem and will help au- My amendment costs taxpayers noth- propound a unanimous consent request thorities and the public better track ing, and it is a commonsense solution to call up an amendment, speak brief- sex offenders in our communities. to a real problem that exists. ly, and then be followed by Senator To explain, currently, military sex I encourage my colleagues this after- SANDERS. offenders are only required to self-re- noon, when we have an opportunity to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.006 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2321 get back into votes, that they support America and how it was going to create the rhetoric about how this unfettered amendment No. 1121. all kinds of good-paying jobs in this free-trade agreement with Mexico was I yield the floor to my colleague. country. going to create jobs in this country, it The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- On September 19, 1993, President Bill turned out—not too surprisingly, I ator from Vermont. Clinton said the following: voted against NAFTA—to be exactly TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP I believe that NAFTA will create 200,000 the opposite. Those people who told us Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ob- American jobs in the first two years of its ef- how great the agreement was going to jected to the unanimous consent re- fect. . . . I believe that NAFTA will create a be were dead wrong. quest to waive rule XXVI to allow the million jobs in the first five years of its im- Why were they wrong? Well, for obvi- Finance Committee to pass a fast- pact. ous reasons. When you have workers in track bill because I think it is time we That was President Bill Clinton, who low-wage countries, people who are slowed down fast-track. strongly supported that agreement. prepared to work for 50 cents an hour, This trade agreement, I think every- But it wasn’t only President Clinton $1 an hour, $2 an hour, it doesn’t take body acknowledges, is of enormous who made those claims. The Heritage a Ph.D. in economics to figure out that consequence to working people all over Foundation, one of the most conserv- corporations will shut down in Amer- this country. We need more trans- ative think tanks in this country, said ica, move to those countries, pay work- parency. We need to know what is in in 1993: ‘‘Virtually all economists agree ers pennies an hour—not have to worry this legislation, and we need to involve that NAFTA will produce a net in- about environmental regulations, not the American people in this discussion. crease of U.S. jobs over the next dec- have to worry about, in some cases, I must say I am extremely dis- ade.’’ That is from the Heritage Foun- trade unions. You don’t have to worry appointed that on a piece of legislation dation, a conservative think tank. about that stuff. which involves 40 percent of the world’s Further, during the debate over So what would American corpora- economy, that is the largest trade NAFTA and the Senate in 1993, the dis- tions do? Of course they would go to agreement in the history of the United tinguished Senator from Kentucky, those countries. That is exactly what States of America, much of the major MITCH MCCONNELL, who is now the ma- they have done. media has virtually ignored this issue. jority leader, said: American firms will I talked for a moment about NAFTA. Now, you may be for the agreement, not move to Mexico just for lower What about permanent normal trade you may be against the agreement. I wages. relations with China? I don’t think I am strongly against it—and I will tell That was Senator MCCONNELL. Vir- have to elaborate on the fact that when you why in a moment, but I would hope tually every major newspaper in Amer- Americans go shopping and they walk we could all agree this is an enor- ica had editorials saying: Support into a department store—just look at mously important issue that deserves NAFTA—the Washington Post, New the labels. Look at where the products significant discussion on the part of York Times, Wall Street Journal. Sup- are manufactured. Time after time, the the American people and their elected port NAFTA; it is good for the Amer- products come from China, China, and representatives. ican worker. China. I find it incomprehensible that, to Well, it turns out that NAFTA, As unbelievable as it may sound, the best of my knowledge, ABC—the which, of course, was supported by back in 1999 and 2000, we were told— ABC television network—has had zero every major corporation in America, this is again what we were told—that coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partner- supported by Wall Street, supported by permanent normal trade relations with ship, zero; CBS television, zero cov- all of the Big Money interests—well, it China would open up the huge Chinese erage; NBC, zero coverage. PBS has had turns out that all of those projections market to all kinds of American-made three mentions of the TPP. CNN has regarding NAFTA turned out to be products. The argument was, look, had zero coverage, FOX television has dead wrong. China is the largest country in the had four mentions, and MSNBC—most- According to the well-respected world. If we can just have an unfet- ly because of the excellent work of Ed economists at the Economic Policy In- tered free-trade agreement with them, Schultz—has covered it on 33 occa- stitute, NAFTA has led to the loss of think about all the products manufac- sions, and all of this since January of more than 680,000 jobs—not the cre- tured in America that would be sold to 2015. ation of 1 million jobs, the loss of the huge population in China. So here we are engaged in a discus- 680,000 American jobs. That was the argument. I think it is sion—some people are for it and some In 1993, the year before NAFTA was important for the American people to people are against it—but how do the implemented, the United States had a hear what the supporters of permanent American people know what is going trade surplus with Mexico of more than normal trade relations with China— on if the major networks are virtually $1.6 billion. Last year, the trade deficit free trade with China—had to say back blocking out any serious discussion, with Mexico was $53 billion. then and whether those arguments any mention of the agreement? I quote what the Economic Policy In- turned out to be right. In other words, Supporters of the fast-track bill have stitute says about NAFTA: if we are going to look at TPP today told us over and over again that unfet- [President] Clinton and his collaborators and hear what people are saying now, tered free trade will increase American promised [NAFTA] would bring ‘‘good-paying it is important to hear what people jobs and increase American wages, but American jobs,’’ a rising trade surplus with said about these other free trade agree- Mexico, and a dramatic reduction in illegal they have been proven dead wrong ments back then. every single time we have had a trade immigration. Instead, NAFTA directly cost the United States a net loss of 700,000 jobs. Here is what President Bill Clinton agreement. In other words, we hear the said about PNTR with China back in same rhetoric: vote for NAFTA, vote The [trade] surplus with Mexico turned into a chronic deficit. And the economic disloca- 1999: for CAFTA, vote for the free-trade tion in Mexico increased the flow of undocu- In opening the economy of China, the agreement with China. It is going to mented workers into the United States. agreement will create unprecedented oppor- increase jobs in America, improve life Further, I quote an article that ap- tunities for American farmers, workers and for the middle class. Yet every single peared in the New York Times yester- companies to compete successfully in Chi- time the rhetoric around these past day: na’s market...This is a hundred-to-noth- trade agreements has been proven to be ing deal for America when it comes to the Mexico has become the most attractive economic consequences. dead wrong. place in North America to build new auto- I was in the House of Representatives mobile factories, a shift that has siphoned That was President Bill Clinton. in 1993 and 1994 during the debate over jobs from the U.S. and Canada. . . . In the In addition, this is what the conserv- NAFTA, the North American Free past two years, eight automakers have ative economists at the Cato Insti- Trade Agreement. I remember all of opened or announced new plants or expan- tute—a very conservative think tank— those people who supported that agree- sions in Mexico. . . . Low labor costs and wrote back in 1999: fewer tariffs are the swing factors. ment telling us how NAFTA was going The silliest argument against PNTR is to open the Mexican economy for prod- That was the New York Times yes- that Chinese imports would overwhelm U.S. ucts made in the United States of terday. In other words, despite all of industry. In fact, American workers are far

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But there comes a point where PNTR—free trade—with China would and CEO, who, by the way, just yester- the American people are catching on open up great economic opportunities day was before the Senate Committee that one of the reasons why the middle in America, create new jobs, and raise on Finance advocating for the Trans- class of this country is disappearing, wages. We had a conservative think Pacific Partnership. This is what the one of the reasons why most or many tank say exactly the same thing. We AP article said back in 2004: of the new jobs being created are low had all of corporate America, all of Mr. Donohue urged American companies to wage and part time, one of the reasons Wall Street, all of the big-money inter- send jobs overseas as a way to boost Amer- why real inflation-accounted-for wages ests saying: Oh boy, what a great op- ican competitiveness . . . Donohue said that for American workers has plummeted portunity for the United States. We exporting high-paid tech jobs to low-cost is because of these disastrous free- can create all these jobs. countries such as India, China and Russia trade agreements. So you can fool me Well, were they right or were they saves companies money. once. You can fool me twice. Maybe I wrong? I think everybody knows—the So the dirty secret is that of course am dumb and you can fool me three facts are pretty clear—they were, once these guys like these free-trade agree- times. But there does come a limit to again, not wrong, they were dead ments—not because they are going to how many times you think you can wrong. The Economic Policy Institute create jobs in America. No one seri- fool the American people. estimated that PNTR with China has ously believes that. When they are hon- When we talk about why the middle led to the net loss of over 2.7 million est about it, they understand and they class of this country has been in de- American jobs. The trade deficit with say that if companies shut down plants cline for the last 40 years, one of the China has increased from $83 billion in America, throw millions of people important reasons is that since 2001 we back in 2001 to a recordbreaking $342 onto the streets in this country and have lost nearly 60,000 factories in this billion in 2014. I note that my Repub- move abroad—when they do that, their country. Over that same time period, lican colleagues often talk about our profits go up. And they are right. I give we have lost over 4.7 million manufac- national deficit, which is an important them credit for that. That is right. turing jobs. In 1970, 25 percent of all issue, but I don’t hear much discussion That is what unfettered free trade has jobs in the United States were manu- about our huge trade deficit, especially meant in this country. facturing jobs. Today, that number is with China, which was at $342 billion in And on and on it goes. It is not just just 9 percent. In January of 2001, there 2014. Mr. Immelt, the head of General Elec- were 17.1 million manufacturing work- After all of the talk on the floor of tric; it is not just Mr. Donohue, the ers in this country. Today, there are the Senate and the floor of the House, head of the chamber of commerce; it is only 12.3 million manufacturing work- after all of the editorials written in the major corporation after major corpora- ers. major newspapers throughout our tion. It is Wall Street. It is all of the In my small State of Vermont, we country, after all of the discussion and moneyed interests. Before the agree- have lost 34 percent of our manufac- expositions of Wall Street and the big- ment, they tell us as part of the discus- turing jobs over the past 14 years. In money interests, it turned out that the sion how many good jobs NAFTA is January of 2001, Vermont had 47,000 trade agreement with China was an un- going to create, how many good jobs factory jobs. Last February, it was mitigated disaster for American work- free trade with China will create, how down to 30,700. And that is true for vir- ers. many good jobs the Korean trade tually every State in this country. PNTR was passed in the year 2000. A agreement will create. After the agree- Why is this significant? It is signifi- couple of years later—and this kind of ment, word comes out: Hey, this is a cant because historically manufac- tells you everything you need to know good opportunity. Shut down in Amer- turing jobs paid the highest wages about unfettered free trade—Jeffrey ica, go abroad, pay people pennies an available to blue-collar workers. If you Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, hour, and bring your products back had a job at a manufacturing plant, if one of our large corporations, was into this country. you had a union, the likelihood was quoted on this subject at an investor In 2011, we were told we just had to that you would earn decent wages, meeting 1 year after China was admit- pass the South Korea Free Trade have decent benefits, and you could ac- ted to the World Trade Organization, Agreement because of all the jobs it tually support your family. You earned and this is what Mr. Immelt said: would create. Same arguments—an- the wages that enabled you to take When I am talking to GE managers, I talk other free-trade agreement that is good care of your family. With the de- China, China, China, China, China. You need going to be great for the American cline of manufacturing, what has hap- to be there. You need to change the way peo- worker. The U.S. Chamber of Com- pened is we have seen a huge increase ple talk about it and how they get there. I merce told us this free-trade agree- in service industry jobs—McDonald’s, am a nut on China. Outsourcing from China ment could create some 280,000 jobs in Walmart—where wages are low, bene- is going to grow to $5 billion. We are building America. Instead, the South Korea fits are nil, and American workers who a tech center in China. Every discussion today has to center on China. The cost basis Free Trade Agreement has led to the work there are having a hard time sur- is extremely attractive. You can take an 18 loss of some 60,000 jobs and the trade viving economically. Manufacturing cubic foot refrigerator, make it in China, deficit with our country has gone from goes down, people lose their jobs, wages land it in the United States, and land it for $16.6 billion in 2012 to $25 billion in 2014. go down, and new jobs are being cre- less than we can make an 18 cubic foot re- Now the administration, Wall Street, ated that pay significantly less than frigerator today ourselves. and the largest corporations in this the jobs people used to have. What Mr. Immelt was saying is what country are saying: Trust us. Forget The fact is that TPP is just a new virtually every major corporation CEO about everything we said about all of and easy way for corporations to ship was thinking, and it is not hard to un- these other trade agreements. Yeah, jobs overseas and force Americans to derstand why. In China, wages are maybe we were wrong on NAFTA. compete with low-wage workers in very, very low. Environmental regula- Maybe we were wrong on CAFTA. Vietnam and other countries. The min- tions are almost nonexistent. It is hard Maybe we were wrong on the China imum wage in Vietnam is 56 cents an to find a trade union to negotiate for Free Trade Agreement. Maybe we were hour. What this trade agreement says workers. Why wouldn’t a company shut wrong on the South Korea Free Trade to American workers is, you are now down in America and run to China? Agreement. But trust us, on the Trans- competing against people who in some And that is exactly, of course, what Pacific Partnership, it is different. cases will be working for 56 cents an they have done. This one really, really, really—cross hour. I think that is grossly unfair. We Before PNTR with China passed, the our fingers—really is going to be dif- should not force American workers U.S. Chamber of Commerce told us it ferent. into a race to the bottom.

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The French company saw I yield the floor. health, food safety, and financial laws, raising the minimum wage for Egyp- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. and allowing corporations to challenge tian workers—which is very low—as an ERNST). The Senator from Montana. our laws in international tribunals impingement on their ability to make Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I am rather than our own court system. profits. glad that today the Senate will take The TPP is poised to be the largest Further, large pharmaceutical com- the long-overdue step forward and ap- free-trade agreement in history, en- panies are working hard to ensure that prove the Justice for Victims of Traf- compassing 12 nations that account for the TPP extends the monopolies for ficking Act—bipartisan legislation that roughly 40 percent of the global econ- their prescription drugs by extending I am proud to be a cosponsor of that omy. That is why it has been referred patents that already can last for 20 will help victims of human trafficking. to as ‘‘NAFTA on steroids.’’ years or more. Doctors Without Bor- Montanans know firsthand the im- Incredibly, while Wall Street, the ders—a heroic organization of doctors measurable damage human trafficking pharmaceutical industry, and major who go to some of the most difficult, has inflicted on our communities, our media companies have full knowledge the poorest, the most dangerous parts schools, and, most of all, the victims of these horrific crimes. We also know the as to what is in this treaty, the Amer- of this world to treat people who des- importance of coming together to sup- ican people and Members of Congress perately need medical care—they are port the victims of this modern-day do not. They have been locked out of very brave people. They wrote that the process. While the full text of the slavery. ‘‘the TPP agreement is on track to be- Too often, victims of human traf- TPP has not been made public, there come the most harmful trade pact ever ficking are underserved and fail to get have been some leaks of what is in- for access to medicines in developing the resources they so desperately need. cluded in it, and what I have seen is countries.’’ In other words, what the This important bill will provide our very disturbing. big pharmaceutical industry wants is law enforcement officials and the com- It has been estimated by outside ex- for countries all over the world to have perts that the United States would lose munities with the necessary tools to to pay top dollar for prescription help lift these innocent victims out of more than 130,000 jobs to Vietnam and drugs. They want to be able to main- Japan alone if the TPP goes into effect. the shadows. tain their patents for as long as pos- Montanans understand the impor- But that is just the tip of the iceberg. sible and prevent those drugs from tance of cracking down on the per- At a time when corporations have al- going generic, where the prices would petrators of these crimes and ensuring ready outsourced over 3 million service be significantly lower. The problem is that we are serving as an advocate for sector jobs that were in the United that people in poor countries cannot victims—without letting partisan poli- States, the TPP includes rules that pay a lot of money for their prescrip- tics get in the way. will make it even easier for corporate tion drugs. So if this agreement goes I strongly urge all of my colleagues America to outsource call centers, through and the pharmaceutical indus- to come together today and do what is computer programming, engineering, try can force poor countries to pay right for the victims of human traf- accounting, and medical diagnostic high prices for prescription drugs, peo- ficking and pass the Justice for Vic- jobs. So these are not just manufac- ple will suffer and people will die. tims of Trafficking Act. turing jobs; these are all kinds of other After one disastrous trade agreement I yield the floor. jobs which, if they can be done cheaper after another, I think it is time for the I suggest the absence of a quorum. in other countries, will be sent there. American people and their elected offi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Under TPP, Vietnamese companies cials to reassess how we do trade in clerk will call the roll. would be able to compete with Amer- America. It is time to say we need The senior assistant legislative clerk ican companies for Federal contracts trade agreements that work for work- proceeded to call the roll. funded by U.S. taxpayers, undermining ing people in this country and not just Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I American laws. The TPP will under- trade agreements that work for the ask unanimous consent that the order mine U.S. sovereignty by giving for- CEOs of large, multinational corpora- for the quorum call be rescinded. eign corporations the right to chal- tions. It is time to say to corporate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lenge any law in this country that America: If you want us to purchase objection, it is so ordered. threatens their expected future profits your products, it is time you started AIRPORT SECURITY before international tribunals. In other manufacturing those products here in Mr. NELSON. Madam President, our words, if we pass an increase in the the United States and not in low-wage Nation’s airports are not secure. We minimum wage, under the TPP, Viet- countries all over the world. were rudely awakened to that fact last namese companies that invest in Amer- The evidence is overwhelming. For December when it was discovered that ica could sue the United States in an decades, our trade policies have been for a several-month period at the At- international court full of corporate responsible for lowering the standard lanta Airport, employees of the air- lawyers if they believe it will hurt of living of tens of millions of Ameri- port—one in particular—since there their profits. By the way, that is what cans. People today all over this coun- was limited, if any, screening of the this whole agreement is about—maxi- try are working longer hours for lower airport employees coming into the air- mizing the investment profits of cor- wages. Most of the new jobs being cre- port, had concocted a scheme with an- porations from the United States and ated are low-wage jobs, and many of other fellow to transport guns to New all over the world. them are part-time jobs. York, where they were sold on the If localities—local governments, We need to rebuild our manufac- streets of Brooklyn. state governments, federal govern- turing sector. To do that, we need a The police couldn’t figure out how in ments—stand up and say: You know fundamental revision in our trade poli- the world they were getting these guns what, we want to protect health, and cies. NAFTA has failed. CAFTA has to New York because they kept watch- we want to protect the environment—if failed. Permanent normal trade rela- ing the roads. It was in plain sight. that impinges on the future profits of tions with China has failed. The Korea What they were using were the defects the corporation, it can take legal ac- trade agreement has failed. It is basi- in airport security—if you can believe tion against that local, state, or fed- cally insane to keep going with the this—to bring guns to the Atlanta Air- eral agency. That may sound kind of same type of trade policy that has port. Then once at the airport, the air- crazy, but that is exactly what has al- failed and failed and failed. port employee would go up to the ster- ready happened in Egypt after it signed I hope very much that here in the ile passenger area, where, in the rest- a free-trade agreement with France. In Senate and in the House we can defeat room, he would meet a passenger who

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Americans too often forget them on the flight from Atlanta to this matter now will get airports and ours is the most secure and mutually New York. airport employees more highly sen- beneficial international relationship This went on for several months. sitized to what had been such a breach among nations, taking for granted our This passenger even carried a carbine. at the Atlanta Airport. If we can do peaceful partner to the north. Our suc- When he was arrested in December, he this, then it will be another measure cess as the global superpower and the had 16 handguns in his backpack on the we can take to make sure the public is ability to protect our interests and airplane. It is a good thing these guys traveling safely. global stability depends heavily on our were criminals and not terrorists be- I yield the floor. peaceful and productive relationship cause you can imagine—this is exactly I suggest the absence of a quorum. with Canada. Without it, the New what we are trying to prevent: weapons The PRESIDING OFFICER. The World would not be able to project getting on airplanes. clerk will call the roll. power into the Old. Interestingly, when I got into this The senior assistant legislative clerk Our relationship with Canada is in- from the position of having the privi- proceeded to call the roll. deed productive, as Canada has re- lege of being the ranking member of Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask mained our best and most important the commerce committee, where we unanimous consent that the order for trading partner. Last year, $759 billion have jurisdiction over aviation, lo and the quorum call be rescinded. in goods and services moved between behold, what I discovered in my own The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Canada and the United States. To put State is that two airports had already TILLIS). Without objection, it is so or- that into perspective, Canada pur- solved the problem by increasing secu- dered. chased more goods from the United rity. The security we as passengers go UNITED STATES-CANADA RELATIONSHIP States than did all 28 members of the through—they have similar security Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, in 1941, European Union combined and 21⁄2 for all airport employees. The first one in an address delivered at an event in times more than did China. These pur- to do that was Miami International honor of the Canadian Prime Minister, chases included everything from raw Airport back in 1999 after they discov- Winston Churchill famously declared, materials to paper produced in ered a drug-smuggling ring. Instead of ‘‘Canada is the linchpin of the English- Ashdown, rice milled in Stuttgart, and having hundreds of entry points into speaking world.’’ As with most things, construction hardware manufactured the airport for employees, what they Churchill was able to see deeper truths in Blytheville. had was boiled down to a handful, and recognize Canada for what it really Moreover, Canada is the largest sup- where they screen the employees. It is. Today, I wish to recognize the close plier of energy to the United States. In was then inaugurated by the Orlando and vital relationship between the January, in fact, the United States im- ported more oil from Canada than all International Airport after 2007 when United States and Canada, our great they discovered a drug-smuggling ring, OPEC countries combined, and Canada neighbor to the north. Canada is a crit- and Orlando has boiled it down to produces 97 percent of all U.S. natural ical partner to both America and Ar- about five entry points for airline em- gas imports. Of course, these numbers kansas. We ought to find every way to ployees. I went through those entry would be even greater if President strengthen our relationship and avoid points at both Orlando and Miami, and Obama would finally approve the Key- every possible trouble on the horizon. it is not only what we go through as stone XL Pipeline which would also The bond between the United States passengers, but they also have to dou- create thousands of high-paying Amer- and Canada starts with our common ble-check that the person is who they ican and Canadian jobs. heritage and our common way of life, say they are. They have their badge. Arkansas, like America as a whole, including individuals rights, constitu- The airport employee checks the pho- has benefited immensely from our tional democracy, the rule of law, open tograph on the badge with the person, close ties to Canada. Agricultural prod- markets, and the defense of freedom and they swipe the card. In the case of ucts, iron and steel produced in Arkan- around the world. Canada has stood the Orlando Airport, they also have to sas factories, and countless other prod- with the United States in our toughest punch in an identification number. ucts manufactured in the natural state That seems to have solved the prob- hours to defend our common way of find their way to our friends in the lem at those two huge airports, Or- life. Canadian troops fought alongside north, providing Arkansans with good lando and Miami, but what about the our GIs on D-day at Juno Beach, where customers and good jobs. Indeed, Can- other 448 commercial airports in the 1 in every 13 Canadians perished. After ada is Arkansas’ No. 1 foreign customer United States? Are they going to be the 9/11 attacks, Canada was one of the and 66,000 Arkansas jobs depend on the victims? Are we, the American first countries to join our campaign in United States-Canada trade and invest- traveling public, going to be the vic- Afghanistan, where 158 brave Cana- ment, which totals $2.3 billion every tims like they were in Atlanta? dians died on the battlefield—the rough year. In this age of terrorism, we cannot equivalent of 1,400 American troops. As Some of Arkansas’ most recognizable afford any of those mistakes. We have with our own soldiers, we honor their names reflect these Arkansas-Canada been after the Department of Home- ultimate sacrifice and entrust their ties. Murphy Oil, headquartered in El land Security and TSA to start chang- families to the tender care of a loving Dorado, has operated in Canada for ing this. The Department of Homeland providence. over 60 years, producing oil and natural Security Secretary just announced Canada has also been a willing part- gas through stakes in several projects that they will take immediate steps to ner in many other security and human- off the coast of Newfoundland and in increase the screening of airport em- itarian operations around the globe, in- Alberta and British Columbia. Walmart ployees across the country because cluding Libya, Haiti, and the NATO-led has also had a strong presence in Can- they indeed understand this is a prob- stabilization force in Bosnia- ada for over 20 years. Today, they em- lem. They are going to have a com- Herzegovina in the 1990s. Moreover, ploy over 90,000 Canadians across near- prehensive review. They are not saying Canada is part of the Five Eyes intel- ly 400 retail stores. Tyson and Skippy they are going to require what Orlando ligence partnership, which has its roots Peanut Butter are just two of the and Miami do, but at the end of the in World War II. This partnership is household names produced in Arkansas day, they are going to have to end up vital to our national security, helping, that are pantry staples in Canada. doing that. for example, to disrupt a 2013 Al Qaeda- With agricultural products making up We have to simplify the system by associated plot to derail a train trav- nearly 20 percent of Arkansas’ exports boiling down the hundreds of entry eling between New York and Canada. If to Canada, Arkansas’ ranchers and points to just a few, and then we have successful, this attack could have farmers help round out Canada’s pan- to put up screening devices similar to killed dozens, perhaps even hundreds. tries and freezers. the ones passengers go through to go Canada and the United States also Given these warm, longstanding ties into a sterile environment. share the world’s longest border—and to Canada, my team and I have worked

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Yet Crime Victims’ Rights Week, and I am human sex trade around the world. President Obama dismissed it as mere happy that my colleagues have joined I supported the enactment of the Canadian oil from Canadian compa- me by unanimously passing this resolu- Trafficking Victims Protection Act of nies—cavalier comments that mini- tion this morning. 2000, and earlier this year I chaired a mize the pipeline’s benefits for Amer- The theme for this week, ‘‘Engaging Senate Judiciary Committee hearing ican workers, while also manifesting a Communities. Empowering Victims,’’ on human trafficking, where witnesses casual disregard for our close ally’s in- recognizes the importance of offering discussed the consequences of sex traf- terests. the support necessary to help crime ficking for both child and adult vic- Now we are seeing this neglect again survivors heal. tims. with country-of-origin labeling re- During this week we also remember The witnesses at this hearing, which quirements for meat products proc- the contributions of the countless cri- took place on February 24, 2015, also essed in the United States which sis hotline volunteers and staff, vic- testified in support of several measures threaten to disrupt trade between our tims’ rights attorneys, medical profes- that would help us further combat the two countries. These so-called COOL sionals, and emergency responders who various forms of human trafficking in regulations needlessly require different provide critical assistance to survivors the United States. labeling for products born, raised or of crime every hour, every day in com- One of these measures is the Justice slaughtered in either country. Today, munities across the United States. for Victims of Trafficking Act which is The Judiciary Committee has worked processors are forced to either operate now pending on the Senate floor, and of to strengthen Federal laws and direct two production lines to keep their Ca- which I am a cosponsor. resources to efforts to prevent crime It is vitally important that we pass nadian-born or raised cattle separate from occurring in the first place. And, this legislation, which would authorize from those born and raised in the although we still have a way to go to much needed services to victims of United States or maintain extensive ensure that all crime survivors are child pornography as well as labor and records on where each head of cattle treated with appropriate fairness and sex trafficking. came from. These regulations unduly respect in the criminal justice system, The bill also equips law enforcement burden Canadian producers and Amer- I am proud that we have made impor- with new tools for prosecuting human ican processors while also violating our tant strides toward this goal. trafficking offenses and recognizes that treaty obligations. Yet they deliver lit- An important issue for many crime the production of child pornography is tle value to consumers. victims is restitution. It is an issue a form of human trafficking. Yet, despite multiple adverse rulings that would be addressed by the ‘‘Amy Also, earlier this year, I introduced from the World Trade Organization, and Vicky Child Pornography Victim the Combating Human Trafficking Act. the administration continues to pursue Restitution Improvement Act,’’ a bill Among other things, the bill would appeals, a process which is expected to introduced by Senator HATCH that has clarify that Federal grant resources end next month. As a result of these my strong support. can be used to meet the housing needs trade barriers and WTO rulings, Can- The Judiciary Committee, of which I of human trafficking victims and offer ada may be forced to impose reciprocal serve as chairman, reported this bill on training on the effects of sex traf- trade barriers on American products. February 5. If enacted, the measure, ficking to those who offer services to Unfortunately, products already tar- which passed the full Senate by a vote runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth. geted for trade barriers include Arkan- of 98–0 on February 11, would reverse a I led the Judiciary Committee in sup- sas rice, poultry, grains, and beef. If Supreme Court decision that limits the porting the inclusion of this legislation the administration does not relent, amount of restitution that victims of as an amendment to the Justice for nearly $130 million in Arkansas agri- child pornography can recover from Victims of Trafficking Act during com- cultural trade with Canada will be any one perpetrator. mittee consideration of that bill. threatened—more than half our State’s It would ensure that victims can re- The committee accepted the measure annual total. cover a minimum amount of damages by voice vote on February 26. The com- We should put a stop now to this for certain child pornography offenses, mittee reported the bill to the Senate trade dispute that no one intended and and it also would make any single per- floor by a vote of 19–0. no one wants. I stand ready to work petrator potentially responsible for the I am grateful we have been able to with my fellow Senators and the ad- full damages that result from an of- reach an agreement that will finally ministration to modify the labeling re- fense involving multiple perpetrators. allow a vote on this very important quirements at the earliest opportunity Americans also deserve to know that legislation, and I look forward to cast- following a final WTO ruling. It will be we are doing everything possible to ing my vote in favor of this bill. good for Arkansas’ farmers and ranch- prevent sexual assault, especially in Our next challenge should be to ad- ers, good for American consumers, and our most acclaimed institutions of so- dress the two broken systems of justice good for the health of the United ciety, including college campuses and found on our college campuses and States-Canada partnership. Let’s work our Nation’s military. In fact, a zero within our military institutions. First, together to fix this problem, protect tolerance standard needs to be set at a flawed reporting system on college American jobs, and help our neighbor the highest levels of the Federal gov- campuses requires a stronger set of to the north remain our linchpin in the ernment. tools that would help survivors of sex- world. Take, for example, the lack of ac- ual assault as well as protect the rights The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- countability within some of our Na- of the accused. That is why I have co- ator from Iowa. tion’s Federal law enforcement enti- sponsored the ‘‘Campus Accountability COMMEMORATING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ ties. In the last few years, a string of and Safety Act’’ with Senator MCCAS- RIGHTS WEEK sex scandals involving prostitutes KILL. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, we being solicited by public servants It would establish new campus re- have commemorated National Crime working for the FBI, Secret Service sources and support services for stu- Victims’ Rights Week every April since and, most recently, the Drug Enforce- dents, including: a requirement that 1981. This year it takes place from ment Administration reflect an embar- colleges designate a confidential advi- April 19 through April 25. rassing lack of ethics and moral code of sor for survivors of sexual violence; This week is dedicated to remem- conduct by Federal agents hired to new transparency and reporting re- bering victims of crime, building flush out illicit criminal activity at quirements; coordination between col- awareness, and advocating for victims’ home and abroad. leges and local law enforcement; and

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Without quire sustained, collective attention by (Purpose: To amend title 18, United States objection, it is so ordered. policymakers, law enforcement, advo- Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I cates, and survivors. selling advertising that offers certain com- come to the Senate floor to thank my mercial sex acts) Every student who heads off to a col- colleagues and to ask for their support At the appropriate place, add the fol- lege campus in America deserves to lowing: for our first amendment, Klobuchar know that there is a system in place to SECTION ll. SAVE ACT. amendment No. 296. I understand it is secure justice and due process for the (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be going to be by voice vote, and it is victim and the accused. cited as the ‘‘Stop Advertising Victims of something I have worked on for a long Likewise, every young man and Exploitation Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act time. woman who serves his or her country of 2015’’. I know everyone has put a lot of ef- in uniform deserves to know that sex- (b) ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN fort into this bill—certainly Senator COMMERCIAL ACTS.— ual assault is a crime and will be treat- CORNYN and I have—and we are very (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591(a)(1) of title ed and prosecuted as such. 18, United States Code, as amended by this pleased that it is moving forward. I In the last Congress, I cosponsored Act, is further amended by inserting ‘‘adver- thank all my colleagues for their work. the bipartisan ‘‘Military Justice Im- tises,’’ after ‘‘obtains,’’. This afternoon, I know we will be provement Act’’ with Senator GILLI- (2) MENS REA REQUIREMENT.—Section considering a number of important BRAND. 1591(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amendments, and, as I mentioned, one The bill would empower enlisted sol- amended in the undesignated matter fol- is the safe harbor legislation. I think diers and sailors to come forward and lowing paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except we have 26 cosponsors on the bill. report a sexual crime. where the act constituting the violation of Let’s first get to why we are doing paragraph (1) is advertising,’’ after ‘‘know- It would create an independent sys- ing, or’’. this bill. The United Nations considers tem of justice within the ranks of the (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section human trafficking to be one of the military. 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, as three largest criminal enterprises in It would remove the chain of com- amended by this Act, is further amended— the world. The first is illegal traf- mand from prosecutorial decisions re- (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘adver- ficking of drugs, the second is illegal garding sexual assault. tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’; and trafficking of guns, and the third is il- The fear of retaliation and retribu- (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘adver- legal trafficking of humans. It is not tion in the military has been a reality tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’. just something, as we know, that is for too many survivors of sexual as- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- happening in faraway lands. It happens sault. The current system has created ator from Arizona. in our own backyards. It has happened an environment that emboldens preda- Mr. FLAKE. Mr. President, I am to 12-year-olds in my own State. As pleased to be able to speak in support tors instead of empowering victims. Senator HEITKAMP knows, it happens in Barring access to fair and impartial of my amendment No. 294 to the Jus- the oil patches of North Dakota. That justice pours salt in the wounds of tice for Victims of Trafficking Act. It is why this bill and this amendment those who have suffered immeasurable is important as part of our duties as No. 296, which passed with the bill indignity and harm while serving their stewards of the taxpayer money to en- unanimously through the Judiciary sure that the Federal Government is country in uniform. I will continue Committee, are so important. working to advance bipartisan meas- running as efficiently as possible. This This is about treating the children ures through Congress to send a clear is rooting out waste, duplications, and who are victims of these crimes as vic- message. Sexual assault is a crime. overlap where we find it in the Federal tims because that is what they are. Government and in these programs. The sooner our culture and systems Right now, in many States around the This amendment simply requires the of justice on college campuses and in country, these kids can still be pros- GAO—the Government Accountability the Nation’s military work together to Office—to study the programs and ini- ecuted. deter, prosecute, and stop sexual vio- In a State such as mine, the State of tiatives which are affected by this bill lence, the safer our society will be for Minnesota, we have in place a safe har- and those which are related to services America’s sons and daughters growing bor law that has been very effective. for trafficking victims and other vic- up in the 21st century. tims services. In particular, the amend- Why? One, it gives the kids the services In closing, crime victims and sur- ment directs GAO to look for duplica- they need, whether it is through child vivors in the United States deserve our tion and overlap and requires GAO to protection, whether it is housing, assistance in helping them cope with issue a report to Congress describing whether it is getting the kind of med- the often devastating consequences of costs associated with them and to ical care they need. That is what our crime. That is why it is so important make recommendations on how to bill does. On the other hand, if you just that we support the mission and goals achieve cost savings. prosecute these kids, do you actually of National Crime Victims’ Rights I do support this legislation. I voted think they are going to turn against Week. for it when it was considered by the Ju- the person running the sex ring? Are Mr. President, I thank my colleagues diciary Committee. It is incumbent they going to turn against the pimp? for joining me in supporting passage of upon us to ensure that other programs No. They are going to go right back this resolution. that are affected by this legislation are into the hands of the person they were AMENDMENT NO. 273, AS MODIFIED studied to make sure we don’t have du- with—the perpetrator—to begin with. Mr. President, for the leader, I ask plication, that we don’t have other pro- In our State, we have had a lot of suc- unanimous consent to set aside the grams that are doing the same things. cess with this safe harbor law. We have pending amendment in order to call up We need to make sure we are good obtained one of the longest sentences amendment No. 273 with the changes stewards of the taxpayers’ money. The ever—40 years—against someone who that are at the desk. GAO has considerable experience of was running a sex ring because we give The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without this kind to do this type of analysis. help to the victims of the crime. objection, it is so ordered. I look forward to having support for As I said, there are 26 of my col- The clerk will report. this amendment, and I ask my col- leagues across the Senate who have co- The legislative clerk read as follows: leagues to support it. sponsored the bill. It has been an honor The Senator from Iowa [Mr. GRASSLEY], for Mr. President, I suggest the absence to work on the issue with Samantha Mr. KIRK, for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN, of a quorum. Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the

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This has been a cases these services can prevent these the National Conference of State Leg- lot of work the last month, but I am so homeless and runaway youth from be- islatures, the National Center for Miss- pleased we are advancing this impor- coming victims in the first place. ing and Exploited Children, the Fra- tant trafficking bill. In Maine, our homeless shelters are ternal Order of Police, Shared Hope I see that the Senator from Maine is critical partners in the fight to end International, and the National Alli- here. She has also been a leader in this human trafficking. In Portland, for ex- ance to End Sexual Violence. area. ample, the Preble Street Resource Cen- As I said, this bill and this amend- Thank you, Mr. President. ter has used Runaway and Homeless ment simply create an incentive for I yield the floor. Youth Act resources to connect youth The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- States across the country to enact a who need food, shelter, health services, ator from Maine. safe harbor law. Fifteen States already and educational support. The Preble have these laws. Another 12 States are Ms. COLLINS. Thank you, Mr. Presi- dent. Street Anti-trafficking Coalition is making progress in that direction. The currently helping approximately 50 House passed a similar bill last year First, let me commend Senator COR- NYN and Senator KLOBUCHAR for the trafficking victims whose ages range under the leadership of ERIK PAULSEN, from 14 to 42. They enable them to one of the Congressmen from Min- work they have done on this antitrafficking bill. start new lives. nesota. New Beginnings, a great program in Secondly, in addition to creating an This is, in fact, a horrendous crime. Just a few months ago in my home Lewiston, ME, and the Shaw House in incentive for these States to enact safe Bangor, ME, are other organizations harbor laws, the bill also creates a na- State, in Bangor, a couple was arrested for allegedly trafficking a 13-year-old that have successfully leveraged Fed- tional strategy to combat human traf- eral grants from the Runaway and ficking. The national strategy will en- girl. That is what we are talking about, and that is why this legislation is so Homeless Youth Program to provide courage cooperation and coordination shelter and services to homeless youth among all the agencies that work on important. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the in my State. With this kind of support, this problem—Federal, State, tribal, young people can make their way off and local. That is a major part of the bill, and I commend Senator CORNYN and Senator KLOBUCHAR and others for the street and away from criminals bill, and it wasn’t in the House bill. We who will exploit them at a time when think it is very important. working so hard on it. they are at their most vulnerable. The bill also gives sex trafficking The antitrafficking bill deals with There are more than 1.6 million victims the right support they need. It the law enforcement piece of this hor- homeless teens in our country—a truly qualifies them for job-training pro- rendous problem. But we also need to astonishing number. A growing number grams. The bill allows victims of sex pay attention to prevention programs. of these homeless youth identify them- trafficking to participate in the Job That is why this afternoon we will vote selves as LGBT. It is estimated that up Corps program to help them get back on a proposal that Senator LEAHY and to 40 percent of runaway or homeless on their feet. I, along with Senators HEITKAMP, youth are LGBT. Some of them have Senator CORNYN, who is the lead Re- AYOTTE, MURKOWSKI, and BALDWIN, publican on this amendment, and I have put forth to reauthorize the Run- been kicked out of their own homes. were pleased to include a provision away and Homeless Youth Act pro- Others have felt that there has been no that Senators WHITEHOUSE and SES- grams, which already have expired. place for them in their community. SIONS have been working on to clarify They expired in 2013. Our amendment would help ensure that the authority of the U.S. Marshals These are absolutely critical pro- those seeking services through the fed- Service to assist local law enforcement grams for preventing homeless youth erally funded programs are not denied agencies in locating missing children. and runaway youth from ending up in assistance based on their race, color, That is what the amendment does. the hands of sex traffickers. The run- religion, national origin, sex, sexual There are incentives for the safe harbor away and homeless youth programs are orientation, gender identity or dis- laws we have already seen in 15 States. comprised of three programs: the ability. There is a national sex trafficking Street Outreach Program, the Basic All homeless young people need ac- strategy, which is something we dearly Center Program, and the Transitional cess to safe beds at night and services need as we see an increase in these Living Program. They have helped during the day so that they never have kinds of crimes. It qualifies victims of thousands of our homeless youth meet to choose between selling their bodies these crimes for job-training programs. their immediate needs and provided and a safe place to sleep. I would like Finally, there is a provision to make it long-term residential services for those to thank Senator LEAHY and Senator easier for the U.S. Marshals Service to who, sadly, cannot be reunited with HEITKAMP for being so passionate about assist local law enforcement, a meas- their families. this issue. They have worked with me ure proposed by Senator WHITEHOUSE The amendment that we are offering to incorporate important feedback into and Senator SESSIONS which is included complements the underlying bill by ad- our amendment, particularly from in this amendment and which came dressing prevention, intervention, and faith-based organizations. through the committee. recovery service for trafficking vic- In fact, Mr. President, I ask unani- I want to end by telling you what tims, particularly among the most vul- mous consent that at the conclusion of this is about. It is about a 12-year-old nerable population—our homeless my remarks, a letter be printed that I girl in Rochester who got a text mes- youth. have from numerous faith-based orga- sage. The text message said she was in- According to a 2013 report by the In- nizations endorsing our amendment. vited to a party. The text said to go stitute of Medicine and the National These organizations represent millions meet in a parking lot. She went there, Research Council, homelessness is one of people in all 50 States. They urge us and then she was thrown into a car, of the most common risk factors for to pass our legislation with that non- brought up to the Twin Cities, raped by sex trafficking. Without access to food, discrimination clause intact. a man, then sold on craigslist, sold for shelter, and social supports, homeless They include, for example: Covenant sex, and raped by two other men. Fi- young people often turn to what is House International, the Evangelical nally, weeks later, the guy who did this termed ‘‘survival sex;’’ that is, a way Lutheran Church of America, the was found, and he is being prosecuted to trade sex for a place to sleep, for Interfaith Alliance, the National Coun- federally. food, and for other basic necessities. cil of Jewish Women, the Metropolitan That is what this is about. These are Another recent report found that one Community Churches, the Methodist serious crimes. The average age of a in four homeless youth are victims of Federation for Social Action, the

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The A study conducted by the U.S. Department critical and important prevention pro- nondiscrimination clause is modeled— of Health and Human Services found that gram. How many of these children have it is virtually identical to a provision 46% of homeless youth had run away from we rescued from a life of despair? We enacted into law during the last Con- home because of physical abuse and 17% be- will never know. cause of sexual abuse. A growing number of But I am certain, telling those sto- gress through the bipartisan Violence homeless youth identify as LGBT, and it is Against Women Act. Nothing, nothing estimated that they comprise up to 40% of ries and visiting them in the shelters in our amendment alters the ability of the runaway homeless youth (RHY) popu- and in their apartments that are tran- faith-based providers to give preference lation. We believe that ALL vulnerable sitory living situations, that they in hiring to people of their same faith. young people should have access to programs would otherwise be so extraordinarily The stand-alone bill on which our designed to stop the cycle of victimization vulnerable. I have heard firsthand the amendment is based was reported out and provide comprehensive solutions. Fed- stories of these homeless and runaway of the Judiciary Committee last Con- eral grantees must be prohibited from dis- youth. The stories that you hear are criminating against any youth based on gress by an overwhelming bipartisan their sexual orientation or gender identity. literally heartbreaking. With prior vote of 15 to 3. It has the support of Thank you for your steadfast commitment physical, mental, and sexual abuse, nearly 270 organizations including, as I to working with faith communities to sup- these runaway and homeless youth mentioned, many faith-based providers port vulnerable young people and victims of have already been devalued. They have that serve homeless youth, other serv- trafficking. We look forward to working with already been told that they are not ice providers, and antitrafficking you to swiftly pass the Runaway Homeless worth what other children are worth. groups. They all strongly support the Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act. Sincerely, They have substance addictions. They reauthorization of these prevention, Catholics for Choice, Congregation Beit have been shunned by their family or intervention, and treatment programs. Simchat Torah, Covenant House Inter- communities for who they are and how Our health care workers in Maine are national, Evangelical Lutheran Church of they identify. They are the most also tremendous partners in helping to America, Global Faith and Justice Project, marginalized children in our country. address trafficking crimes and their Global Justice Institute, Interfaith Alliance, Last July, a 13-year-old runaway victims. Saint Joseph Hospital in Ban- Jewish Labor Committee Western Region, from Minneapolis was picked up by her gor has educated its clinicians to iden- Methodist Federation for Social Action, traffickers in the Cities and then Metropolitan Community Churches, Na- tify the signs of human trafficking tional Council of Jewish Women; worked her way across—she was head- among their patients. Congress must National Center for Housing and Child Wel- ing off to the oil patch in western do more both to provide law enforce- fare, Religious Coalition for Reproductive North Dakota. She stopped in Fargo- ment with the tools it needs to pursue Choice, Religious Institute, Society for Hu- Moorhead to make some money on the sex trafficking, but we cannot forget manistic Judaism, The General Board of way, being trafficked by a man who those prevention and intervention pro- Church and Society, United Methodist was selling a 13-year old for sex online grams that are provided by the Run- Church, The Jewish Federations of North America, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for through backpage.com. Fargo-Moor- away and Homeless Youth Program. Human Rights, Unitarian Universalist Asso- head law enforcement set up a sting By giving homeless youth the sup- ciation, Unitarian Universalist Women’s and rescued the victim and arrested port and the services they need, we can Federation, United Church of Christ, Justice the trafficker. help prevent them from becoming traf- and Witness Ministries, Women’s League for Just 2 weeks ago, there was another ficked in the first place. These pro- Conservative Judaism. tragic story of a 14-year old—a 14-year grams have provided lifesaving services The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- old runaway from Las Vegas. Her par- and housing for America’s homeless ator from North Dakota. ents did not know where she was. She and runaway youth for 40 years. They Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, I got mixed up in the wrong crowd. She are vital in addressing this serious want to add my voice to all of the acco- was put in a car and taken to Minot, problem. I urge my colleagues to sup- lades that have been expressed today to ND. Her mother, desperate to find her, port the amendment that Senator Senator CORNYN and Senator KLO- searched through her email records, LEAHY and I, Senator HEITKAMP, Sen- BUCHAR for giving a voice to the vic- found a connection to Backpage, and ator AYOTTE, Senator MURKOWSKI, and tims of the most horrific crime that oc- saw that her daughter was being adver- Senator BALDWIN are offering today. It curs in our country; those are the vic- tised on Backpage in Minot, ND. She is so important. tims of human trafficking. Without called the local authorities. The local Again, I want to especially thank their hard work, without their advo- authorities were able to rescue her. Senator HEITKAMP for all of her advo- cacy, we would not be debating this on She was rescued with a 16-year-old cacy. She has done tremendous work. the floor of the Senate. So it is so im- and returned to Las Vegas. She is now I am very happy to yield the floor for portant to acknowledge that work and with her mother. The 16-year-old got her. to advance the cause by working to- off the plane and ran—got off the plane There being no objection, the mate- gether. and ran. There was no hope for her, no rial was ordered to be printed in the Today, I wish to speak to amendment place to return that was welcoming, no RECORD, as follows: No. 290, which is the Collins-Leahy run- mother who searched for her on the MARCH 11, 2015. away and homeless youth amendment. Internet and found her. DEAR SENATORS: As faith-based organiza- I want to thank Senator COLLINS and As we work through these stories, I tions representing millions of people in all 50 Senator LEAHY for being such fierce ad- want you to think about what is the states across our nation, we are writing common element, what is the common today regarding the Runaway Homeless vocates for runaway and homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act. youth. I have had years of experience factor. You look behind these stories, Based on the values of our diverse faith tra- working with victims and vulnerable and you will see in these stories of traf- ditions, we are committed to ensuring that youth. I can tell you based on this ex- ficking runaway and homeless youth— all victims of violence have equal access to perience that this amendment is the runaway and homeless youth—vulner- justice, strong legal protections and can ac- most critical piece that we are consid- able, on the street, susceptible to a cess the lifesaving services they need to ering today to truly address prevention warm bed, susceptible to a hot meal, move from crisis to stability. We urge you to and early intervention for a population susceptible to any kind of love and pass this legislation with the nondiscrimina- comfort they can find, only to find out tion clause intact. Federal funds should not that is the most susceptible to being be used to discriminate. trafficked; that is the population of that it might be their worst nightmare. In times of crisis, victims often turn to runaway and homeless youth. They are trapped, and where do they their faith communities and leaders for guid- It is a story I believe is too often go? Where do they go if there is not a ance and support. Faith leaders are on the told. It is a story of a runaway and program for runaway and homeless

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They are the I thank Senators COLLINS and lesbian, transgender or bisexual youth. age of our children or our grand- HEITKAMP for their steadfast and very If we pass an amendment that children. strong support. We have to support the doesn’t have protection for this popu- This is a human issue. In fact, a sur- efforts of dedicated service providers. lation, that doesn’t have protection for vey found that 50 percent of homeless They make these programs work. We these children, what is the message? youth had been solicited for sex by an have to protect these kids. The most The message is the message that has adult within 48 hours of leaving home. important thing is not being in a posi- been reinforced their entire life, which Just think of that—half of these home- tion where the only time we can act or is that they are not worthy of help, less kids were solicited by an adult is after someone has been trafficked. they are not worthy of being treated as within the first 2 days of leaving home. Let’s prevent them from being traf- all other children are. I am talking about kids 12, 13, 14 ficked in the first place. So this Senate will reinforce the re- years old. They have nowhere to go, Prevention will cost money, but it is curring message that is so tragically but we can at least, through this legis- going to save lives, and it is going to identified and so tragically delivered to lation, make sure they have a safe prevent the far more costly effects of these children every day. place to turn. That is what our amend- human trafficking. This is smart I urge my colleagues, I beg my col- ment does. money—we ought to be able and ready leagues to please recognize the worth Senator CORNYN’s amendment is not to invest in our children. We have to of all children. Recognize the vulnera- a good alternative. The amendment I include the Runaway and Homeless bility of this population of children. am offering assures that homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act Vote with us to support the Leahy- youth providers are specifically trained in our efforts to prevent more of our Collins amendment. It is so critical to to recognize victims of trafficking, ad- kids from becoming victims. sending the right message, so critical dress the unique trauma, and refer I have said it so many times on this to giving the right services, but so crit- them to the appropriate care and serv- floor that I almost grow weary of hear- ical to sending the right message that ices. ing myself saying it. I have prosecuted all children matter and that we in the It also lengthens the time they can some of these cases. And it was no- Senate do not see or discriminate. stay in shelters or receive services. where near the problem, when I was a What we do is we help provide shelter Look at what happens if they are prosecutor, that it is today throughout to the most vulnerable among us. forced back out of those shelters. How this country. I yield the floor. long does it take for traffickers to grab I still have nightmares from what we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- them? saw. This Senator hopes that someday, ator from Vermont. The amendment includes important under this legislation, if we work hard Mr. LEAHY. I thank the Senator new efforts to encourage family reuni- enough, none of us will have these from North Dakota for her very, very fication and allows the person to define nightmares. strong statement. the people they consider family. This is I yield the floor. We sometimes talk about numbers particularly important as runaway I suggest the absence of a quorum. and this and that. It is when you talk children are often estranged from their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The about real cases that we understand parents. clerk will call the roll. what we are talking about here. We are Senator CORNYN’s amendment does The legislative clerk proceeded to going to consider two amendments re- not have the crucial nondiscrimination call the roll. lated to preventing human trafficking provision that is in my amendment. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask of runaway and homeless youth. This language would prevent the dis- unanimous consent that the order for Senator CORNYN’s amendment speaks crimination against youth based on the quorum call be rescinded. to this effort, but it is not a meaning- their race, their color, their religion, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ful alternative to the comprehensive their national origin, their sex, their objection, it is so ordered. amendment that Senator COLLINS and I gender identity, their sexual orienta- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the will offer. Our amendment No. 290, the tion, or their disability. question really comes down to this: Do Runaway and Homeless Youth and It is almost identical to a provision we want provider services to homeless Trafficking Prevention Act, has the contained in the bipartisan Violence and runaway youth to be able to turn support of 30 bipartisan cosponsors. Against Women Reauthorization Act of away at the door a 13-year-old girl sim- Senator CORNYN has said that no ef- 2013, which passed the Senate with 78 ply because of her sexual orientation? fort to end human trafficking can be votes. It passed the Republican-con- That is what this comes down to, and I complete without addressing the needs trolled House overwhelmingly and was think the answer is no if that provider of runaway and homeless youth. I signed into law. is receiving Federal funds. It shouldn’t agree and that is why amendment No. You may not like to think about matter, and we should be willing to 290 is so important. In fact, when the this, but the reason this language is stand and say that we want to help all Senate Judiciary Committee voted on particularly important is because a youth stay out of the clutches of these this legislation last year, it received growing number of these homeless and truly evil sex traffickers. That is what the vote of almost every single mem- runaway youth identify as LGBT. this is about. ber, including Senator CORNYN. Many, sadly, have been thrown out of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- In our hearings since then, I have lis- their homes precisely for that reason. ator from Vermont. tened to the stories of survivors. Some They have been rejected by their par- AMENDMENT NO. 290 have been in my office and some have ents. No child should face that kind of (Purpose: To reauthorize the Runaway and been in the offices of other Senators, isolation or rejection—no matter what. Homeless Youth Act) and they talked about this. So many of I am a parent. I am a grandparent. I Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask them begin the same way. They are a find it heartbreaking that a child could unanimous consent to set aside the homeless or a runaway teen, scared, be turned out of their home and then pending amendment to call up amend- desperate for affection and a safe place turned away by a service provider. We ment No. 290. to sleep, especially if they are some- shouldn’t allow organizations to take The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there where in inclement weather. Federal funds and then turn their objection? Traffickers know this. They prey on backs against these kids because of Without objection, it is so ordered. that desperation. They know there are their race or their religion or whom The clerk will report.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.038 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2330 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 The legislative clerk read as follows: SEC. lll. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH Defeat the Cornyn amendment and ACT REAUTHORIZATION. The Senator from Vermont [Mr. LEAHY], vote for the bipartisan Collins-Leahy (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 388(a) of the for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. amendment. Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. HEITKAMP, 5751(a)) is amended— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal question is on agreeing to amendment MERKLEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BOOKER, and Ms. year 2009,’’ and all that follows through the No. 1127, offered by the Senator from KLOBUCHAR, proposes an amendment num- period and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years Texas. bered 290. 2016 through 2020.’’; Mr. CORNYN. I ask for the yeas and Mr. LEAHY. I ask unanimous con- (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such nays. sent that the reading of the amend- sums as may be necessary for fiscal years The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ment be dispensed with. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting sufficient second? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’ ’’; and There appears to be a sufficient sec- objection, it is so ordered. ond. (The amendment is printed in the (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2009’’ and all that follows through the The clerk will call the roll. RECORD of March 11, 2015, under ‘‘Text period and inserting ‘‘ ‘for each of fiscal The legislative clerk called the roll. of Amendments.’’) years 2016 through 2020.’’. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (b) OFFSET; REPEALING PREVENTION AND are necessarily absent: the Senator ator from Illinois. PUBLIC HEALTH FUND.— from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002 of the Pa- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I will from Alabama (Mr. SHELBY). speak briefly in support of the remarks tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. of the Senator from Maine and the Sen- U.S.C. 300u–11) is repealed. (2) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of FISCHER). Are there any other Senators ator from Vermont. in the Chamber desiring to vote? The Cornyn approach on runaway the funds made available under such section 4002, the unobligated balances are rescinded. The result was announced—yeas 45, and homeless youth excludes language (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection takes nays 53, as follows: that would prohibit discrimination effect on October 1, 2015. [Rollcall Vote No. 158 Leg.] against the recipients of these services Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, if I YEAS—45 because of their sexual orientation. could just say in the next 30 seconds or How can we have reached that point in Alexander Fischer Paul so that the first amendment we will Barrasso Gardner Perdue the Senate? vote on reauthorizes the Runaway and Blunt Graham Risch Haven’t we engaged in a national de- Homeless Youth Act, which is some- Boozman Grassley Roberts bate that centered on Indiana and Burr Hatch Rounds thing that we all support, which per- Cassidy Heller Rubio other States? Haven’t we decided in mits treatment of victims of human Coats Hoeven Sasse America that, regardless, we aren’t trafficking without discrimination. It Cochran Inhofe Scott Corker Isakson Sessions going to allow discrimination against also happens to be paid for, something people because of sexual orientation? Cornyn Johnson Sullivan that the Leahy amendment is not. Cotton Lankford Thune Sadly, this Cornyn amendment ex- Right now, most faith-based organi- Crapo Lee Tillis cludes language that prohibits dis- zations, such as Catholic Charities, Daines McCain Toomey crimination against LGBT youth. Enzi McConnell Vitter treat all victims of human trafficking Ernst Moran Wicker Secondly, to fund a less than $1 bil- without regard to sexual orientation, NAYS—53 lion a year program, the Senator from gender issues, and the like—as I am Texas is eliminating a $10 billion proud to say they should. Ayotte Franken Murray Baldwin Gillibrand Nelson health prevention fund, which serves 50 But there is nothing—we have been States to deal with infectious disease Bennet Heinrich Peters told that the various faith-based orga- Blumenthal Heitkamp Portman and serious health issues. nizations worry that the Federal Gov- Booker Hirono Reed This is, sadly, an effort to attack Boxer Kaine Reid ernment is basically going to intervene Brown King ObamaCare, and it shouldn’t be done in and tell them whom they can hire and Sanders Cantwell Kirk Schatz this important legislation. We have Capito Klobuchar what their administration and imple- Schumer wasted 4 weeks on an extraneous issue. Cardin Leahy mentation practices must be. That is Shaheen Carper Manchin Let us stick to the basic issue before Stabenow why almost uniformly, faith-based or- Casey Markey us. ganizations that would be eligible for Collins McCaskill Tester Defeat the Cornyn amendment and the grants to help the victims of Coons Menendez Udall support the amendment being offered Donnelly Merkley Warner human trafficking say that this would Warren by Senator COLLINS and Senator Durbin Mikulski render this administration of this vic- Feinstein Murkowski Whitehouse LEAHY. tims trafficking fund legislation un- Flake Murphy Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- workable. ator from Texas. NOT VOTING—2 I ask my colleagues to support the Cruz Shelby AMENDMENT NO. 1127 Cornyn amendment, to vote against Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask the Leahy amendment, and let’s get The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under unanimous consent to set aside the this done. the previous order requiring 60 votes pending amendment and call up my I yield the floor. for the adoption of this amendment, amendment No. 1127. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, is there the amendment is rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any time remaining on this amend- AMENDMENT NO. 290 objection? ment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is the previous order, there is now 2 min- The clerk will report. 1 minute remaining in opposition. utes of debate prior to a vote on The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in oppo- amendment No. 290, offered by the Sen- The Senator from Texas [Mr. CORNYN] pro- sition to the Cornyn amendment, let ator from Vermont, Mr. LEAHY. poses an amendment numbered 1127. me say this. Up to forty percent of the The Senator from Vermont. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask overall homeless youth population Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, my unanimous consent that the reading of identify as LGBT, and many have re- bipartisan amendment to prevent the amendment be dispensed with. ported that they have been subjected human trafficking includes important The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to service denial and discrimination by language to prohibit discrimination objection, it is so ordered. staff and providers based on their sex- against homeless children. The amendment is as follows: ual orientation. The Leahy-Collins al- The language should be familiar to (Purpose: To reauthorize the Runaway and ternative expressly prohibits discrimi- most Senators here. It is nearly iden- Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes) nation against youth because of their tical to what we voted for overwhelm- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- sexual orientation. That should be the ingly as part of the Violence Against lowing: gold standard. Women Act reauthorization 2 years

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.039 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2331 ago. It shouldn’t be controversial. We The result was announced—yeas 56, (A) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime should reaffirm our commitment to nays 43, as follows: Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) (commonly referred to nondiscrimination. All children—all [Rollcall Vote No. 159 Leg.] children—deserve our protection. We as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women For- YEAS—56 mula Grant Program’’); or should not be picking and choosing, Ayotte Heinrich Paul (B) section 41601 of the Violence Against saying: This child deserves protection, Baldwin Heitkamp Peters Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g) (com- this one doesn’t. They all deserve our Bennet Heller Portman monly referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault protection. Blumenthal Hirono Reed Services Program’’). Booker Kaine The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Reid (2) TERMINATION.— Boxer King Sanders ator from Texas. Brown Kirk (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘termination’’ Schatz means, when used with respect to parental Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer Capito Leahy rights, a complete and final termination of urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the Leahy amend- Shaheen Cardin Manchin the parent’s right to custody of, guardian- ment. Stabenow Carper Markey Sullivan ship of, visitation with, access to, and inher- I agree with the senior Senator from Casey McCaskill Tester itance from a child. Vermont that all victims of human Collins Menendez (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in trafficking should be treated with the Coons Merkley Toomey Udall this paragraph shall be construed to require dignity they deserve without regard to Donnelly Mikulski Durbin Murkowski Warner a State, in order to receive an increase in the sexual orientation or any discrimina- Feinstein Murphy Warren amount provided to the State under the cov- tion. That is what the Cornyn amend- Franken Murray Whitehouse ered formula grants under this title, to have ment we just voted on would do. Gillibrand Nelson Wyden in place a law that terminates any obliga- tion of a person who fathered a child through What we are told by faith-based orga- NAYS—43 rape to support the child. nizations that provide many of these Alexander Fischer Perdue services is that the Leahy language SEC. ll03. FINDINGS. Barrasso Flake Risch Congress finds the following: Blunt Gardner would make rendition of those services Roberts (1) Men who father children through rape difficult, if not impossible. There is Boozman Graham Rounds Burr Grassley should be prohibited from visiting or having some debate whether it would also in- Rubio Cassidy Hatch Sasse custody of those children. trude on hiring practices and whether Coats Hoeven Scott (2) Thousands of rape-related pregnancies people could actually be hired in faith- Cochran Inhofe Sessions occur annually in the United States. Corker Isakson Shelby (3) A substantial number of women choose based organizations if they didn’t agree Cornyn Johnson Thune to raise their child conceived through rape with some of the services that are ren- Cotton Lankford Tillis and, as a result, may face custody battles dered here. Crapo Lee Finally, the Leahy amendment would Daines McCain Vitter with their rapists. Enzi McConnell Wicker (4) Rape is one of the most under-pros- authorize $115 million of spending that Ernst Moran ecuted serious crimes, with estimates of it is not paid for and thus would in- criminal conviction occurring in less than 5 NOT VOTING—1 crease the deficit. A number of organi- percent of rapes. zations, such as the Conference of Cruz (5) The clear and convincing evidence Catholic Bishops, the National Reli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under standard is the most common standard for gious Broadcasters, National Associa- the previous order requiring 60 votes termination of parental rights among the 50 tion of Evangelicals, among other reli- for the adoption of this amendment, States, territories, and the District of Co- gious organizations, urge a ‘‘no’’ vote lumbia. the amendment is rejected. (6) The Supreme Court established that the on the Leahy amendment. The Senator from Ohio. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- clear and convincing evidence standard sat- AMENDMENT NO. 311 isfies due process for allegations to termi- ator from Maine. Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask nate or restrict parental rights in Santosky Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, how unanimous consent to set aside the v. Kramer (455 U.S. 745 (1982)). much time is left? (7) Currently only 10 States have statutes The PRESIDING OFFICER. Fifteen pending amendment in order to call up Brown amendment No. 311. allowing rape survivors to petition for the seconds. termination of parental rights of the rapist Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there based on clear and convincing evidence that question before us is very clear: If you objection? the child was conceived through rape. believe runaway and homeless youth Without objection, it is so ordered. (8) A rapist pursuing parental or custody should receive services that are feder- The clerk will report. rights causes the survivor to have continued ally funded without regard to their sex- The legislative clerk read as follows: interaction with the rapist, which can have traumatic psychological effects on the sur- ual orientation, you should vote yes on The Senator from Ohio [Mr. BROWN] for himself, Ms. AYOTTE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. vivor, and can make it more difficult for her this amendment. The Cornyn amend- to recover. ment does not prohibit discrimination. GILLIBRAND, and Ms. BALDWIN, proposes an amendment numbered 311. (9) These traumatic effects on the mother The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- can severely negatively impact her ability to ator from Texas. Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask raise a healthy child. Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I unanimous consent that the reading of (10) Rapists may use the threat of pursuing ask that all votes be kept to 10 min- the amendment be dispensed with. custody or parental rights to coerce sur- utes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without vivors into not prosecuting rape, or other- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. wise harass, intimidate, or manipulate them. objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: SEC. ll04. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZED. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (Purpose: To direct the Attorney General to question is on agreeing to amendment The Attorney General shall increase the increase the amount provided under cer- amount provided to a State under the cov- No. 290, offered by the Senator from tain formula grants to States that have in ered formula grants in accordance with this Vermont. place laws that terminate the parental title if the State has in place a law that al- Mr. LEAHY. I ask for the yeas and rights of men who father children through lows the mother of any child that was con- nays. rape) ceived through rape to seek court-ordered The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a At the appropriate place, insert the fol- termination of the parental rights of her rap- sufficient second? lowing: ist with regard to that child, which the court There appears to be a sufficient sec- TITLE ll—RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD is authorized to grant upon clear and con- ond. CUSTODY vincing evidence of rape. SEC. ll05. APPLICATION. The clerk will call the roll. SEC. ll01. SHORT TITLE. The bill clerk called the roll. A State seeking an increase in the amount This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rape Sur- provided to the State under the covered for- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator vivor Child Custody Act’’. is necessarily absent: the Senator from mula grants shall include in the application SEC. ll02. DEFINITIONS. of the State for each covered formula grant Texas (Mr. CRUZ). In this title: such information as the Attorney General The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there (1) COVERED FORMULA GRANT.—The term may reasonably require, including informa- any other Senators in the Chamber de- ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant tion about the law described in section siring to vote? under— ll04.

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There is a sufficient second. Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General The question is on agreeing to is necessarily absent. shall provide an increase in the amount pro- amendment No. 311, offered by the Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there vided to a State under the covered formula ator from Ohio. any other Senators in the Chamber de- grants under this title for a 2-year period. The clerk will call the roll. (b) LIMIT.—The Attorney General may not The legislative clerk called the roll. siring to vote? provide an increase in the amount provided Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator The result was announced—yeas 98, to a State under the covered formula grants nays 0, as follows: under this title more than 4 times. is necessarily absent: the Senator from SEC. ll08. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FOR- Texas (Mr. CRUZ). [Rollcall Vote No. 161 Leg.] MULA GRANT FUNDS. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. YEAS—98 The Attorney General shall allocate an in- TOOMEY). Are there any other Senators Alexander Flake Murray crease in the amount provided to a State in the Chamber desiring to vote? Ayotte Franken Nelson under the covered formula grants under this The result was announced—yeas 99, Baldwin Gardner Paul title such that— nays 0, as follows: Barrasso Gillibrand Perdue (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is Bennet Graham Peters provided under the program described in sec- [Rollcall Vote No. 160 Leg.] Blumenthal Grassley Portman tion ll02(1)(A); and YEAS—99 Blunt Hatch Reed Booker Heinrich (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is Alexander Flake Murray Reid Boozman Heitkamp Risch provided under the program described in sec- Ayotte Franken Nelson Boxer Heller tion ll02(1)(B). Baldwin Gardner Paul Roberts Brown Hirono Rounds Barrasso Gillibrand Perdue Burr Hoeven SEC. ll09. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- Rubio Bennet Graham Peters Cantwell Inhofe TIONS. Sasse Blumenthal Grassley Portman Capito Isakson There is authorized to be appropriated to Schatz Blunt Hatch Reed Cardin Johnson carry out this title $5,000,000 for each of fis- Schumer Booker Heinrich Reid Carper Kaine cal years 2015 through 2019. Scott Boozman Heitkamp Risch Casey King The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Boxer Heller Roberts Cassidy Kirk Sessions Shaheen the previous order, there will be 2 min- Brown Hirono Rounds Coats Klobuchar Burr Hoeven Rubio Cochran Lankford Shelby utes of debate equally divided prior to Cantwell Inhofe Sanders Collins Leahy Stabenow a vote on amendment No. 311, offered Capito Isakson Sasse Coons Lee Sullivan by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. BROWN. Cardin Johnson Schatz Corker Manchin Tester Carper Kaine Schumer Cornyn Markey Thune The Senator from Ohio. Casey King Scott Tillis Mr. BROWN. Madam President, Cotton McCain Cassidy Kirk Sessions Crapo McCaskill Toomey women who give birth to a child con- Coats Klobuchar Shaheen Daines McConnell Udall ceived through rape can often face in- Cochran Lankford Shelby Donnelly Menendez Vitter timidation from attackers who—be- Collins Leahy Stabenow Durbin Merkley Warner Coons Lee Sullivan Enzi Mikulski Warren lieve it or not—pursue parental rights. Corker Manchin Tester Ernst Moran Whitehouse I was first moved to introduce this Cornyn Markey Thune Feinstein Murkowski Wicker bill following the case of Ariel Castro Cotton McCain Tillis Fischer Murphy Wyden Crapo McCaskill Toomey in Cleveland. He was on trial for kid- Daines McConnell Udall NOT VOTING—2 napping, raping, and holding prisoner Donnelly Menendez Vitter Cruz Sanders three women for a decade and then he Durbin Merkley Warner Enzi Mikulski Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under asked the judge for parental rights to Ernst Moran Whitehouse visit the 6-year-old daughter who was Feinstein Murkowski Wicker the previous order requiring 60 votes conceived through his rape. Fischer Murphy Wyden for the adoption of this amendment, Madam President, the Brown-Ayotte- NOT VOTING—1 the amendment is agreed to. Shaheen-Gillibrand-Baldwin amend- Cruz AMENDMENT NO. 273, AS MODIFIED ment helps protect rape survivors by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under encouraging States to pass laws allow- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes the previous order, there will now be 2 ing women to petition for the termi- minutes of debate equally divided prior nation of their attacker’s parental for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. to a vote on amendment No. 273, as rights if there is clear and convincing modified, offered by the Senator from VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1121 evidence that the child was conceived Illinois, Mr. KIRK. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under through the rape. The Senator from Illinois. Madam President, I yield 1 minute to the previous order, there will now be 2 Mr. KIRK. Mr. President, I rise to my colleague from New Hampshire. minutes of debate equally divided prior The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to a vote on amendment No. 1121, of- speak on amendment No. 273. It stands ator from New Hampshire. fered by the Senator from North Caro- for the principle that freedom on the Internet is not the freedom to enslave Ms. AYOTTE. Madam President, I lina, Mr. BURR. thank Senator BROWN. This is a very Mr. BURR. Mr. President, we yield others. important amendment. back all time. I want to make sure this country If you are for supporting victims, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there stands for the principles under the 13th protecting life and children and against objection? Amendment that we enshrined with rapists, vote for this amendment. Un- Without objection, all time is yielded Lincoln’s victory in the Civil War, and fortunately, rapists too often try to back. I urge all Members to adopt this manipulate their victims by claiming Mr. BURR. I ask for the yeas and amendment by a strong, substantial custodial rights over children, and we nays. vote to pass the SAVE Act to make need to stand with victims on this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sure that providers of human traffic issue and allow States to be sufficient second? services do not have freedom to adver- incentivized to allow victims to termi- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tise on the Internet. nate their parental rights should they ond. Thank you, Mr. President. I yield choose to have a child and to raise that The question is on agreeing to back. child without having the threat of a amendment No. 1121, offered by the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- rapist over their shoulder. Senator from North Carolina. ator from California.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.014 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2333 Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, as for the adoption of this amendment, (3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the the Democratic sponsor of this amend- the amendment, as modified, is agreed end; ment, I would like to thank the distin- to. (4) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the guished Senator from Illinois for his The majority whip. end; and (5) by inserting after clause (v) the fol- AMENDMENTS NOS. 296; 299, AS MODIFIED; 279; leadership on this issue. The fact is, lowing: 1126; 294; 308; 1128; 310; 312; 1122; AND 303 this amendment is essentially the same ‘‘(vi) the number of individuals required by as the House stand-alone bill that Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I call up a court order to pay restitution in connec- passed unanimously. the following amendments en bloc: tion with a violation of each offense under Members, it is a fact that approxi- Klobuchar No. 296; Hoeven No. 299, as title 18, United States Code, the amount of mately 76 percent of sex trafficking of modified; Sullivan No. 279; Wicker No. restitution required to be paid under each underage girls takes place on the Inter- 1126; Flake No. 294; Cassidy No. 308; such order, and the amount of restitution ac- net—76 percent. Portman No. 1128; Brown No. 310; tually paid pursuant to each such order; and We know at least 19 Web sites that Brown No. 312; Heller No. 1122; and Sha- ‘‘(vii) the age, gender, race, country of ori- post ads for commercial sex acts with gin, country of citizenship, and description heen No. 303. of the role in the offense of individuals con- children. They are paid for so doing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The amendment essentially does two victed under each offense; and’’. objection? SEC. 403. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOT- things. It adds the word ‘‘advertises’’ Without objection, it is so ordered. LINE. as one of the sex trafficking offense The clerk will report the amend- Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime verbs. Second, it clarifies that only the ments en bloc. Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of ‘‘knowing’’ intent and not the ‘‘reck- The senior assistant legislative clerk 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)) is amended— less disregard of the fact’’ intent ap- read as follows: (1) by striking ‘‘Subject’’ and inserting the plies to the new offense. The Senator from Texas [Mr. CORNYN], for following: We have checked with the Depart- others, proposes amendments numbered 296; ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject’’; and ment of Justice. We believe it meets 299, as modified; 279; 1126; 294; 308; 1128; 310; (2) by adding at the end the following: constitutional standards. We believe it 312; 1122; and 303. ‘‘(ii) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOT- is necessary and is long overdue. I urge The amendments are as follows: LINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017, and in each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made an ‘‘aye’’ vote of all Members. AMENDMENT NO. 296 available for grants under paragraph (2), the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (Purpose: To stop exploitation through Secretary of Health and Human Services question is on agreeing to amendment trafficking) shall make grants for a national communica- No. 273, as modified, offered by the Sen- At the end of the bill, add the following: tion system to assist victims of severe forms ator from Illinois. TITLE IV—STOPPING EXPLOITATION of trafficking in persons in communicating Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask THROUGH TRAFFICKING with service providers. The Secretary shall for the yeas and nays. SEC. 401. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES. give priority to grant applicants that have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con- experience in providing telephone services to sufficient second? trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. victims of severe forms of trafficking in per- There appears to be a sufficient sec- 3796dd et seq.) is amended— sons.’’. ond. (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ‘‘where SEC. 404. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. The clerk will call the roll. feasible’’ and all that follows, and inserting Section 144(a)(3) of the Workforce Innova- The bill clerk called the roll. the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an applica- tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator tion— 3194(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end is necessarily absent: the Senator from ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional ca- the following: ‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of traf- Texas (Mr. CRUZ). reer law enforcement officers that involves a The result was announced—yeas 97, non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence nays 2, as follows: percent minimum under subsection (g); or ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Not- [Rollcall Vote No. 162 Leg.] in effect a law that— withstanding paragraph (2), an individual de- YEAS—97 ‘‘(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or scribed in this subparagraph shall not be re- Alexander Franken Nelson has attempted to engage in, a commercial quired to demonstrate eligibility under such Ayotte Gardner Paul sex act as a victim of a severe form of traf- paragraph.’’. Baldwin Gillibrand Perdue ficking in persons; SEC. 405. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE Barrasso Graham Peters ‘‘(B) discourages or prohibits the charging UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERV- Bennet Grassley Portman or prosecution of an individual described in ICE. Blumenthal Hatch Reed Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Blunt Heinrich subparagraph (A) for a prostitution or sex Reid trafficking offense, based on the conduct de- Code, is amended— Booker Heitkamp Risch Boozman Heller scribed in subparagraph (A); and (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ Roberts Boxer Hirono at the end; Rounds ‘‘(C) encourages the diversion of an indi- Brown Hoeven (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- Rubio vidual described in subparagraph (A) to ap- Burr Inhofe propriate service providers, including child riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Capito Isakson Sanders Sasse welfare services, victim treatment programs, (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the Cardin Johnson following: Carper Kaine Schatz child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, Casey King Schumer or other social services.’’; and ‘‘(D) assist State, local, and other Federal Cassidy Kirk Scott (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end law enforcement agencies, upon the request Coats Klobuchar Sessions the following: of such an agency, in locating and recovering Cochran Lankford Shaheen ‘‘(5) ‘commercial sex act’ has the meaning missing children.’’. Collins Leahy Shelby given the term in section 103 of the Victims SEC. 406. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY Coons Lee Stabenow TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Corker Manchin of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act Sullivan (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General Cornyn Markey of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). Tester shall implement and maintain a National Cotton McCain Thune ‘‘(6) ‘minor’ means an individual who has Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking Crapo McCaskill Tillis not attained the age of 18 years. Daines McConnell Toomey ‘‘(7) ‘severe form of trafficking in persons’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘National Donnelly Menendez Udall has the meaning given the term in section Strategy’’) in accordance with this section. Durbin Merkley Vitter 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio- (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL Enzi Mikulski Warner lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. STRATEGY.—The National Strategy shall in- Ernst Moran clude the following: Feinstein Murkowski Warren 7102).’’. Fischer Murphy Whitehouse SEC. 402. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CON- (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and Flake Murray Wicker NECTION WITH CERTAIN TRAF- tribal efforts to investigate and prosecute FICKING OFFENSES. human trafficking cases, including— NAYS—2 Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Traf- (A) the development by each United States Cantwell Wyden ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 attorney, in consultation with State, local, NOT VOTING—1 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— and tribal government agencies, of a dis- (1) by inserting after ‘‘1590,’’ the following: trict-specific strategic plan to coordinate Cruz ‘‘1591,’’; the identification of victims and the inves- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under (2) by striking ‘‘and 1594’’ and inserting tigation and prosecution of human traf- the previous order requiring 60 votes ‘‘1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423’’; ficking crimes;

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(B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 as- general that a State or local attorney be AMENDMENT NO. 308 sistant United States attorney in each dis- cross designated to prosecute a violation of (Purpose: To provide for the development trict dedicated to the prosecution of human this section unless the Attorney General de- and dissemination of evidence-based best trafficking cases or responsible for imple- termines that granting the request would practices for health care professionals to menting the National Strategy; undermine the administration of justice. recognize victims of a severe form of traf- (C) the participation in any Federal, State, ‘‘(2) REASON FOR DENIAL.—If the Attorney ficking and respond to such individuals ap- local, or tribal human trafficking task force General denies a request under paragraph (1), propriately, and for other purposes) operating in the district of the United States the Attorney General shall submit to the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- attorney; and State attorney general a detailed reason for lowing: (D) any other efforts intended to enhance the denial not later than 60 days after the the level of coordination and cooperation, as date on which a request is received.’’. TITLE ll—TRAFFICKING AWARENESS determined by the Attorney General. TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE AMENDMENT NO. 1126 (2) Case coordination within the Depart- SEC. l01. SHORT TITLE. ment of Justice, including specific integra- (Purpose: To direct the Attorney General to This title may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking tion, coordination, and collaboration, as ap- create a publicly accessible database for Awareness Training for Health Care Act of propriate, on human trafficking investiga- trafficking victims advocates that con- 2015’’. tions between and among the United States tains information about services for traf- SEC. ll02. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. attorneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecu- ficking survivors) (a) GRANT OR CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT tion Unit, the Child Exploitation and Ob- OF BEST PRACTICES.— At the end of title I, add the following: scenity Section, and the Federal Bureau of (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after Investigation. SEC. 118. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TRAF- the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal ef- FICKING SURVIVORS. retary of Health and Human Services acting forts dedicated to preventing and combating The Attorney General shall make avail- through the Administrator of the Health Re- human trafficking, including resources dedi- able, on the website of the Office of Juvenile sources and Services Administration, and in cated to the Human Trafficking Prosecution Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a data- consultation with the Administration on Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity base for trafficking victim advocates, crisis Children and Families and other agencies Section, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, hotline personnel, foster parents, law en- with experience in serving victims of human and all other entities that receive Federal forcement personnel, and crime survivors trafficking, shall award, on a competitive support that have a goal or mission to com- that contains information on— basis, a grant or contract to an eligible enti- bat the exploitation of adults and children. (1) counseling and hotline resources; ty to train health care professionals to rec- (4) An ongoing assessment of the future (2) housing resources; ognize and respond to victims of a severe trends, challenges, and opportunities, includ- (3) legal assistance; and form of trafficking. ing new investigative strategies, techniques, (4) other services for trafficking survivors. (2) DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED BEST and technologies, that will enhance Federal, PRACTICES.—An entity receiving a grant State, local, and tribal efforts to combat SEC. 119. EXPANDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS under paragraph (1) shall develop evidence- human trafficking. FOR CIVIL ACTIONS BY CHILD TRAF- based best practices for health care profes- (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordi- FICKING SURVIVORS. sionals to recognize and respond to victims nation, and mutual support between private Section 1595(c) of title 18, United States of a severe form of trafficking, including— sector and other entities and organizations Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not later than (A) consultation with law enforcement of- and Federal agencies to combat human traf- 10 years after the cause of action arose.’’ and ficials, social service providers, health pro- ficking, including the involvement of State, inserting ‘‘not later than the later of— fessionals, experts in the field of human traf- local, and tribal government agencies to the ‘‘(1) 10 years after the cause of action ficking, and other experts, as appropriate, to extent Federal programs are involved. arose; or inform the development of such best prac- AMENDMENT NO. 299, AS MODIFIED ‘‘(2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 tices; (Purpose: To ensure that eligible entities years of age, if the victim was a minor at the (B) the identification of any existing best that have only recently begun collecting time of the alleged offense.’’. practices or tools for health professionals to data on child human trafficking are not recognize potential victims of a severe form AMENDMENT NO. 294 precluded from being awarded certain of trafficking; and grants) (Purpose: To require a GAO study on the (C) the development of educational mate- On page 60, between lines 17 and 18, insert programs authorized by the bill) rials to train health care professionals on the following: the best practices developed under this sub- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES SOLICITING DATA ON section. lowing: CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—No eligible enti- (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Best practices devel- ty shall be disadvantaged in being awarded a SEC. ll. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. oped under this subsection shall address— grant under subsection (a) on the grounds (A) risk factors and indicators to recognize (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of that the eligible entity has only recently victims of a severe form of trafficking; the United States shall conduct a study on (B) patient safety and security; begun soliciting data on child human traf- each program or initiative authorized under ficking.’’. (C) the management of medical records of this Act and the following statutes and patients who are victims of a severe form of AMENDMENT NO. 279 evaluate whether any program or initiative trafficking; (Purpose: To require the Attorney General of is duplicative: (D) public and private social services avail- the United States to grant certain requests (1) Trafficking Victims Protection Reau- able for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter by State attorneys general to cross des- thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164; referrals; ignate State and local attorneys to pros- 119 Stat. 3558). (E) the hotlines for reporting human traf- ecute individuals for sex trafficking) (2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act of ficking maintained by the National Human At the end, add the following: 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). Trafficking Resource Center and the Depart- SEC. lll. TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEX- (3) Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 ment of Homeland Security; UAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED U.S.C. 13001 et seq.). (F) validated assessment tools for the iden- CRIMES. (4) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 tification of victims of a severe form of traf- Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, U.S.C. 5701 et seq.). ficking; and is amended by striking section 2421 and in- (5) Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 (G) referral options and procedures for serting the following: U.S.C. 5771 et seq.). sharing information on human trafficking ‘‘§ 2421. Transportation generally (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after with a patient and making referrals for legal ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp- and social services as appropriate. transports any individual in interstate or troller General of the United States shall (4) PILOT PROGRAM.—An entity receiving a foreign commerce, or in any Territory or submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of grant under paragraph (1) shall design and Possession of the United States, with intent the Senate and the Committee on the Judici- implement a pilot program to test the best that such individual engage in prostitution, ary of the House of Representatives a report practices and educational materials identi- or in any sexual activity for which any per- on the study conducted under subsection (a), fied or developed with respect to the recogni- son can be charged with a criminal offense, which shall include— tion of victims of human trafficking by or attempts to do so, shall be fined under (1) a description of the cost of any duplica- health professionals at health care sites lo- this title or imprisoned not more than 10 tive program or initiative studied under sub- cated near an established anti-human traf- years, or both. section (a); and ficking task force initiative in each of the 10 ‘‘(b) REQUESTS TO PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS (2) recommendations on how to achieve administrative regions of the Department of BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.— cost savings with respect to each duplicative Health and Human Services. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General program or initiative studied under sub- (5) ANALYSIS AND REPORT.—Not later than shall grant a request by a State attorney section (a). 24 months after the date on which an entity

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AMENDMENT NO. 312 (ii) the number of victims of a severe form (Purpose: To amend the Trafficking Victims of trafficking who were identified under the (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Protection Act of 2000 to expand the train- program; ing for Federal Government personnel re- (iii) of those victims identified, the number (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) made by this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of the lated to trafficking in persons, and for who received information or referrals for other purposes) services offered; and enactment of this Act. (b) STATE PLANS.—Section 106 of the Child (iv) of those victims who received such in- At the end of title II, add the following: Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 formation or referrals— Subtitle D—Expanded Training U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— (I) the number who participated in follow (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— SEC. 231. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO up services; and TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at (II) the type of follow up services received; Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims the end; and (B) determine, using the results of the Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is (B) by adding at the end the following: analysis conducted under subparagraph (A), amended— ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures requiring the extent to which the best practices devel- (1) by striking ‘‘Appropriate personnel’’ identification and assessment of all reports oped under this subsection are evidence- and inserting the following: involving children known or suspected to be based; and ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriate personnel’’; victims of sex trafficking (as defined in sec- (C) submit to the Secretary of Health and (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by tion 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Pro- Human Services a report concerning the inserting ‘‘, including members of the Serv- tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102 (10)); and pilot program and the analysis of the pilot ice (as such term is defined in section 103 of ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for train- program under subparagraph (A), including the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. ing child protective services workers about an identification of the best practices that 3903))’’ after ‘‘Department of State’’; and identifying, assessing, and providing com- were identified as effective and those that (3) by adding at the end the following: prehensive services for children who are sex require further review. ‘‘(B) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Training trafficking victims, including efforts to co- under this paragraph shall include— (b) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 30 ordinate with State law enforcement, juve- ‘‘(i) a distance learning course on traf- months after date on which a grant is award- nile justice, and social service agencies such ficking-in-persons issues and the Depart- ed to an eligible entity under subsection (a), as runaway and homeless youth shelters to ment of State’s obligations under this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services serve this population;’’; and which shall be designed for embassy report- shall— (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end ing officers, regional bureaus’ trafficking-in- (1) collaborate with appropriate profes- the following: persons coordinators, and their superiors; sional associations and health care profes- ‘‘(17) The number of children determined to ‘‘(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons brief- sional schools to disseminate best practices be victims described in subsection ings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of identified or developed under subsection (a) (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).’’. mission before such individuals depart for for purposes of recognizing potential victims (c) SPECIAL RULE.— their posts; and of a severe form of trafficking; and (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the Child ‘‘(iii) at least annual reminders to all per- (2) post on the public website of the De- Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 sonnel referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), in- partment of Health and Human Services the U.S.C. 5106g) is amended— cluding appropriate personnel from other best practices that are identified by the as (A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and insert- Federal departments and agencies, at each effective under subsection (a)(5). ing the following: diplomatic or consular post of the Depart- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes’’; and SEC. l03. DEFINITIONS. ment of State located outside the United (B) by adding at the end the following: In this title: States of— ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.— (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an ac- ‘‘(I) key problems, threats, methods, and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section credited school of medicine or nursing with warning signs of trafficking in persons spe- 3(2) and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be experience in the study or treatment of vic- cific to the country or jurisdiction in which considered a victim of ‘child abuse and ne- tims of a severe form of trafficking. each such post is located; and glect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ if the child is (2) The term ‘‘eligible site’’ means a health ‘‘(II) appropriate procedures to report in- identified, by a State or local agency em- center that is receiving assistance under sec- formation that any such personnel may ac- ployee of the State or locality involved, as tion 330, 399Z–1, or 1001 of the Public Health quire about possible cases of trafficking in being a victim of sex trafficking (as defined Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, 280h-5, and 300). persons.’’. in paragraph (10) of section 103 of the Traf- (3) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 AMENDMENT NO. 1122 means a person employed by a health care U.S.C. 7102)) or a victim of severe forms of (Purpose: To direct the Secretary of Home- provider who provides to patients informa- trafficking in persons described in paragraph land Security to train Department of tion (including information not related to (9)(A) of that section. Homeland Security personnel how to effec- medical treatment), scheduling, services, or ‘‘(2) STATE OPTION.—Notwithstanding the tively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent referrals. definition of ‘child’ in section 3(1), a State human trafficking during the course of (4) The term ‘‘HIPAA privacy and security may elect to define that term for purposes of their primary roles and responsibilities) law’’ has the meaning given to such term in the application of paragraph (1) to section section 3009 of the Public Health Service Act At the end of the bill, add the following: 3(2) and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has (42 U.S.C. 300jj–19). TITLE IV—ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING not attained the age of 24.’’. (5) The term ‘‘victim of a severe form of FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(2) trafficking’’ has the meaning given to such CURITY PERSONNEL of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- term in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic- ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). inserting ‘‘(including sexual abuse as deter- In this title: SEC. l04. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF mined under section 111)’’ after ‘‘sexual (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ APPROPRIATIONS. abuse or exploitation’’. means the Department of Homeland Secu- No additional funds are authorized to be (3) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Paragraph rity. appropriated to carry out this title, and this (5)(C) of subsection (a), as so designated, of (2) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human title shall be carried out using amounts oth- section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention trafficking’’ means an act or practice de- erwise available for such purpose. and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is scribed in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 amended by striking ‘‘inhumane;’’ and in- of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of AMENDMENT NO. 1128 serting ‘‘inhumane.’’. 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (Purpose: To amend the Child Abuse Preven- AMENDMENT NO. 310 means the Secretary of Homeland Security. tion and Treatment Act to enable State (Purpose: To allow grants under the victim- SEC. 402. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PER- child protective services systems to im- centered child human trafficking deter- prove the identification and assessment of SONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN TRAF- rence block grant program to be used for FICKING. child victims of sex trafficking, and for assisting law enforcement agencies in find- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days other purposes) ing homeless and runaway youth) after the date of the enactment of this Act, At the appropriate place, insert the fol- On page 57, between lines 2 and 3, insert the Secretary shall implement a program lowing: the following: to—

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SHORT TITLE. this amendment. mary roles and responsibilities; and This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empower- ator from Mississippi. ment Act of 2015’’. paragraph (1) regularly receive current infor- AMENDMENT NO. 1126 mation on matters related to the detection SEC. l02. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAF- Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I rise in of human trafficking, including information FICKING SURVIVORS. that becomes available outside of the De- Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus strong support of the underlying bill. I partment’s initial or periodic retraining Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 thank the leadership on both sides for schedule, to the extent relevant to their offi- (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) is amended by striking coming to a bipartisan agreement, and cial duties and consistent with applicable in- ‘‘where feasible’’ and all that follows, and in- I thank the leadership for agreeing to formation and privacy laws. serting the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an take the Wicker amendment by a voice (b) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The training re- application— vote. ferred to in subsection (a) may be conducted ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional ca- My amendment does two things. Sim- through in-class or virtual learning capabili- reer law enforcement officers that involves a ply, it extends the statute of limita- non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 ties, and shall include— tions to allow child victims to file civil (1) methods for identifying suspected vic- percent minimum under subsection (g); or ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has lawsuits against perpetrators up to 10 tims of human trafficking and, where appro- years after they reach the age of 18, priate, perpetrators of human trafficking; in effect a law— (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to ‘‘(A) that— rather than 10 years after the cause of approach a suspected victim of human traf- ‘‘(i) provides a process by which an indi- action arises. Secondly, my amend- ficking, where appropriate, in a manner that vidual who is a human trafficking survivor ment creates a Department of Justice is sensitive to the suspected victim and is can move to vacate any arrest or conviction data base for education and outreach. not likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of records for a non-violent offense committed Trafficking is a complex issue, and it as a direct result of human trafficking, in- human trafficking; will take a comprehensive approach to (3) training that is most appropriate for a cluding prostitution or lewdness; ‘‘(ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption facility adequate support for victims. particular location or environment in which That is what the Wicker amendment the personnel receiving such training per- that any arrest or conviction of an indi- form their official duties; vidual for an offense associated with human does. (4) other topics determined by the Sec- trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote when we take it retary to be appropriate; and the individual— by voice. (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel ‘‘(I) is a person granted nonimmigrant sta- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- receiving the training. tus pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the ator from Ohio. Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. (c) TRAINING CURRICULUM REVIEW.—The AMENDMENT NO. 1128 1101(a)(15)(T)(i)); Secretary shall annually reassess the train- ‘‘(II) is the subject of a certification by the Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I rise ing program established under subsection (a) Secretary of Health and Human Services to express strong support for the un- to ensure it is consistent with current tech- under section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking derlying bill and also my appreciation niques, patterns, and trends associated with Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. to the managers of the bill for includ- human trafficking. 7105(b)(1)(E)); or ing the en bloc amendments. One I of- SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CON- ‘‘(III) has other similar documentation of fered is entitled the ‘‘Ensuring a Better GRESS. trafficking, which has been issued by a Fed- Response for Victims of Child Sex Traf- (a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 year eral, State, or local agency; and ficking,’’ part of a larger bill we passed after the date of the enactment of this Act, ‘‘(iii) protects the identity of individuals the Secretary shall certify to Congress that who are human trafficking survivors in pub- last year. all personnel referred to in section 402(a) lic and court records; and This one ensures all children who are have successfully completed the training re- ‘‘(B) that does not require an individual sex-trafficked will be classified as child quired under that section. who is a human trafficking survivor to pro- abuse victims for purposes of the Child (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 vide official documentation as described in Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. year after the date of the enactment of this subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph Currently, sex trafficking of a minor Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary (A)(ii) in order to receive protection under is not considered child abuse unless a shall report to Congress with respect to the the law.’’. parent or caregiver was directly in- overall effectiveness of the program required Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask volved in the child’s exploitation. This by this title, the number of cases reported by unanimous consent that Senators SUL- amendment clarifies that a child vic- Department personnel in which human traf- LIVAN, CASSIDY, WICKER, KLOBUCHAR, tim of sex trafficking is a victim of ficking was suspected, and, of those cases, and PORTMAN each be recognized to the number of cases that were confirmed child abuse and, therefore, can be eligi- cases of human trafficking. speak for 1 minute. ble for the services as they recover. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Over the past couple of days, we have SEC. 404. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTI- objection? TIES. made some great progress, including Without objection, it is so ordered. putting aside partisan divides in com- The Secretary may provide training cur- The Senator from Alaska. ricula to any State, local, or tribal govern- ing together to combat human traf- ment or private organization to assist the AMENDMENT NO. 279 ficking, a heinous criminal industry government or organization in establishing a Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I rise that all of us want to stop. program of training to identify human traf- in support of amendment No. 279, the I am proud my bringing missing chil- ficking, upon request from the government Mann Act cooperation amendment. dren home legislation with Senator or organization. This is a simple amendment with SCHUMER, as well as my Combat SEC. 405. EXPANDED USE OF DOMESTIC TRAF- strong bipartisan support. Human Trafficking Act with Senator FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND. I appreciate the cosponsors, Senators FEINSTEIN is on the floor and have been Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States MURKOWSKI, AYOTTE, HEITKAMP, and included in the underlying bill. We Code, as added by section 101 of this Act, is GILLIBRAND. have made a lot of progress, and we are amended— What this amendment will do, it will a few steps closer to actually ending (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ increase prosecutions of human traf- trafficking for once and for all. at the end; ficking without an increase in cost. It I particularly congratulate Senator (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and allows and encourages Federal prosecu- CORNYN and Senator KLOBUCHAR for (3) by adding at the end the following: tors to work with State officials to their hard work in bringing this to the ‘‘(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our Chil- prosecute Mann Act violations and in- floor and doing something important dren Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17616).’’. creases transparency. to fight human trafficking.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.028 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2337 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1126 cense, not even old enough to go to a ator from Minnesota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The high school prom. Yet this is hap- AMENDMENT NO. 296 question is on agreeing to the Wicker pening all over the country, from the Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I amendment No. 1126. oil patches of North Dakota to the sub- am speaking in favor of the Klobuchar- The amendment (No. 1126) was agreed urbs of Minneapolis. Cornyn amendment No. 296. This is a to. What this bill does and what this very important policy amendment. VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 294 Senate is doing today is saying we It basically encourages States across The PRESIDING OFFICER. The want to be there in our country for the country—we already have 15 States question is on agreeing to the Flake these victims. We are going to pay for doing this—not to prosecute victims of amendment No. 294. services. We are actually going to sex trafficking and to treat them as The amendment (No. 294) was agreed change some policies so that when we victims—not as criminals—so they to. go to the rest of the world and look at something that is now the third big- don’t end up in jail. VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 308 It also sets forth a national sex-traf- gest international criminal enterprise The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ficking strategy. It also qualifies these in the world, when we look at what question is on agreeing to the Cassidy victims for job training programs. Boko Haram is doing in Nigeria and in amendment No. 308. Then, finally, it includes a very impor- other countries, we can hold our heads The amendment (No. 308) was agreed tant bill that Senator WHITEHOUSE and up high and say that in the Senate we to. Senator SESSIONS had that helps Fed- are finally doing something about this eral marshals to track down victims of VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1128 and our country is united across party sex trafficking. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lines against this practice. I thank my coauthor and all 26 co- question is on agreeing to the Portman Again, I thank Senator CORNYN for sponsors of this amendment. Senator amendment No. 1128. what he has done. CORNYN—I know we will talk later The amendment (No. 1128) was agreed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- about the underlying bill, but this is a to. jority whip. bipartisan effort from beginning to end VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 310 Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, Winston and a very important policy bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Churchill supposedly once said: The I yield the floor. question is on agreeing to the Brown Americans always do the right thing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- amendment No. 310. after they exhaust every other possi- ator from Louisiana. The amendment (No. 310) was agreed bility. And you might say the same AMENDMENT NO. 308 to. thing about the Senate when it comes Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I rise VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 312 to the Justice for Victims of Traf- in favor of the Cassidy-Peters amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ficking Act. This has been a long ment. question is on agreeing to the Brown strange journey here to final passage, I am a physician who has been work- amendment No. 312. but here we are. And we have kept our ing in a public hospital for 30 years. I The amendment (No. 312) was agreed focus all along on the victims—typi- am aware the following is true: 90 per- to. cally, a girl of 12 to 14 years old who cent of victims in a recent survey saw has been sex trafficked and who has VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 1122 a nurse or doctor or other health care been treated as a common object and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The professional while being held captive. enslaved. question is on agreeing to the Heller If those health care workers had the This is a terrible, heinous crime, but amendment No. 1122. training and tools to identify the signs one that most of us don’t see because it The amendment (No. 1122) was agreed and symptoms of those being traf- operates outside of our vision and our to. ficked, they can make the appropriate experience. We are throwing a lifeline referral and help them escape that ter- VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 303 to these victims of human trafficking rible existence. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The by providing them real resources to This amendment will provide for the question is on agreeing to the Shaheen help them—to help first to rescue them development of best practices to enable amendment No. 303. and then to help them heal. health care workers to recognize and The amendment (No. 303) was agreed This is a good day for the Senate be- assist victims of human trafficking. to. cause we are doing the right thing for If passed today, this will help women The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- people who have no voice. We are their and children in Louisiana, Michigan, ate majority whip. voice, and we are going to get this done and across the Nation rebuild their Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask in a way that provides them some real lives. unanimous consent that the Senator help. I thank Senator PETERS for joining from Minnesota and I be permitted to I want to thank all of our colleagues this effort, and I urge my colleagues to speak for up to 1 minute each prior to here on a bipartisan basis. It was a support this bipartisan amendment. the vote on final passage. rocky trip here. But we got here. That Mr. President, I yield back the re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there is what counts, because we are pro- mainder of my time. objection? viding necessary and needed help for VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 296 Without objection, it is so ordered. these victims of human trafficking. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The Senator from Minnesota. I yield the floor. the previous order, the question is on Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under agreeing to the Klobuchar amendment first of all want to thank Senator COR- the previous order, the committee-re- No. 296. NYN. We have been working on these ported substitute amendment, as The amendment (No. 296) was agreed bills for over 1 year. I want to thank amended, to S. 178 is agreed to. to. Senator LEAHY and Senator GRASSLEY The bill was ordered to be engrossed VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 299, AS MODIFIED for their leadership on the Judiciary for a third reading and was read the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Committee, Senator MURRAY for her third time. question is on agreeing to the Hoeven work in negotiating this agreement The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under amendment No. 299, as modified. and working with us, as well as so the previous order, the bill having been The amendment (No. 299), as modi- many other people who have been in- read the third time, the question is, fied, was agreed to. volved in working on this bill. Shall it pass? VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 279 Through the last month, I think Mr. JOHNSON. I ask for the yeas and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The every so often people have forgotten nays. question is on agreeing to the Sullivan what this really is about. This is about The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a amendment No. 279. victims of sex trafficking, with an av- sufficient second? The amendment (No. 279) was agreed erage age of 12 years old—not even old There is a sufficient second. to. enough to get their own driver’s li- The clerk will call the roll.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.044 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2338 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 The senior assistant legislative clerk Sec. 116. Bringing Missing Children Home TITLE IX—ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING called the roll. Act. FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator Sec. 117. Grant accountability. CURITY PERSONNEL is necessarily absent: the Senator from Sec. 118. SAVE Act. Sec. 901. Definitions. Sec. 119. Education and outreach to traf- Sec. 902. Training for Department personnel Texas (Mr. CRUZ). ficking survivors. to identify human trafficking. The result was announced—yeas 99, Sec. 120. Expanded statute of limitations for Sec. 903. Certification and report to Con- nays 0, as follows: civil actions by child traf- gress. [Rollcall Vote No. 163 Leg.] ficking survivors. Sec. 904. Assistance to non-Federal entities. Sec. 905. Expanded use of Domestic Traf- YEAS—99 Sec. 121. GAO study and report. TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN ficking Victims’ Fund. Alexander Flake Murray TITLE X—HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUR- Ayotte Franken Nelson TRAFFICKING VIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT Baldwin Gardner Paul Subtitle A—Enhancing Services for Runaway ACT Barrasso Gillibrand Perdue and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Bennet Graham Peters Sec. 1001. Short title. Blumenthal Grassley Portman Sec. 201. Amendments to the Runaway and Sec. 1002. Protections for human trafficking Blunt Hatch Reed Homeless Youth Act. survivors. Booker Heinrich Reid Subtitle B—Improving the Response to TITLE I—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF Boozman Heitkamp Risch Victims of Child Sex Trafficking Boxer Heller Roberts TRAFFICKING Brown Hirono Rounds Sec. 211. Response to victims of child sex SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ Burr Hoeven Rubio trafficking. FUND. Cantwell Inhofe Sanders Subtitle C—Interagency Task Force to (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, Capito Isakson Sasse Monitor and Combat Trafficking United States Code, is amended by adding at Cardin Johnson Schatz the end the following: Carper Kaine Schumer Sec. 221. Victim of trafficking defined. Casey King Scott Sec. 222. Interagency task force report on ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment Cassidy Kirk Sessions child trafficking primary pre- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of Coats Klobuchar Shaheen vention. enactment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- Cochran Lankford Shelby Sec. 223. GAO Report on intervention. ficking Act of 2015 and ending on September Collins Leahy Stabenow Sec. 224. Provision of housing permitted to 30, 2019, in addition to the assessment im- Coons Lee Sullivan posed under section 3013, the court shall as- Corker Manchin Tester protect and assist in the recov- Cornyn Markey Thune ery of victims of trafficking. sess an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent Cotton McCain Tillis Subtitle D—Expanded Training person or entity convicted of an offense Crapo McCaskill Toomey under— Daines McConnell Udall Sec. 231. Expanded training relating to traf- ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slav- Donnelly Menendez Vitter ficking in persons. ery, and trafficking in persons); Durbin Merkley Warner TITLE III—HERO ACT ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual Enzi Mikulski Warren Sec. 301. Short title. abuse); Ernst Moran Whitehouse Feinstein Murkowski Wicker Sec. 302. HERO Act. ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploi- Fischer Murphy Wyden Sec. 303. Transportation for illegal sexual tation and other abuse of children); activity and related crimes. ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation NOT VOTING—1 TITLE IV—RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD for illegal sexual activity and related Cruz CUSTODY crimes); or ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Na- The bill (S. 178), as amended, was Sec. 401. Short title. tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to passed, as follows: Sec. 402. Definitions. human smuggling), unless the person in- S. 178 Sec. 403. Findings. Sec. 404. Increased funding for formula duced, assisted, abetted, or aided only an in- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- grants authorized. dividual who at the time of such action was resentatives of the United States of America in Sec. 405. Application. the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter Congress assembled, Sec. 406. Grant increase. (and no other individual) to enter the United SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sec. 407. Period of increase. States in violation of law. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as Sec. 408. Allocation of increased formula ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-OR- the ‘‘Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act grant funds. DERED OBLIGATIONS.—An assessment under of 2015’’. Sec. 409. Authorization of appropriations. subsection (a) shall not be payable until the (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- person subject to the assessment has satis- TITLE V—MILITARY SEX OFFENDER tents for this Act is as follows: fied all outstanding court-ordered fines, or- REPORTING Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. ders of restitution, and any other obligation Sec. 501. Short title. related to victim-compensation arising from TITLE I—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF Sec. 502. Registration of sex offenders re- the criminal convictions on which the spe- TRAFFICKING leased from military correc- cial assessment is based. Sec. 101. Domestic Trafficking Victims’ tions facilities or upon convic- ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAF- Fund. tion. FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND.—There is established Sec. 102. Clarifying the benefits and protec- TITLE VI—STOPPING EXPLOITATION in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘Domestic Trafficking tions offered to domestic vic- THROUGH TRAFFICKING tims of human trafficking. Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as Sec. 103. Victim-centered child human traf- Sec. 601. Safe Harbor Incentives. the ‘Fund’), to be administered by the Attor- ficking deterrence block grant Sec. 602. Report on restitution paid in con- ney General, in consultation with the Sec- program. nection with certain trafficking retary of Homeland Security and the Sec- Sec. 104. Direct services for victims of child offenses. retary of Health and Human Services. pornography. Sec. 603. National human trafficking hot- ‘‘(d) TRANSFERS.—In a manner consistent Sec. 105. Increasing compensation and res- line. with section 3302(b) of title 31, there shall be titution for trafficking victims. Sec. 604. Job corps eligibility. transferred to the Fund from the General Sec. 106. Streamlining human trafficking in- Sec. 605. Clarification of authority of the Fund of the Treasury an amount equal to the vestigations. United States Marshals Serv- amount of the assessments collected under Sec. 107. Enhancing human trafficking re- ice. this section, which shall remain available porting. Sec. 606. Establishing a national strategy to until expended. Sec. 108. Reducing demand for sex traf- combat human trafficking. ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— ficking. TITLE VII—TRAFFICKING AWARENESS ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts in the Sec. 109. Sense of Congress. TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE Fund, in addition to any other amounts available, and without further appropriation, Sec. 110. Using existing task forces and com- Sec. 701. Short title. ponents to target offenders who the Attorney General, in coordination with Sec. 702. Development of best practices. the Secretary of Health and Human Services exploit children. Sec. 703. Definitions. shall, for each of fiscal years 2016 through Sec. 111. Targeting child predators. Sec. 704. No additional authorization of ap- 2019, use amounts available in the Fund to Sec. 112. Monitoring all human traffickers propriations. as violent criminals. award grants or enhance victims’ program- Sec. 113. Crime victims’ rights. TITLE VIII—BETTER RESPONSE FOR ming under— Sec. 114. Combat Human Trafficking Act. VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING ‘‘(A) section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Sec. 115. Survivors of Human Trafficking Sec. 801. Short title. Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 Empowerment Act. Sec. 802. CAPTA amendments. U.S.C. 14044c);

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.046 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2339 ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 from the Secretary of Health and Human State or local prosecutor that is paid using of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of Services in order to access any of the spe- an award under this section shall be not 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and cialized services described in this subsection more than the percentage of the total num- ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child or any other Federal benefits and protec- ber of hours worked by the prosecutor that is Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). tions to which they are otherwise entitled.’’; spent working on cases involving child ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in and human trafficking; subsection (h)(2), none of the amounts in the (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human Fund may be used to provide health care or striking ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’ and inserting trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, medical items or services. ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’. and relocation programs that encourage co- ‘‘(f) COLLECTION METHOD.—The amount as- SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN operation with law enforcement investiga- sessed under subsection (a) shall, subject to TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK tions of crimes of child human trafficking by subsection (b), be collected in the manner GRANT PROGRAM. leveraging existing resources and delivering that fines are collected in criminal cases. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Traf- child human trafficking victims’ services ‘‘(g) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—Subject to ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization through coordination with— section 3613(b), the obligation to pay an as- Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended to ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; sessment imposed on or after the date of en- read as follows: ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; actment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- ‘‘SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN ‘‘(iii) State governmental health service ficking Act of 2015 shall not cease until the TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK agencies; assessment is paid in full. GRANT PROGRAM. ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney ‘‘(h) HEALTH OR MEDICAL SERVICES.— ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and General may award block grants to an eligi- ‘‘(1) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—From amounts ‘‘(vi) nongovernmental organizations and ble entity to develop, improve, or expand do- appropriated under section 10503(b)(1)(E) of shelter service providers with substantial ex- mestic child human trafficking deterrence the Patient Protection and Affordable Care perience in delivering wrap-around services programs that assist law enforcement offi- to victims of child human trafficking; and Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by cers, prosecutors, judicial officials, and section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP ‘‘(E) the establishment or enhancement of qualified victims’ services organizations in other necessary victim assistance programs Reauthorization Act of 2015, there shall be collaborating to rescue and restore the lives transferred to the Fund an amount equal to or personnel, such as victim or child advo- of victims, while investigating and pros- cates, child-protective services, child foren- the amount transferred under subsection (d) ecuting offenses involving child human traf- for each fiscal year, except that the amount sic interviews, or other necessary service ficking. providers; transferred under this paragraph shall not be ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants less than $5,000,000 or more than $30,000,000 in ‘‘(3) activities of law enforcement agencies awarded under subsection (a) may be used to find homeless and runaway youth, includ- each such fiscal year, and such amounts for— shall remain available until expended. ing salaries and associated expenses for re- ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of tired Federal law enforcement officers as- ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General, specialized training programs for law en- sisting the law enforcement agencies in find- in coordination with the Secretary of Health forcement officers, first responders, health and Human Services, shall use amounts ing homeless and runaway youth; and care officials, child welfare officials, juvenile ‘‘(4) the establishment or enhancement of transferred to the Fund under paragraph (1) justice personnel, prosecutors, and judicial problem solving court programs for traf- to award grants that may be used for the personnel to— ficking victims that include— provision of health care or medical items or ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re- services to victims of trafficking under— human trafficking; quirements for judicial officials involved in ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Traf- ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic- the administration or operation of the court ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization tims of human trafficking; program described under this paragraph; Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and ‘‘(C) facilitate the rescue of child victims ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic- 14044c); of human trafficking; tims of child human trafficking, including ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of case worker or child welfare supervision in of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of human trafficking, including the soliciting, collaboration with judicial officers, who 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and patronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex have been identified by a law enforcement or ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child acts from children, as well as training to judicial officer as a potential victim of child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). build cases against complex criminal net- human trafficking, regardless of whether the ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund works involved in child human trafficking; victim has been charged with a crime related used under paragraph (1), not less than and to human trafficking; $2,000,000, if such amounts are available in ‘‘(E) utilize, implement, and provide edu- ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and the Fund during the relevant fiscal year, cation on safe harbor laws enacted by States, individualized, court-ordered treatment pro- shall be used for grants to provide services aimed at preventing the criminalization and gram for identified victims of child human for child pornography victims under section prosecution of child sex trafficking victims trafficking, including— 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of for prostitution offenses, and other laws ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient treat- 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). aimed at the investigation and prosecution ment; ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF PROVISION.—The appli- of child human trafficking; ‘‘(ii) life skills training; cation of the provisions of section 221(c) of ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of ‘‘(iii) housing placement; the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthoriza- dedicated anti-trafficking law enforcement ‘‘(iv) vocational training; tion Act of 2015 shall continue to apply to units and task forces to investigate child ‘‘(v) education; the amounts transferred pursuant to para- human trafficking offenses and to rescue vic- ‘‘(vi) family support services; and graph (1).’’. tims, including— ‘‘(vii) job placement; (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- ‘‘(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, ‘‘(D) centralized case management involv- MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 201 for law enforcement officers, including pa- ing the consolidation of all of each child of title 18, United States Code, is amended by trol officers, detectives, and investigators, human trafficking victim’s cases and of- inserting after the item relating to section except that the percentage of the salary of fenses, and the coordination of all traf- 3013 the following: the law enforcement officer paid for by funds ficking victim treatment programs and so- ‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. from a grant awarded under this section cial services; SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PRO- shall not be more than the percentage of the ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear- TECTIONS OFFERED TO DOMESTIC officer’s time on duty that is dedicated to ances by the victim during the duration of VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. working on cases involving child human traf- the treatment program for purposes of ensur- Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims ficking; ing compliance and effectiveness; Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in- ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant amended— volving child human trafficking, including— non-violent criminal charges against the vic- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and ‘‘(i) wire taps; tim, where such victim successfully complies (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respec- ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise specific to with the terms of the court-ordered treat- tively; cases involving child human trafficking; ment program; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the ‘‘(iii) travel; and ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo- following: ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance expendi- cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shel- ‘‘(F) NO REQUIREMENT OF OFFICIAL CERTIFI- tures; ters, and nongovernmental organizations CATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAW- ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution with substantial experience in delivering FUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.—Nothing in this units, including the funding of salaries for wrap-around services to victims of child section may be construed to require United State and local prosecutors, including assist- human trafficking to provide services to vic- States citizens or lawful permanent resi- ing in paying trial expenses for prosecution tims and encourage cooperation with law en- dents who are victims of severe forms of traf- of child human trafficking offenders, except forcement. ficking to obtain an official certification that the percentage of the total salary of a ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligi- to have access to any shelter or services pro- submit an application to the Attorney Gen- ble entity shall not be eligible to receive a vided with a grant under this section. eral for a grant under this section in such grant under this section if within the 5 fiscal ‘‘(l) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY; SPECIALIZED form and manner as the Attorney General years before submitting an application for a VICTIMS’ SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—No grant may require. grant under this section, the grantee has funds under this section may be awarded or ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An applica- been found to have violated the terms or transferred to any entity unless such entity tion submitted under this subsection shall— conditions of a Government grant program has demonstrated substantial experience ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which as- by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized ex- providing services to victims of human traf- sistance under this section is sought; penditures or otherwise unallowable costs. ficking or related populations (such as run- ‘‘(B) include a detailed plan for the use of ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of ad- away and homeless youth), or employs staff funds awarded under the grant; ministering the grants authorized by this specialized in the treatment of human traf- ‘‘(C) provide such additional information section shall not exceed 5 percent of the ficking victims.’’. and assurances as the Attorney General de- total amount expended to carry out this sec- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- termines to be necessary to ensure compli- tion. tents in section 1(b) of the Trafficking Vic- ance with the requirements of this section; ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the cost of a program funded by a grant (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by striking awarded under this section shall be— ‘‘(D) disclose— the item relating to section 203 and inserting ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the De- the following: ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and partment of Justice or from any other Fed- ‘‘Sec. 203. Victim-centered child human traf- ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all eral department or agency for purposes simi- ficking deterrence block grant subsequent years. lar to those described in subsection (b) for program.’’. ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING; FULLY which the eligible entity has applied, and SEC. 104. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF OFFSET.—For purposes of carrying out this CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. which application is pending on the date of section, the Attorney General, in consulta- the submission of an application under this The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 tion with the Secretary of Health and U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended— section; and Human Services, is authorized to award not ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding that the (1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by more than $7,000,000 of the funds available in inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and eligible entity has received during the 5-year the Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund, es- period ending on the date of the submission the production of child pornography’’ before tablished under section 3014 of title 18, the semicolon at the end; and of an application under this section. United States Code, for each of fiscal years ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In reviewing applica- (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)— 2016 through 2020. (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), tions submitted in accordance with para- EFINITIONS.—In this section— ‘‘(k) D and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec- graphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall ‘‘(1) the term ‘child’ means a person under tively; and give preference to grant applications if— the age of 18; (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the ‘‘(A) the application includes a plan to use ‘‘(2) the term ‘child advocacy center’ awarded funds to engage in all activities de- following: means a center created under subtitle A of ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 subsection (b); or PORNOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in co- U.S.C. 13001 et seq.); ordination with the Director and with the ‘‘(B) the application includes a plan by the ‘‘(3) the term ‘child human trafficking’ Director of the Office of Victims of Crime, State or unit of local government to con- means 1 or more severe forms of trafficking may make grants to develop and implement tinue funding of all activities funded by the in persons (as defined in section 103 of the specialized programs to identify and provide award after the expiration of the award. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 direct services to victims of child pornog- ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES SOLICITING DATA ON (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim who is a raphy.’’. CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—No eligible enti- child; and ty shall be disadvantaged in being awarded a SEC. 105. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RES- ‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a TITUTION FOR TRAFFICKING VIC- grant under subsection (a) on the grounds State or unit of local government that— TIMS. that the eligible entity has only recently ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in- (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18.—Section 1594 begun soliciting data on child human traf- volving child human trafficking; of title 18, United States Code, is amended— ficking. ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be- (1) in subsection (d)— ‘‘(d) DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARD.— tween Federal, State, local, and, where ap- (A) in paragraph (1)— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this sec- plicable, tribal law enforcement agencies, (i) by striking ‘‘that was used or’’ and in- tion shall expire 3 years after the date of prosecutors, and social service providers in serting ‘‘that was involved in, used, or’’; and award of the grant. addressing child human trafficking; (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and any property trace- ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis- able to such property’’ after ‘‘such viola- shall be renewable not more than 2 times and ciplinary plan to combat child human traf- tion’’; and for a period of not greater than 2 years. ficking, including— (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or any ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General ‘‘(i) the establishment of a shelter for vic- property traceable to such property’’ after shall— tims of child human trafficking, through ex- ‘‘such violation’’; ‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a non- isting or new facilities; (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— governmental organization, including an ‘‘(ii) the provision of trauma-informed, (A) by striking ‘‘used or’’ and inserting academic or nonprofit organization, that has gender-responsive rehabilitative care to vic- ‘‘involved in, used, or’’; and experience with issues related to child tims of child human trafficking; (B) by inserting ‘‘, and any property trace- human trafficking and evaluation of grant ‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized training able to such property’’ after ‘‘any violation programs to conduct periodic evaluations of for law enforcement officers and social serv- of this chapter’’; grants made under this section to determine ice providers for all forms of human traf- (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub- the impact and effectiveness of programs ficking, with a focus on domestic child section (g); and funded with grants awarded under this sec- human trafficking; (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- tion; ‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and prosecu- lowing: ‘‘(2) instruct the Inspector General of the tion of offenses involving child human traf- ‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF FORFEITED ASSETS.— Department of Justice to review evaluations ficking, including soliciting, patronizing, or ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any issued under paragraph (1) to determine the purchasing human acts with children; other provision of law, the Attorney General methodological and statistical validity of ‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agreements shall transfer assets forfeited pursuant to the evaluations; and with organizations providing outreach or this section, or the proceeds derived from the ‘‘(3) submit the results of any evaluation other related services to runaway and home- sale thereof, to satisfy victim restitution or- conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to— less youth; ders arising from violations of this chapter. ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of ‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or proce- ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—Transfers pursuant to para- the Senate; and dures to screen all individuals arrested for graph (1) shall have priority over any other ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the prostitution, whether adult or child, for vic- claims to the assets or their proceeds. House of Representatives. timization by sex trafficking and by other ‘‘(3) USE OF NONFORFEITED ASSETS.—Trans- ‘‘(f) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic fers pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not re- entity awarded funds under this section that violence; and duce or otherwise mitigate the obligation of is found to have used grant funds for any un- ‘‘(vii) cooperation or referral agreements a person convicted of a violation of this authorized expenditure or otherwise unal- with State child welfare agencies and child chapter to satisfy the full amount of a res- lowable cost shall not be eligible for any advocacy centers; and titution order through the use of non-for- grant funds awarded under the block grant ‘‘(D) provides an assurance that, under the feited assets or to reimburse the Attorney for 2 fiscal years following the year in which plan under subparagraph (C), a victim of General for the value of assets or proceeds the unauthorized expenditure or unallowable child human trafficking shall not be required transferred under this subsection through cost is reported. to collaborate with law enforcement officers the use of nonforfeited assets.’’.

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(b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.—Section tary servitude, or forced labor),’’ before ‘‘sec- of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that 524(c)(1)(B) of title 28, United States Code, is tion 1591’’; section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, amended by inserting ‘‘chapter 77 of title (ii) by inserting ‘‘section 1592 (unlawful applied to persons who purchase illicit sex- 18,’’ after ‘‘criminal drug laws of the United conduct with respect to documents in fur- ual acts with trafficking victims after the States or of’’. therance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, in- United States District Court for the District (c) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31.— voluntary servitude, or forced labor),’’ before of South Dakota erroneously granted mo- (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 31, ‘‘section 1751’’; tions to acquit these buyers in two separate United States Code, is amended— (iii) by inserting a comma after ‘‘virus)’’; cases; and (A) by redesignating section 9703 (as added (iv) by striking ‘‘,, section’’ and inserting a (4) section 108 of this title amends section by section 638(b)(1) of the Treasury, Postal comma; 1591 of title 18, United States Code, to add Service, and General Government Appropria- (v) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘misuse of pass- the words ‘‘solicits or patronizes’’ to the sex tions Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393; 106 Stat. ports),’’; and trafficking statute making absolutely clear 1779)) as section 9705; and (vi) by inserting ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘section 555’’; for judges, juries, prosecutors, and law en- (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated— (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking ‘‘pipe- forcement officials that criminals who pur- (i) in paragraph (1)— line,)’’ and inserting ‘‘pipeline),’’; and chase sexual acts from human trafficking (I) in subparagraph (I)— (D) in subparagraph (p), by striking ‘‘docu- victims may be arrested, prosecuted, and (aa) by striking ‘‘payment’’ and inserting ments, section 1028A (relating to aggravated convicted as sex trafficking offenders when ‘‘Payment’’; and identity theft))’’ and inserting ‘‘documents), this is merited by the facts of a particular (bb) by striking the semicolon at the end section 1028A (relating to aggravated iden- case. and inserting a period; and tity theft)’’; and SEC. 110. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND (II) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘pay- (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘human COMPONENTS TO TARGET OFFEND- ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Payment’’; and trafficking, child sexual exploitation, child ERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. (ii) in paragraph (2)— pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap- Not later than 180 days after the date of (I) in subparagraph (B)— ping’’. enactment of this Act, the Attorney General (aa) in clause (iii)— SEC. 107. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING RE- shall ensure that— (AA) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ and PORTING. (1) all task forces and working groups inserting ‘‘of’’; and Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime within the Innocence Lost National Initia- (BB) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 tive engage in activities, programs, or oper- at the end; U.S.C. 3755) is amended by adding at the end ations to increase the investigative capabili- (bb) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the following: ties of State and local law enforcement offi- the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ‘‘(i) PART 1 VIOLENT CRIMES TO INCLUDE cers in the detection, investigation, and (cc) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol- HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—For purposes of this prosecution of persons who patronize, or so- lowing: section, the term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ shall licit children for sex; and ‘‘(v) United States Immigration and Cus- include severe forms of trafficking in persons (2) all components and task forces with ju- toms Enforcement with respect to a viola- (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking risdiction to detect, investigate, and pros- tion of chapter 77 of title 18 (relating to Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. ecute cases of child labor trafficking engage human trafficking);’’; 7102)).’’. in activities, programs, or operations to in- (II) in subparagraph (G), by adding ‘‘and’’ SEC. 108. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAF- crease the capacity of such components to at the end; and FICKING. deter and punish child labor trafficking. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591 of title 18, (III) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘; SEC. 111. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS. United States Code, is amended— and’’ and inserting a period. (a) CLARIFYING THAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- PRODUCERS ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.—Sec- maintains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, pa- MENTS.— tion 2423(f) of title 18, United States Code, is tronizes, or solicits’’; (A) CROSS REFERENCES.— amended— (2) in subsection (b)— (i) TITLE 28.—Section 524(c) of title 28, (1) by striking ‘‘means (1) a’’ and inserting (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob- United States Code, is amended— the following: ‘‘means— tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, (I) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘section ‘‘(1) a’’; or solicited’’; and 9703(g)(4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section (2) by striking ‘‘United States; or (2) any’’ (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob- 9705(g)(4)(A)’’; and inserting the following: ‘‘United States; tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, (II) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘section ‘‘(2) any’’; and or solicited’’; and 9703(p)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9705(o)’’; and (3) by striking the period at the end and in- (3) in subsection (c)— (III) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘section serting the following: ‘‘; or (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in- 9703’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9705’’. ‘‘(3) production of child pornography (as serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solic- (ii) TITLE 31.—Title 31, United States Code, defined in section 2256(8)).’’. ited’’; and is amended— (b) HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNT- (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ and (I) in section 312(d), by striking ‘‘section ABLE.—Section 2423(g) of title 18, United inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 9703’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9705’’; and States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a pre- the fact, that the person’’. (II) in section 5340(1), by striking ‘‘section ponderance of the evidence’’ and inserting (b) DEFINITION AMENDED.—Section 103(10) 9703(p)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9705(o)’’. of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. (iii) TITLE 39.—Section 2003(e)(1) of title 39, 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is amended by strik- SEC. 112. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAF- United States Code, is amended by striking ing ‘‘or obtaining’’ and inserting ‘‘obtaining, FICKERS AS VIOLENT CRIMINALS. ‘‘section 9703(p)’’ and inserting ‘‘section patronizing, or soliciting’’. Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United 9705(o)’’. (c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the amend- States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘77,’’ (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec- ments made by this section is to clarify the after ‘‘chapter’’. tions for chapter 97 of title 31, United States range of conduct punished as sex trafficking. SEC. 113. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. Code, is amended to read as follows: SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, ‘‘9701. Fees and charges for Government serv- It is the sense of Congress that— United States Code, is amended— ices and things of value. (1) section 1591 of title 18, United States (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end ‘‘9702. Investment of trust funds. Code, defines a sex trafficker as a person who the following: ‘‘9703. Managerial accountability and flexi- ‘‘knowingly. . .recruits, entices, harbors, ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely bility. transports, provides, obtains, or maintains manner of any plea bargain or deferred pros- ‘‘9704. Pilot projects for managerial account- by any means a person. . .knowing, or in ecution agreement. ability and flexibility. reckless disregard of the fact, that means of ‘‘(10) The right to be informed of the rights ‘‘9705. Department of the Treasury For- force, threats of force, fraud, coercion. . .or under this section and the services described feiture Fund.’’. any combination of such means will be used in section 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and SEC. 106. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING to cause the person to engage in a commer- Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) INVESTIGATIONS. cial sex act, or that the person has not at- and provided contact information for the Of- Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, tained the age of 18 years and will be caused fice of the Victims’ Rights Ombudsman of is amended— to engage in a commercial sex act’’; the Department of Justice.’’; (1) in paragraph (1)— (2) while use of the word ‘‘obtains’’ in sec- (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sen- (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a tion 1591, United States Code, has been inter- tence, by inserting ‘‘, unless the litigants, comma after ‘‘weapons)’’; preted, prior to the date of enactment of this with the approval of the court, have stipu- (B) in subparagraph (c)— Act, to encompass those who purchase illicit lated to a different time period for consider- (i) by inserting ‘‘section 1581 (peonage), sexual acts from trafficking victims, some ation’’ before the period; and section 1584 (involuntary servitude), section confusion persists; (3) in subsection (e)— 1589 (forced labor), section 1590 (trafficking (3) in United States vs. Jungers, 702 F.3d (A) by striking ‘‘this chapter, the term’’ with respect to peonage, slavery, involun- 1066 (8th Cir. 2013), the United States Court and inserting the following: ‘‘this chapter:

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‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of human trafficking training program for Fed- than 14 individuals who are survivors of appeals’ means— eral, State, or local law enforcement offi- human trafficking. ‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for cers, includes technical training on— (2) REPRESENTATION OF SURVIVORS.—To the the judicial district in which a defendant is (i) effective methods for investigating and extent practicable, members of the Council being prosecuted; or prosecuting covered offenders; and shall be survivors of trafficking, who shall ‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior (ii) facilitating the provision of physical accurately reflect the diverse backgrounds of Court of the District of Columbia, the Dis- and mental health services by health care survivors of trafficking, including— trict of Columbia Court of Appeals. providers to persons subject to severe forms (A) survivors of sex trafficking and sur- ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— of trafficking in persons. vivors of labor trafficking; and ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; (B) FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.—The Attorney (B) survivors who are United States citi- (B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting General shall ensure that each anti-human zens and survivors who are aliens lawfully the following: trafficking program operated by the Depart- present in the United States. ‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VICTIMS.— ment of Justice for United States attorneys (3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days In the case’’; and or other Federal prosecutors includes train- after the date of enactment of this Act, the (C) by adding at the end the following: ing on seeking restitution for offenses under President shall appoint the members of the ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to Council. ‘district court’ and ‘court’ include the Supe- ensure that each United States attorney or (4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Each member rior Court of the District of Columbia.’’. other Federal prosecutor, upon obtaining a of the Council shall serve for a term of 2 (b) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section conviction for such an offense, requests a years and may be reappointed by the Presi- 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of specific amount of restitution for each vic- dent to serve 1 additional 2-year term. 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by tim of the offense without regard to whether (d) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘3771’’. the victim requests restitution. (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to (c) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RE- (C) JUDGES.—The Federal Judicial Center the Group; LATING TO CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— shall provide training to judges relating to (2) meet, at its own discretion or at the re- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of title the application of section 1593 of title 18, quest of the Group, not less frequently than 18, United States Code, as amended by sub- United States Code, with respect to ordering annually to review Federal Government pol- section (a)(2) of this section, is amended by restitution for victims of offenses under icy and programs intended to combat human inserting after the fifth sentence the fol- chapter 77 of such title. trafficking, including programs relating to lowing: ‘‘In deciding such application, the (2) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT the provision of services for victims and court of appeals shall apply ordinary stand- OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall en- serve as a point of contact for Federal agen- ards of appellate review.’’. sure that Federal law enforcement officers cies reaching out to human trafficking sur- (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by are engaged in activities, programs, or oper- vivors for input on programming and policies paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any ations involving the detection, investiga- relating to human trafficking in the United petition for a writ of mandamus filed under tion, and prosecution of covered offenders. States; section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States (d) MINIMUM PERIOD OF SUPERVISED RE- (3) formulate assessments and rec- Code, that is pending on the date of enact- LEASE FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMMER- ommendations to ensure that policy and pro- ment of this Act. CIAL CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.—Section gramming efforts of the Federal Government SEC. 114. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT. 3583(k) of title 18, United States Code, is conform, to the extent practicable, to the amended by inserting ‘‘1594(c),’’ after ‘‘1591,’’. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be best practices in the field of human traf- (e) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT cited as the ‘‘Combat Human Trafficking Act ficking prevention; and ON STATE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN TRAF- of 2015’’. (4) meet with the Group not less frequently FICKING PROHIBITIONS.—The Director of the (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: than annually, and not later than 45 days be- Bureau of Justice Statistics shall— (1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; SEVERE FORMS OF fore a meeting with the Task Force, to for- (1) prepare an annual report on— TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS; STATE; TASK mally present the findings and recommenda- (A) the rates of— FORCE.—The terms ‘‘commercial sex act’’, tions of the Council. (i) arrest of individuals by State law en- ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’’, (e) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after forcement officers for a covered offense; ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘Task Force’’ have the mean- the date of enactment of this Act and each (ii) prosecution (including specific charges) ings given those terms in section 103 of the year thereafter until the date described in of individuals in State court systems for a Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 subsection (h), the Council shall submit a re- covered offense; and (22 U.S.C. 7102). port that contains the findings derived from (iii) conviction of individuals in State (2) COVERED OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘covered the reviews conducted pursuant to sub- court systems for a covered offense; and offender’’ means an individual who obtains, section (d)(2) to— (B) sentences imposed on individuals con- patronizes, or solicits a commercial sex act (1) the chair of the Task Force; victed in State court systems for a covered involving a person subject to severe forms of (2) the members of the Group; offense; and trafficking in persons. (3) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, (2) submit the annual report prepared (3) COVERED OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘covered Homeland Security, Appropriations, and the under paragraph (1) to— offense’’ means the provision, obtaining, pa- Judiciary of the House of Representatives; (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the tronizing, or soliciting of a commercial sex and House of Representatives; act involving a person subject to severe (4) the Committees on Foreign Relations, (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the forms of trafficking in persons. Appropriations, Homeland Security and Gov- Senate; (4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— ernmental Affairs, and the Judiciary of the (C) the Task Force; The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ Senate. (D) the Senior Policy Operating Group es- has the meaning given the term in section (f) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the tablished under section 105(g) of the Traf- 115 of title 18, United States Code. Council— ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 (5) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The (1) shall not be considered employees of the U.S.C. 7103(g)); and term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means Federal Government for any purpose; and (E) the Attorney General. any officer, agent, or employee of a unit of (2) shall not receive compensation other SEC. 115. SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING than reimbursement of travel expenses and local government authorized by law or by a EMPOWERMENT ACT. local government agency to engage in or su- per diem allowance in accordance with sec- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be tion 5703 of title 5, United States Code. pervise the prevention, detection, investiga- cited as the ‘‘Survivors of Human Traf- (g) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The tion, or prosecution of any violation of ficking Empowerment Act’’. Council shall not be subject to the require- criminal law. (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established (6) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The the United States Advisory Council on ments under the Federal Advisory Com- term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ means Human Trafficking (referred to in this sec- mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). any officer, agent, or employee of a State au- tion as the ‘‘Council’’), which shall provide (h) SUNSET.—The Council shall terminate thorized by law or by a State government advice and recommendations to the Senior on September 30, 2020. agency to engage in or supervise the preven- Policy Operating Group established under SEC. 116. BRINGING MISSING CHILDREN HOME tion, detection, investigation, or prosecution section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Pro- ACT. of any violation of criminal law. tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) (re- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be (c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Group’’) and cited as the ‘‘Bringing Missing Children POLICY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, the President’s Interagency Task Force to Home Act’’. PROSECUTORS, AND JUDGES.— Monitor and Combat Trafficking established (b) CRIME CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS.—Sec- (1) TRAINING.— under section 105(a) of such Act (referred to tion 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The At- in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). U.S.C. 5780) is amended— torney General shall ensure that each anti- (c) MEMBERSHIP.— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at human trafficking program operated by the (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be the end; Department of Justice, including each anti- composed of not less than 8 and not more (2) in paragraph (3)—

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(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the ury; and (4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— following: (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repay- (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts awarded under ‘‘(B) a recent photograph of the child, if ment to the fund from the grant recipient this title, or any amendments made by this available;’’; and that was erroneously awarded grant funds. title, may not be utilized by any grant re- (3) in paragraph (4)— (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE- cipient to— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph MENTS.— (i) lobby any representative of the Depart- (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and insert- (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this para- ment of Justice regarding the award of grant ing ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; graph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non- funding; or (B) in subparagraph (A)— profit organization’’ means an organization (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, (i) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘30 that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the In- State, local, or tribal government regarding days’’; and ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt the award of grant funding. (ii) by inserting ‘‘and a photograph taken from taxation under section 501(a) of such (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General de- during the previous 180 days’’ after ‘‘dental Code. termines that any recipient of a covered records’’; (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General grant has violated subparagraph (A), the At- (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ may not award a covered grant to a non- torney General shall— at the end; profit organization that holds money in off- (i) require the grant recipient to repay the (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as shore accounts for the purpose of avoiding grant in full; and subparagraph (D); paying the tax described in section 511(a) of (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from re- (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. ceiving another covered grant for not less following: (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organiza- than 5 years. ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Missing tion that is awarded a covered grant and uses SEC. 118. SAVE ACT. and Exploited Children of each report re- the procedures prescribed in regulations to (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be ceived relating to a child reported missing cited as the ‘‘Stop Advertising Victims of from a foster care family home or childcare create a rebuttable presumption of reason- Exploitation Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act institution;’’; ableness for the compensation of its officers, of 2015’’. (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated— directors, trustees and key employees, shall (b) ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN (i) by inserting ‘‘State and local child wel- disclose to the Attorney General, in the ap- COMMERCIAL ACTS.— fare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National Cen- plication for the grant, the process for deter- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591(a)(1) of title ter for Missing and Exploited Children’’; and mining such compensation, including the 18, United States Code, as amended by this (ii) by striking the period at the end and independent persons involved in reviewing Act, is further amended by inserting ‘‘adver- inserting ‘‘; and’’; and and approving such compensation, the com- tises,’’ after ‘‘obtains,’’. (G) by adding at the end the following: parability data used, and contemporaneous (2) MENS REA REQUIREMENT.—Section ‘‘(E) grant permission to the National substantiation of the deliberation and deci- 1591(a) of title 18, United States Code, is Crime Information Center Terminal Con- sion. Upon request, the Attorney General amended in the undesignated matter fol- tractor for the State to update the missing shall make the information disclosed under person record in the National Crime Infor- this subsection available for public inspec- lowing paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, except mation Center computer networks with addi- tion. where the act constituting the violation of tional information learned during the inves- (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— paragraph (1) is advertising,’’ after ‘‘know- tigation relating to the missing person.’’. (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts transferred ing, or’’. (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section SEC. 117. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. to the Department of Justice under this 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, as (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term title, or the amendments made by this title, ‘‘covered grant’’ means a grant awarded by may be used by the Attorney General, or by amended by this Act, is further amended— the Attorney General under section 203 of any individual or organization awarded dis- (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘adver- the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau- cretionary funds through a cooperative tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’; and thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b), as agreement under this title, or the amend- (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘adver- amended by section 103. ments made by this title, to host or support tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’. (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants any expenditure for conferences that uses SEC. 119. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TRAF- shall be subject to the following account- more than $20,000 in Department funds, un- FICKING SURVIVORS. ability provisions: less the Deputy Attorney General or such The Attorney General shall make avail- (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or able, on the website of the Office of Juvenile (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fis- principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a data- cal year beginning after the date of enact- General may designate, provides prior writ- base for trafficking victim advocates, crisis ment of this Act, and in each fiscal year ten authorization that the funds may be ex- hotline personnel, foster parents, law en- thereafter, the Inspector General of the De- pended to host a conference. forcement personnel, and crime survivors partment of Justice shall conduct audits of (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval that contains information on— recipients of a covered grant to prevent under subparagraph (A) shall include a writ- (1) counseling and hotline resources; waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. ten estimate of all costs associated with the (2) housing resources; The Inspector General shall determine the conference, including the cost of all food and (3) legal assistance; and appropriate number of grantees to be audited beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria (4) other services for trafficking survivors. each year. for speakers, and any entertainment. SEC. 120. EXPANDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General FOR CIVIL ACTIONS BY CHILD TRAF- term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a shall submit an annual report to the Com- FICKING SURVIVORS. finding in the final audit report of the In- mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and Section 1595(c) of title 18, United States spector General that the audited grantee has the Committee on the Judiciary of the House Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not later than utilized grant funds for an unauthorized ex- of Representatives on all approved con- 10 years after the cause of action arose.’’ and penditure or otherwise unallowable cost that ference expenditures referenced in this para- inserting ‘‘not later than the later of— is not closed or resolved within 12 months graph. ‘‘(1) 10 years after the cause of action from the date when the final audit report is (D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in arose; or issued. the first fiscal year beginning after the date ‘‘(2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient of of enactment of this title, the Attorney Gen- years of age, if the victim was a minor at the a covered grant that is found to have an un- eral shall submit, to the Committee on the time of the alleged offense.’’. resolved audit finding shall not be eligible to Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria- SEC. 121. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. receive a covered grant during the following tions of the Senate and the Committee on (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 2 fiscal years. the Judiciary and the Committee on Appro- the United States shall conduct a study on (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered grants priations of the House of Representatives, an each program or initiative authorized under the Attorney General shall give priority to annual certification that— this Act and the following statutes and eligible entities that did not have an unre- (i) all audits issued by the Office of the In- evaluate whether any program or initiative solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years spector General under paragraph (1) have is duplicative: prior to submitting an application for a cov- been completed and reviewed by the appro- (1) Trafficking Victims Protection Reau- ered grant. priate Assistant Attorney General or Direc- thorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164; (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is award- tor; 119 Stat. 3558). ed a covered grant during the 2-fiscal-year (ii) all mandatory exclusions required (2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act of period in which the entity is barred from re- under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). ceiving grants under subparagraph (C), the (iii) all reimbursements required under (3) Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 Attorney General shall— paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and U.S.C. 13001 et seq.).

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State governments— sonnel referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), in- (5) Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 (A) to deter individuals from committing cluding appropriate personnel from other U.S.C. 5771 et seq.). trafficking offenses; and Federal departments and agencies, at each (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after (B) to prevent children from becoming vic- diplomatic or consular post of the Depart- the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp- tims of trafficking; ment of State located outside the United troller General of the United States shall (2) surveys academic literature on— States of— submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of (A) deterring individuals from committing ‘‘(I) key problems, threats, methods, and the Senate and the Committee on the Judici- trafficking offenses; warning signs of trafficking in persons spe- ary of the House of Representatives a report (B) preventing children from becoming vic- cific to the country or jurisdiction in which on the study conducted under subsection (a), tims of trafficking; each such post is located; and which shall include— (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of ‘‘(II) appropriate procedures to report in- (1) a description of the cost of any duplica- children; and formation that any such personnel may ac- tive program or initiative studied under sub- (D) other similar topics that the Task quire about possible cases of trafficking in section (a); and Force determines to be appropriate; persons.’’. (2) recommendations on how to achieve (3) identifies best practices and effective TITLE III—HERO ACT cost savings with respect to each duplicative strategies— SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. program or initiative studied under sub- (A) to deter individuals from committing This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human Ex- section (a). trafficking offenses; and ploitation Rescue Operations Act of 2015’’ or TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN (B) to prevent children from becoming vic- the ‘‘HERO Act of 2015’’. TRAFFICKING tims of trafficking; and (4) identifies current gaps in research and SEC. 302. HERO ACT. Subtitle A—Enhancing Services for Runaway (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- data that would be helpful in formulating ef- and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking lowing: fective strategies— (1) The illegal market for the production SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND (A) to deter individuals from committing HOMELESS YOUTH ACT. and distribution of child abuse imagery is a trafficking offenses; and The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 growing threat to children in the United (B) to prevent children from becoming vic- U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended— States. International demand for this mate- tims of trafficking. (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714– rial creates a powerful incentive for the rape, (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 23(b)(5))— the date of the enactment of this Act, the abuse, and torture of children within the (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, se- Interagency Task Force to Monitor and United States. vere forms of trafficking in persons (as de- Combat Trafficking shall provide to Con- (2) The targeting of United States children fined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Vic- gress, and make publicly available in elec- by international criminal networks is a tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. tronic format, a report on the review con- threat to the homeland security of the 7102(9))), and sex trafficking (as defined in ducted pursuant to subparagraph (a). United States. This threat must be fought section 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. with trained personnel and highly specialized SEC. 223. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION. 7102(10)))’’ before the semicolon at the end; counter-child-exploitation strategies and On the date that is 1 year after the date of (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘, se- technologies. the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller vere forms of trafficking in persons (as de- (3) The United States Immigration and General of the United States shall submit a fined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Vic- Customs Enforcement of the Department of report to Congress that includes information tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. Homeland Security serves a critical national on— 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in sec- security role in protecting the United States (1) the efforts of Federal and select State tion 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’ from the growing international threat of law enforcement agencies to combat human after ‘‘assault’’; and child exploitation and human trafficking. trafficking in the United States; and (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, in- (4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose cluding such youth who are victims of traf- States Immigration and Customs Enforce- of which is to combat human trafficking or ficking (as defined in section 103(15) of the ment is a vital national resource in the ef- assist victims of trafficking, as specified in Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 fort to combat international child exploi- an authorizing statute or in a guidance docu- (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)))’’ before the semicolon at tation, providing advanced expertise and as- ment issued by the agency carrying out the the end; and sistance in investigations, computer grant program. (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–41(a)) by forensics, and victim identification. striking ‘‘or sexual exploitation’’ and insert- SEC. 224. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED (5) The returning military heroes of the ing ‘‘sexual exploitation, severe forms of TO PROTECT AND ASSIST IN THE RE- United States possess unique and valuable COVERY OF VICTIMS OF TRAF- trafficking in persons (as defined in section FICKING. skills that can assist law enforcement in 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Vic- combating global sexual and child exploi- Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex traf- tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. tation, and the Department of Homeland Se- ficking (as defined in section 103(10) of such 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in- curity should use this national resource to Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’. cluding programs that provide housing to the maximum extent possible. Subtitle B—Improving the Response to victims of trafficking’’ before the period at (6) Through the Human Exploitation Res- Victims of Child Sex Trafficking the end. cue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program, the returning military heroes of SEC. 211. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX Subtitle D—Expanded Training TRAFFICKING. the United States are trained and hired to SEC. 231. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Chil- investigate crimes of child exploitation in TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. order to target predators and rescue children dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking from sexual abuse and slavery. Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is (b) CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOI- ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex amended— trafficking, including child prostitution’’. TATION INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, AND COMPUTER (1) by striking ‘‘Appropriate personnel’’ FORENSICS UNIT.— Subtitle C—Interagency Task Force to and inserting the following: (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of Monitor and Combat Trafficking ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriate personnel’’; the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. SEC. 221. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED. (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by 451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end In this subtitle, the term ‘‘victim of traf- inserting ‘‘, including members of the Serv- the following: ficking’’ has the meaning given such term in ice (as such term is defined in section 103 of ‘‘SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EX- section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro- the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. PLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 3903))’’ after ‘‘Department of State’’; and COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT, AND SEC. 222. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON (3) by adding at the end the following: CYBER CRIMES UNIT. CHILD TRAFFICKING PRIMARY PRE- ‘‘(B) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Training ‘‘(a) CYBER CRIMES CENTER.— VENTION. under this paragraph shall include— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall op- (a) REVIEW.—The Interagency Task Force ‘‘(i) a distance learning course on traf- erate, within United States Immigration and to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, estab- ficking-in-persons issues and the Depart- Customs Enforcement, a Cyber Crimes Cen- lished under section 105 of the Trafficking ment of State’s obligations under this Act, ter (referred to in this section as the ‘Cen- Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. which shall be designed for embassy report- ter’). 7103), shall conduct a review that, with re- ing officers, regional bureaus’ trafficking-in- ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center gard to trafficking in persons in the United persons coordinators, and their superiors; shall be to provide investigative assistance, States— ‘‘(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons brief- training, and equipment to support United (1) in consultation with nongovernmental ings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of States Immigration and Customs Enforce- organizations that the Task Force deter- mission before such individuals depart for ment’s domestic and international investiga- mines appropriate, surveys and catalogs the their posts; and tions of cyber-related crimes.

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‘‘(b) CHILD EXPLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS paigns in support of the functions of the Unit (referred to in this subsection as the UNIT.— CEIU. ‘CCU’). ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall op- ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISITION ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CCU— erate, within the Center, a Child Exploi- REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under sub- ‘‘(A) shall oversee the cyber security strat- tation Investigations Unit (referred to in paragraph (A) shall not be subject to the egy and cyber-related operations and pro- this subsection as the ‘CEIU’). Federal Acquisition Regulation for competi- grams for United States Immigration and ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CEIU— tion when the services provided by the enti- Customs Enforcement; ‘‘(A) shall coordinate all United States Im- ties referred to in such subparagraph are do- ‘‘(B) shall enhance United States Immigra- migration and Customs Enforcement child nated or of minimal cost to the Department. tion and Customs Enforcement’s ability to exploitation initiatives, including investiga- ‘‘(7) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after combat criminal enterprises operating on or tions into— the date of the enactment of the HERO Act through the Internet, with specific focus in ‘‘(i) child exploitation; of 2015, and annually for the following 4 the areas of— ‘‘(ii) child pornography; years, the CEIU shall— ‘‘(i) cyber economic crime; ‘‘(iii) child victim identification; ‘‘(A) submit a report containing a sum- ‘‘(ii) digital theft of intellectual property; ‘‘(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and mary of the data collected pursuant to para- ‘‘(iii) illicit e-commerce (including hidden ‘‘(v) forced child labor, including the sex- graph (3) during the previous year to— marketplaces); ual exploitation of minors; ‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Security ‘‘(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation of ‘‘(B) shall, among other things, focus on— and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; arms and strategic technology; and ‘‘(i) child exploitation prevention; ‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the ‘‘(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and money ‘‘(ii) investigative capacity building; Senate; laundering; ‘‘(iii) enforcement operations; and ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Appropriations of ‘‘(C) shall provide training and technical ‘‘(iv) training for Federal, State, local, the Senate; support in cyber investigations to— tribal, and foreign law enforcement agency ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Homeland Security ‘‘(i) United States Immigration and Cus- personnel, upon request; of the House of Representatives; toms Enforcement personnel; and ‘‘(C) shall provide training, technical ex- ‘‘(v) the Committee on the Judiciary of the ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, pertise, support, or coordination of child ex- House of Representatives; and and foreign law enforcement agency per- ploitation investigations, as needed, to co- ‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of sonnel engaged in the investigation of operating law enforcement agencies and per- the House of Representatives; and crimes within their respective jurisdictions, sonnel; ‘‘(B) make a copy of each report submitted upon request and subject to the availability ‘‘(D) shall provide psychological support under subparagraph (A) publicly available on of funds; and counseling services for United States the website of the Department. ‘‘(D) shall participate in research and de- Immigration and Customs Enforcement per- ‘‘(c) COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT.— velopment in the area of cyber investiga- sonnel engaged in child exploitation preven- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall op- tions, in coordination with appropriate com- tion initiatives, including making available erate, within the Center, a Computer ponents of the Department; and other existing services to assist employees ‘‘(E) is authorized to recruit participants who are exposed to child exploitation mate- Forensics Unit (referred to in this subsection of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative rial during investigations; as the ‘CFU’). (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program for in- ‘‘(E) is authorized to collaborate with the ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CFU— vestigative and forensic positions in support Department of Defense and the National As- ‘‘(A) shall provide training and technical of the functions of the CCU. sociation to Protect Children for the purpose support in digital forensics to— ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CCU of the recruiting, training, equipping and ‘‘(i) United States Immigration and Cus- is authorized to enter into cooperative agree- hiring of wounded, ill, and injured veterans toms Enforcement personnel; and ments to accomplish the functions set forth and transitioning service members, through ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, in paragraph (2). the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative and foreign law enforcement agency per- (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program; and sonnel engaged in the investigation of ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(F) shall collaborate with other govern- crimes within their respective jurisdictions, There are authorized to be appropriated to mental, nongovernmental, and nonprofit en- upon request and subject to the availability the Secretary such sums as are necessary to tities approved by the Secretary for the of funds; carry out this section.’’. sponsorship of, and participation in, out- ‘‘(B) shall provide computer hardware, (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The reach and training activities. software, and forensic licenses for all com- table of contents in section 1(b) of the Home- ‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The CEIU shall col- puter forensics personnel within United land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) lect and maintain data concerning— States Immigration and Customs Enforce- is amended by adding after the item relating ‘‘(A) the total number of suspects identi- ment; to section 890 the following: ‘‘(C) shall participate in research and de- fied by United States Immigration and Cus- ‘‘Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child ex- velopment in the area of digital forensics, in toms Enforcement; ploitation investigations unit, coordination with appropriate components of ‘‘(B) the number of arrests by United computer forensics unit, and the Department; and States Immigration and Customs Enforce- cyber crimes unit.’’. ment, disaggregated by type, including— ‘‘(D) is authorized to collaborate with the (c) HERO CORPS HIRING.—It is the sense of ‘‘(i) the number of victims identified Department of Defense and the National As- Congress that Homeland Security Investiga- through investigations carried out by United sociation to Protect Children for the purpose tions of the United States Immigration and States Immigration and Customs Enforce- of recruiting, training, equipping, and hiring Customs Enforcement should hire, recruit, ment; and wounded, ill, and injured veterans and train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured mili- ‘‘(ii) the number of suspects arrested who transitioning service members, through the tary veterans (as defined in section 101, title were in positions of trust or authority over Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 38, United States Code) who are affiliated children; (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program. with the HERO Child Rescue Corps program ‘‘(C) the number of cases opened for inves- ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CFU for investigative, intelligence, analyst, and tigation by United States Immigration and is authorized to enter into cooperative agree- forensic positions. Customs Enforcement; and ments to accomplish the functions set forth ‘‘(D) the number of cases resulting in a in paragraph (2). (d) INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION.— Federal, State, foreign, or military prosecu- ‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— Section 307(b)(3) of the Homeland Security tion. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is author- Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)(3)) is amended— ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF DATA TO CONGRESS.— ized to accept monies and in-kind donations (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ In addition to submitting the reports re- from the Virtual Global Task Force, na- at the end; quired under paragraph (7), the CEIU shall tional laboratories, Federal agencies, not- (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- make the data collected and maintained for-profit organizations, and educational in- riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and under paragraph (3) available to the commit- stitutions to create and expand public aware- (3) by adding at the end the following: tees of Congress described in paragraph (7). ness campaigns in support of the functions of ‘‘(D) conduct research and development for ‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CEIU the CFU. the purpose of advancing technology for the is authorized to enter into cooperative agree- ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISITION investigation of child exploitation crimes, ments to accomplish the functions set forth REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under sub- including child victim identification, traf- in paragraphs (2) and (3). paragraph (A) shall not be subject to the ficking in persons, and child pornography, ‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— Federal Acquisition Regulation for competi- and for advanced forensics.’’. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is author- tion when the services provided by the enti- SEC. 303. TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEX- ized to accept monies and in-kind donations ties referred to in such subparagraph are do- UAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED from the Virtual Global Taskforce, national nated or of minimal cost to the Department. CRIMES. laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit ‘‘(d) CYBER CRIMES UNIT.— Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, organizations, and educational institutions ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall op- is amended by striking section 2421 and in- to create and expand public awareness cam- erate, within the Center, a Cyber Crimes serting the following:

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Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website foreign commerce, or in any Territory or (8) A rapist pursuing parental or custody regarding persons— Possession of the United States, with intent rights causes the survivor to have continued ‘‘(1)(A) released from military corrections that such individual engage in prostitution, interaction with the rapist, which can have facilities; or or in any sexual activity for which any per- traumatic psychological effects on the sur- ‘‘(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by son can be charged with a criminal offense, vivor, and can make it more difficult for her courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under to recover. United States Code (the Uniform Code of this title or imprisoned not more than 10 (9) These traumatic effects on the mother Military Justice), do not include confine- years, or both. can severely negatively impact her ability to ment; and ‘‘(b) REQUESTS TO PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS raise a healthy child. ‘‘(2) required to register under this title.’’. BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.— (10) Rapists may use the threat of pursuing (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General custody or parental rights to coerce sur- MENT.—The table of contents of the Adam shall grant a request by a State attorney vivors into not prosecuting rape, or other- Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is general that a State or local attorney be wise harass, intimidate, or manipulate them. amended by inserting after the item relating to section 128 the following: cross designated to prosecute a violation of SEC. 404. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA this section unless the Attorney General de- GRANTS AUTHORIZED. ‘‘Sec. 128A. Registration of sex offenders re- termines that granting the request would The Attorney General shall increase the leased from military correc- undermine the administration of justice. amount provided to a State under the cov- tions facilities or upon convic- ‘‘(2) REASON FOR DENIAL.—If the Attorney ered formula grants in accordance with this tion.’’. General denies a request under paragraph (1), title if the State has in place a law that al- TITLE VI—STOPPING EXPLOITATION the Attorney General shall submit to the lows the mother of any child that was con- THROUGH TRAFFICKING State attorney general a detailed reason for ceived through rape to seek court-ordered SEC. 601. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES. the denial not later than 60 days after the termination of the parental rights of her rap- Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con- date on which a request is received.’’. ist with regard to that child, which the court trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. TITLE IV—RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD is authorized to grant upon clear and con- 3796dd et seq.) is amended— CUSTODY vincing evidence of rape. (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ‘‘where SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. SEC. 405. APPLICATION. feasible’’ and all that follows, and inserting This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rape Sur- A State seeking an increase in the amount the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an applica- vivor Child Custody Act’’. provided to the State under the covered for- tion— SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. mula grants shall include in the application ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional ca- In this title: of the State for each covered formula grant reer law enforcement officers that involves a such information as the Attorney General (1) COVERED FORMULA GRANT.—The term non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant may reasonably require, including informa- percent minimum under subsection (g); or under— tion about the law described in section 404. ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has (A) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime SEC. 406. GRANT INCREASE. in effect a law that— Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 The amount of the increase provided to a ‘‘(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) (commonly referred to State under the covered formula grants has attempted to engage in, a commercial as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women For- under this title shall be equal to not more sex act as a victim of a severe form of traf- mula Grant Program’’); or than 10 percent of the average of the total ficking in persons; (B) section 41601 of the Violence Against amount of funding provided to the State ‘‘(B) discourages or prohibits the charging Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g) (com- under the covered formula grants under the or prosecution of an individual described in 3 most recent awards to the State. monly referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault subparagraph (A) for a prostitution or sex Services Program’’). SEC. 407. PERIOD OF INCREASE. trafficking offense, based on the conduct de- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General scribed in subparagraph (A); and (2) TERMINATION.— shall provide an increase in the amount pro- ‘‘(C) encourages the diversion of an indi- (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘termination’’ means, when used with respect to parental vided to a State under the covered formula vidual described in subparagraph (A) to ap- rights, a complete and final termination of grants under this title for a 2-year period. propriate service providers, including child (b) LIMIT.—The Attorney General may not welfare services, victim treatment programs, the parent’s right to custody of, guardian- provide an increase in the amount provided child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, ship of, visitation with, access to, and inher- to a State under the covered formula grants or other social services.’’; and itance from a child. under this title more than 4 times. (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in SEC. 408. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FORMULA the following: this paragraph shall be construed to require GRANT FUNDS. ‘‘(5) ‘commercial sex act’ has the meaning a State, in order to receive an increase in the The Attorney General shall allocate an in- given the term in section 103 of the Victims amount provided to the State under the cov- crease in the amount provided to a State of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act ered formula grants under this title, to have under the covered formula grants under this of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). in place a law that terminates any obliga- title such that— ‘‘(6) ‘minor’ means an individual who has tion of a person who fathered a child through (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is not attained the age of 18 years. rape to support the child. provided under the program described in sec- ‘‘(7) ‘severe form of trafficking in persons’ SEC. 403. FINDINGS. tion 402(1)(A); and has the meaning given the term in section Congress finds the following: (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio- (1) Men who father children through rape provided under the program described in sec- lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. should be prohibited from visiting or having tion 402(1)(B). 7102).’’. custody of those children. SEC. 409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. SEC. 602. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CON- (2) Thousands of rape-related pregnancies There is authorized to be appropriated to NECTION WITH CERTAIN TRAF- occur annually in the United States. carry out this title $5,000,000 for each of fis- FICKING OFFENSES. (3) A substantial number of women choose cal years 2015 through 2019. Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Traf- to raise their child conceived through rape ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 TITLE V—MILITARY SEX OFFENDER and, as a result, may face custody battles (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— REPORTING with their rapists. (1) by inserting after ‘‘1590,’’ the following: (4) Rape is one of the most under-pros- SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘1591,’’; ecuted serious crimes, with estimates of This title may be cited as the ‘‘Military (2) by striking ‘‘and 1594’’ and inserting criminal conviction occurring in less than 5 Sex Offender Reporting Act of 2015’’. ‘‘1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423’’; percent of rapes. SEC. 502. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RE- (3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the (5) The clear and convincing evidence LEASED FROM MILITARY CORREC- end; TIONS FACILITIES OR UPON CONVIC- standard is the most common standard for TION. (4) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the termination of parental rights among the 50 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Sex Offender Reg- end; and States, territories, and the District of Co- istration and Notification Act is amended by (5) by inserting after clause (v) the fol- lumbia. inserting after section 128 (42 U.S.C. 16928) lowing: (6) The Supreme Court established that the the following: ‘‘(vi) the number of individuals required by clear and convincing evidence standard sat- ‘‘SEC. 128A. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS a court order to pay restitution in connec- isfies due process for allegations to termi- RELEASED FROM MILITARY COR- tion with a violation of each offense under nate or restrict parental rights in Santosky RECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON title 18, United States Code, the amount of v. Kramer (455 U.S. 745 (1982)). CONVICTION. restitution required to be paid under each (7) Currently only 10 States have statutes ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall provide to such order, and the amount of restitution ac- allowing rape survivors to petition for the the Attorney General the information de- tually paid pursuant to each such order; and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.056 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2347 ‘‘(vii) the age, gender, race, country of ori- tion, coordination, and collaboration, as ap- (F) validated assessment tools for the iden- gin, country of citizenship, and description propriate, on human trafficking investiga- tification of victims of a severe form of traf- of the role in the offense of individuals con- tions between and among the United States ficking; and victed under each offense; and’’. attorneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecu- (G) referral options and procedures for SEC. 603. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOT- tion Unit, the Child Exploitation and Ob- sharing information on human trafficking LINE. scenity Section, and the Federal Bureau of with a patient and making referrals for legal Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime Investigation. and social services as appropriate. Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal ef- (4) PILOT PROGRAM.—An entity receiving a 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)) is amended— forts dedicated to preventing and combating grant under paragraph (1) shall design and (1) by striking ‘‘Subject’’ and inserting the human trafficking, including resources dedi- implement a pilot program to test the best following: cated to the Human Trafficking Prosecution practices and educational materials identi- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject’’; and Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity fied or developed with respect to the recogni- (2) by adding at the end the following: Section, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, tion of victims of human trafficking by ‘‘(ii) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOT- and all other entities that receive Federal health professionals at health care sites lo- LINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017, and in support that have a goal or mission to com- cated near an established anti-human traf- each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made bat the exploitation of adults and children. ficking task force initiative in each of the 10 available for grants under paragraph (2), the (4) An ongoing assessment of the future administrative regions of the Department of Secretary of Health and Human Services trends, challenges, and opportunities, includ- Health and Human Services. shall make grants for a national communica- ing new investigative strategies, techniques, (5) ANALYSIS AND REPORT.—Not later than tion system to assist victims of severe forms and technologies, that will enhance Federal, 24 months after the date on which an entity of trafficking in persons in communicating State, local, and tribal efforts to combat implements a pilot program under paragraph with service providers. The Secretary shall human trafficking. (4), the entity shall— give priority to grant applicants that have (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordi- (A) analyze the results of the pilot pro- experience in providing telephone services to nation, and mutual support between private grams, including through an assessment of— victims of severe forms of trafficking in per- sector and other entities and organizations (i) changes in the skills, knowledge, and sons.’’. and Federal agencies to combat human traf- attitude of health care professionals result- SEC. 604. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. ficking, including the involvement of State, ing from the implementation of the program; Section 144(a)(3) of the Workforce Innova- local, and tribal government agencies to the (ii) the number of victims of a severe form tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. extent Federal programs are involved. of trafficking who were identified under the 3194(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end program; the following: TITLE VII—TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE (iii) of those victims identified, the number ‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of traf- who received information or referrals for ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. services offered; and of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence This title may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking (iv) of those victims who received such in- Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Not- Awareness Training for Health Care Act of formation or referrals— withstanding paragraph (2), an individual de- 2015’’. (I) the number who participated in follow scribed in this subparagraph shall not be re- SEC. 702. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. up services; and quired to demonstrate eligibility under such (a) GRANT OR CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT (II) the type of follow up services received; paragraph.’’. OF BEST PRACTICES.— (B) determine, using the results of the SEC. 605. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after analysis conducted under subparagraph (A), UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERV- the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- the extent to which the best practices devel- ICE. oped under this subsection are evidence- Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States retary of Health and Human Services acting through the Administrator of the Health Re- based; and Code, is amended— (C) submit to the Secretary of Health and (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ sources and Services Administration, and in consultation with the Administration on Human Services a report concerning the at the end; pilot program and the analysis of the pilot (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- Children and Families and other agencies with experience in serving victims of human program under subparagraph (A), including riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and an identification of the best practices that (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the trafficking, shall award, on a competitive basis, a grant or contract to an eligible enti- were identified as effective and those that following: require further review. ‘‘(D) assist State, local, and other Federal ty to train health care professionals to rec- (b) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 30 law enforcement agencies, upon the request ognize and respond to victims of a severe form of trafficking. months after date on which a grant is award- of such an agency, in locating and recovering ed to an eligible entity under subsection (a), missing children.’’. (2) DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES.—An entity receiving a grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services SEC. 606. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY shall— TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. under paragraph (1) shall develop evidence- (1) collaborate with appropriate profes- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General based best practices for health care profes- sional associations and health care profes- shall implement and maintain a National sionals to recognize and respond to victims sional schools to disseminate best practices Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking of a severe form of trafficking, including— (referred to in this section as the ‘‘National (A) consultation with law enforcement of- identified or developed under subsection (a) Strategy’’) in accordance with this section. ficials, social service providers, health pro- for purposes of recognizing potential victims (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL fessionals, experts in the field of human traf- of a severe form of trafficking; and STRATEGY.—The National Strategy shall in- ficking, and other experts, as appropriate, to (2) post on the public website of the De- clude the following: inform the development of such best prac- partment of Health and Human Services the (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tices; best practices that are identified by the as tribal efforts to investigate and prosecute (B) the identification of any existing best effective under subsection (a)(5). human trafficking cases, including— practices or tools for health professionals to SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS. (A) the development by each United States recognize potential victims of a severe form In this title: attorney, in consultation with State, local, of trafficking; and (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an ac- and tribal government agencies, of a dis- (C) the development of educational mate- credited school of medicine or nursing with trict-specific strategic plan to coordinate rials to train health care professionals on experience in the study or treatment of vic- the identification of victims and the inves- the best practices developed under this sub- tims of a severe form of trafficking. tigation and prosecution of human traf- section. (2) The term ‘‘eligible site’’ means a health ficking crimes; (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Best practices devel- center that is receiving assistance under sec- (B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 as- oped under this subsection shall address— tion 330, 399Z–1, or 1001 of the Public Health sistant United States attorney in each dis- (A) risk factors and indicators to recognize Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, 280h–5, and 300). trict dedicated to the prosecution of human victims of a severe form of trafficking; (3) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ trafficking cases or responsible for imple- (B) patient safety and security; means a person employed by a health care menting the National Strategy; (C) the management of medical records of provider who provides to patients informa- (C) the participation in any Federal, State, patients who are victims of a severe form of tion (including information not related to local, or tribal human trafficking task force trafficking; medical treatment), scheduling, services, or operating in the district of the United States (D) public and private social services avail- referrals. attorney; and able for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter (4) The term ‘‘HIPAA privacy and security (D) any other efforts intended to enhance referrals; law’’ has the meaning given to such term in the level of coordination and cooperation, as (E) the hotlines for reporting human traf- section 3009 of the Public Health Service Act determined by the Attorney General. ficking maintained by the National Human (42 U.S.C. 300jj–19). (2) Case coordination within the Depart- Trafficking Resource Center and the Depart- (5) The term ‘‘victim of a severe form of ment of Justice, including specific integra- ment of Homeland Security; trafficking’’ has the meaning given to such

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.056 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2348 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 term in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic- TITLE IX—ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING SEC. 904. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTI- tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- TIES. SEC. 704. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF CURITY PERSONNEL The Secretary may provide training cur- ricula to any State, local, or tribal govern- APPROPRIATIONS. SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS. ment or private organization to assist the No additional funds are authorized to be In this title: appropriated to carry out this title, and this government or organization in establishing a (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ program of training to identify human traf- title shall be carried out using amounts oth- means the Department of Homeland Secu- erwise available for such purpose. ficking, upon request from the government rity. or organization. TITLE VIII—BETTER RESPONSE FOR (2) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING SEC. 905. EXPANDED USE OF DOMESTIC TRAF- trafficking’’ means an act or practice de- FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND. scribed in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of This title may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring a Code, as added by section 101 of this Act, is 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). Better Response for Victims of Child Sex amended— (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ Trafficking’’. (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ means the Secretary of Homeland Security. SEC. 802. CAPTA AMENDMENTS. at the end; SEC. 902. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PER- (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to the (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe- SONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN TRAF- riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act FICKING. (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) made by this section (3) by adding at the end the following: (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days shall take effect 2 years after the date of the ‘‘(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our Chil- after the date of the enactment of this Act, enactment of this Act. dren Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17616).’’. the Secretary shall implement a program (b) STATE PLANS.—Section 106 of the Child to— TITLE X—HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUR- Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 (1) train and periodically retrain relevant VIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— Transportation Security Administration, ACT (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at other Department personnel that the Sec- This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human the end; and retary considers appropriate, with respect to Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empower- (B) by adding at the end the following: how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt ment Act of 2015’’. ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures requiring human trafficking, and, where appropriate, identification and assessment of all reports SEC. 1002. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAF- interdict a suspected perpetrator of human FICKING SURVIVORS. involving children known or suspected to be trafficking, during the course of their pri- Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus victims of sex trafficking (as defined in sec- mary roles and responsibilities; and Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 tion 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Pro- (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) is amended by striking tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102 (10)); and paragraph (1) regularly receive current infor- ‘‘where feasible’’ and all that follows, and in- ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for train- mation on matters related to the detection serting the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an ing child protective services workers about of human trafficking, including information application— identifying, assessing, and providing com- that becomes available outside of the De- ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional ca- prehensive services for children who are sex partment’s initial or periodic retraining reer law enforcement officers that involves a trafficking victims, including efforts to co- schedule, to the extent relevant to their offi- non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 ordinate with State law enforcement, juve- cial duties and consistent with applicable in- percent minimum under subsection (g); or nile justice, and social service agencies such formation and privacy laws. ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has as runaway and homeless youth shelters to in effect a law— serve this population;’’; and (b) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The training re- ‘‘(A) that— (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end ferred to in subsection (a) may be conducted ‘‘(i) provides a process by which an indi- the following: through in-class or virtual learning capabili- vidual who is a human trafficking survivor ‘‘(17) The number of children determined to ties, and shall include— can move to vacate any arrest or conviction be victims described in subsection (1) methods for identifying suspected vic- records for a non-violent offense committed (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).’’. tims of human trafficking and, where appro- priate, perpetrators of human trafficking; as a direct result of human trafficking, in- (c) SPECIAL RULE.— (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to cluding prostitution or lewdness; (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the Child ‘‘(ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 approach a suspected victim of human traf- that any arrest or conviction of an indi- U.S.C. 5106g) is amended— ficking, where appropriate, in a manner that vidual for an offense associated with human (A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and insert- is sensitive to the suspected victim and is trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if ing the following: not likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking; the individual— ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes’’; and ‘‘(I) is a person granted nonimmigrant sta- (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment in which tus pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.— the personnel receiving such training per- Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 1101(a)(15)(T)(i)); 3(2) and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be form their official duties; ‘‘(II) is the subject of a certification by the considered a victim of ‘child abuse and ne- (4) other topics determined by the Sec- Secretary of Health and Human Services glect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ if the child is retary to be appropriate; and under section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking identified, by a State or local agency em- (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. ployee of the State or locality involved, as receiving the training. 7105(b)(1)(E)); or being a victim of sex trafficking (as defined (c) TRAINING CURRICULUM REVIEW.—The ‘‘(III) has other similar documentation of in paragraph (10) of section 103 of the Traf- Secretary shall annually reassess the train- trafficking, which has been issued by a Fed- ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 ing program established under subsection (a) eral, State, or local agency; and U.S.C. 7102)) or a victim of severe forms of to ensure it is consistent with current tech- ‘‘(iii) protects the identity of individuals trafficking in persons described in paragraph niques, patterns, and trends associated with who are human trafficking survivors in pub- (9)(A) of that section. human trafficking. lic and court records; and ‘‘(2) STATE OPTION.—Notwithstanding the SEC. 903. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CON- ‘‘(B) that does not require an individual definition of ‘child’ in section 3(1), a State GRESS. who is a human trafficking survivor to pro- may elect to define that term for purposes of (a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 year vide official documentation as described in the application of paragraph (1) to section after the date of the enactment of this Act, subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph 3(2) and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has the Secretary shall certify to Congress that (A)(ii) in order to receive protection under not attained the age of 24.’’. all personnel referred to in section 402(a) the law.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(2) have successfully completed the training re- of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- quired under that section. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 GARDNER). The majority leader. inserting ‘‘(including sexual abuse as deter- year after the date of the enactment of this f mined under section 111)’’ after ‘‘sexual Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary abuse or exploitation’’. shall report to Congress with respect to the MORNING BUSINESS (3) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Paragraph overall effectiveness of the program required Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I (5)(C) of subsection (a), as so designated, of by this title, the number of cases reported by section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention Department personnel in which human traf- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is ficking was suspected, and, of those cases, ate be in a period of morning business, amended by striking ‘‘inhumane;’’ and in- the number of cases that were confirmed with Senators permitted to speak serting ‘‘inhumane.’’. cases of human trafficking. therein for up to 10 minutes each.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.056 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2349 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ery and should be available in every number of events, lectures, art exhib- objection? State, and my amendment will help us its, concerts, and vigils to remember Without objection, it is so ordered. achieve that goal. the victims of the genocide, to educate f I will close by sharing comments their communities, and to look to the that Katie’s mom recently sent to my future. I applaud their efforts to pre- JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF office. It think it clearly demonstrates serve their culture and identity. TRAFFICKING ACT what is possible when survivors are Over the last century, the Armenians Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I rise given the time and support they need of Michigan erected churches, estab- today to speak on an amendment that to recover. lished community centers, and built a I was pleased to include in the human She wrote: day school. They also founded edu- trafficking legislation that was passed As a mother and as a woman watching all cational centers such as the Armenian earlier today. The amendment was those years, being totally overwhelmed by Research Center at the University of based on the Human Trafficking Sur- hopelessness AND helplessness, I can see a Michigan-Dearborn. International lan- vivors Relief and Empowerment Act, positive . . . . I think the 11 year old girl I guage and linguistics courses at Wayne which I introduced several weeks ago. lost is coming back to me . . . as a woman— State University are located in It has a simple purpose. It provides a little battle weary but stronger and Manoogian Hall, which was named happier and filled with so much hope. an incentive for States to enact laws after the notable Detroit-Armenian that allow human trafficking survivors We want this kind of new beginning philanthropist and businessman Alex to clear their criminal records of pros- for every victim of trafficking. And Manoogian. These are just part of the titution and other low-level, non- that is exactly what this provision will Armenian community’s contributions violent crimes that they can reason- help accomplish. I want to thank my to Michigan. ably demonstrate were the result of colleagues for their support, and hope While Armenians have found pros- being trafficked. this bill will move quickly through the perity in their new home, they have Many States, including my home House and to the President for signa- not forgotten those who did not live to State of New Hampshire, have vacatur ture into law. see what the future held for their peo- laws in place. However, we need to en- f ple. Many of Michigan’s Armenian sure that survivors of human traf- ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 100TH community members have written ficking have access to these types of ANNIVERSARY books and recorded accounts of what protections no matter where they are happened to their families in 1915 in an rescued, or what State they were Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I effort to shed light and increase aware- forced to commit crimes in. rise to commemorate the 100th anni- ness. These stories will carry on for When I first introduced this legisla- versary of the Armenian genocide, generations, and remind us all that if tion, I shared the story of a young widely recognized as the first genocide we do not recognize the atrocities of woman named Katie featured in a re- of the 20th century. the past we risk blinding ourselves to cent NPR story on vacatur laws. In the April 24, 1915 marked the beginning the atrocities that could still occur story, she spoke about her heart- of a horrific period in our world’s his- today. breaking experience as a trafficking tory and for the Armenian people. On Charging toward a peaceful future re- victim. this day, agents of the Ottoman Em- quires making peace with the past. De- Katie talked about being raped at age pire rounded up and executed Arme- nial does not serve our American val- 11, and at age 13 being forced into com- nian community leaders, poets, and in- ues. Denial minimizes the great trag- mercial sex. tellectuals. What ensued was the sys- edy that fell upon the victims, the sur- She talked about having her skull tematic extermination of 1.5 million vivors, and their descendants. Over 40 cracked and ribs broken, and about the Armenian men, women and children at States have affirmed the Armenian regular beatings that resulted in the hands of the Ottoman Turkish gov- genocide, including Michigan. I have bruises and black eyes. She talked ernment. From 1915 to 1923, the world called on, and will continue to call on, about 7 years of the worst kinds of witnessed the attempted destruction of the President to formally recognize physical and emotional torture, and the Armenian people for no reason that the atrocities committed against being transported nearly 1,400 miles other than their very existence. the Armenian people were in fact geno- from her home. Unfortunately, the events sur- cide. But Katie also talked about her re- rounding the Armenian genocide are Recognition of the Armenian geno- covery—about rebuilding a life with fraught with denial. But the case is cide is long overdue. A crime like this her family and young son, about work- simple. When Raphael Lemkin coined casts a long shadow. This shadow can ing hard to make a better life. the term ‘‘genocide’’ in the 1940s, he be conquered only by light—the light According to Katie, one of the most had what happened to the Armenians of truth that comes from fully ac- important things we can do for these in mind as a definitive example. knowledging the full scale of the hor- survivors, these brave young men and Those who perished experienced some ror that the Armenians endured. women, is to give them the tools to of the worst aspects of humanity. But f start over. the campaign to exterminate the Ar- As Katie told NPR, ‘‘I’m not ever menian people failed. And those who EARTH DAY going to forget what I’ve done, but at survived embodied the best qualities of Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today is the same time, I don’t want it thrown the human spirit: hope, resilience, per- Earth Day, and on Earth Day it is im- in my face every time I’m trying to severance, and love. Some survivors portant for all of us to reflect not only seek employment.’’ made their way to America, and many on how human activity impacts the en- Survivors of human trafficking are of them built their new lives in Michi- vironment but also how those impacts victims of a crime. Yet often it is the gan. They have created thriving com- on the environment affect people. victims who are arrested, detained, munities, built businesses, raised fami- Unfortunately, one of the impacts of prosecuted, and convicted. lies, and contributed to the fabric of climate change that is increasingly Records of these crimes, can follow what makes the State of Michigan so being documented by the military and survivors for life. These records limit great. Their descendants carry on these intelligence communities is that cli- access to safe housing and good jobs. values, and the richness of their cul- mate change is a threat to our national They can even bar access to car loans ture is part of what gives vibrancy to security. This threat takes many and educational opportunities. They our State. forms. Perhaps the simplest manifesta- leave trafficking survivors with few op- The Armenians in Michigan boast a tion is the threat of sea level rise on tions, and in some cases drive individ- community of well over 20,000. It is the the Pentagon’s 700 costal facilities. uals back to engaging in commercial largest in the Midwest, and I am proud Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia is sex. to represent them. To commemorate the largest naval base in the world, but Vacatur laws help victims start the 100th anniversary, Michigan’s Ar- the station and the surrounding com- fresh. They are a critical part of recov- menian community has organized a munity is being inundated by coastal

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.048 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2350 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 flooding from sea level rise. Norfolk is needs is a major driver and it’s only crises and issues, such as civil conflict, experiencing high tides 11⁄2 feet higher getting worse.’’ fragile societies, and underdevelop- than it did a century ago. This has al- Prolonged drought and other serious ment. ready caused the naval base to have to environmental disasters are also made Many Pacific Island nations, such as abandon some piers, but perhaps the more likely in a warming world, and Kiribati and Tuvalu, are being swal- real worry is how flooding could pre- these kinds of conditions can over- lowed up by the ocean. vent sailors from reaching the base whelm governments and cause govern- While no single extreme weather during a weather event. One local min- ment collapse. event can be attributed to climate ister quipped to the Washington Post The potential of conflict, radicalism, change, and the Earth has certainly ex- that the local church that is now up for and terrorism are heightened when perienced hurricanes and cyclones sale faced the prospect of putting ‘‘the states fail. since the dawn of time, what is worth tide chart on their Web site’’ so people Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs noting is the trend in increased inten- would know whether they could get to of Staff, Michael Mullin, was quoted in sity and frequency of extreme weather church. the DOD’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense events is clear. Since 2000, there have Norfolk and the Navy are exploring Review: been 18 category 5 hurricanes and cy- various solutions, including a costly The scarcity of and potential competition clones—18 storms in the last 14 years. flood gate proposal, but the reality is for resources . . . compounded by the influx The previous 18 category 5 storms oc- that Naval Station Norfolk and U.S. of refugees . . . creates conditions of hope- curred over a 39-year period from 1961 Navy infrastructure around the world lessness that could lead to failed states and to 2000. In other words, the phe- make populations vulnerable to nomenon is becoming a more common is at threat around the world, and in a radicalization. time of tightening budgets, that can occurrence in our world. CNA Corporation’s Military Advisory have real impacts on military readi- Last month, Cyclone Pam quite lit- Board issued a 2014 report titled ‘‘Na- ness. erally leveled the island nation of A similar problem exists in my home tional Security and the Accelerating Vanuatu in the South Pacific. An over- State, in Annapolis, home to the U.S. Risks of Climate Change ‘‘calling for whelming majority of the island’s Naval Academy. NOAA’s 2014 ‘‘Sea political leadership to address the structures were destroyed. As the days Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Fre- causes and impacts of climate change: went on and the media began to lose quency Changes Around the United The national security risks of projected focus on the humanitarian crisis that climate change are as serious as any chal- States’’ found that ‘‘Annapolis and was unfolding, access to food and fresh- lenges we have faced . . . .Political posturing water became increasingly difficult for Baltimore, Maryland, lead the list with and budgetary woes cannot be allowed to in- an increase in number of flood days of the people of Vanuatu. Foreign aid has hibit discussion and debate over what so slowly made its way to the stricken more than 920 percent since 1960.’’ many believe to be a salient national secu- people of Vanuatu. The World Health NOAA goes on to conclude that sea rity concern for our nation. Organization has noted a rise in ill- level rise in the waters of the Chesa- Scholars at U.C. Santa Barbara and nesses related to lack of access to safe peake Bay is the cause of these ‘‘nui- Columbia University have shown how drinking water and exposure to mos- sance flooding’’ events. Syria is an example of how climate On Monday, I visited the Patuxant quito-borne diseases. change can help create conditions that We must remain mindful of the pace River Naval Air Station in Southern lead to conflict. The ongoing tragedy of and quality of recovery efforts in Maryland on the western shore of the ISIS cannot be explained by any one Vanuatu. Cyclone Pam has created a Chesapeake Bay. I raised the issue of single cause, but studies are pointing situation that could very easily desta- how sea level rise is expected to affect to climate change as an important fac- bilize the government if conditions on the important work this installation tor. the ground in Vanuatu do not continue does to ensure our Navy’s defense pre- Between 2006 and 2010, Syria experi- to improve. paredness and aircraft testing and enced its worst drought in decades. Re- Extremist organizations feed on in- what sort of preparation and mitiga- portedly this caused crop failure on 60 stability and chaos, and if the people of tion work they were doing to meet percent of Syria’s arable land and the Vanuatu feel their government is not these imminent challenges. country lost 8o percent of its head of adequately addressing their needs in a Critical to the function of Pax Riv- cattle. timely fashion, concerned nations need er’s operations is that the base be lo- Rural farmers had nowhere to go but to be vigilant of what forces may take cated at sea level, so if sea level is to Syria’s cities. Syria’s Government, hold. changing, even by just a few feet, they which was already dealing with 1 mil- As climate change worsens, more have to account for these changes and lion displaced people from Iraq, was countries may become vulnerable to its essentially raise the base. Fortunately, overwhelmed by an influx of 1 million effects. Lack of food, water, and living the Navy is already putting a lot of people internally displaced by drought. space is displacing and killing people. thought into this issue; however, the As we know all too well from recent To protect our national security, we infrastructure adaptation and mitiga- history, failed states and the chaotic need to listen to the Department of De- tion projects that are essential to conditions within them are breeding fense and an emerging group of schol- keeping our military prepared are com- grounds of terrorism and radicalism ars who are showing the connections ing at the expense of the taxpayer. such as that practiced by ISIS. between climate change and conflict. Climate change is also a threat to na- Climate change helped create That means heeding the warnings of tional security because it can serve as stresses on the Syrian Government it humanitarian need, providing adequate a threat multiplier. For as long as could not handle, and its collapse has aid to maintain stability during crises, there have been humans, there has helped lead to the emergence of ISIS. and helping vulnerable countries build been conflict over resources, especially Leaders and experts attribute other resilient infrastructure. But most fun- when those resources are scarce and es- global conflicts to climate change. Ban damentally it means we need to fight sential. Many national security and de- Ki-moon holds that violence in Darfur climate change. Global warming pollu- fense experts have commented on how was sparked by a decline in rainfall tion is harming our planet, harming climate change’s impacts on food pro- that devastated cattle herds. Others nature, and endangering wildlife. duction, freshwater resources, and the believe that the 2011 Arab spring re- But Earth Day is not just about the destruction of critical infrastructure is lates to heat waves that forced cereal- Earth; it is also about the people in- contributing to political instability in exporting countries to take grain off habit it. Let’s remember the most se- a number of countries, particularly in the global market. vere human impacts of climate, its im- developing countries where political A severe drought in the Horn of Afri- pacts on our national security, and leadership is already tenuous. ca has starved off tens of thousands of avert the worst affects of global warm- As former colonel and current De- Somalis, and many more are on the ing. partment of Defense consultant Pete brink of starvation in crowded refugee Let’s do justice to Earth Day and Newell put it, ‘‘As a precursor to con- camps nearby. This displacement and make fighting climate change a true flict, lack of access to basic human desperation can only compound other national priority.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP6.053 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2351 ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS future. This year, they celebrate their curity and Governmental Affairs, and 50th anniversary. In my State, Alaska, referred as indicated: our Job Corps Center is now 20 years H.R. 710. An act to require the Secretary of RECOGNIZING THE SAINTS JOHN old. In that time, it has graduated over Homeland Security to prepare a comprehen- NEUMANN AND MARIA GORETTI 5,000 students. At any of Alaska’s hos- sive security assessment of the transpor- HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKET- pitals, businesses, government offices, tation security card program, and for other BALL TEAM native corporations, contractors, elec- purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, ∑ Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I wish to trical or telecom companies, nursing Science, and Transportation. recognize the Saints John Neumann facilities, accounting firms, banks, f and Maria Goretti High School girls water plants, and prestigious res- MEASURES PLACED ON THE varsity basketball team from Philadel- taurants, you will always find success- CALENDAR phia, PA. After an undefeated 2014–2015 fully employed Alaska Job Corps grad- season, the Neumann-Goretti Lady uates. These former students are now The following bill was read the sec- Saints achieved the No. 1 rank in the taxpayers and so proud of their ond time, and placed on the calendar: Nation and were named the national achievements. I stand with them, as S. 1035. A bill to extend authority relating champions of all high school basketball their proud Senator. These alumni look to roving surveillance, access to business teams. This remarkable achievement favorably upon their time at Alaska’s records, and individual terrorists as agents demonstrates the fortitude and talent Job Corps Center as a time that made of foreign powers under the Foreign Intel- ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other of the team, its leadership and the an enormous difference in their lives; purposes. school. oftentimes the difference between safe- Under head coach Andrea Peterson, ty and danger, success and failure, and f the Lady-Saints dominated their reg- wealth and poverty. This program INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND ular season, securing their playoff works. It has a heart that never stops JOINT RESOLUTIONS berth when they earned their second beating the supportive drumbeat of The following bills and joint resolu- consecutive Philadelphia Catholic success and training for our young peo- tions were introduced, read the first League Championship. The Lady- ple.∑ and second times by unanimous con- Saints continued their streak, winning f the PIAA District XII AA City Cham- sent, and referred as indicated: pionship and earning a top seed in the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Pennsylvania State tournament. At 11:22 a.m., a message from the HATCH, Mr. HELLER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. After earning wins with large mar- RISCH, Mr. ENZI, Mr. LEE, Mr. DAINES, House of Representatives, delivered by and Mr. BARRASSO): gins in all four rounds of the Pennsyl- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- S. 1036. A bill to require the Secretary of vania State tournament, the Neumann- nounced that the House has passed the the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture Goretti team entered the State cham- following bill, without amendment: to provide certain Western States assistance pionship game against the Seton-La- S.535. An act to promote energy efficiency. in the development of statewide conserva- Salle Rebels of Pittsburgh. Dominating tion and management plans for the protec- The message also announced that the the game with a score of 79–34, the tion and recovery of sage-grouse species, and House has passed the following bill, in Lady Saints earned the Pennsylvania for other purposes; to the Committee on En- which it requests the concurrence of State championship title. This monu- vironment and Public Works. the Senate: By Mr. RISCH: mental season resulted in national rec- S. 1037. A bill to expand the provisions for ognition by USA TODAY, ESPN, CBS H.R. 471. An act to improve enforcement efforts related to prescription drug diversion termination of mandatory purchase require- MaxPreps, and Blue Star Media. The and abuse, and for other purposes. ments under the Public Utility Regulatory team was also named team of the year Policies Act of 1978; to the Committee on En- for the Philadelphia and Southeastern The message further announced that ergy and Natural Resources. Pennsylvania region by the Philadel- the House has agreed to the following By Mr. RISCH: phia Inquirer. concurrent resolutions, in which it re- S. 1038. A bill to clarify that no express or I am proud to join the city of Phila- quests the concurrence of the Senate: implied warranty is provided by reason of a delphia in celebrating the performance H. Con. Res. 21. Concurrent resolution au- disclosure relating to voluntary participa- thorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for tion in the Energy Star program, and for of senior players Ciani Cryor, Sianni other purposes; to the Committee on Energy Martin, A.J. Timbers, Christina the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby. H. Con. Res. 25. Concurrent resolution au- and Natural Resources. Aborowa, Melanie Schoolfield, Kaschae thorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for By Mr. RISCH: Harris, and honorary team member the National Peace Officers Memorial Serv- S. 1039. A bill to require certain agencies to Amanda Brett. I also congratulate re- ice and the National Honor Guard and Pipe conduct assessments of data centers and de- turning players Felicia Aiyeotan, Erica Band Exhibition. velop data center consolidation and optimi- zation plans to achieve energy cost savings; Brown, Minika Glenn, Jabria Ingram, f Alisha Kebbe, Jada Russell, Kamiah to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- MEASURES REFERRED sources. Smalls, Jaylen Durrett, Shayla Green, By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Daijah Parmley, and Chyna Wooten. I The following bill was read the first MANCHIN): wish all of these players well as they and the second times by unanimous S. 1040. A bill to direct the Consumer Prod- continue their academic careers. consent, and referred as indicated: uct Safety Commission and the National The Neumann-Goretti Lady-Saints, H.R. 471. An act to improve enforcement Academy of Sciences to study the vehicle Head Coach Peterson, Assistant Coach efforts related to prescription drug diversion handling requirements proposed by the Com- Kat Scanlan, Ms. Letty Santarelli and and abuse, and for other purposes; to the mission for recreational off-highway vehicles the entire Saints John Neumann and Committee on the Judiciary. and to prohibit the adoption of any such re- quirements until the completion of the Maria Goretti High School should take f study, and for other purposes; to the Com- great pride in this achievement. Their MEASURES DISCHARGED mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- accomplishments are celebrated by the tation. entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The following bill was discharged By Mr. SANDERS: I wish the team and the community from the Committee on Environment S. 1041. A bill to eliminate certain sub- every success in their future endeav- and Public Works, and referred as indi- sidies for fossil-fuel production; to the Com- ors.∑ cated: mittee on Finance. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. S. 782. A bill to direct the Secretary of the f MARKEY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SANDERS, Interior to establish a bison management Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. JOB CORPS 50TH ANNIVERSARY plan for Grand Canyon National Park; to the WHITEHOUSE, Ms. WARREN, Mr. ∑ Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. REED): sources. would like to recognize the Job Corps S. 1042. A bill to amend the Outer Conti- program, which trains our Nation’s The following bill was discharged nental Shelf Lands Act to permanently pro- young people to see and create a viable from the Committee on Homeland Se- hibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22AP6.026 S22APPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2352 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 22, 2015 outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, By Mrs. SHAHEEN: in the United States; considered and agreed South Atlantic, and North Atlantic planning S. 1054. A bill to improve the productivity to. areas; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- and energy efficiency of the manufacturing By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and ural Resources. sector by directing the Secretary of Energy, Mr. ISAKSON): By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Ms. in coordination with the National Academies S. Res. 145. A resolution supporting the BALDWIN): and other appropriate Federal agencies, to designation of April 2015, as ‘‘Parkinson’s S. 1043. A bill to ensure that transportation develop a national smart manufacturing plan Awareness Month’’; considered and agreed and infrastructure projects carried out using and to provide assistance to small- and me- to. Federal financial assistance are constructed dium-sized manufacturers in implementing By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. with steel, iron, and manufactured goods smart manufacturing programs, and for CARDIN, Mr. PERDUE, and Ms. MIKUL- that are produced in the United States, and other purposes; to the Committee on Energy SKI): for other purposes; to the Committee on and Natural Resources. S. Res. 146. A resolution expressing support Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. FRANKEN: for the designation of the week of April 13 By Mr. MARKEY: S. 1055. A bill to require the Administrator through April 17, 2015, as ‘‘National Assist- S. 1044. A bill to enhance consumer access of General Services and the Secretary of En- ant Principals Week’’ ; considered and agreed to electricity information and allow for the ergy to set goals for deep energy retrofits in to. adoption of innovative products and services Federal buildings; to the Committee on En- By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and to help consumers manage their energy vironment and Public Works. Mr. REID): usage; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. DUR- S. Res. 147. A resolution designating Don- ural Resources. BIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COONS, Ms. ald A. Ritchie as Historian Emeritus of the By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. ISAK- STABENOW, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. WAR- United States Senate; considered and agreed SON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RISCH, Mr. REN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. WYDEN, to. BLUNT, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. KAINE, f Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. PERDUE): and Mr. MENENDEZ): S. 1045. A bill to protect 10th Amendment S. 1056. A bill to eliminate racial profiling ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS rights by providing special standing for by law enforcement, and for other purposes; S. 142 State government officials to challenge pro- to the Committee on the Judiciary. At the request of Mr. NELSON, the posed regulations, and for other purposes; to By Mr. WYDEN: the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 1057. A bill to promote geothermal en- name of the Senator from Maryland By Ms. CANTWELL: ergy, and for other purposes; to the Com- (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor S. 1046. A bill to accelerate the adoption of mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. of S. 142, a bill to require the Consumer smart building technologies in the private By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Product Safety Commission to promul- sector and key Federal agencies; to the Com- MERKLEY, Mr. SCHATZ, and Mr. KING): gate a rule to require child safety mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. S. 1058. A bill to promote research, devel- packaging for liquid nicotine con- By Mr. ALEXANDER: opment, and demonstration of marine and tainers, and for other purposes. S. 1047. A bill to require the Secretary of hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies, Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of and for other purposes; to the Committee on S. 165 other Federal agencies for the potential to Energy and Natural Resources. At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the cause an adverse effect on the cost, time, or By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. difficulty of complying with energy effi- DURBIN): RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. ciency regulations, guidelines, or standards; S. 1059. A bill to provide Dreamer students 165, a bill to extend and enhance prohi- to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- with access to student financial aid; to the sources. bitions and limitations with respect to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and the transfer or release of individuals By Mr. ALEXANDER: Pensions. S. 1048. A bill to remove the authority of detained at United States Naval Sta- By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. MAR- the Secretary of Energy to amend or issue KEY, and Mr. SCHUMER): tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for new energy efficiency standards for ceiling S. 1060. A bill to improve the Federal Pell other purposes. fans; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- Grant program, and for other purposes; to S. 178 ural Resources. the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. and Pensions. BOOZMAN, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. name of the Senator from Washington By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. MAR- FLAKE): (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- KEY, and Mr. SCHUMER): S. 1049. A bill to allow the financing by S. 1061. A bill to improve the Federal Pell sor of S. 178, a bill to provide justice United States persons of sales of agricultural Grant program, and for other purposes; to for the victims of trafficking. commodities to Cuba; to the Committee on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, S. 182 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. and Pensions. By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. REED, BROWN): name of the Senator from New Hamp- Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. SCHUMER): S. 1050. A bill to amend the Elementary shire (Ms. AYOTTE) was added as a co- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by es- S. 1062. A bill to improve the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes; to sponsor of S. 182, a bill to amend the tablishing a program to support the mod- Elementary and Secondary Education ernization, renovation, or repair of career the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Act of 1965 to prohibit Federal edu- and technical education facilities, and for cation mandates, and for other pur- other purposes; to the Committee on Health, By Mr. FRANKEN: Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 1063. A bill to amend title VI of the Pub- poses. lic Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to By Mr. DURBIN: S. 258 S. 1051. A bill to include county and munic- establish a Federal energy efficiency re- source standard for electricity and natural At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the ipal correctional facilities among medical fa- name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. cilities that qualify for designation as health gas suppliers, and for other purposes; to the COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. professional shortage areas for purposes of Committee on Energy and Natural Re- the National Health Service Corps; to the sources. 258, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and f Social Security Act to remove the 96- Pensions. hour physician certification require- By Mr. FRANKEN: SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND ment for inpatient critical access hos- S. 1052. A bill to require a study on the im- SENATE RESOLUTIONS pital services. pact of State and local performance The following concurrent resolutions S. 314 benchmarking and disclosure policies for commercial and multifamily buildings, to and Senate resolutions were read, and At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the provide for competitive awards to utilities, referred (or acted upon), as indicated: name of the Senator from Michigan States, and units of local government, and By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- for other purposes; to the Committee on En- LEAHY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. sor of S. 314, a bill to amend title XVIII ergy and Natural Resources. WICKER, and Mr. VITTER): of the Social Security Act to provide By Mr. FRANKEN: S. Res. 144. A resolution supporting the for coverage under the Medicare pro- S. 1053. A bill to amend the National En- mission and goals of 2015 National Crime gram of pharmacist services. ergy Conservation Policy Act to promote al- Victims’ Rights Week, which include in- ternative fueled vehicle fleets and infra- creasing public awareness of the rights, S. 483 structure; to the Committee on Energy and needs, and concerns of, and services avail- At the request of Mr. HATCH, the Natural Resources. able to assist, victims and survivors of crime name of the Senator from Louisiana

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RES. 140 poses. ommendation to the Secretary regard- At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the S. 498 ing the likeness of a woman on the names of the Senator from California At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the twenty dollar bill, and for other pur- (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator from poses. name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Maryland (Mr. CARDIN), the Senator MCCAIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 930 from Florida (Mr. RUBIO), the Senator 498, a bill to allow reciprocity for the At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the from New York (Mr. SCHUMER), the carrying of certain concealed firearms. name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. WAR- MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 582 REN) and the Senator from Michigan 930, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- At the request of Mr. WICKER, the (Mr. PETERS) were added as cosponsors enue Code of 1986 to permanently ex- name of the Senator from South Da- of S. Res. 140, a resolution expressing tend and expand the charitable deduc- kota (Mr. ROUNDS) was added as a co- the sense of the Senate regarding the tion for contributions of food inven- sponsor of S. 582, a bill to prohibit tax- 100th anniversary of the Armenian tory. payer funded abortions. Genocide. S. 957 S. 615 AMENDMENT NO. 290 At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the At the request of Mr. CORKER, the name of the Senator from Nebraska At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator from sor of S. 957, a bill to increase access to (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) and the Sen- capital for veteran entrepreneurs to sponsor of amendment No. 290 proposed ator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were help create jobs. to S. 178, a bill to provide justice for added as cosponsors of S. 615, a bill to S. 966 the victims of trafficking. provide for congressional review and At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the f oversight of agreements relating to names of the Senator from New Hamp- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED Iran’s nuclear program, and for other shire (Ms. AYOTTE) and the Senator BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS purposes. from Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER) were S. 681 added as cosponsors of S. 966, a bill to By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, extend the low-interest refinancing Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. UDALL, and the name of the Senator from Michigan provisions under the Local Develop- Mr. FLAKE): (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor ment Business Loan Program of the S. 1049. A bill to allow the financing of S. 681, a bill to amend title 38, Small Business Administration. by United States persons of sales of ag- United States Code, to clarify presump- S. 967 ricultural commodities to Cuba; to the tions relating to the exposure of cer- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and tain veterans who served in the vicin- names of the Senator from Nebraska Urban Affairs. ity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for (Mrs. FISCHER) and the Senator from Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, I am other purposes. Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) were proud to introduce today with my S. 682 added as cosponsors of S. 967, a bill to friend from Arkansas, Senator BOOZ- At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the require the Small Business Administra- MAN, a bill which will increase our ag- name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. tion to make information relating to ricultural producer’s competitiveness GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of lenders making covered loans publicly and exports into Cuba, a nation just 90 S. 682, a bill to amend the Truth in available, and for other purposes. miles off our southern coast. This Lending Act to modify the definitions S. 997 timely bill would make relatively sim- of a mortgage orginator and a high- At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the ple changes to our country’s burden- cost mortgage. name of the Senator from Colorado some regulations and help make our agricultural exporters more competi- S. 744 (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor tive at a time in which expanding sales At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the of S. 997, a bill to extend the authoriza- and supporting prices is incredibly im- name of the Senator from Missouri tion for the major medical facility portant. (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor project to replace the medical center of When people think of Cuba, they of S. 744, a bill to rescind certain Fed- the Department of Veterans Affairs in don’t usually think of North Dakota, eral funds identified by States as un- Aurora, Colorado, to direct the Sec- but they should. When I traveled to wanted and use the funds to reduce the retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into Cuba with Senators TESTER and SAND- Federal debt. an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to manage the construction ERS last year, I saw first-hand just how S. 898 of such project, to transfer the author- compatible North Dakota’s agricul- At the request of Mr. KIRK, the name ity to carry out future major medical tural production is with the diet of the of the Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) facility projects of the Department Cuban people. There are incredible ex- was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a from the Secretary to the Army Corps port opportunities for North Dakota’s bill to amend the Public Health Serv- of Engineers, and for other purposes. pulse producers, along with exports of ice Act to provide for the participation S. 1000 soybean products, corn, wheat, barley, of optometrists in the National Health At the request of Mr. RISCH, the beef, and more. Unfortunately, under Service Corps scholarship and loan re- name of the Senator from New Hamp- current regulations, our government is payment programs, and for other pur- shire (Ms. AYOTTE) was added as a co- preventing North Dakota’s producers poses. sponsor of S. 1000, a bill to strengthen from competing in a market in which S. 922 resources for entrepreneurs by improv- we should hold majority market share. At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the ing the SCORE program, and for other Yesterday, the Agriculture Com- name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. purposes. mittee held a hearing on opportunities SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1001 and challenges for agricultural trade 922, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, her with Cuba. Aside from lifting the Cuba enue Code of 1986 to modify the treat- name was added as a cosponsor of S. embargo altogether, the number one ment of foreign corporations, and for 1001, a bill to establish authorization barrier we heard about was the fact other purposes. levels for general business loans for fis- that our exporters are prohibited from S. 925 cal years 2015 and 2016. offering credit for sales into Cuba. At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the S. 1016 Meanwhile, our competitors from Can- names of the Senator from Missouri At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the ada, Brazil, Vietnam, and Europe, are (Mrs. MCCASKILL) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. offering credit and pushing our farmers

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I strongly urge my colleagues a provision of the Trade Sanctions Re- am proud to introduce a pair of bills, S. to support both of them. form and Export Enhancement Act to 1057 and S. 1058, to promote clean en- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- allow for exporters and banks to offer ergy and fight climate change. sent that the text of the bill be printed private credit for agricultural exports The first bill is the Geothermal En- in the RECORD. to Cuba. Let me be clear: this bill does ergy Opportunities Act, or GEO Act for There being no objection, the text of not allow for involvement from the short. Clean, low-carbon geothermal the bill was ordered to be printed in U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ex- energy can play a starring role in the the RECORD, as follows: port credit guarantee program or the fight against climate change, and this S. 1057 Export-Import Bank, and no taxpayer legislation encourages the development Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- dollars will be at risk if Cuba were to of the geothermal resource in a number resentatives of the United States of America in default on a deal. This bill simply al- of important ways. Congress assembled, lows the market and private industry The GEO Act helps prospective geo- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. to dictate the terms of sale, weighing thermal developers explore for and de- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Geothermal all of the risks and benefits, like they velop geothermal resources through a Energy Opportunities Act’’ or the ‘‘GEO do with every other country in the public-private grant program. As part Act’’. world. of the partnership, developers report SEC. 2. NATIONAL GOALS FOR PRODUCTION AND their findings, contributing to a na- SITE IDENTIFICATION. With the current low commodity It is the sense of Congress that, not later prices, we should be doing everything tionwide map of geothermal potential than 10 years after the date of enactment of we can to support our agricultural pro- that will reduce the risk and drive this Act— ducers, and to me this just makes down the cost of geothermal energy for (1) the Secretary of the Interior should sense. Even if Cuba were to buy all of the future. seek to have approved more than 15,000 their wheat from Kansas and soybeans In many cases, Federal lands already megawatts of new geothermal energy capac- from Arkansas, a bushel sold is a bush- under production for oil and gas also ity on public land across a geographically di- el sold, and all of our producers will have a geothermal resource, and the verse set of States using the full range of available technologies; and benefit. GEO Act allows for the oil and gas leaseholders to coproduce such geo- (2) the Director of the Geological Survey This bill is also good for the people of and the Secretary of Energy should identify Cuba. Making trade more efficient and thermal energy without going through sites capable of producing a total of 50,000 affordable will allow us to provide food an additional competitive lease proc- megawatts of geothermal power, using the to Cuba’s population. Given our prox- ess. It also fully incorporates the bipar- full range of available technologies. imity and our agricultural industry’s tisan Geothermal Production Expan- SEC. 3. PRIORITY AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT ON incredible diversity, we can support sion Act that I introduced with a num- FEDERAL LAND. both the people of Cuba and our pro- ber of my colleagues earlier this year. The Director of the Bureau of Land Man- ducers by removing this one unneces- That provision would streamline the agement, in consultation with other appro- Federal geothermal leasing program to priate Federal officials, shall— sary regulation. I hope our colleagues (1) identify high priority areas for new geo- will join us in this important effort to prevent speculative bidders from thermal development; and help our producers be more competi- unproductively driving up the price of (2) take any actions the Director deter- tive into this natural market. leases for developers of geothermal mines necessary to facilitate that develop- ‘‘hot spots’’ that extend into lands di- ment, consistent with applicable laws. By Mr. DURBIN: rectly adjacent to their existing geo- SEC. 4. FACILITATION OF COPRODUCTION OF S. 1051. A bill to include county and thermal lease. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ON OIL AND municipal correctional facilities The Bureau of Land Management, GAS LEASES. among medical facilities that qualify which manages geothermal projects on Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act for designation as health professional of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by add- Federal land under lease agreements, ing at the end the following: shortage areas for purposes of the Na- estimates about 250 million acres of ‘‘(4) LAND SUBJECT TO OIL AND GAS LEASE.— tional Health Service Corps; to the Federal land contains geothermal Land under an oil and gas lease issued pursu- Committee on Health, Education, power potential. Geothermal energy ant to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 Labor, and Pensions. projects that are producing geothermal et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act for Ac- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask power under the BLM’s management quired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) that is unanimous consent that the text of the make up about half of the total geo- subject to an approved application for per- bill be printed in the RECORD. thermal generating capacity in the mit to drill and from which oil and gas pro- duction is occurring may be available for There being no objection, the text of United States. The GEO Act takes im- the bill was ordered to be printed in noncompetitive leasing under this section to portant steps to speed the development the holder of the oil and gas lease— the RECORD, as follows: of this tremendous clean energy poten- ‘‘(A) on a determination that— S. 1051 tial on public lands. ‘‘(i) geothermal energy will be produced Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- I am also introducing the Marine and from a well producing or capable of pro- resentatives of the United States of America in Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act of ducing oil and gas; and Congress assembled, 2015, along with my colleagues Sen- ‘‘(ii) national energy security will be im- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ators MERKLEY, SCHATZ, and KING, to proved by the issuance of such a lease; and This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National spur development of renewable elec- ‘‘(B) to provide for the coproduction of geo- Health Service Corps Expansion Act of 2015’’. thermal energy with oil and gas.’’. tricity from the water power in oceans, SEC. 2. MEDICAL FACILITIES. SEC. 5. COST-SHARED EXPLORATION. rivers, and lakes. This bill reauthorizes Section 332(a)(2) of the Public Health Serv- (a) IN GENERAL.—To promote the goals de- ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a)(2)) is amended— the Department of Energy’s marine re- scribed in section 2, the Secretary of Energy (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(in- newable energy programs, including may conduct a federally funded program of cluding care provided by a city or county the national marine renewable energy cost-shared drilling with industry partners— health department to inmates of a county or research, development and demonstra- (1) to explore and document new geo- municipal jail)’’ after ‘‘county health depart- tion centers around the country, one of thermal resources in the United States; and ment’’; and which is run by Oregon State Univer- (2) to develop improved tools and methods (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘State sity in my home state. The Depart- for geothermal resource identification and correctional institution’’ and inserting extraction, with the goal of achieving mate- ‘‘State, country, or municipal correctional ment of Energy estimates that there is rial reductions in the cost of exploration institution’’. enough potential energy in these non- with a corresponding increase in the likeli- traditional forms of hydropower to one hood of drilling success. By Mr. WYDEN: day power millions of homes. (b) GRANTS.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the program ing into account the determination under for a period of 30 days, any proposed deter- described in subsection (a), the Secretary of subparagraph (B)(iii) regarding a valid dis- mination under this subparagraph of the fair Energy may award cost-share grants on a covery on the adjoining land), as determined market value of an area that the qualified competitive and merit basis to eligible appli- by the Secretary under regulations issued lessee seeks to lease under this paragraph; cants to support exploration drilling and re- under this paragraph; and lated activities. ‘‘(II) shall be determined by the Secretary ‘‘(IV) provide to the qualified lessee and (2) PROJECT CRITERIA.—In selecting appli- with respect to a lease under this paragraph, any adversely affected party the opportunity cants to receive grants under paragraph (1), by not later than the end of the 180-day pe- to appeal the final determination of fair the Secretary of Energy shall— riod beginning on the date the Secretary re- market value in an administrative pro- (A) give preference to applicants proposing ceives an application for the lease; and ceeding before the applicable Federal land projects located in a variety of geologic and ‘‘(III) shall be not less than the greater of— management agency, in accordance with ap- geographic settings with previously unex- ‘‘(aa) 4 times the median amount paid per plicable law (including regulations). plored, underexplored, or unproven geo- acre for all land leased under this Act during ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON NOMINATION.—After thermal resources; and the preceding year; or publication of a notice of request to lease (B) consider— ‘‘(bb) $50. land under this paragraph, the Secretary (i) the potential that the unproven geo- ‘‘(ii) INDUSTRY STANDARDS.—The term ‘in- may not accept under subsection (a) any thermal resources would be explored and de- dustry standards’ means the standards by nomination of the land for leasing unless the veloped under the proposed project; which a qualified geothermal professional as- request has been denied or withdrawn. (ii) the expertise and experience of an ap- sesses whether downhole or flowing tempera- ‘‘(iii) ANNUAL RENTAL.—For purposes of plicant in developing geothermal resources; ture measurements with indications of per- section 5(a)(3), a lease awarded under this and meability are sufficient to produce energy paragraph shall be considered a lease award- (iii) the contribution the proposed project from geothermal resources, as determined ed in a competitive lease sale. would make toward meeting the goals de- through flow or injection testing or measure- ‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 scribed in section 2. ment of lost circulation while drilling. days after the date of enactment of the Geo- (c) DATA SHARING.— ‘‘(iii) QUALIFIED FEDERAL LAND.—The term thermal Energy Opportunities Act, the Sec- (1) IN GENERAL.—Data from all exploratory ‘qualified Federal land’ means land that is retary shall issue regulations to carry out wells that are carried out under the program otherwise available for leasing under this this paragraph.’’. Act. described in subsection (a) shall be provided SEC. 8. LARGE-SCALE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. ‘‘(iv) QUALIFIED GEOTHERMAL PROFES- to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary Title VI of the Energy Independence and SIONAL.—The term ‘qualified geothermal pro- of the Interior for— Security Act of 2007 is amended by inserting fessional’ means an individual who is an en- (A) use in mapping national geothermal re- after section 616 (42 U.S.C. 17195) the fol- gineer or geoscientist in good professional sources; and lowing: (B) other purposes, including— standing with at least 5 years of experience in geothermal exploration, development, or ‘‘SEC. 616A. LARGE-SCALE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. (i) subsurface geologic data; ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— (ii) metadata; project assessment. ‘‘(v) QUALIFIED LESSEE.—The term ‘quali- ‘‘(1) the Geothermal Technologies Program (iii) borehole temperature data; and fied lessee’ means a person that is eligible to of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Re- (iv) inclusion in the National Geothermal hold a geothermal lease under this Act (in- newable Energy of the Department has in- Data System of the Department of Energy. cluding applicable regulations). cluded a focus on direct use of geothermal (2) SHARING OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA.—Not ‘‘(vi) VALID DISCOVERY.—The term ‘valid energy in the low-temperature geothermal later than 2 years after the date of enact- discovery’ means a discovery of a geo- energy subprogram (including in the devel- ment of this Act, confidential data from all thermal resource by a new or existing slim opment of a research and development plan exploratory wells that are carried out under hole or production well, that exhibits for the program); the program described in subsection (a) shall downhole or flowing temperature measure- ‘‘(2) the Building Technologies Program of be provided to the Secretary of Energy and ments with indications of permeability that the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew- the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes are sufficient to meet industry standards. able Energy of the Department— described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY.—An area of qualified Fed- ‘‘(A) is focused on the energy demand and paragraph (1), to be available for a period of eral land that adjoins other land for which a energy efficiency of buildings; and time to be determined by the Secretary of qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop ‘‘(B) includes geothermal heat pumps as a Energy and the Secretary of the Interior. geothermal resources may be available for a component technology in the residential and SEC. 6. USE OF GEOTHERMAL LEASE REVENUES. noncompetitive lease under this section to commercial deployment activities of the pro- (a) AMOUNTS DEPOSITED.—Notwithstanding the qualified lessee at the fair market value gram; and any other provision of law, beginning in the per acre, if— ‘‘(3) geothermal heat pumps and direct use first full fiscal year after the date of enact- ‘‘(i) the area of qualified Federal land— of geothermal energy, especially in large- ment of this Act, any amounts received by ‘‘(I) consists of not less than 1 acre and not scale applications, can make a significant the United States as rentals, royalties, and more than 640 acres; and contribution to the use of renewable energy other payments required under leases pursu- ‘‘(II) is not already leased under this Act or but are underrepresented in research, devel- ant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 nominated to be leased under subsection (a); opment, demonstration, and commercializa- U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) (excluding funds required ‘‘(ii) the qualified lessee has not previously tion. to be paid to State and county governments) received a noncompetitive lease under this ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this sec- and from new geothermal leases issued after paragraph in connection with the valid dis- tion are— the date of enactment of this Act shall be de- covery for which data has been submitted ‘‘(1) to improve the components, processes, posited into a separate account in the Treas- under clause (iii)(I); and and systems used for geothermal heat pumps ury. ‘‘(iii) sufficient geological and other tech- and the direct use of geothermal energy; and (b) USE OF DEPOSITS.—Amounts deposited nical data prepared by a qualified geo- ‘‘(2) to increase the energy efficiency, under subsection (a) shall be available to the thermal professional has been submitted by lower the cost, increase the use, and improve Secretary of Energy for expenditure, without the qualified lessee to the applicable Federal and demonstrate the applicability of geo- further appropriation or fiscal year limita- land management agency that would lead in- thermal heat pumps to, and the direct use of tion, to carry out section 5. dividuals who are experienced in the subject geothermal energy in, large buildings, com- (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—To promote the matter to believe that— mercial districts, residential communities, goals described in section 2, the Secretary of ‘‘(I) there is a valid discovery of geo- and large municipal, agricultural, or indus- Energy may authorize the expenditure or thermal resources on the land for which the trial projects. transfer of any funds that are necessary to qualified lessee holds the legal right to de- ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: other cooperating Federal agencies. velop geothermal resources; and ‘‘(1) DIRECT USE OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.— SEC. 7. NONCOMPETITIVE LEASING OF ADJOIN- ‘‘(II) that thermal feature extends into the The term ‘direct use of geothermal energy’ ING AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF adjoining areas. means systems that use water that is at a GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. ‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET temperature between approximately 38 de- Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act VALUE.— grees Celsius and 149 degrees Celsius directly of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) (as amended by sec- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— or through a heat exchanger to provide— tion 4) is amended by adding at the end the ‘‘(I) publish a notice of any request to lease ‘‘(A) heating to buildings; or following: land under this paragraph; ‘‘(B) heat required for industrial processes, ‘‘(5) ADJOINING LAND.— ‘‘(II) determine fair market value for pur- agriculture, aquaculture, and other facili- ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: poses of this paragraph in accordance with ties. ‘‘(i) FAIR MARKET VALUE PER ACRE.—The procedures for making those determinations ‘‘(2) GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP.—The term term ‘fair market value per acre’ means a that are established by regulations issued by ‘geothermal heat pump’ means a system that dollar amount per acre that— the Secretary; provides heating and cooling by exchanging ‘‘(I) except as provided in this clause, shall ‘‘(III) provide to a qualified lessee and pub- heat from shallow ground or surface water be equal to the market value per acre (tak- lish, with an opportunity for public comment using—

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HYDROKINETIC RENEWABLE EN- ERGY. contain a mix of water and working fluid; or ‘‘(e) GRANTS.— Section 632 of the Energy Independence ‘‘(B) an open loop system, which circulates ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ground or surface water directly into the make grants available to State and local and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17211) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph building and returns the water to the same governments, institutions of higher edu- (1) by striking ‘‘electrical’’. aquifer or surface water source. cation, nonprofit entities, utilities, and for- SEC. 3. MARINE AND HYDROKINETIC RENEW- ‘‘(3) LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION.—The term profit companies (including manufacturers ABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DE- ‘large-scale application’ means an applica- of heat-pump and direct-use components and VELOPMENT. tion for space or process heating or cooling systems) to promote the development of geo- Section 633 of the Energy Independence for large entities with a name-plate capac- thermal heat pumps and the direct use of and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17212) is ity, expected resource, or rating of 10 or geothermal energy. amended to read as follows: more megawatts, such as a large building, ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under ‘‘SEC. 633. MARINE AND HYDROKINETIC RENEW- commercial district, residential community, this subsection, the Secretary shall give pri- ABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DE- or a large municipal, agricultural, or indus- ority to proposals that apply to large build- VELOPMENT. trial project. ings (including office, retail, educational, ‘‘The Secretary, in consultation with the ‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ government, institutional, and multifamily Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of means the Secretary of Energy, acting residential buildings and campuses and in- Commerce, and the Federal Energy Regu- through the Assistant Secretary for Energy dustrial and manufacturing facilities), com- latory Commission, shall carry out a pro- Efficiency and Renewable Energy. mercial districts, and residential commu- gram of research, development, demonstra- ‘‘(d) PROGRAM.— nities. tion, and commercial application to accel- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es- ‘‘(3) NATIONAL SOLICITATION.—Not later erate the introduction of marine and tablish a program of research, development, than 180 days after the date of enactment of hydrokinetic renewable energy production and demonstration for geothermal heat this section, the Secretary shall conduct a into the United States energy supply, giving pumps and the direct use of geothermal en- national solicitation for applications for priority to fostering accelerated research, development, and commercialization of tech- ergy. grants under this section. nology, including programs— ‘‘(2) AREAS.—The program may include re- ‘‘(f) REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) to assist technology development to search, development, demonstration, and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years improve the components, processes, and sys- commercial application of— after the date of enactment of this section tems used for power generation from marine ‘‘(A) geothermal ground loop efficiency im- and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall and hydrokinetic renewable energy re- provements through more efficient heat submit to the Committee on Energy and sources; transfer fluids; Natural Resources of the Senate and the ‘‘(2) to establish critical testing infrastruc- ‘‘(B) geothermal ground loop efficiency im- Committee on Science and Technology of the ture necessary— provements through more efficient thermal House of Representatives a report on progress made and results obtained under ‘‘(A) to cost effectively and efficiently test grouts for wells and trenches; and prove marine and hydrokinetic renew- ‘‘(C) geothermal ground loop installation this section to develop geothermal heat pumps and direct use of geothermal energy. able energy devices; and cost reduction through— ‘‘(B) to accelerate the technological readi- ‘‘(2) AREAS.—Each of the reports required ‘‘(i) improved drilling methods; ness and commercialization of those devices; ‘‘(ii) improvements in drilling equipment; under this subsection shall include— ‘‘(A) an analysis of progress made in each ‘‘(3) to support efforts to increase the effi- ‘‘(iii) improvements in design methodology ciency of energy conversion, lower the cost, of the areas described in subsection (d)(2); and energy analysis procedures; and increase the use, improve the reliability, and and ‘‘(iv) improved methods for determination demonstrate the applicability of marine and ‘‘(B)(i) a description of any relevant rec- of ground thermal properties and ground hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies ommendations made during a review of the temperatures; by participating in demonstration projects; program; and ‘‘(D) installing geothermal ground loops ‘‘(4) to investigate variability issues and ‘‘(ii) any plans to address the recommenda- near the foundation walls of new construc- the efficient and reliable integration of ma- tions under clause (i).’’. tion to take advantage of existing struc- rine and hydrokinetic renewable energy with tures; SEC. 9. REPORT TO CONGRESS. the utility grid; ‘‘(E) using gray or black wastewater as a Not later than 3 years after the date of en- ‘‘(5) to identify and study critical short- method of heat exchange; actment of this Act and not less frequently and long-term needs to create a sustainable ‘‘(F) improving geothermal heat pump sys- than once every 5 years thereafter, the Sec- marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy tem economics through integration of geo- retary of the Interior and the Secretary of supply chain based in the United States; thermal systems with other building sys- Energy shall submit to the appropriate com- ‘‘(6) to increase the reliability and surviv- tems, including providing hot and cold water mittees of Congress a report describing the ability of marine and hydrokinetic renew- and rejecting or circulating industrial proc- progress made towards achieving the goals able energy technologies; ess heat through refrigeration heat rejection described in section 2. ‘‘(7) to verify the performance, reliability, and waste heat recovery; SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. maintainability, and cost of new marine and ‘‘(G) advanced geothermal systems using There are authorized to be appropriated to hydrokinetic renewable energy device de- variable pumping rates to increase effi- carry out this Act such sums as are nec- signs and system components in an oper- ciency; essary. ating environment; ‘‘(H) geothermal heat pump efficiency im- ‘‘(8) to coordinate and avoid duplication of provements; By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. activities across programs of the Depart- ‘‘(I) use of hot water found in mines and ment and other applicable Federal agencies, MERKLEY, Mr. SCHATZ, and Mr. mine shafts and other surface waters as the including National Laboratories and to co- heat exchange medium; KING): ordinate public-private collaboration in all ‘‘(J) heating of districts, neighborhoods, S. 1058. A bill to promote research, programs under this section; communities, large commercial or public development, and demonstration of ‘‘(9) to identify opportunities for joint re- buildings (including office, retail, edu- marine and hydrokinetic renewable en- search and development programs and devel- cational, government, and institutional ergy technologies, and for other pur- opment of economies of scale between— buildings and multifamily residential build- poses; to the Committee on Energy and ‘‘(A) marine and hydrokinetic renewable ings and campuses), and industrial and man- Natural Resources. energy technologies; and ufacturing facilities; ‘‘(B) other renewable energy and fossil en- ‘‘(K) geothermal system integration with Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask ergy programs, offshore oil and gas produc- solar thermal water heating or cool roofs unanimous consent that the text of the tion activities, and activities of the Depart- and solar-regenerated desiccants to balance bill be printed in the RECORD. ment of Defense; and loads and use building hot water to store There being no objection, the text of ‘‘(10) to support in-water technology devel- geothermal energy; the bill was ordered to be printed in opment with international partners using ex- ‘‘(L) use of hot water coproduced from oil the RECORD, as follows: isting cooperative procedures (including and gas recovery; memoranda of understanding)— S. 1058 ‘‘(M) use of water sources at a temperature ‘‘(A) to allow cooperative funding and of less than 150 degrees Celsius for direct use; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- other support of value to be exchanged and ‘‘(N) system integration of direct use with resentatives of the United States of America in leveraged; and geothermal electricity production; and Congress assembled, ‘‘(B) to encourage the participation of ‘‘(O) coproduction of heat and power, in- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. international research centers and compa- cluding on-site use. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine and nies within the United States and the par- ‘‘(3) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.—In carrying Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act of ticipation of United States research centers out the program, the Secretary shall identify 2015’’. and companies in international projects.’’.

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NATIONAL MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY civil justice systems in the United States Whereas every day Parkinson’s disease RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND when the victims and survivors report greatly impacts millions of individuals in DEMONSTRATION CENTERS. crimes; the United States who are caregivers, family Section 634 of the Energy Independence Whereas crime victims and survivors in the members, and friends of individuals with and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17213) is United States, and the families of the vic- Parkinson’s disease; amended by striking subsection (b) and in- tims and survivors, need and deserve support Whereas the economic burden of Parkin- serting the following: and assistance to help cope with the often son’s disease is an estimated $14,400,000,000 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—A Center (in coordination devastating consequences of crime; each year, including indirect costs to pa- with the Department and National Labora- Whereas during each year between 1984 and tients and family members of $6,300,000,000 tories) shall— 2014, communities across the United States each year; ‘‘(1) advance research, development, dem- have joined Congress and the Department of Whereas although research suggests that onstration, and commercial application of Justice in commemorating National Crime the cause of Parkinson’s disease is a com- marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy Victims’ Rights Week to celebrate a shared bination of genetic and environmental fac- technologies; vision of a comprehensive and collaborative tors, the exact cause and exact progression ‘‘(2) support in-water testing and dem- response that identifies and addresses the of the disease remain unknown; onstration of marine and hydrokinetic re- many needs of crime victims and survivors, Whereas an objective test or biomarker for newable energy technologies, including fa- and the families of the victims and sur- diagnosing Parkinson’s disease does not cilities capable of testing— vivors; exist; ‘‘(A) marine and hydrokinetic renewable Whereas Congress and the President agree Whereas a cure or drug to slow or halt the energy systems of various technology readi- on the need for a renewed commitment to progression of Parkinson’s disease does not ness levels and scales; serving all victims and survivors of crime in exist; ‘‘(B) a variety of technologies in multiple the 21st century; Whereas the symptoms of Parkinson’s dis- test berths at a single location; and Whereas the theme of 2015 National Crime ease vary from person to person and include ‘‘(C) arrays of technology devices; and Victims’ Rights Week, celebrated during the tremors, slowness of movement, rigidity, dif- ‘‘(3) serve as information clearinghouses week of April 19 through April 25, 2015, is ficulty with balance, swallowing, chewing, for the marine and hydrokinetic renewable ‘‘Engaging Communities. Empowering Vic- and speaking, cognitive impairment, demen- energy industry by collecting and dissemi- tims.’’ and highlights the many challenges tia, mood disorders, and a variety of other nating information on best practices in all that confront crime victim assistance, jus- non-motor symptoms; areas relating to developing and managing tice, and public safety; Whereas volunteers, researchers, care- marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy Whereas engaging communities in victim givers, and medical professionals are work- resources and energy systems.’’. assistance is essential to promoting indi- ing to improve the quality of life for individ- SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. vidual and public safety; uals with Parkinson’s disease and the fami- Section 636 of the Energy Independence Whereas the United States must empower lies of those individuals; and and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17215) is crime victims and survivors by protecting Whereas developing more effective treat- amended by striking ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and their legal rights and by providing them ments for Parkinson’s disease and providing inserting ‘‘2016 through 2019’’. with quality, comprehensive services to help access to quality care to individuals with f them in the aftermath of crime; and Parkinson’s disease requires increased re- Whereas the people of the United States search, education, and community support SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS recognize and appreciate the continued im- services: Now, therefore, be it portance of— Resolved, That the Senate— (1) promoting the rights of, and services (1) designates April 2015, as ‘‘Parkinson’s SENATE RESOLUTION 144—SUP- for, crime victims and survivors; and Awareness Month’’; PORTING THE MISSION AND (2) honoring crime victims and survivors (2) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘Par- GOALS OF 2015 NATIONAL CRIME and individuals who provide services for the kinson’s Awareness Month’’; VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK, WHICH victims and survivors: Now, therefore, be it (3) continues to support research to de- INCLUDE INCREASING PUBLIC Resolved, That the Senate— velop more effective treatments for Parkin- (1) supports the mission and goals of 2015 son’s disease and to ultimately find a cure AWARENESS OF THE RIGHTS, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which NEEDS, AND CONCERNS OF, AND for the disease; include increasing individual and public (4) recognizes the individuals with Parkin- SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AS- awareness of— son’s disease who participate in vital clinical SIST, VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS (A) the impact of crime on victims and sur- trials to advance the knowledge of the dis- OF CRIME IN THE UNITED vivors, and the families of the victims and ease; and STATES survivors; (5) commends the dedication of organiza- (B) the challenges to achieving justice for Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. tions, volunteers, researchers, and millions victims and survivors of crime, and the fami- of individuals in the United States working LEAHY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. lies of the victims and survivors; and to improve the quality of life for individuals WICKER, and Mr. VITTER) submitted the (C) the many solutions to meet such chal- with Parkinson’s disease and the families of following resolution; which was consid- lenges; and those individuals. ered and agreed to: (2) recognizes that crime victims and sur- S. RES. 144 vivors, and the families of the victims and f survivors, should be treated with dignity, Whereas in 2013, there were more than fairness, and respect. 6,000,000 victims and survivors of violent SENATE RESOLUTION 146—EX- crime and nearly 17,000,000 victims and sur- f PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE vivors of property crime in the United SENATE RESOLUTION 145—SUP- DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF States; PORTING THE DESIGNATION OF APRIL 13 THROUGH APRIL 17, Whereas a just society acknowledges the APRIL 2015, AS ‘‘PARKINSON’S 2015, AS ‘‘NATIONAL ASSISTANT impact of crime on individuals, families, PRINCIPALS WEEK’’ schools, and communities by protecting the AWARENESS MONTH’’ rights of crime victims and survivors and en- Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. suring that resources and services are avail- ISAKSON) submitted the following reso- CARDIN, Mr. PERDUE, and Ms. MIKULSKI) able to help rebuild the lives of the victims lution; which was considered and submitted the following resolution; and survivors; agreed to: which was considered and agreed to: Whereas despite impressive accomplish- ments between 1974 and 2015 in increasing S. RES. 145 S. RES. 146 the rights of, and services available to, crime Whereas Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, Whereas the National Association of Sec- victims and survivors, and the families of progressive neurological disease and is the ondary School Principals (NASSP), the Na- the victims and survivors, many challenges second most common neurodegenerative dis- tional Association of Elementary School remain to ensure that all crime victims and ease in the United States; Principals (NAESP), and the American Fed- survivors, and the families of the victims Whereas there is inadequate data on the eration of School Administrators (AFSA) and survivors, are— incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s dis- have designated the week of April 13 through (1) treated with dignity, fairness, and re- ease, but the disease affects an estimated April 17, 2015, as ‘‘National Assistant Prin- spect; 500,000 to 1,500,000 individuals in the United cipals Week’’; (2) offered support and services regardless States; Whereas an assistant principal, as a mem- of whether the victims and survivors report Whereas according to the Centers for Dis- ber of the school administration, interacts crimes committed against them; and ease Control and Prevention, Parkinson’s with many sectors of the school community, (3) recognized as key participants within disease is the 14th leading cause of death in including support staff, instructional staff, the criminal, juvenile, Federal, tribal, and the United States; students, and parents;

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Ritchie has guided the charges since August 2011. between school and community; Senate’s comprehensive Oral History Project ‘‘(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as Whereas assistant principals play a pivotal to capture and preserve the institutional an Iranian government credentialed reporter role in the instructional leadership of their memory of Senators, Senate officers, and for the Washington Post, has been unjustly schools by supervising student instruction, Senate staff; held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014. mentoring teachers, recognizing the achieve- Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has upheld the ‘‘(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was ments of staff, encouraging collaboration high standards and traditions of the Senate, abducted on Kish Island in March 2007. among staff, ensuring the implementation of and has performed his duties in a profes- best practices, monitoring student achieve- sional and nonpartisan manner; and SA 1131. Mr. RISCH submitted an ment and progress, facilitating and modeling Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has earned the amendment intended to be proposed by data-driven decision-making to inform in- respect and esteem of the United States Sen- him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the struction, and guiding the direction of tar- ate; Now, therefore, be it Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure geted intervention and school improvement; Resolved, That, effective June 1, 2015, as a Whereas the day-to-day logistical oper- token of the appreciation of the Senate for that emergency services volunteers are ations of schools require assistant principals his long and faithful service, Donald A. not taken into account as employees to monitor and address facility needs, at- Ritchie is hereby designated as Historian under the shared responsibility re- tendance, transportation issues, and sched- Emeritus of the United States Senate. quirements contained in the Patient uling challenges, as well as supervise extra- f Protection and Affordable Care Act; and co-curricular events; which was ordered to lie on the table; AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND Whereas assistant principals are entrusted as follows: with maintaining an inviting, safe, and or- PROPOSED On page 32, between lines 7 and 8, insert derly school environment that supports the SA 1129. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. WYDEN) pro- the following: growth and achievement of each and every posed an amendment to the bill S. 971, to ‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS BASED ON DE- student by nurturing positive peer relation- amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act TENTION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—Not- ships, recognizing student achievement, me- to provide for an increase in the limit on the withstanding any other provision of law, the diating conflicts, analyzing behavior pat- length of an agreement under the Medicare President may not waive, suspend, reduce, terns, providing interventions, and, when independence at home medical practice dem- provide relief from, or otherwise limit the necessary, taking disciplinary actions; onstration program. application of statutory sanctions with re- Whereas since its establishment in 2004, SA 1130. Mr. RISCH submitted an amend- spect to Iran under any provision of law or the NASSP National Assistant Principal of ment intended to be proposed by him to the refrain from applying any such sanctions the Year Program recognizes outstanding bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue pursuant to an agreement described in sub- middle and high school assistant principals Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency serv- section (a) until the Government of Iran re- who demonstrate success in leadership, cur- ices volunteers are not taken into account as leases to the United States the following riculum, and personalization; and employees under the shared responsibility United States citizens: Whereas the week of April 13 through April requirements contained in the Patient Pro- ‘‘(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been 17, 2015, is an appropriate week to designate tection and Affordable Care Act; which was detained in Iran on charges related to his re- as National Assistant Principals Week: Now, ordered to lie on the table. ligious beliefs since September 2012. therefore, be it SA 1131. Mr. RISCH submitted an amend- Resolved, That the Senate— ment intended to be proposed by him to the ‘‘(B) Amir Hekmati of Michigan, who has (1) supports the designation of April 13 bill H.R. 1191, supra; which was ordered to lie been imprisoned in Iran on false espionage through April 17, 2015, as ‘‘National Assist- on the table. charges since August 2011. ‘‘(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as ant Principals Week’’; f (2) honors the contributions of assistant an Iranian government credentialed reporter principals to the success of students in the TEXT OF AMENDMENTS for the Washington Post, has been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014. United States; and SA 1129. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. (3) encourages the people of the United ‘‘(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was WYDEN) proposed an amendment to the abducted on Kish Island in March 2007. States to observe National Assistant Prin- bill S. 971, to amend title XVIII of the cipals Week with appropriate ceremonies and Social Security Act to provide for an f activities that promote awareness of the role played by assistant principals in school lead- increase in the limit on the length of AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO ership and ensuring that every child has ac- an agreement under the Medicare inde- MEET cess to a high-quality education. pendence at home medical practice demonstration program; as follows: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND f TRANSPORTATION On page 2, line 5, insert ‘‘of the Social Se- SENATE RESOLUTION 147—DESIG- curity Act’’ after ‘‘1866E(e)(1)’’. Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unan- NATING DONALD A. RITCHIE AS imous consent that the Committee on HISTORIAN EMERITUS OF THE SA 1130. Mr. RISCH submitted an Commerce, Science, and Transpor- UNITED STATES SENATE amendment intended to be proposed by tation be authorized to meet during him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and the session of the Senate on April 22, Mr. REID) submitted the following reso- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SR–253 of the lution; which was considered and that emergency services volunteers are Russell Senate Office Building to con- agreed to: not taken into account as employees duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Weathering under the shared responsibility re- S. RES. 147 the Storm: How Can We Better Com- quirements contained in the Patient municate Weather to Enhance Com- Whereas Donald A. Ritchie will retire from the United States Senate after serving with Protection and Affordable Care Act; merce and Safety?’’ distinction, first as Associate Historian from which was ordered to lie on the table; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 1976 to 2009, and then as Senate Historian as follows: objection, it is so ordered. from 2009 to 2015; On page 32, between lines 7 and 8, insert COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has dedicated the following: RESOURCES his Senate service to preserving, protecting, ‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS BASED ON DE- Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unan- and promoting the history of the Senate and TENTION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—Not- imous consent that the Committee on its members; withstanding any other provision of law, the Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has produced or President may not waive, suspend, reduce, Energy and Natural Resources be au- guided production of numerous publications provide relief from, or otherwise limit the thorized to meet during the session of detailing the rich institutional history of the application of statutory sanctions with re- the Senate on April 22, 2015, at 10 a.m., Senate; spect to Iran under any provision of law or in room SD–366 of the Dirksen Senate Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has been in- refrain from applying any such sanctions Office Building. strumental in preserving, organizing, and pursuant to an agreement described in sub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without making available to scholars the vast archi- section (a) until the Government of Iran re- objection, it is so ordered. val holdings of the Senate and its members; leases to the United States the following Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has assisted in United States citizens: COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC the Senate’s commemoration of events of ‘‘(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been WORKS historical significance and in the develop- detained in Iran on charges related to his re- Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unan- ment of exhibitions and educational pro- ligious beliefs since September 2012. imous consent that the Committee on

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HONORING LOUISIANA HIGH earning their No. 1 slot in The New Orleans Cities. The City of Pasadena and the State of SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAM- Advocate’s season-ending Super 10 rankings. California are grateful to have had such a pas- PIONS FROM THE SECOND DIS- I also would like to acknowledge Miss Kechell sionate and engaged public servant. We will TRICT Figueroa and Miss Sabrina Banks for their se- continue to honor his legacy of community in- lection onto the Girls All-State team. vestment and revitalization, and we are thank- HON. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND f ful for his many years of strong leadership and unwavering commitment to our community. OF LOUISIANA RECOGNIZING MAYOR WILLIAM f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘BILL’’ BOGAARD ON HIS RE- Wednesday, April 22, 2015 TIREMENT ISAAC HULL CHAPTER OF THE NA- Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, with March TIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF Madness behind us, I rise today to congratu- HON. JUDY CHU THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION late five high school basketball teams from my OF CALIFORNIA District that won Louisiana State Champion- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOHN SHIMKUS ships. OF ILLINOIS Wednesday, April 22, 2015 The first team I would like to recognize is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Madison Preparatory Academy Chargers Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 from Baton Rouge, winners of the Class 1A I rise today to recognize an outstanding com- Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Final this year. I would especially like to ac- munity leader, William ‘‘Bill’’ Bogaard, on his acknowledge the centennial anniversary of the knowledge Mr. Brandon Sampson, a senior retirement as the Mayor of the City of Pasa- Isaac Hull Chapter of National Society Daugh- guard who was named Most Outstanding dena. After nearly four decades in public serv- ters of the American Revolution. Player and capped his high school career with ice including his 16 years as Mayor, Bill The Isaac Hull Chapter was organized on an efficient 19-point game in which he shot 7- Bogaard leaves behind a legacy of respected July 17, 1915, and will celebrate its centennial for-9 from the field. Mr. Joshua Anderson, a leadership and dedicated public service. anniversary on July 17, 2015. Locally, the sophomore player added 18 points, four re- Bill graduated from Loyola Marymount Uni- Chapter sponsors Good Citizenship Awards, bounds and three steals. versity and then heeded his first call to public the American History Essay contests, as well Next, I would like to congratulate Riverside service when he bravely served to protect our as many school, community, and veteran pro- Academy Rebels from Reserve, LA, who cap- country as a U.S. Air Force Captain. He went grams. tured their third straight state championship on to Michigan Law School, and in 1971, Bill At this anniversary date, the Isaac Hull with an 85–60 win in the Class 2A Champion- and his wife Claire moved to Pasadena, where Chapter Officers are: Carolyn Baker ship. Mr. Jordan Andrews, named Most Out- they began a lovely family with their four chil- Stubblefield, Regent; Julie Wood Barnes, standing Player, led Riverside (30–6) with a dren. Vice-Regent; Sarah Jane McClellan Gaston, game-high 19 points. Mr. Herb McGee and From 1978 to 1986, Bill served on the Pasa- Chaplain; Lael Nesmith Snyder, Secretary; Mr. Charvon Julien each added 17 points. Riv- dena City Council, including a rotation into the Susan Hayes Burgess, Treasurer; Sharen erside is the first Louisiana boys squad to cap- mayoral position for a two-year term from Lawson Harvey, Assistant Treasurer; Carol ture at least three consecutive titles since 1984 to 1986. The City Council changed its Simcox Wood, Registrar; and Ada Joyce 2009. charter and in 1999, Bill became the City’s Quick White, Historian. Third are the L.B. Landry-O.P.Walker first directly-elected Mayor. He served as I look forward to the continued success of (Landry-Walker) College and Career Pre- Mayor for the opening of the Los Angeles to the Isaac Hull Chapter and I extend my best paratory Charging Buccaneers from New Orle- Pasadena Gold Line Light rail system and ad- wishes on the occasion of its centennial cele- ans. They have captured the boys’ 4A cham- vocated for its expansion east as a Board bration. pionship title for the second consecutive sea- member of the Gold Line Foothill Construction son. The Charging Buccaneers also had a pair Authority. Bill also had a vision to revitalize f of players selected for the All-State team, in- neighborhoods surrounding the Gold Line sta- RECOGNIZING LEXMARK AS AN IN- cluding Mr. Lamar Peters, who was voted the tions, and through the City’s Inclusionary DUSTRY LEADER IN THE FIELD Most Outstanding Player on the 4A boys Housing Ordinance, he encouraged transit-ori- OF SUSTAINABILITY squad. Mr. Peters averaged 19.7 points per ented and affordable housing developments. game with 5.0 assists and was joined on the These initiatives opened access to public HON. ANDY BARR transportation for thousands of residents in All-State list by teammate Mr. Keytaon OF KENTUCKY Pasadena and modernized several neighbor- Thompson, who scored the game-winning shot IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as time expired in the state title game. hoods throughout the City. The Scotlandville Hornets from Baton In addition, Bill’s efforts successfully kept Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Rouge have reclaimed the Class 5A Cham- Pasadena on the nation’s map. He helped fa- Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, on pionship title. Mr. Ja’Vonte Smart, a Hornet cilitate a new convention center that has at- Earth Day, to recognize the great accomplish- freshman earned the MVP honors after ending tracted a wide variety of conferences to the ments of the largest company headquartered the night with a game-high 18 points and nine City, exposing different industries to Pasadena in my District, Lexmark International, in the rebounds. Mr. Jordan Adebutu scored 11 and the resources of our local communities. field of sustainability. Lexmark, one of the points in the win, including a pair of free He brought improvements such as an updated world’s leaders in creating innovative docu- throws which ultimately put the game away. electrical system and additional aisles and ac- ment management solutions for the public and With this victory, the Hornets wrapped up their commodations to the nationally recognized private sectors, has committed itself from its third state title in the past four years. Rose Bowl, which is home to the University of inception over 20 years ago to being an un- Lastly, I would like to recognize the Warren California-Los Angeles football team and the surpassed steward of the environment. Easton Eagles from New Orleans, who cap- Rose Bowl Game. His work kept this stadium Conserving scarce resources has been the tured the Class 4A state championship with a as a viable venue for so many historic games hallmark of Lexmark’s approach to business. 46–42 victory. In addition to this being the first and events that have brought nationwide at- They have been leaders in driving more cor- girls basketball state championship in the tention to the City each year. porations toward better sustainability practices. school’s history, Easton also became the first In 2012, Bill’s exceptional leadership abili- They help organizations find solutions to con- public school from Orleans Parish to win a title ties were recognized throughout the state, and serve more and increase efficiency. These ef- in girls basketball. Warren Easton was one he was elected by his fellow local elected offi- forts include developing document manage- win away from an undefeated regular season, cials as President of the League of California ment solutions that create less demand for

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22AP8.001 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E550 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 22, 2015 paper and award-winning programs for the re- RECOGNIZING ROYAL STUDIOS AS Uptown Funk continues Royal Studios’ long manufacturing and recycling of used toner car- THE RECORDING HOME OF THE tradition of musical excellence and showing tridges. BILLBOARD HOT 100 #1 HIT, UP- the world what Memphis has to offer. I ask all For these bold business plans, Lexmark has TOWN FUNK of my colleagues to join me in recognizing received a wide range of environmental Memphis’ Royal Studios as the recording awards. These honors are an excellent reflec- HON. STEVE COHEN home for the Billboard-chart topping single, tion of the deep-seated commitment to envi- OF TENNESSEE Uptown Funk, and the dedicated work of Mark ronmental stewardship that permeates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ronson, Bruno Mars, Kameron Whalum, Law- Lexmark, from the CEO to the salesman on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 rence ‘‘Boo’’ Mitchell and the entire Royal Stu- the front lines. Corporate Responsibility Maga- dios family in producing a single with such a zine, for example, has ranked Lexmark 35th in Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to soulful Memphis sound that has reached lis- its listing of top U.S. corporate performers on recognize Royal Studios in Memphis, Ten- teners worldwide. Many people have noted a range of indicators including environmental nessee for recording Uptown Funk, which has that Uptown Funk will be one of the hottest protection and corporate governance. topped the Billboard Hot 100 for fourteen hits this summer. If you don’t believe them, weeks and counting, marking the single as the Kentucky is rightly proud of its environ- just watch. longest-leading Billboard Hot 100 of the mental heritage. We come by the nickname f the ‘‘Bluegrass State’’ quite honestly. It is a 2010s. Additionally, Uptown Funk’s fourteenth week makes it only the Billboard’s eighth sin- land of diverse environments and lush, abun- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH gle since the chart began in 1958 to hold the dant natural resources. To partner with com- ANNIVERSARY OF JOB CORPS top spot for at least as long and places it in panies like Lexmark, which do so much to a seven-way tie for the second longest #1 hit conserve our environment while being a HON. MARCIA L. FUDGE in the history of the Chart. The only single OF OHIO source of employment to thousands of Ken- among this elite group of eight to surpass Up- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tuckians, is a source of great pride. town Funk has held the #1 spot for sixteen Mr. Speaker, it is a special privilege for me weeks. The single also leads the Hot 100’s Wednesday, April 22, 2015 to be able to recognize the outstanding civic Digital Songs, Radio Songs and Streaming Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, this year marks and environmental record compiled by my Songs charts. In a raving endorsement of Up- the 50th anniversary of Job Corps. For five friends at Lexmark. I offer my congratulations town Funk’s popularity, First Lady Michelle decades, Job Corps has helped millions of for your tremendous successes and offer my Obama with cast from the show ‘‘So You disadvantaged youths complete their high encouragement to continue to lead in this Think You Can Dance’’ performed a school education and transition into successful area. choreographed dance to the song as part of careers or higher education. f her ‘‘Let’s Move!’’ initiative on the Ellen Since the 1960s, Job Corps has brought RECOGNIZING THE FALLEN AND DeGeneres Show and at this year’s White public agencies and private sector businesses WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND House Easter Egg Roll. The collaboration be- together to help nearly 60,000 of our nation’s tween Uptown Funk writer Mark Ronson, sing- poor and unemployed young people gain the er Bruno Mars and Royal Studios has swept skills necessary to build successful careers. HON. MIKE BISHOP the music scene in America and abroad, and More than 80 percent of Job Corps graduates OF MICHIGAN has given listeners around the world a taste of obtain jobs, enroll in higher education or enter IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the soulful sound that is unique to Memphis. the military. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Uptown Funk is an example of born-and- In the 11th District, the Cleveland Job Corps bred Memphis musical talent. Ronson, a Center has been an integral part of the com- Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise Grammy-winning artist and a noted producer today to recognize and praise The Fallen and munity for over 40 years. The first Job Corps for talents such as Adele and the late Amy women’s center opened in Cleveland on April Wounded Soldiers Fund and its dedicated Winehouse, traveled to Memphis in February service to Michigan veterans and their fami- 9, 1965. The center’s new campus opened in 2014 looking to recruit singers for his music 2007 and now serves nearly 400 students lies. project. It was then that he visited Royal Stu- Founded in 2006, The Fallen and Wounded each year, providing them with a safe and se- dios and met owner Lawrence ‘‘Boo’’ Mitchell, cure environment in which to further their edu- Soldiers Fund was created to support Michi- the son of Memphis music legend and pro- gan-based servicemen and women who have cation and gain valuable technical career ducer, Willie Mitchell, and decided to record at skills. served and continue to serve in defense of the iconic studio. Ronson enlisted Philip Law- their nation. The Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Congratulations to Job Corps on 50 years of rence and notable Royal Studios familiars success. Its dedicated employees provide the Fund, an all-volunteer effort, has served the Steve Jordan, Willie Weeks, Kevin Parker, immediate needs of the men and women of continuity and quality training our students Trombone Shorty, Mystikal and Michael need to achieve their goals. The value of Job the armed forces, by helping injured American Chabon to work on the single. Uptown Funk vets pay their living expenses, granting assist- Corps is clear. Graduates are providing critical also features Bruno Mars’s band member and services for our economy and communities, ance to the families of the fallen, and pro- Memphian, Kameron Whalum, who is the son viding other necessities these courageous in- and it is important to maintain our commitment of Pastor Kenneth Whalum of Olivet Baptist to this exceptional program. I am excited to dividuals, and their families, may need. Church in Memphis and the nephew of This organization has been a vital resource see the impact Job Corps will make in my dis- Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum. trict and our country in the years to come. for the veteran community throughout the The success of Uptown Funk is the latest state of Michigan. Since its inception nearly a chapter in the long and storied history of f decade ago, The Fallen and Wounded Sol- Royal Studios, one of the oldest music record- REMEMBERING PAUL TIPPS, OHIO diers Fund has raised over $4M through an- ing studios in the world. Housed originally in a LEADER nual events and corporate and personal dona- movie theater built in 1915, Royal Studios was tions. An astounding 95 percent of all pro- founded in 1957 and became the home of Hi HON. TIM RYAN ceeds end up going directly to Michigan vet- Records and the Hi Rhythm Section. Since OF OHIO erans. For these reasons and many others, I that time, numerous acclaimed artists have re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES am proud to have been a supporter of the corded there, including Willie Mitchell, Al Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund since its Green, Ann Peebles, Bobby Blue Bland, Elton Wednesday, April 22, 2015 founding. John, Robert Plant, Snoop Dogg and many Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise to re- The Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund is others. The studio has also recorded for Holly- member Paul Tipps of Ohio who passed away just one of many wonderful organizations that wood films including Opportunity Knocks, Pulp yesterday afternoon. assist American veterans across our nation. Fiction, Good Will Hunting, The Book of Eli, Paul Tipps was a great leader when political We will continue to count on the tireless and Love Jones, Six Feet Under and other films giants dominated Ohio. Paul stepped down as selfless organizations, such as The Fallen and and television shows. Uptown Funk marks Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party in Wounded Soldiers Fund, for years to come, to Royal Studios’ first #1 hit since Al Green’s 1983, and Democrats with his help held the ensure that when our service members return 1972 Let’s Stay Together and the first Bill- top five statewide offices, both houses of the home they are properly and respectfully cared board 100 Hit out of Memphis since the 1976 state legislature, a majority of the state Su- for. hit Disco Duck by Rick Dees. preme Court, and both U.S. Senate seats.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22AP8.004 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E551 Originally from Cincinnati, Paul graduated HONORING RAY HACKETT ON HIS you.’’ This approach has earned Ray access from the University of Dayton and served as RETIREMENT FROM THE NOR- to readers of all stripes in eastern Connecticut an officer in the U.S. Army. He helped C.J. WICH BULLETIN and garnered their respect, even if disagreeing McLin of Dayton begin his long time career in with his reporting or his opinions. the state legislature, ran for Congress himself HON. JOE COURTNEY When Ray Hackett steps down this month in 1968, and served six years as Chairman of OF CONNECTICUT from the Norwich Bulletin, eastern Connecticut the Montgomery County Democratic Party. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will lose an irreplaceable asset—a reporter C.J.’s daughter Rhine McLin remembers that and editor who embraced the coverage of all Wednesday, April 22, 2015 ‘‘Paul understood people and he understood 64 towns in the Second Congressional District, politics.’’ Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the diversity of our urban, suburban, and rural Paul considered C.J. one of his political to honor a legendary journalist in eastern Con- communities, and the politics and policy mentors along with legendary state House necticut, Ray Hackett. After 40 years in jour- issues that animate discussions in our diners Speaker Vern Riffe and U.S. Senator John nalism, the past 27 years at the Norwich Bul- and at our kitchen tables across our region. Glenn. John Glenn remarked that Paul ‘‘did letin in Connecticut, Ray is retiring this month Ray leaves a significant journalistic footprint in great work as a civic activist through so many from the profession he has loved. eastern Connecticut that will not be matched years’’ and that he and Annie Glenn had no Ray’s life journey included completing two for a long time. Even in an era of a 24 hour better friend. tours for the United States Army in Southeast news cycle, he represents a journalistic ethos Asia during the Vietnam War and being marked by integrity in pursuit of impartial truth. Paul served as Trustee of Wright State Uni- awarded the Bronze Star when he was 19. I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting versity and on the Board of Advisors at Ohio Ray does not talk about his military service Ray Hackett on an illustrious career and wish- State’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs. often, but his experiences have helped shape ing him the best in a well-earned retirement. Few have had as many successes as Paul his reporting and influenced our region’s con- f and the secret to Paul’s success was his abil- science on the treatment of veterans returning ity to bring people together. I ask my col- home from war. Ray’s account of the first time HONORING ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE leagues to share in the memories of the ex- he visited the Vietnam Memorial Wall in DAY traordinary service of Paul Tipps and extend Washington, accompanied by his daughter, to our most sincere condolences to all of Paul’s see the names of his fallen comrades is mov- HON. LEONARD LANCE family and friends. ing and unforgettable. OF NEW JERSEY Ray’s first experience in journalism was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f spending ten years on radio, including time Wednesday, April 22, 2015 with Armed Forces Radio and Television. He HONORING THE LIFE OF CLIFFORD joined the Norwich Bulletin in 1988, covering Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I submit the fol- BELL the city hall beat. Ray was promoted to serve lowing: as City Editor from 1994 to 2000 and moved Whereas, the State of Israel has flourished HON. BRIAN HIGGINS to the opinion page in 2000, serving as Edi- to become the preeminent democracy in the torial Page Editor and focusing on politics. Middle East and today celebrates 67 years of OF NEW YORK As the influence of his political punditry independence; and Whereas, Israel has been a dedicated part- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grew, Ray became increasingly tapped as a ner to the United States, working with our Na- moderator for political debates for races up Wednesday, April 22, 2015 tion and other allies to build peace collabo- and down the ticket. As a debate moderator, ratively and work toward common interests Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to he became known for asking tough, thoughtful and goals including the safety, security and honor the life of Mr. Clifford Bell, my friend questions which gave the voters of eastern freedom of all people around the world; and Connecticut much needed answers. He also and former colleague and a beloved member Whereas, Our Nation must continue to pro- connected candidates directly with the public of the Buffalo community. A public servant, tect, strengthen and promote our close friend by broadcasting editorial board meetings with Mr. Bell served for twelve years as a member and ally Israel as we strive to achieve greater all candidates during election cycles. of the Buffalo Common Council and chaired stability in the Middle East and around the Ray’s numerous honors include being the Economic Development Committee. world; and named the three time GateHouse Media Edi- A model citizen, Mr. Bell worked for 50 Whereas, At 67, despite tremendous chal- torial Writer of the Year in 2009, 2011, and years in the dry cleaning business and then lenges, Israel demonstrates continually that 2013. He won awards in 2008, 2012, and joined the Small business Development Cen- principle and motivation are transforming 2013 from the Connecticut Society for Profes- ter for the Buffalo State College. His commit- forces allowing Israel to thrive; now, therefore, sional Journalism for editorial excellence. Ad- ment to local business does not end there, be it ditionally, Ray was awarded First Place for the however, as he also personally led a delega- Resolved that the Honorable LEONARD Dear Governor project in 2010 from both the tion to France for the Mayor of Buffalo where LANCE, the Honorable PETER ROSKAM, the New England Newspaper & Press Association he discussed international trade while rep- Honorable DOUG LAMBORN and the Honorable and the Associated Press Managing Editors resenting five local businesses. LEE ZELDIN, Members of the House of Rep- Association. Mr. Bell’s dedication to the community ex- resentatives and co-chairmen of the House In my view, one of Ray’s accomplishments tends far beyond his political and economic Republican Israel Caucus, join Israel in cele- outshines even these honors bestowed by his endeavors as he also was an active member bration of its Independence Day. colleagues—the dedicated push he made to of various community groups. Mr. Bell has bring U.S. Army Captain and Waterford native f been a member of The Luther Church of Our Arnold ‘‘Arnie’’ Holm’s remains home to Con- HONORING THE LIFE AND Savior for over sixty years where he has held necticut. Captain Holm was killed in action in ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUSIE WILSON a number of various positions. Vietnam in 1972, and his body never recov- Mr. Bell has also chaired the Martin Luther ered. Working with Holm’s friend Bill Cavalieri HON. ZOE LOFGREN King Celebration for 30 years, delivering in- and his widow Margarete Holm, Ray kept up credible performances at Shea’s Performing OF CALIFORNIA the drumbeat in the media to find Holm’s re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Arts Center in Buffalo, and has been the re- mains and return them for proper burial. Dec- cipient of over one hundred awards including ades after their passing, Holm’s remains were Wednesday, April 22, 2015 the New York State Governor’s Martin Luther discovered in 2011 at a helicopter crash site Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, King Senior’s Award for his advocacy of civil in the central highlands of Vietnam. In a fitting along with my colleagues the Honorable ANNA rights and community work. final chapter to this story, my office was noti- ESHOO and the Honorable MICHAEL HONDA, to Mr. Speaker, thank you for allowing me a fied this week that the headstone marking the honor the life and achievements of a distin- few moments to honor the life of Clifford Bell. grave of Holm and his two comrades was in- guished member of our community, Susanne I ask that my colleagues join me in applauding stalled at Arlington National Cemetery. (‘‘Susie’’) Wilson. She has been a long- Mr. Bell’s outstanding history of service to the Ray has said that his inspiration as a jour- standing leader in the Santa Clara Valley as City of Buffalo and the people of the Western nalist has always been to ‘‘think like a reader’’ both a public official and a community advo- New York community. and ‘‘never forget, they all don’t think like cate. Susie served as a member of the San

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Implementation, however, has faced con- Susie also served as Chair of the Valley It is evident by the many roles that Susie stant efforts to roll back progress. Transit District Board, and was the first has taken on, that she is a vital member of the These two examples do not necessarily woman to become President of the Associa- Silicon Valley community and an inspiration for demonstrate a lack of commitment to enforc- tion of Bay Area Governments. She was a women and men alike. Thus, it is our privilege ing our trade agreements. They do, however, founding member in 1974 of California Elected to honor her as a significant person in the demonstrate that enforcement resources have Women for Education and Research 19th Congressional District. We would like to not kept pace with the scope and complexity (CEWEAR), as well as past President and life take this occasion to thank Susie for her many of our trade agreements. As a result, we have member. In 1990, she became a member of gifts and contributions to the community of not been able to extract the full value of our the Valley Medical Center Foundation Board San Jose. agreements to the disadvantage of our busi- of Directors, and has also served as its Presi- f nesses and workers. Looking ahead, some dent. Susie has been a champion of social Trans-Pacific Partnership countries will need justice, and one of her important accomplish- CONGRATULATING DR. RITA RICE significant capacity building and technical as- ments was her success as Chair of the YWCA MORRIS sistance if they are to meet their new commer- Villa Nueva Capital Campaign. Villa Nueva is cial, environmental, and labor obligations. a 63-family residential housing unit for low-in- HON. BRAD R. WENSTRUP The STRONGER (Supplemental Trade Re- come families, which houses transitional and OF OHIO view, Oversight, Noncompliance and General affordable housing, mostly for single mothers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Enforcement Resources) Act of 2015 would and their kids. To honor Susie, the building create an Enforcement Fund to support trade Wednesday, April 22, 2015 was named in her honor when it opened in and development agencies for a narrow set of 1993. Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, today I rise uses relating to the enforcement and imple- As a long-time distinguished volunteer of the to congratulate Dr. Rita Rice Morris on her mentation of our trade agreements. This fund YWCA, a scholarship has also been named in twelve years of service to Shawnee State Uni- would follow the precedents of the Migratory her honor, the ‘‘Susanne B. Wilson Scholar- versity. Bird Conservation Fund, the Sport Fish Res- ship Award,’’ which is given each year to a Dr. Morris, the longest-serving president in toration & Boating Trust Fund, and others that young woman from one of the YWCA pro- the storied history of Shawnee State Univer- rely on a small portion of related tariff revenue grams. For almost 40 years, Susie Wilson has sity, is leaving behind a distinguished record to fund a multi-agency effort. been the driving force behind the YWCA of of invaluable contributions to the institution, During the last five fiscal years, the United Silicon Valley. Susie’s belief in the YWCA’s the community, and most importantly the stu- States has averaged $442 million in anti- mission of empowering women and eliminating dents. dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) racism makes her a fearless and tireless ad- During her tenure, Dr. Morris led the univer- that go to Treasury’s General Fund. The En- vocate to raise support, both morally and fi- sity through a period of unprecedented growth forcement Fund would receive a small fraction nancially, for the YWCA. Since 1999 she has in enrollment, academic programming, and of our annual AD/CVDs—never to exceed $30 been CEO of WKW Mechanical Contractors, student services. Not constrained by the walls million with a maximum transfer of $15 million Inc. and a sole proprietor of a governmental of Shawnee State, she oversaw the growth in annually—for the enforcement and implemen- consulting firm called, Solutions by Wilson, partnerships and community support in Ports- tation of our trade agreements. which she started in 1991 after she retired mouth and the region. Under the legislation, certain U.S. agencies from the Santa Clara County Board of Super- Importantly, Dr. Morris touched the lives of would be authorized to use Enforcement Fund visors. young people by improving access to higher resources for the enforcement of current and Susie Wilson has a superb record of com- education at Shawnee State University. Her future FTAs, the implementation and enforce- munity service as well as service to San Jose twelve-year presidency shepherded in a period ment of WTO obligations to which the U.S. is State University. Susie served as a lecturer of record-breaking growth in both enrollment a party, capacity building focused on effective during the 1980’s; and in 1994, she was the and degree attainment. implementation and compliance with FTA first visiting professor for the ‘‘Leader in Resi- As Dr. Morris departs, Shawnee State Uni- commitments (with priority given to environ- dence’’ program at San Jose State University, versity is a pioneering institution in new and mental and labor commitments), and the moni- teaching a senior seminar in the ethical issues innovative programs, including game design toring and evaluation of U.S. capacity building of politics. and digital simulation. efforts to ensure investments are spent wisely. Susie also served as the Alumni Steering We are all grateful for Dr. Morris’ strong Importantly, none of the funds could be used Committee for the Political Science Depart- leadership at Shawnee State and in southern for negotiating new trade agreements. The ment, and has been a member of the Spartan Ohio. Again, I congratulate Dr. Rita Rice Mor- STRONGER Act would also establish a set of Foundation since 1982, and was the Founda- ris on her presidency, and I wish her the very requirements enabling continuous oversight tion’s past President from 2004–2006. She best in her future endeavors. and improvement in our trade capacity build- has also lent regular support to the Don f ing investments. Edwards lecture series. Susie was one of the f founders and participants of the ‘‘Walk for THE STRONGER ACT OF 2015 Women of Sparta,’’ the largest fundraiser by SAN JACINTO DAY women for women athletes, which raised over HON. EARL BLUMENAUER $1 million for women athletic scholarships. OF OREGON HON. GENE GREEN She has also been active in the Spartan Foun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS dation, a key fundraising organization of San Wednesday, April 22, 2015 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jose State University, and also served on the Wednesday, April 22, 2015 executive committee and board of directors. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, as trade Susie also received the prestigious Tower agreements have evolved to more accurately Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Award from the university for the 1995–96 reflect international commerce, they’ve be- I rise today to commemorate one of the most academic year. come more complex. This complexity limits important events in Texas history. Yesterday, Susie has also done work for numerous or- U.S. ability to simultaneously oversee, imple- on April 21, Texans celebrated the 179th anni- ganizations, such as: the United Way, the Boy ment, and enforce these agreements. For in- versary of San Jacinto Day. Scouts of America, and Cambrian Park United stance, in 2001, China joined the World Trade On that day in 1836, approximately 900 Methodist Church, the church she has at- Organization (WTO). Nearly 15 years later, as Texian and Tejano volunteers overpowered a tended for more than 30 years. outlined in the 2014 Special 301 Report, Chi- larger professional Mexican army of conscript Susie was a founding member of the Na- nese laws still call for mandatory intellectual soldiers, after defeats at the Battles of Goliad tional Women’s Political Caucus, a multipar- property transfers from U.S. firms to Chinese and the Alamo. These outnumbered volun- tisan, multicultural grassroots organization parties—laws that are inconsistent with their teers succeeded because they were fighting

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP8.003 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E553 against tyranny and for their homeland. In the When I first purchased my house on Nor- HONORING MRS. JENNIFER words of the Texas Declaration of Independ- wood Avenue, almost 20 years ago, people VIDLER AND THE 2015 WISE HON- ence, the people’s government had been told me that I was nuts. Upon moving in, the OREES ‘‘forcibly changed, without their consent, from first thing that I noticed in the back ‘‘yard’’ of a restricted federative republic, composed of my house was a number of discarded purses HON. JEB HENSARLING sovereign states, to a consolidated central (from purse snatchings) and gang graffiti tags. OF TEXAS military despotism.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Texas Revolution proved the bonds of Over the years my neighborhood has seen freedom are stronger than ethnicity, as many a drastic turnaround. It started with Elmwood Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Tejanos and Texians sacrificed their lives for Avenue rebounding, which in turn made the Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, for 12 Texas’ freedom at the Battles of Gonzalez, intertwined residential neighborhoods more years, the greater Mesquite area has em- Bexar, Goliad, the Alamo, and San Jacinto. desirable. Avenues and streets such as Nor- braced the opportunity to honor many excep- The war was not between Anglos and His- wood truly began to shine when home owners tional women in the community through the panics, it was a struggle between all Texans started to plant gardens, paint houses, and re- Women in Service and Enterprise (WISE) and the unjust military dictatorship of Antonio Award Luncheon and Style Show. Today I place their front porches. Organizations such Lopez de Santa Ana in Mexico City. Texians would like to honor this year’s award recipient, as Garden Walk contributed to the movement. and Tejanos knew then what we know now— Mrs. Jennifer Vidler, who is a shining example freedom requires sacrifice. Slowly but surely a healthy community began of a committed community advocate and serv- Texas culture places high honors on heroes to take hold. ant. I would also like to recognize honorees willing to sacrifice their lives for a better life for Beth Gaddis, Debbie Jacobson, and Linda their fellow man, and Texans are known f Pimentel for their valuable service and com- around the world as an honorable people who mitment to their community. respond to the call of duty. While our young RECOGNIZING DR. BEVERLY Jennifer Vidler has lived in Mesquite most of people are answering today’s calls of duty, we WALKER-GRIFFEA AS SHE IS IN- her life. She is a graduate of North Mesquite should not forget those who have bravely an- STALLED AS THE SEVENTH High School and proudly served in the United swered that call in the past. PRESIDENT OF MOTT COMMU- States Air Force as a Specialist. Afterwards, With an understanding of where they came NITY COLLEGE AND FOR HER she studied cosmetology and graduated with a from, future Texans will continue to respond to COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EX- perfect score through the state board of exam. calls to service, and Texans will continue to be CELLENCE Her salon has been a Chamber of Commerce respected and admired around the world. member for 15 years, and voted best salon f several times. Jennifer has been a member HON. DANIEL T. KILDEE and chairwoman for the Board of Adjustments HONORING THE LIFE OF for six years and now she is a Planning and OF MICHIGAN BENJAMIN HOCHFIELD Zoning Commissioner. She has been Vice IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President and then President of Old Town HON. BRIAN HIGGINS Mesquite/Community Heart of Mesquite. For Wednesday, April 22, 2015 OF NEW YORK the last nine years Jennifer has worked very IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the United hard with the fundraising, planning, and imple- Wednesday, April 22, 2015 States House of Representatives to join me in menting of Kid Fish and Pumpkin Fest. For many years Jennifer led the decorations for recognizing Dr. Walker-Griffea, President of Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Christmas on the Square by herself, before a Mott Community College, for her unwavering honor the life of Mr. Benjamin Hochfield, who few people came to help. She has worked tragically passed away on November 24, 2014 commitment to academic excellence and stu- hard to bring a Farmers Market to Mesquite, at the young age of 43. A passionate family dent success. and this year will be the 2nd Annual Farmers man and public servant, Mr. Hochfield was a Dr. Walker-Griffea is the first female and Market on the Square. Jennifer says, ‘‘I truly prominent member of the Western New York first African American president in Mott Com- love Mesquite and think it can only be even community. better.’’ Mr. Hochfield touched many lives of various munity College’s history. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dr. Walker-Griffea holds a Doc- Past WISE Award winners have served in a groups in Western New York. While working variety of ways, but they are united by the torate of Philosophy in Child Development for Erie County Department of Environment long-lasting impact they have made on their from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, and Planning and the County Attorney’s office, community. Their service, community involve- he earned the respect and became close with Texas, a Master of Education in Guidance and ment and dedication to enterprise continue to many public officials and employees. He was Counseling from Virginia State University in inspire younger generations. a prominent figure in Buffalo’s music commu- Petersburg, Virginia, and a Bachelor of Today, I would like to recognize all of the nity and an advocate for beautifying the Elm- Science in Journalism and Broadcasting from WISE honorees for their outstanding service wood Village. His reach to members of the Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla- and congratulate them on their awards. Thank community was many and varied. homa. you, ladies, for helping make our community, Mr. Hochfield had many passions in his life, state, and country a better place. but his first love was of music. From a young Dr. Walker-Griffea has demonstrated a pas- f age Mr. Hochfield began studying piano and sion for ensuring all students have access to guitar. His passions led him to attend The quality, affordable, and effective learning expe- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 60TH AN- Berkley College of Music in Boston, Massa- riences. As a long-time advocate for collegiate NIVERSARY OF THE DENVER RE- chusetts, where he further developed his craft. student success, Dr. Walker-Griffea has GIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERN- When he returned home to Buffalo, he contin- served community college students in various MENTS ued his passion and played with several local capacities for twenty years. Her long history in bands, most notably with ‘‘Necktie Tour- education includes serving as Vice President HON. DIANA DeGETTE niquet.’’ of Student Affairs at Thomas Nelson Commu- OF COLORADO Mr. Hochfield’s passions continued with his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES endearment for gardening. Influenced by his nity College in Hampton, Virginia; Dean of loving wife Tracey, he spent hours beautifying Student Development at Houston Community Wednesday, April 22, 2015 the garden by her side. Their prized garden College-Central Campus; and Interim Dean of Ms. DEGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor was featured during Buffalo’s famous Garden Health and Environmental Sciences at Spo- one of Colorado’s most respected and valued Walk of 2014. Mr. Hochfield hand crafted a kane Community College. organizations, the Denver Regional Council of stone fountain at the center of their garden Mr. Speaker, I applaud Dr. Beverly Walker- Governments (DRCOG), on its 60th anniver- that helped attract individuals from all over the Griffea for her strong leadership and sary. Through collaborative cooperation, country to view their garden. Here is an ac- DRCOG speaks and leads with one voice unyielding commitment to academic success count written for the Buffalo Rising paper by a while serving nine counties and 47 municipali- and our community. neighbor of Mr. Hochfield. ties, and it stands as one of the three oldest

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP8.006 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E554 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 22, 2015 Councils of Government in the country. vilian security guard, employed by the U.S. IN HONOR OF EDWARD T. ‘‘FITZY’’ DRCOG serves as the Metropolitan Planning Navy, who died 16 years ago when two errant FITZPATRICK OF BOSTON, MA Organization for the Denver metropolitan re- bombs were dropped from a fighter jet near gion, skillfully serving nearly three million citi- his observation post on Vieques, Puerto Rico. HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH zens in three broad-based areas: Regional His tragic death spurred protests throughout OF MASSACHUSETTS Growth and Development, Transportation & IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Personal Mobility, and Aging & Disability Re- Puerto Rico and the United States, and ulti- Wednesday, April 22, 2015 sources. mately led to the halting of bombing on the is- Currently, local governments are rep- land where countless shells and chemicals Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in resented in a cooperative and comprehensive were dropped. honor of Edward T. ‘‘Fitzy’’ Fitzpatrick, in rec- multi-modal transportation planning process It is unconscionable that the American gov- ognition of his outstanding contributions to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work- for the entire region while incorporating state ernment could wreak such havoc on such pris- ers, Local 2222 of Boston, MA, and to com- and federal practices and regulations. The tine lands for so long. It is unimaginable that Denver Regional Council’s Mobility and Ac- mend him for over fifty years of dedicated it would ignore the pleas of its own citizens for cess Council (DRMAC) ensures people with service to the working men and women of this mobility challenges have access to the com- decades as they called for an end to the community. munity by increasing, enhancing, sharing, and bombing of their land. The son of Joseph and Ann Fitzpatrick of coordinating regional transportation services We must ensure that Sanes Rodriguez is Mattapan, Edward was born in Boston and and resources with a vision of mobility and ac- not forgotten, and neither is the unnecessary lived in Mattapan. Edward attended St. cess for all. destruction of vast parts of Vieques during the Margaret’s School in Dorchester, MA and graduated from Hyde Park High School. Dur- DRCOG’s Sustainable Communities Initia- more than 60 years of live-fire bombing prac- ing high school and after graduation, Ed tive (SCI) has worked with the Department of tice on the island. Housing and Urban Development while began his career at New England Telephone. leveraging the multi-billion dollar FasTracks As we also celebrate Earth Day this week, His career at New England Telephone was put transit system expansion already in place. The we must acknowledge another grim reality: on hold while he honorably and bravely served SCI just concluded its collaborative partner- decades of destructive shelling turned Vieques in Vietnam. ship of governmental, public and private-sector into one of the most toxic places on the plan- Upon completion of his distinguished service organizations to support the planning and im- et. In the 16 years since Sanes Rodriguez to our country, Ed continued working for New plementation of its ideas to foster greater ac- was killed, lingering environmental and health England Telephone and began to gain the re- cess to more economically diverse, multi- concerns due to the bombings are still not spect and admiration of his co-workers while fighting for their rights on the job. His leader- modal communities that will put less strain on being fully addressed. our natural resources. ship skills were evident and he was instru- Now in its 40th year as the designated Area Tens of thousands of bombs and toxic mental in the achievements of the IBTW and Agency on Aging (AAA), DRCOG helps peo- chemicals were dropped on Vieques during helped form the foundation for the move from ple live independently as long as possible in U.S. Navy training exercises. Some of those the independent IBTW to the International their own homes and communities. DRCOG munitions contained depleted uranium and na- Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the contracts with community-based agencies to palm. Contamination concerns led the Envi- charter of Local 2222. Local 2222 became provide a broad continuum of services ad- ronmental Protection Agency to list the former well-known in the local labor movement and in dressing the needs of the region’s booming Vieques training area as a Superfund site— political circles in Boston’s working-class population of older adults and those living with basically designating it as a toxic dump. neighborhoods. disabilities. In coordination with other stake- Ed held many positions in Local 2222 for holders, the AAA helps ensure that community I have grilled the Director of the Agency for many years including shop steward, chief leaders are aware of the needs of older Toxic Substances and Disease Registry steward, vice president and business agent. adults, the benefits of community-based serv- (ATSDR) about the alarming rate of cancer He became president of the Local in 1991 and ices, and the costs to taxpayers of failing to and other serious health conditions experi- held that position for 24 years until his retire- address needs of seniors in the region. enced by Viequenses as a result of the envi- ment in March of 2015. DRCOG has a long list of accomplishments ronmental damage caused by decades of mili- He is well-known for fiercely leading Local shaping the region in a way that benefits us tary bombing. Amazingly, the agency has re- 2222 and 60,000 workers through a four all. From helping transition the Valley Highway ported that it could not find ‘‘credible scientific month strike in 1989 that was one of the larg- to what we know today as I–25, including the evidence’’ to support a link between a genera- est and most contentious union/management battles in decades. From the back of a pick- T-Rex project, to the discussion about where tion of military pollutants and Vieques resi- up truck with a loudspeaker, Ed motivated to relocate Stapleton Airport—which we know dents’ poor health trends. now as Denver International Airport. DRCOG thousands to stand strong on the picket line helped establish the Mile High Compact to In March of 2013, I visited Vieques to wit- and to battle for their rights and their families help shape growth in the metro area in an in- ness for myself the consequences of decades through one of the most successful strikes in telligent manner and designed mechanisms to of shelling and the impact it has had on the is- U.S. history with his hallmark saying ‘‘Hang protect the region’s air quality through the land. I met with citizens whose health has Tough.’’ The striking workers in 1989 success- oversight of the Regional Air Quality Council. been harmed by living near the former bomb- fully resisted management demands and won From funding major highway and transit ing range. The people of Vieques live every- health care coverage for all telephone workers projects in the region to helping with the for- day with the legacy of the environmental de- in Boston. mation of RTD, DRCOG has been involved struction that was wreaked upon their land Aside from being a fierce union leader, Ed with seemingly every major regional issue and is mostly known for his incredible dedication to Sanes Rodriguez’s death, while tragic and project. those afflicted by drug and alcohol addiction. unnecessary, was not meaningless. It opened Please join me in commending DRCOG. As A legendary figure in Local 2222’s ‘‘Member- their motto says, they make life better. the eyes of millions of Americans to the harm ship Assistance’’ program, Ed’s personal inter- being inflicted upon Vieques. Our annual re- ventions and time has saved the lives, mar- f membrance of his tragic death now serves an- riages, and phone company careers of count- HONORING THE LIFE OF DAVID other noble cause: environmental justice for less workers caught in the grip of substance SANES RODRIGUEZ Vieques. abuse. He has devoted his own personal time, day and night, to families and individuals On this important date for the people of HON. ALAN GRAYSON struggling with addiction. He believes the most Vieques, and as the world celebrates Earth valuable thing you can give to another human OF FLORIDA Day, I urge my colleagues to join me in mak- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES being is your time and Fitzy makes the time ing sure this beautiful island is restored. I urge for anyone in need. He not only works with the Wednesday, April 22, 2015 my colleagues to join me in addressing the members of his union and their families but Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, this past Sun- health problems that six decades of bombings also spends three nights a week visiting and day, April 19th, marked the anniversary of the have imposed upon the residents who still call bringing the message of hope to the incarcer- death of David Sanes Rodriguez. He was a ci- Vieques home. ated in three local prisons.

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Department of Correction at the State House Dorothy earned a Registered Nursing Diploma The Green 301 Act strengthens Section 301 for his tireless years of service to incarcerated from Sacramento Junior College and a B.A. in of the Trade Act of 1974 to strengthen the individuals. Nursing Education from CSU Sacramento. Bill U.S. Trade Representative’s ability to ensure Ed has had the good fortune to be married majored in Veterinary Medicine at the Univer- that the law is applied equally, that bad actors to his wife, Joanne for 45 years; they are the sity of California, Davis. Bill and Dorothy were are held accountable, and that good actors proud parents of three children and ten grand- the first in their families to earn college de- are not penalized for following the rules. By children. grees. They have owned and operated the making sure U.S. companies aren’t forced to Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to take Atwater Veterinary Clinic, providing quality play by a different and more costly set of rules the floor of the House today to join with Ed- medical care for both large and small animals, abroad, we can bolster environmental protec- ward T. ‘‘Fitzy’’ Fitzpatrick’s family, friends, thus serving the needs of the area’s farmers, tions and best practices, as well as U.S. ex- and contemporaries to thank him for his re- ranchers, and community members since ports. The selective enforcement of environ- markable service to his country, his commu- 1960. mental laws damages both trade and our envi- nity and to the working men and women of the Bill and Dorothy Bizzini have contributed ronment. Greater Boston area. their volunteer time by serving on many local, Specifically, the Green 301 Act would allow f state, and national professional organizations the U.S. to impose penalties on countries that and boards. Among these organizations are fail to effectively enforce their environmental RECOGNIZING BOY SCOUT TROOP 6 the Merced College Board of Trustees, the UC laws, that waived or otherwise derogated from Merced Foundation, CSU Stanislaus Founda- their environmental laws, that fail to provide HON. BRAD R. WENSTRUP tion, Atwater Chamber of Commerce, Greater for judicial proceedings giving access to rem- OF OHIO Merced Chamber of Commerce, California edies for violations of their environmental IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Veterinary Medical Association, Atwater Meth- laws, that fail to provide appropriate and effec- odist Church, Soroptimist Club of Atwater, tive sanctions or remedies for violations of Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Castle Air Force Base Community Council and their environmental laws, or that fail to effec- Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, today I rise Bloss Memorial Hospital Board of Directors. tively implement environmental commitments to recognize Boy Scout Troop 6 as they The Bizzini’s have always promoted edu- they agreed to with the United States. achieve the distinguished Centennial celebra- cation throughout their lives. In 2004 the Additionally, Section 301 enables outside tion in the storied history of scouting in Amer- Classroom Building at California State Univer- groups to petition USTR to take action. Any ica. Formed in 1915, Troop 6 is the oldest sity Stanislaus was renamed Dorothy and Bill outside organization may file a Section 301 re- continuously operating scout troop in the Dan Bizzini Hall after a pledge of $1.35 million. quest with USTR, which must then consult Beard Council, and now marks its 100th year. Dorothy is currently on the University of Cali- with the petitioners, and report back within 45 Over those 100 years, scouting values have fornia Merced Foundation’s Board of Trustees days on whether they will or won’t act on the played an important role in our nation’s his- and Bill served until 2012. Bill and Dorothy petition and why or why not. The Green 301 tory, contributing to the character development went to college on scholarships and they Act would ensure this process is expanded to of millions of youth. clearly understand how important it is to help environmental violations. Leading boys from the first steps of Tender- others achieve a higher education. U.S. trade agreements attempt to limit these foot through the rank of Eagle Scout, through Bill and Dorothy have inspired many others unfair double standards. Dozens of countries, merit badges, summer camps, and service to follow their example of service above self, however, fall outside our trade commitments. projects, Troop 6 has instilled character and being active members of Rotary International To level the playing field in these countries, moral compass in countless young men over and have attended 14 Rotary International and to stop a race to the bottom, Congress in- its 100 years. Conventions. They have made numerous hu- cluded Section 301 in the Trade Act of 1974. America and Ohio benefit from skills and manitarian trips to foreign countries, providing This section authorizes the U.S. to take action values that scouting instills in our young men health services to families and children in to remove ‘‘any act, policy, or practice of a for- including self-reliance, a duty to God and Guatemala, Ghana, Venezuela, Mexico, El eign government that . . . is unjustified, un- country, appreciation of the outdoors, and Salvador, Thailand and many other countries. reasonable, or discriminatory, and that bur- committed citizenship. Our nation could benefit Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect that I dens or restricts U.S. commerce.’’ Congress from more people taking the Scout Law to recognize the lifetime of commitment that Bill later expanded Section 301 to deal specifically heart. and Dorothy have given to the Merced County with IP issues, and later amended it to ad- Troop 6 has shown a dedicated commitment community. They are richly deserving of all dress labor standards. It is time that Congress to our community and nation, leading numer- honor and praise associated with the Merced expand it again to meet environmental chal- ous service projects and supporting our mili- College Foundation’s President’s Medallion. lenges. tary members. f f Southwest Ohio is privileged to have such a distinguished scout troop. I look forward to STRENGTHENING TRADE-RELATED IN HONOR OF DR. NORMAN C. Troop 6’s next 100 years as they continue PROTECTIONS FOR THE ENVI- FRANCIS their legacy of service. RONMENT f HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. HON. EARL BLUMENAUER OF GEORGIA RECOGNIZING BILL AND DOROTHY OF OREGON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BIZZINI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April 22, 2015 HON. JIM COSTA Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise OF CALIFORNIA Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, when for- today to honor an esteemed educator and out- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eign countries selectively enforce their envi- standing civic leader, Dr. Norman C. Francis. ronmental rules to advantage their own com- As the nation’s longest-serving university Wednesday, April 22, 2015 panies, it undercuts U.S. companies and it president, Dr. Francis will be retiring after 47 Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to harms the environment. Our trade negotiators remarkable years as president of Xavier Uni- recognize Bill and Dorothy Bizzini as the re- should have the tools they need to adequately versity of Louisiana in New Orleans, Lou- cipients of the Merced College Foundation’s enforce environmental commitments. isiana. A reception hosted by the Honorable 2015 President’s Medallion Award. Bill and The problem is proliferating. A survey con- Mary Landrieu and the Honorable Alexis Her- Dorothy Bizzini have served their community ducted this year by the American Chamber of man will be held in his honor on Wednesday, with distinction, volunteering their time and do- Commerce in China found that 57 percent—a April 22, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in Washington, nating to a wide range of causes and organi- multi-point increase from last year—of U.S. DC.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP8.008 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E556 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 22, 2015 Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, Dr. HONORING CHIEF THOMAS LAWS demic excellence and instilling in your mem- Francis, the son of a barber and a home- bers a lifelong commitment to service. maker, first set foot on the campus of Xavier HON. MARK MEADOWS f University as a student in 1948 and imme- OF NORTH CAROLINA diately stood out among his peers as a leader TRIBUTE TO DR. SAUNDRA H. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in all areas of academic excellence. Fore- GLOVER shadowing the legacy he would later build on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 this very campus, his fellow classmates elect- Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN ed him class president each year of his under- recognize Chief Thomas Laws, the Fire Chief OF SOUTH CAROLINA graduate study and student body president his of Granite Falls, North Carolina. On May 1, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES senior year. When he graduated with honors 2015, Chief Laws will retire after thirty-two Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in 1952, Dr. Francis left Xavier knowing that years of successful, dedicated service. he would return someday. Chief Laws began his service in Granite Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Later that year, Dr. Francis became the first Falls in 1982 as a firefighter. Just three years pay tribute to Dr. Saundra H. Glover on the African American to attend Loyola Law School later, he was promoted to Chief. During his occasion of her retirement from the University in New Orleans. After graduating in 1955, he tenure, Chief Laws maintained a standard of of South Carolina. Serving as Associate Dean served our country with honor and distinction excellence in firefighting equipment, tactics, for Health Disparities and Social Justice of the in the U.S. Army’s Third Armored Division. and training. He was also instrumental in ob- Arnold School of Public Health and Director of After his honorable discharge, Dr. Francis taining several program grants that have made the Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate worked on special assignment with the U.S. the department what it is today. Thanks in Health Disparities (IPEHD), Dr. Glover has de- Attorney General to help desegregate federal large part to Chief Laws’ dedication, the local voted her life to fighting inequity in health sta- agencies. fire department in Granite Falls consistently tus and health care. Following his completion of this assignment, handled emergencies in a timely and efficient Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said at Dr. Francis found himself at a crossroads. He manner. the 1966 National Convention of the Medical had a promising legal career ahead of him yet The exemplary leadership of Chief Laws is Committee for Human Rights: ‘‘Of all the he yearned to be of service in higher edu- something that all of us can admire and re- forms of inequality, injustice in health care is cation. Choosing the latter, where he thought spect. As such, I am proud to honor Fire Chief the most shocking and inhumane.’’ I pro- his talents could be of greater use, Dr. Francis Thomas Laws for his faithful service to the foundly agree with that view. While many be- returned to his alma mater, becoming dean of people of Granite Falls and congratulate him moan the poor health status of many Ameri- men in 1957. Rising quickly through the ranks, on his retirement. cans and their lack of access to care, Dr. he became the first African American and first Glover spent decades working to correct this f layman to serve as president of Xavier Univer- shocking and inhumane injustice. sity in 1968. CELEBRATING ZETA PHI BETA SO- In her fight to eliminate health disparities, Mr. Speaker, Dr. Francis has revolutionized RORITY, INC. GREAT LAKES RE- Dr. Glover has brought to bear a plethora of Xavier University in countless ways during his GION weapons. She has conducted research, win- 47-year tenure as president. Under his leader- ning millions of dollars in grants and leading ship, the university’s enrollment has more than HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY efforts to create the Health Disparities Re- doubled, its endowment has grown eight-fold, search Network. She has been a prolific au- and its campus has expanded from only five OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thor, publishing dozens of articles in academic buildings to sixteen buildings on more than journals. She has been an educator, working sixty acres. Wednesday, April 22, 2015 to address the dearth of minority public health These changes are also reflected in the Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise professionals and earning the South Carolina young leaders and model graduates that Xa- today to celebrate 95 years of service by Zeta Rural Health Association’s Excellence in Edu- vier continues to produce. Xavier University is Phi Beta Sorority and to wish them well as cation Award. She has been a community recognized as the leading producer of African they begin their 81st Annual Great Lakes Re- leader, serving on the South Carolina Depart- American undergraduates who go on to com- ment of Health and Environmental Control plete medical school and one of the top three gional Leadership Conference tomorrow in (DHEC) commissioner’s health disparities ad- producers of African American Doctor of Phar- Rosemont, Illinois. visory board and partnering with DHEC’s Of- macy degree recipients. Xavier ranks first na- The conference, led by Great Lakes Re- tionally in the number of African American stu- gional Director Michelle Porter Norman, will fice of Minority Health on a number of state- dents earning undergraduate degrees in biol- capture the essence of all that Zeta Phi Beta wide initiatives. In 2010, she was appointed to ogy and life sciences, chemistry, physics, and Sorority, Incorporated embodies . . . to be ‘‘A the Executive Committee of the Congressional pharmacy. Community Conscious, Action Oriented Orga- Black Caucus Institute 21st Century Council, Dr. Francis’ sphere of influence has not nization’’. Their National Programs, including leading the health policy subcommittee. been confined to the campus limits of Xavier Z–HOPE, Stork’s Nest and Elder Care, pro- In all of these endeavors, Dr. Glover has at- University. A nationally recognized figure, Dr. vide necessary assistance to members of our tacked the complicated problem of health dis- Francis has served in advisory roles to eight communities across the globe, to address so- parities from a wide array of angles. Her publi- U.S. presidents on education and civil rights cietal ills, poverty, and health concerns of the cations have covered topics as diverse as issues. He has also served on 54 boards and day. It is expected to draw more than 700 HIV, mental health, diabetes, asthma, access commissions. He has received 42 honorary members from across seven states—Illinois, to care, and health services delivery. IPEHD, degrees from other universities and numerous Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio under her directorship, has been engaged in awards and commendations in recognition of and Wisconsin. research and community activities that ad- his leadership in higher education as well as Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded in 1920 dress HIV, cervical cancer, head and neck his selfless service to his community and to at Howard University in Washington, DC, in cancers, prostate cancer, obesity, mental our nation. In 2006, then-President George W. the belief that the social nature of Sorority life health, autoimmune diseases, musculoskeletal Bush honored Dr. Francis with the Presidential should not overshadow the real mission of injuries, and environmental health. In all of her Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian progressive organizations. The international work, Dr. Glover has focused on identifying award. organization’s more than 100,000 initiated and developing partnerships, engaging vulner- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me members and affiliates have given millions of able and underserved communities in re- in recognizing Dr. Norman C. Francis for his volunteer hours to educate the public, provide search, prevention and intervention activities, significant contributions to our nation and for scholarships, support organized charities and and training underrepresented minorities in his 47 outstanding years as President of Xa- promote legislation for social and civic change. biomedical and behavioral research. vier University of Louisiana. His visionary lead- Zeta Phi Beta has more than 800 chapters in I am particularly grateful for Dr. Glover’s role ership has helped transform this university for the United States, Japan, Germany, England, in organizing the James E. Clyburn Health the better to provide students with a fulfilling Belgium, the Republic of Korea, the Caribbean Disparities Lecture Series. She has taken the college experience, a quality education focus- and most recently Dubai, United Arab Emir- lead in developing this annual lecture series to ing on academic excellence, and the nec- ates. bring together academicians, clinicians, and essary tools with which to live successful and I send a sincere ‘‘thank you’’ to Zeta Phi community partners to share research and productive lives. Beta for your dedication to promoting aca- best practices on promoting health equity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22AP8.012 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E557 Recognizing the importance of turning knowl- profiling commenced by President Bush and IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH AN- edge into action, Dr. Glover has ensured that Attorney General Ashcroft. NIVERSARY OF THE JOB CORPS this lecture series include follow-up dialogue Despite the fact that the majority of law en- PROGRAM sessions to identify community-level action forcement officers perform their duties profes- steps to address racial, ethnic, and residence- sionally and without bias—and we value their HON. RICHARD E. NEAL based disparities in HIV and cancer in South service highly—the specter of racial profiling OF MASSACHUSETTS Carolina and across the country. The success has contaminated the relationship between the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and growth of these programs would not have police and minority communities to such a de- been possible without Dr. Glover’s leadership. gree that federal action is justified to begin ad- Wednesday, April 22, 2015 With all of these accomplishments, it is no dressing the issue. While the Department of Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this surprise that Dr. Glover has garnered numer- Justice reissued a series of guidelines in De- opportunity to recognize the 50th anniversary ous honors and awards over the years. The cember 2014 which were designed to end the of the Job Corps Program. With Westover Job University of South Carolina honored her with practice of racial profiling by federal law en- Corps Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts the Outstanding Black Alumni Award in 2004 forcement agencies, these measures still do within my district, I would like to say a few and the Martin Luther King Faculty Social Jus- not reach the vast majority of racial profiling words on the successes that Job Corps have tice Award for Exemplary Teaching, Research, complaints arising from the routine activities of had over their distinguished history. and Service in 2010. She has also received state and local law enforcement agencies. The Job Corps Program was created as a national acclaim, winning the National Council collaboration between the public and private of Negro Women’s Living the Legacy Award in Further, the guidelines provide no enforce- sectors to help poor and unemployed young 2011, the Urban League’s 2012 Tower Award ment mechanism or methods for identifying people gain the skills to enter the job market. for contributions to the betterment of humanity, law enforcement agencies not in compliance Job Corps’ educational model allows aca- and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s MLK and, therefore, fail to resolve the racial demic and vocational professionals to create Community Service Award in 2013. We in profiling problem nationwide. In this instance, self-paced work plans for their students. With South Carolina have been fortunate to have there is no substitute for comprehensive fed- their residential campuses, counselors, in- such a distinguished figure serving our com- eral anti-profiling legislation. structors, and advisors work with their stu- munity for so many years. The End Racial Profiling Act is designed to dents on a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues eliminate the well documented problem of ra- basis to develop the life skills, financial lit- to join me in congratulating Dr. Glover on her cial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orienta- eracy, and responsible citizenship that stu- well-deserved retirement. I wish her good tion, gender identity and national origin dents require for the future. 80 percent of all health and Godspeed. profiling. First, the bill provides a prohibition on Job Corps graduates are able to find employ- f racial profiling, enforceable by declaratory or injunctive relief. Second, the bill mandates that ment, move onto higher education, or serve INTRODUCTION OF END RACIAL training on racial profiling issues as part of their nation in the Armed Forces. Over their 50 PROFILING ACT OF 2015 Federal law enforcement training, the collec- year history, more than 3 million jobless and tion of data on all routine or spontaneous in- underemployed people have benefitted from HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. vestigatory activities that is to be submitted the unique opportunity that Job Corps offers. Mr. Speaker, Job Corps remains a life- OF MICHIGAN through a standardized form to the Depart- changing resource for thousands of at-risk, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment of Justice. jobless, and disenfranchised youths around Third, the Justice Department is authorized Wednesday, April 22, 2015 the country. I have personally seen the im- to provide grants for the development and im- provements that have been made to students’ Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased plementation of best policing practices, such lives at Westover Job Corps Center over my to introduce the End Racial Profiling Act of as early warning systems, technology integra- tenure in Congress. I wish them continued 2015, along with additional cosponsors. This tion, and other management protocols that dis- success as they continue their great work in legislation represents a comprehensive federal courage profiling. Finally, the Attorney General the future. commitment to healing the rift caused by racial is required to provide periodic reports to as- profiling and restoring public confidence in the sess the nature of any ongoing discriminatory f criminal justice system at-large. This legisla- profiling practices. tion is designed to enforce the constitutional RECOGNIZING THE 80TH ANNIVER- right to equal protection of the laws by chang- Recent events in the wake of Ferguson, SARY OF THE CITGO CORPUS ing the policies and procedures underlying the Missouri demonstrate that racial profiling re- CHRISTI REFINERY practice of profiling. mains a divisive issue in communities across This legislation can be traced back to the the nation that strikes at the very foundation of data collection efforts of the late 1990’s that our democracy. The deaths of Walter L. HON. BLAKE FARENTHOLD were designed to determine whether racial Scott—arising from a traffic stop—Michael OF TEXAS Brown, Eric Garner, and Antonio Zambrano- profiling was a fact rather than an urban leg- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES end. Based upon the work around that legisla- Montes—all at the hands of police officers— Wednesday, April 22, 2015 tion, by September 11, 2001, there was signifi- highlight the links between the issues of race cant empirical evidence and wide agreement and reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct. Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise among Americans, including President Bush Ultimately, these men are tragic examples of today to recognize the 80th anniversary of the and Attorney General Ashcroft, that racial the risk of being victimized by a perception of CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery. Since 1935, profiling was a tragic fact of life in the minority criminality simply because of their race, eth- CITGO has been a dedicated leader to the community and that the Federal government nicity, religion or national origin. These individ- City of Corpus Christi and to the people of should take action to end the practice. uals were denied the basic respect and equal Texas. Moreover, many in the law enforcement treatment that is the right of every American. Driven by commitment to its core values of community have also acknowledged that sin- Decades ago, in the face of shocking vio- integrity, respect, and fairness, CITGO has gling out people for heightened scrutiny based lence, the passage of sweeping civil rights leg- been a shining steward and model example of on their race, ethnicity, religion, or national ori- islation made it clear that race should not af- the community. As a good corporate neighbor gin had eroded the trust in law enforcement fect the treatment of an individual American who has provided thousands of jobs and innu- necessary to appropriately serve and protect under the law. I believe that thousands of pe- merable charitable contributions and volunteer our communities. destrian and traffic stops of innocent minorities work to the people of Corpus Christi, I am During our 112th Congress Judiciary Com- and needless killings or use of excessive force very proud to have CITGO here in the 27th mittee hearing on racial profiling, we ap- by the police call for a similar federal re- District of Texas. proached the issue from the perspective of sponse. The practice of using race or other As a company rightly focused on people ‘‘smart policing’’ and what makes sense in a characteristics as a proxy for criminality by law and opportunity, I encourage us all to take time of austerity for protecting public safety. I enforcement seriously undermines the time today on April 15, 2015 to celebrate eight believe that it became clear during the hearing progress we have made toward achieving decades of CITGO’s commitment to our com- that enough agreement exists to allow us to equality under the law. Please join me in sup- munity and to wish the Corpus Christi Refinery re-open the bipartisan dialogue on racial porting this legislation. nothing but the best in the upcoming century.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:44 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22AP8.015 E22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 22, 2015 IN HONOR OF THE REVEREND ing wife, Maggie, who met her eternal reward tion’s oldest three victims’ assistance organi- JAMES CALVIN HARRIS, SR. in 2012 after sixty-seven years of marriage; zations. their seven children, one of whom is de- Ms. Mary Travers Murphy, nominated by HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. ceased; eleven grandchildren; and seven Congressman BRIAN HIGGINS (NY–26), has OF GEORGIA great-grandchildren. On a personal note, I been a champion for domestic violence victims IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have truly been blessed by Rev. Harris’ sage in her community. counsel and enduring friendship over the Her work as the Executive Director of the Wednesday, April 22, 2015 many years I have known him. Family Justice Center of Erie County (FJCEC) Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me raising funds for domestic violence victims has today to honor an outstanding Man of God today in paying tribute to the Reverend James resulted in the opening of two suburban sat- who has been a longstanding source of inspi- Calvin Harris, Sr. for sixty-four wonderful years ellite FJCEC centers in Erie County. ration, spiritual guidance, and moral leadership of leadership of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, Her efforts have strengthened her Erie com- to the Columbus, Georgia community, the over seventy-five remarkable years of ministry, munity. Reverend James Calvin Harris, Sr. After sixty- and a lifetime of selfless service to God, the Another community leader that deserves four remarkable years of serving as Pastor of church, and to humankind. recognition is Ms. Kerri True-Funk. Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in Columbus, f She was nominated for the Lois Haight Rev. Harris will be retiring this month. A cele- Award of Excellence and Innovation by Con- bration of his well-deserved retirement will be VICTIMS’ RIGHTS CAUCUS gressman RODNEY DAVIS (IL–13). held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. AWARDS 2015 Kerri is the Executive Director of Rape Ad- at the Columbus Convention and Trade Cen- vocacy, Counseling and Education Services ter in Columbus, Georgia. HON. TED POE (RACES). James Calvin Harris was born in Lee Coun- OF TEXAS Kerri has championed efforts of prevention ty, Georgia on April 7, 1925 to Elijah and Viola IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and education, which makes her the perfect Harris as one of seven children. In 1944, at candidate for the Lois Haight Award, working Wednesday, April 22, 2015 the age of 18, he began serving our country to prevent crime before it happens. with courage and distinction in the U.S. Navy Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, crime vic- Kerri deserves to be honored for her work during World War II. After the war, Mr. Harris tims are not statistics. with RACES—reducing the occurrence of sex- moved to Chicago and worked as a baker and They are real people with real stories who ual assault among individuals with disabilities dishwasher but later returned to Georgia to have had something bad happen to them. through empowerment education. pursue his education. He attended Albany As a former judge, I used to see victims in Victim advocates are wonderful people. State University and then studied at the Amer- my courtroom every day. Many of them I have met over the years are ican Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Unfortunately, too often victims are left out even more special because they have used Tennessee. of the criminal justice process. their personal experience to help others. His first church membership was St. They are also many times overlooked and That is what the recipient of the Eva Murillo Mathew Baptist Church in Lee County, which forgotten in the legislative process. Unsung Hero Award did. was pastored at the time by the late Reverend When I came to Congress, victims did not William Kellibrew, nominated by Congress- Allen A. Green. It was by this same pastor have an advocate group of lawmakers on woman ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (DC), had a that Rev. Harris was licensed to the ministry Capitol Hill. traumatic past but he chose to fight back. on July 9, 1939 and ordained as a minister on That is why Congressman JIM COSTA, a He is the founder of the William Kellibrew August 10, 1949. Democrat from California, and I, a Republican Foundation (WKF), a community-driven part- Early on in his career, he pastored at sev- from Texas, founded the Victims’ Rights Cau- nership that advocates on breaking the cycles eral churches across Georgia, sharing his pas- cus. of violence and poverty. sion for the teachings of Christ. Following the Supporting crime victims is a bipartisan The WKF provides support networks for vic- path that God set out for him, Rev. Harris issue. tims while they rebuild their lives. eventually came to call Mt. Pilgrim Baptist This week is National Crime Victims’ Rights People like William are living examples of Church in Columbus his home. When he week, and the Victims’ Rights Caucus will rec- how survivors can use their experiences to began preaching at the church, it was a small ognize those tenacious groups and individuals empower others. wooden building with only 100 members. whose life work is to support victims. The Victims’ Rights Caucus is also recog- Thanks to his dedication and enthusiasm, I was proud to nominate Truckers Against nizing Robin Smith, the founder of Video Ac- Rev. Harris has been able to build the Trafficking for the Suzanne McDaniel Memo- tion. Church’s membership to over 1,000 and make rial Award for Public Awareness. Video Action produces training instructional several extensive renovations and additions. Much like the award’s namesake, Truckers videos to educate victim advocates. Rev. Harris has always been popular with Against Trafficking has pioneered efforts in the Robin reaches a vast audience through her churchgoers because of the energy he brings victims’ rights community. videos which has spread awareness about vic- to his sermons. Known by many as the ‘‘sing- Truckers Against Trafficking is a traveling tims issues to victim advocates. ing and preaching’’ pastor, Rev. Harris even nonprofit group that works to educate and Every single one of these recipients are authored and recorded an original song, ‘‘God raise awareness for trafficking in the trucking warriors fighting to protect innocent victims is a Battle Axe.’’ During the Civil Rights Move- industry. and prevent further crimes. ment, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These truckers know what signs to look for We thank them for what they do for not only often asked him to perform the song to offer in a trafficking victim and are proactive in their their communities, but for our nation. encouragement at mass meetings. A char- efforts to rescue these victims from their traf- Restoring the lives of victims is not easy ismatic evangelical leader and pioneer, Rev. ficker. work, but it’s the Lord’s work, saving people Harris’ spiritual zeal is both infectious and Congressman JIM COSTA (CA–16) recog- one at a time. highly contagious. nized community leader Sergeant Jeff Kertson And that is just the way it is. Always pressing towards the mark for the for the Allied Professional Award. f prize of the high calling of God in Christ Sergeant Kertson oversees several units for Jesus, to better improve the craft of Christian the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department. PERSONAL EXPLANATION ministry and discipleship, Rev. Harris has This includes the domestic violence, elder worked tirelessly to promote Christian values abuse, sexual assault, child abuse, sex of- HON. SEAN P. DUFFY and put them into action in his community. fender registration, missing persons/runaways OF WISCONSIN Throughout his career, Rev. Harris has played units, as well as a predator program and task IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a leading role in many religious-affiliated and force. community-based organizations. He has also Sergeant Kertson really goes above and be- Wednesday, April 22, 2015 been honored with various awards and com- yond to make victim services a priority to en- Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, April mendations too numerous to list here. sure a safer Fresno community. 21, 2015, I was at home in Wisconsin due to Rev. Harris has accomplished many things The Ed Stout Memorial Award honors the an unexpected family emergency. Had I been in his life but none of these would have been legacy of the Director of Aid for Victims of present, I would have voted in the following possible without the grace of God and his lov- Crime of St. Louis, Missouri, one of the Na- ways: on roll call no. 162 (H. Con. Res. 25)—

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Con- RECOGNIZING CHRIS JOONDEPH, Jeanne is survived by her family who she sequently, an additional benefit of housing DUNCAN YOST, GARRETT KRAL, loved so dearly, including her children: Mark counseling is a reduction in delinquencies or AND MITCHELL MONREAL Rodriguez and wife Kim; John Rodriguez and default by better-informed first-time home- wife Vicki; her sisters, Florence Ross and buyers. The Housing Financial Literacy Act of HON. MIKE COFFMAN Anna Belitz Powers; her grandchildren: Jor- 2015 would encourage first-time homebuyers OF COLORADO dan, Jared, Jenna, Jillian, Rebecca and Eliza- to take advantage of these critical counseling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES beth and by her great granddaughter Aylin. resources that can increase their financial lit- Most of all, my friend Jeanne Rodriguez Wednesday, April 22, 2015 eracy skills and capabilities. was an American Patriot. She loved our coun- Mr. Speaker, ensuring that first-time home- Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to try and her family and was devoted in her buyers have the knowledge and tools nec- recognize Chris Joondeph, Duncan Yost, Gar- Catholic faith. essary to be successful homeowners is an ob- rett Kral, and Mitchell Monreal for their hard Mr. Speaker, we have lost a great Central jective that we can all share. I would like to work and dedication to the people of Colo- Floridian and American. I ask you and our col- thank the Members of Congress who signed rado’s Sixth District as interns in my Wash- leagues to join me in recognizing Jeanne’s on as original co-sponsors of this bipartisan ington, DC office for the Spring 2015 session memory as she is laid to rest today in Palm bill, including the Democratic and Republican of Congress. Cemetery in Winter Park, Florida. Co-Chairs of the Financial Literacy Caucus, The work of these young men has been ex- f and urge my colleagues to join in our efforts emplary and I know they all have bright fu- to increase financial literacy by adding their INTRODUCTION OF THE HOUSING tures. They served as tour guides, interacted names to the Housing Financial Literacy Act of FINANCIAL LITERACY ACT OF 2015 with constituents, and learned a great deal 2015. about our nation’s legislative process. I was glad to be able to offer this educational oppor- HON. JOYCE BEATTY f tunity to these four and look forward to seeing OF OHIO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NU- them build their careers in public service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All four of our interns have made plans to CLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION Wednesday, April 22, 2015 continue their work next year with various or- AND ECONOMIC AND ENERGY ganizations in both Colorado and Washington. Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, to this day we, CONVERSION ACT OF 2015 I am certain they will succeed in their new as a country, are still working through the dev- roles and wish them all the best in their future astating effects of the foreclosure crisis. This HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON endeavors. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to rec- avoidable tragedy was caused in part by pred- OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ognize Chris Joondeph, Duncan Yost, Garrett atory lenders taking advantage of homebuyers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who had little or no understanding of the pur- Kral, and Mitchell Monreal for their service this Wednesday, April 22, 2015 spring. chases they were making. That is why, in rec- f ognition of Financial Literacy Month, I intro- Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, on Earth duced legislation entitled, ‘‘the Housing Finan- Day, I am introducing the Nuclear Weapons TRIBUTE TO JEANNE D’AGOSTINO cial Literacy Act of 2015.’’ This bill would give Abolition and Economic and Energy Conver- RODRIGUEZ first-time homebuyers who complete a Depart- sion Act of 2015, a version of which I have in- ment of Housing and Urban Development or troduced since 1994, after working with the HON. JOHN L. MICA HUD-certified housing counseling course a District of Columbia residents who were re- OF FLORIDA discount on their Federal Housing Administra- sponsible for the Nuclear Disarmament and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion (FHA) mortgage insurance premiums of Economic Conversion ballot initiative passed 25 basis points (or 0.25 percent). by D.C. voters in 1993. This version of the bill Wednesday, April 22, 2015 For many Americans, owning a home is the now requires the United States to immediately Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, today in my home cornerstone of achieving the American Dream. begin negotiating an international agreement town of Winter Park, Florida, we will lay to rest Homeownership not only benefits the home- to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons, a Central Florida community leader and Amer- owner’s family and surrounding community, it to provide for strict control of fissile material ican Patriot, Jeanne D’Agostino Rodriguez. is also linked to improved health and school and radioactive waste, and to use nuclear-free It has been my privilege to know Jeanne performance for children. Additionally, FHA energy. and her family for more than four decades, provides the gateway to affordable housing for The bill continues to provide that the funds and it has been my honor to call her my these individuals and families. However, for used for nuclear weapons programs be redi- friend. She was a Republican stalwart, and a many prospective first-time homeowners, the rected to human and infrastructure needs, successful businesswoman with an untiring process of purchasing real estate may be con- such as housing, health care, Social Security, record of community service. We shared mu- fusing and daunting and may leave unin- restoring the environment, and creating car- tual passions for good government, family and formed buyers victims of unaffordable or pred- bon-free, nuclear-free energy. This conversion faith and an appreciation of our Italian herit- atory loans. to a peace economy would occur when the age. The Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2015 President certifies to Congress that all coun- The Rodriguez and D’Agostino families have would motivate first-time homebuyers to seek tries possessing nuclear weapons have begun been leading restaurateurs in Central Florida, vital pre-purchase housing counseling to al- elimination under international treaty or other beginning with their restaurant, La Cantina, leviate the confusion and fears associated with legal agreement. which they sold and created the renowned purchasing real estate. These housing coun- The bill is particularly timely as countries of Villa Nova restaurant which, over the years, seling programs help prospective homebuyers the world meet at the United Nations to review received numerous culinary awards and was a understand their financing and down-payment the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Winter Park landmark. options, evaluate their readiness for a home possibility of a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Jeanne, who was preceded in death by her purchase and navigate what sometimes may Our country still has a long list of urgent do- beloved husband John, and two brothers, was be a confusing and difficult process. In fact, mestic needs that have been put on the back a respected business woman and community studies have shown that homebuyers who re- burner. As the only nation that has used nu- activist. In Central Florida politics, Jeanne was ceive pre-purchase housing counseling clear weapons in war, and that still possesses the Grand Dame of the Republican Party. She courses are nearly one-third less likely to fall the largest nuclear weapons arsenal, I urge worked tirelessly to build the GOP in its lean behind on their mortgage, and that housing support for my bill to help the United States beginning years in Florida and served in coun- counseling can improve prospective bor- reestablish our moral leadership in the world ty and state Republican leadership positions. rowers’ access to affordable, prudent mort- by redirecting funds that would otherwise go to She was an early champion behind successful gage loans. nuclear weapons for urgent domestic needs.

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SD–226 space programs in review of the De- 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- 2:30 p.m. fense Authorization Request for fiscal tem for a computerized schedule of all Committee on Commerce, Science, and year 2016 and the Future Years Defense meetings and hearings of Senate com- Transportation Program; with the possibility of a mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, closed session in SVC–217 following the tees, and committees of conference. Safety, and Security open session. This title requires all such committees To hold hearings to examine Federal SR–222 to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Aviation Administration reauthoriza- Committee on Indian Affairs Digest—designated by the Rules Com- tion, focusing on aviation safety and To hold hearings to examine S. 248, to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian mittee—of the time, place and purpose general aviation. tribes on Indian lands under the Na- of the meetings, when scheduled and SR–253 tional Labor Relations Act. any cancellations or changes in the Committee on Homeland Security and SD–628 Governmental Affairs meetings as they occur. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs As an additional procedure along To hold hearings to examine securing the To hold hearings to examine the Govern- with the computerization of this infor- border, focusing on biometric entry ment Accountability Office’s High Risk mation, the Office of the Senate Daily and exit at our ports of entry. List and the Veterans Health Adminis- Digest will prepare this information for SD–342 tration. printing in the Extensions of Remarks SR–418 section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD APRIL 29 on Monday and Wednesday of each 9 a.m. APRIL 30 week. Committee on Appropriations 9:30 a.m. Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Subcommittee on Department of Defense Committee on Armed Services April 23, 2015 may be found in the Daily To hold hearings to examine proposed To hold hearings to examine United Digest of today’s RECORD. budget estimates and justification for States European Command programs fiscal year 2016 for the National Guard and budget in review of the Defense and Reserve. Authorization Request for fiscal year MEETINGS SCHEDULED SD–192 2016 and the Future Years Defense Pro- APRIL 28 Committee on Homeland Security and gram. 9:30 a.m. Governmental Affairs SD–G50 Committee on Armed Services To hold hearings to examine the Presi- 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine Untied dent’s proposed budget request for fis- Committee on Appropriations States security policy in Europe. cal year 2016 for the Department of Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, SD–G50 Homeland Security. Health and Human Services, and Edu- 10 a.m. SD–342 cation, and Related Agencies Committee on Banking, Housing, and 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine proposed Urban Affairs Committee on Banking, Housing, and budget estimates for fiscal year 2016 for To hold hearings to examine the state of Urban Affairs the National Institutes of Health. the insurance industry and insurance Subcommittee on Housing, Transpor- SD–124 regulation. tation, and Community Development Committee on Energy and Natural Re- SD–538 To hold hearings to examine opportuni- sources Committee on Commerce, Science, and ties for private investment in public in- To hold hearings to examine S. 703, to re- Transportation frastructure. authorize the weatherization and State Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, energy programs, S. 720, to promote en- Fisheries, and Coast Guard SD–538 Committee on Small Business and Entre- ergy savings in residential buildings To hold hearings to examine the re- and industry, and S. 858, to amend the sources and priorities of the U.S. Coast preneurship To hold hearings to examine the King vs. National Energy Conservation Policy Guard. Act to encourage the increased use of SR–253 Burwell Supreme Court case and con- performance contracting in Federal fa- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- gressional action that can be taken to cilities. sources protect small businesses and their em- SD–366 To hold hearings to examine the Admin- ployees. 2:30 p.m. istration’s Quadrennial Energy Review. SR–428A Committee on Energy and Natural Re- SD–366 2 p.m. sources Committee on Finance Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, To hold hearings to examine creating a Subcommittee on Department of Home- and Mining more efficient and level playing field, land Security To hold hearings to examine the Bureau focusing on audit and appeals issues in To hold hearings to examine proposed Medicare. of Land Management’s final rule on hy- budget estimates and justification for draulic fracturing. SD–215 fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Committee on Health, Education, Labor, SD–366 Homeland Security. and Pensions SD–138 To hold hearings to examine the future MAY 5 2:30 p.m. of medical innovation for patients. 10 a.m. SD–430 Committee on Appropriations Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Department of the Inte- sources Governmental Affairs rior, Environment, and Related Agen- To hold oversight hearings to examine Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and cies the Federal government’s role in wild- Federal Management To hold hearings to examine proposed fire management, the impact of fires To hold hearings to examine the proper budget estimates and justification for on communities, and potential im- role of judicial review in the federal fiscal year 2016 for the Environmental provements to be made in fire oper- regulatory process. Protection Agency. ations. SD–342 SD–124 SD–366

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed S. 178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, as amended. Senate designation of the week of April 13 through April Chamber Action 17, 2015, as ‘‘National Assistant Principals Week’’. Routine Proceedings, pages S2311–S2359 Page S2319 Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and four Historian Emeritus Donald A. Ritchie: Senate resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. agreed to S. Res. 147, designating Donald A. Ritch- 1036–1063, and S. Res. 144–147. Pages S2351–52 ie as Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate. Measures Passed: Page S2319 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Prac- Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: By a tice Demonstration Improvement Act: Committee unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 163), Senate passed S. 178, to provide justice for the victims of on Finance was discharged from further consideration trafficking, after agreeing to the committee amend- of S. 971, to amend title XVIII of the Social Secu- ment in the nature of a substitute, and taking action rity Act to provide for an increase in the limit on on the following amendments proposed thereto: the length of an agreement under the Medicare inde- Pages S2312–18, S2319–48 pendence at home medical practice demonstration Adopted: program, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 157), to the following amendment proposed thereto: Cornyn/Murray Amendment No. 1124, to strength- Pages S2318–19 en the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act by in- Cornyn (for Wyden) Amendment No. 1129, to corporating additional bipartisan amendments. (Pur- make a technical correction. Page S2319 suant to the order of Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the Steve Gleason Act: Senate passed S. 984, to amendment having achieved 60 affirmative votes, amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to pro- was agreed to.) Pages S2313–16, S2320 vide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking ac- By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 160), cessories for speech generating devices and to remove Brown Amendment No. 311, to direct the Attorney the rental cap for durable medical equipment under General to increase the amount provided under cer- the Medicare Program with respect to speech gener- tain formula grants to States that have in place laws ating devices. Page S2319 that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape. (Pursuant to the order of 2015 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the amendment having Senate agreed to S. Res. 144, supporting the mission achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.) and goals of 2015 National Crime Victims’ Rights Pages S2331–32 Week, which include increasing public awareness of By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 161), the rights, needs, and concerns of, and services avail- Burr Amendment No. 1121, to require the Secretary able to assist, victims and survivors of crime in the of Defense to inform the Attorney General of persons United States. Page S2319 required to register as sex offenders. (Pursuant to the Parkinson’s Awareness Month: Senate agreed to order of Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the amendment S. Res. 145, supporting the designation of April having achieved 60 affirmative votes, was agreed to.) 2015, as ‘‘Parkinson’s Awareness Month’’. Page S2319 Pages S2320–26, S2332 By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 162), Grassley National Assistant Principals Week: Senate (for Kirk) Modified Amendment No. 273, to amend agreed to S. Res. 146, expressing support for the title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for D425

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Pages S2333–37 Pages S2316–18, S2319–20 Cornyn (for Hoeven) Modified Amendment No. By 45 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 158), Cornyn 299, to ensure that eligible entities that have only Amendment No. 1127, to reauthorize the Runaway recently begun collecting data on child human traf- and Homeless Youth Act. (Pursuant to the order of ficking are not precluded from being awarded certain Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the amendment having grants. Pages S2333–37 failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed Cornyn (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 279, to re- to.) Page S2330 quire the Attorney General of the United States to By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 159), Leahy grant certain requests by State attorneys general to Amendment No. 290, to reauthorize the Runaway cross designate State and local attorneys to prosecute and Homeless Youth Act. (Pursuant to the order of individuals for sex trafficking. Pages S2333–37 Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the amendment having Cornyn (for Wicker) Amendment No. 1126, to failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed direct the Attorney General to create a publicly ac- to.) Pages S2329–30, S2330–31 cessible database for trafficking victims advocates Withdrawn: that contains information about services for traf- McConnell (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 1120, to strengthen the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act ficking survivors. Pages S2333–37 Cornyn (for Flake) Amendment No. 294, to re- by incorporating additional bipartisan amendments. quire a GAO study on the programs authorized by Pages S2312–13 the bill. Pages S2333–37 Essential Transportation Worker Identification Cornyn (for Cassidy/Peters) Amendment No. 308, Credential Assessment Act—Referral Agree- to provide for the development and dissemination of ment: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached evidence-based best practices for health care profes- providing that H.R. 710, to require the Secretary of sionals to recognize victims of a severe form of traf- Homeland Security to prepare a comprehensive secu- ficking and respond to such individuals appro- rity assessment of the transportation security card priately. Pages S2333–37 program, be discharged from the Committee on Cornyn (for Portman) Amendment No. 1128, to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and be amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science Act to enable State child protective services systems and Transportation. Page S2319 to improve the identification and assessment of child Grand Canyon Bison Management Act—Referral victims of sex trafficking. Pages S2333–37 Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was Cornyn (for Brown) Amendment No. 310, to reached providing that S. 782, to direct the Secretary allow grants under the victim-centered child human of the Interior to establish a bison management plan trafficking deterrence block grant program to be for Grand Canyon National Park, be discharged from used for assisting law enforcement agencies in find- the Committee on Environment and Public Works ing homeless and runaway youth. Pages S2333–37 and be referred to the Committee on Energy and Cornyn (for Brown) Amendment No. 312, to Natural Resources. Page S2319 amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of Lynch Nomination—Agreement: A unanimous- 2000 to expand the training for Federal Government consent-time agreement was reached providing that personnel related to trafficking in persons. at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 23, Pages S2333–37 2015, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate resume Cornyn (for Heller) Amendment No. 1122, to di- consideration of the nomination of Loretta E. Lynch, rect the Secretary of Homeland Security to train De- of New York, to be Attorney General; that there be partment of Homeland Security personnel how to ef- 2 hours of debate, equally divided in the usual form, fectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on trafficking during the course of their primary roles the nomination; that if cloture is invoked, there be and responsibilities. Pages S2333–37 up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided Cornyn (for Shaheen) Amendment No. 303, to aid between the two Leaders, and that following the use human trafficking victims’ recovery and rehabilita- or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on con- tion. Pages S2333–37 firmation of the nomination. Page S2359

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Messages from the House: Page S2351 ment Agency (FEMA), after receiving testimony Measures Referred: Page S2351 from W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emer- gency Management Agency, Department of Home- Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S2351 land Security. Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2352–53 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Pages S2353–58 FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Additional Statements: Page S2351 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readi- ness and Management Support concluded a hearing Amendments Submitted: Page S2358 to examine reform of the defense acquisition system Authorities for Committees to Meet: in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Pages S2358–59 fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Pro- Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. gram, after receiving testimony from Heidi Shyu, (Total—163) Pages S2319–20, S2330–33, S2338 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Lo- Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and gistics and Technology, Sean J. Stackley, Assistant adjourned at 4:34 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thurs- Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and day, April 23, 2015. (For Senate’s program, see the Acquisition, and William A. LaPlante, Assistant Sec- remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on retary of the Air Force for Acquisition, all of the De- page S2359.) partment of Defense. Motion to Adjourn: Senate agreed to the motion to DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND adjourn. Page S2359 FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- Committee Meetings tegic Forces concluded a hearing to examine Air (Committees not listed did not meet) Force and Navy nuclear programs and the imple- mentation of nuclear enterprise review recommenda- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF tions in review of the Defense Authorization Request TRANSPORTATION for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- Program, after receiving testimony from Major Gen- portation, Housing and Urban Development, and eral Garrett Harencak, USAF, Assistant Chief of Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal Lieutenant General Stephen W. Wilson, USAF, year 2016 for the Department of Transportation, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, after receiving testimony from Anthony Foxx, Sec- Vice Admiral Terry J. Benedict, USN, Director, retary of Transportation. Strategic Systems Programs, and Yisroel E. Brumer, Director, Strategic, Defensive and Space Programs, APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE INNOVATION Office of the Secretary, Cost Assessment and Pro- AND RESEARCH gram Evaluation, all of the Department of Defense; Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- and Madelyn R. Creedon, Deputy Administrator, ment of Defense concluded a hearing to examine National Nuclear Security Administration, Depart- proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal ment of Energy. year 2016 for defense innovation and research, after receiving testimony from Frank Kendall, Under Sec- WEATHER COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE retary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, COMMERCE AND SAFETY Alan Shaffer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Develop- ment Research and Engineering, and Arati Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research Committee concluded a hearing to examine how to Projects Agency (DARPA), all of the Department of better communicate weather to enhance commerce Defense. and safety, after receiving testimony from Don Hermey, Manatee County Emergency Management, APPROPRIATIONS: FEMA Bradenton, Florida; Jay Trobec, Keloland Television, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ron Sznaider, Schneider ment of Homeland Security concluded a hearing to Electric, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Kim Klockow, examine proposed budget estimates and justification University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, for fiscal year 2016 for Federal Emergency Manage- Silver Spring, Maryland.

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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND testimony from Heather Higginbotom, Deputy Sec- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee retary of State for Management and Resources. concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of SECURING THE BORDER and potential reforms to the Land and Water Con- servation Fund, after receiving testimony from Mi- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- chael Connor, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Lewis fairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine se- Ledford, National Association of State Park Direc- curing the border, focusing on understanding threats tors, Raleigh, North Carolina; Lynn Scarlett, The and strategies for the northern border, after receiving Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; and Reed testimony from Michael Fisher, Chief, Border Patrol, Watson, Property and Environment Research Center and John Wagner, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, (PERC), Bozeman, Montana. Office of Field Operations, both of Customs and Border Protection, and James C. Spero, Special NOMINATION Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- Buffalo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all mittee concluded a hearing to examine the nomina- of the Department of Homeland Security; Dave tion of Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland, of Vir- Rodriguez, Director, Northwest High Intensity ginia, to be a Member and Chairperson of the Chem- Drug Trafficking Area, Office of National Drug ical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, after the Control Policy; and Richard S. Hartunian, United nominee testified and answered questions in her own States Attorney, Northern District of New York, behalf. Department of Justice. BUSINESS MEETING TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of S. 995, to establish congressional trade negoti- Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an ating objectives and enhanced consultation require- oversight hearing to examine tribal transportation, ments for trade negotiations, to provide for consider- focusing on pathways to safer roads in Indian coun- ation of trade agreements, an original bill relating to try, after receiving testimony from Michael Black, extension of the trade adjustment assistance program, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of and amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Interior; Delbert A. McOmie, Wyoming Depart- extend and modify the credit for health insurance ment of Transportation Chief Engineer, Cheyenne; J. costs of certain eligible individuals, an original bill Michael Chavarria, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Espanola, to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, New Mexico; Rick Kirn, Assiniboine and Sioux the Generalized System of Preferences, the pref- Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Mon- erential duty treatment program for Haiti, and an tana; and John Smith, Northern Arapaho and East- original bill to reauthorize trade facilitation and ern Shoshone Tribes of the Wind River Indian Res- trade enforcement functions and activities. ervation, Fort Washakie, Wyoming. STATE DEPARTMENT REAUTHORIZATION BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favor- a hearing to examine State Department reauthoriza- ably reported S. 710, to reauthorize the Native tion, focusing on ensuring effective United States di- American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina- plomacy within a reasonable budget, after receiving tion Act of 1996, with an amendment. h House of Representatives Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he Chamber Action appointed Representative Collins (GA) to act as Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 55 pub- Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H2359 lic bills, H.R. 1926–1980; and 1 resolution, H. Res. Recess: The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. and re- 219, were introduced. Pages H2415–17 convened at 12 noon. Page H2365 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H2419–20 Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.

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Rept. 114–88) that instructs the SBA to provide sory Boards Act: The House passed H.R. 1195, to assistance to small businesses and small financial in- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of stitutions to participate under this section, instructs 2010 to establish advisory boards, by a yea-and-nay the SBA to generate a report about such entities par- vote of 235 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 167. ticipation, and instructs the federal government to Pages H2378–81 engage in out reach to encourage small business and Rejected the Kuster motion to recommit the bill small financial institution participation. to the Committee on Financial Services with instruc- Pages H2391–92 tions to report the same back to the House forthwith Carson (IN) amendment (No. 3 printed in part A with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 184 ayes of H. Rept. 114–88) that adds the requirement that to 234 noes, Roll No. 166. Pages H2379–80 the Inspector General report on current procedures Agreed to: pertaining to the sharing of information, removal Kuster amendment (No. 1 printed in part D of procedures for personal information or information H. Rept. 114–74) that was debated on April 21st identifying a specific person, and any incidents per- that requires the CFPB Director to include rep- resentatives of minority- and women-owned small taining to the improper treatment of information. business concerns in the membership of the Small Pages H2392–93 Business Advisory Board, and to include financial in- Jackson Lee amendment (No. 5 printed in part A stitutions predominantly serving traditionally under- of H. Rept. 114–88) that directs the Government served communities and populations and their inter- Accountability Office (GAO) to provide a report to ests in the membership of the Credit Union Advi- Congress on the actions taken by the Federal Gov- sory Council and Community Bank Advisory Coun- ernment to remove personal information from data cil (by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 173 noes, Roll shared through the programs established by this No. 165). Page H2378 statute. Pages H2394–95 Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- Mulvaney amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of resentative Takai wherein he resigned from the Com- H. Rept. 114–88) that sunsets the provisions of the mittee on Natural Resources. Page H2381 bill after 7 years (by a recorded vote of 313 ayes to 110 noes, Roll No. 168). Pages H2393–94, H2395–96 Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. H. Res. 212, the rule providing for consideration 219, electing Members to certain standing commit- of the bills (H.R. 1560) and (H.R. 1731), was tees of the House of Representatives. Page H2381 agreed to by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 182 Protecting Cyber Networks Act: The House noes, Roll No. 164, after the previous question was passed H.R. 1560, to improve cybersecurity in the ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 237 yeas to 179 United States through enhanced sharing of informa- nays, Roll No. 163. Pages H2368–78 tion about cybersecurity threats, by a recorded vote of 307 ayes to 116 noes, Roll No. 170. Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that Pages H2381–98 when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the na- at 9 a.m. tomorrow, April 23. Pages H2398 ture of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Senate Message: Message received from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence printed in the bill today and appears on page H2378. shall be considered as read. Page H2386 Senate Referrals: S. 984 was referred to the Com- Rejected the Rice (NY) motion to recommit the mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee bill to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel- on Ways and Means. S. 971 was referred to the ligence with instructions to report the same back to Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee the House forthwith with an amendment, by a re- on Energy and Commerce. Page H2414 corded vote of 183 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 169. Pages H2396–97 Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and Agreed to: six recorded votes developed during the proceedings Nunes amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. of today and appear on pages H2376–77, Rept. 114–88) that makes technical changes to sev- H2377–78, H2378, H2380, H2380–81, H2395–96, eral sections of the bill and clarifies the authorization H2397, and H2397–98. There were no quorum for the use of defensive measures. Further clarifies calls.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D22AP5.REC D22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with DIGEST D430 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST April 22, 2015 Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; journed at 7:26 p.m. and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Committee Meetings Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on REAUTHORIZATION OF THE U.S. GRAIN Energy and Power held a markup on the ‘‘Ratepayer STANDARDS ACT Protection Act’’. The ‘‘Ratepayer Protection Act’’ Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General was forwarded to the full committee, without Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a amendment. hearing to review reauthorization of the U.S. Grain MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Standards Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a markup REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LIVESTOCK on the ‘‘Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters MANDATORY REPORTING ACT (TROL) Act’’. The ‘‘Targeting Rogue and Opaque Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock Letters (TROL) Act’’ was forwarded to the full com- and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review re- mittee, as amended. authorization of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting A SURVEY OF GLOBAL TERRORISM AND Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. TERRORIST FINANCING MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Financial Services: Task Force to Inves- Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a tigate Terrorism Financing held a hearing entitled markup on Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, ‘‘A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financ- FY 2016; and Military Construction and Veterans ing’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2016; and a Report NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN: CAN’T on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY TRUST, CAN WE VERIFY? 2016. The Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, FY 2016 was ordered reported, as amended. The Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appro- hearing entitled ‘‘Nuclear Agreement with Iran: priations Bill, FY 2016 was ordered reported, as Can’t Trust, Can We Verify?’’. Testimony was heard amended. The Report on the Suballocation of Budg- from public witnesses. et Allocations for FY 2016 passed, without amend- ACCOUNTABILITY AND ment. TRANSFORMATION: TIER RANKINGS IN MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerg- TRAFFICKING ing Threats and Capabilities held a markup on H.R. Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, 1735, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Global Health, Global Human Rights, and Inter- Fiscal Year 2016’’. H.R. 1735 was forwarded to the national Organizations held a hearing entitled ‘‘Ac- full committee, without amendment. countability and Transformation: Tier Rankings in the Fight Against Human Trafficking’’. Testimony MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE was heard from public witnesses. Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readi- ness held a markup on H.R. 1735, the ‘‘National POACHING AND TERRORISM: A NATIONAL Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. SECURITY CHALLENGE H.R. 1735 was forwarded to the full committee, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Ter- without amendment. rorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade held a hearing entitled ‘‘Poaching and Terrorism: A National Secu- EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES FACING rity Challenge’’. Testimony was heard from Judith NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS G. Garber, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Committee on Education and the Workforce: Sub- Oceans and International and Environmental and committee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Sec- Scientific Affairs, Department of State; Robert ondary Education held a hearing entitled ‘‘Exam- Dreher, Associate Director, Fish and Wildlife Serv- ining the Challenges Facing Native American ice, Department of the Interior; and John Cruden, Schools’’. Testimony was heard from Melissa Emrey- Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Nat- Arras, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income ural Resources Division, Department of Justice.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Apr 23, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D22AP5.REC D22APPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with DIGEST April 22, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D431 STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; BIOTERRORISM THREAT David Trimble, Director, Natural Resources and En- Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on vironment, Government Accountability Office; and a Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communica- public witness. tions held a hearing entitled ‘‘Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat’’. Testimony was heard ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY OF THIRD- from Marisa Raphael, Deputy Commissioner, Office PARTY CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS of Emergency Planning and Response, New York Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Enhancing Cy- and public witnesses. bersecurity of Third-Party Contractors and Vendors’’. ACQUISITION OVERSIGHT: HOW Testimony was heard from Tony Scott, Chief Infor- EFFECTIVELY IS DHS SAFEGUARDING mation Officer and Administrator, Office of Elec- TAXPAYER DOLLARS? tronic Government and Information Technology, Of- Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on fice of Management and Budget; Donna K. Seymour, Oversight and Management Efficiency held a hearing Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Man- entitled ‘‘Acquisition Oversight: How Effectively Is agement; Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director of Infor- DHS Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars?’’. Testimony mation Security Issues, Government Accountability was heard from Michele Mackin, Director, Acquisi- Office; and Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in tion and Sourcing Management, Government Ac- Science and Technology, Congressional Research countability Office; Chip Fulghum, Acting Deputy Service. Undersecretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security; and a AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION public witness. ACT OF 2015 INNOVATIONS IN SAFETY SINCE THE 2010 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Com- MACONDO INCIDENT mittee held a markup on H.R. 1806, the ‘‘America Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. H.R. a hearing entitled ‘‘Innovations in Safety Since the 1806 was ordered reported, as amended. 2010 Macondo Incident’’. Testimony was heard from Vice Admiral Brian Salerno (USCG, Retired), Direc- SMALL BUSINESS, BIG THREAT tor, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforce- PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES FROM ment, Department of the Interior; and public wit- CYBER ATTACKS nesses. Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S PART 83 hearing entitled ‘‘Small Business, Big Threat: Pro- REVISIONS AND HOW THEY MAY ALLOW tecting Small Businesses from Cyber Attacks’’. Testi- THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO CREATE mony was heard from public witnesses. TRIBES, NOT RECOGNIZE THEM Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on In- A REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT’S FISCAL dian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs held a hear- YEAR 2016 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE ing entitled ‘‘The Obama Administration’s Part 83 UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF Revisions and How They May Allow the Interior ENGINEERS AND TENNESSEE VALLEY Department to Create Tribes, not Recognize Them’’. AUTHORITY Testimony was heard from Senator Blumenthal; Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary, Indian Af- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub- fairs, Department of the Interior; and public wit- committee on Water Resources and Environment nesses. held a hearing entitled ‘‘A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for the United EXAMINING THE DEPARTMENT OF States Army Corps of Engineers and Tennessee Val- ENERGY’S EXCESS URANIUM ley Authority’’. Testimony was heard from Jo-Ellen MANAGEMENT PLAN Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works; Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Sub- Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of En- committee on the Interior held a hearing entitled gineers, Army Corps of Engineers; and William ‘‘Examining the Department of Energy’s Excess Ura- Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ten- nium Management Plan’’. Testimony was heard from nessee Valley Authority. John Kotek, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,

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General, Department of Veterans Affairs; Danny G.I. Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care, to Pummill, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Ben- hold hearings to examine the impact of the medical de- efits, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department vice tax on jobs, innovation, and patients, 10 a.m., of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses. SD–215. Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the THE 2015 TAX FILING SEASON AND nominations of Anne Elizabeth Wall, of Illinois, to be a GENERAL OPERATIONS AT THE INTERNAL Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, Brodi L. REVENUE SERVICE Fontenot, of Louisiana, to be Chief Financial Officer, De- Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on partment of the Treasury, and Rafael J. Lopez, of Cali- Oversight held a hearing on the 2015 tax filing sea- fornia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and son and general operations at the Internal Revenue Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 2 Service. Testimony was heard from John Koskinen, p.m., SD–215. Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service. Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold hearings to examine THE EXPANDING AMERICAN TRADE WITH the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), 10 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY a.m., SD–419. Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider a hearing on the expanding American trade with ac- S. 993, to increase public safety by facilitating collabora- countability and transparency. Testimony was heard tion among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, and sub- from Penny S. Pritzker, Secretary, Department of stance abuse systems, and the nominations of Sally Commerce; Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, Department of Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney Gen- the Treasury; and Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, De- eral, Department of Justice, Kara Farnandez Stoll, of Vir- partment of Agriculture. ginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR Circuit, and Roseann A. Ketchmark, to be United States INTELLIGENCE BUDGET District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 10 a.m., SD–226. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Sub- Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Inter- committee on Department of Defense Intelligence est, to hold hearings to examine the Administration’s and Overhead Architecture held a hearing on Under Central American minors refugee/parole program, 2:30 Secretary of Defense for Intelligence budget. This p.m., SD–226. hearing was closed. Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting to consider S. 552, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for increased limita- Joint Meetings tions on leverage for multiple licenses under common No joint committee meetings were held. control, S. 957, to increase access to capital for veteran f entrepreneurs to help create jobs, S. 958, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for team and joint venture COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, offers for certain contracts, S. 966, to extend the low-in- APRIL 23, 2015 terest refinancing provisions under the Local Develop- (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) ment Business Loan Program of the Small Business Ad- ministration, S. 967, to require the Small Business Ad- Senate ministration to make information relating to lenders Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- making covered loans publicly available, S. 999, to ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- amend the Small Business Act to provide for improve- cation, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine ments to small business development centers, S. 1001, to proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year establish authorization levels for general business loans for 2016 for the Department of Health and Human Services, fiscal years 2015 and 2016, and an original bill entitled, 10 a.m., SD–124. ‘‘SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015’’, 10 a.m., Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to SR–428A. hold hearings to examine surface transportation reauthor- Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed brief- ization, focusing on building on the successes of the Mov- ing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219.

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Wildland Fires and the Need to Better Manage our Over- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, grown, Fire-prone National Forests’’, 9 a.m., 1324 Long- and Education, hearing on Programs Supporting Native worth. Americans budget, 10 a.m., 2358–C Rayburn. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Air and Land Forces, markup on H.R. 1735, the ‘‘Na- Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Prob- tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’, abilities’’, 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, markup on H.R. hearing on draft legislation to improve reproductive treat- 1735, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal ment provided to certain disabled veterans; draft legisla- Year 2016’’, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn. tion to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to sub- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, mit an annual report on the Veterans Health Administra- markup on H.R. 1735, the ‘‘National Defense Authoriza- tion; H.R. 1769, the ‘‘Toxic Exposure Research Act of tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Ray- 2015’’; H.R. 271, the ‘‘COVER Act’’; H.R. 627, to burn. amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the defini- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup on H.R. tion of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under 1735, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Af- Year 2016’’, 12 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. fairs; H.R. 1369, the ‘‘Veterans Access to Extended Care Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee Act of 2015’’; and H.R. 1575, to amend title 38, United on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ‘‘Protecting States Code, to make permanent the pilot program on America’s Workers: An Enforcement Update from the counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, 9 a.m., 2175 separated from service in the Armed Forces, 10 a.m., 334 Rayburn. Cannon. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on En- Committee on Ways And Means, Full Committee, markup ergy and Power, hearing entitled ‘‘Title II: 21st Century on H.R. 1891, to extend the African Growth and Oppor- Workforce’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. tunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for entitled ‘‘Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Pro- other purposes; H.R. 1890, the ‘‘Bipartisan Congressional fessional and Academic Perspectives’’, 10:15 a.m., 2322 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; H.R. Rayburn. 1892, to extend the trade adjustment assistance program, Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Finan- and for other purposes; H.R. 1907, to reauthorize trade cial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, ‘‘Examining Regulatory Burdens—Regulator Perspec- and for other purposes, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth. tive’’, 9:15 a.m., HVC–210. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 237, the ‘‘FTO Passport Revocation Act of on Emerging Threats, hearing on Department of Energy 2015’’; H.R. 500, the ‘‘Survivors of Human Trafficking and Department of Homeland Security budget, 9 a.m., Empowerment Act’’; H.R. 907, the ‘‘United States-Jordan HVC–304. This hearing will be closed. Defense Cooperation Act of 2015’’; H.R. 1493, the ‘‘Pro- tect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act’’; Joint Meetings H.R. 1567, the ‘‘Global Food Security Act of 2015’’; H. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold Res. 50, calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot hearings to examine the Armenian genocide and the on- Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured by Russian forces going quest for justice, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn Build- in Eastern Ukraine and has been held illegally in a Rus- ing.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 23 9 a.m., Thursday, April 23

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Thursday: Consideration of H.R. 1731— of the nomination of Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of be Attorney General. At approximately 11:30 a.m., Sen- 2015 (Subject to a Rule). ate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomina- tion. At approximately 1:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.

HOUSE Courtney, Joe, Conn., E551 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E554 DeGette, Diana, Colo., E553 Meadows, Mark, N.C., E556 Barr, Andy, Ky., E549 Duffy, Sean P., Wisc., E558 Mica, John L., Fla., E559 Beatty, Joyce, Ohio, E559 Ellison, Keith, Minn., E560 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E557 Bishop, Mike, Mich., E550 Farenthold, Blake, Tex., E557 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E559 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E555, E558 Fudge, Marcia L., Ohio, E550 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E552, E555 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E554 Poe, Ted, Tex., E558 Chu, Judy, Calif, E549 Green, Gene, Tex., E552 Richmond, Cedric L., La., E549 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E556 Hensarling, Jeb, Tex., E553 Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E550 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E559, E560 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E551, E553 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E556 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E550 Kildee, Daniel T., Mich., E553 Shimkus, John, Ill., E549 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E557 Lance, Leonard, N.J., E551 Wenstrup, Brad R., Ohio, E552, E555 Costa, Jim, Calif., E555 Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E551

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