E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 148 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2002 No. 101—Part II House of Representatives b 1400 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there for the Defense Department, including objection to the request of the gen- additional funds for the call-up of the CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4775, tleman from Florida? 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA- Guard and Reserves as they were called There was no objection. to active duty to respond to September TIONS ACT FOR FURTHER RE- Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, COVERY FROM AND RESPONSE 11; $6.7 billion is for homeland security I yield myself such time as I may con- requirements; $2.1 billion is for foreign TO TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE sume. assistance and embassy security pro- UNITED STATES Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to bring to grams; and $5.5 billion is to further Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the House the conference report on the pursuant to a previous order of the 2002 supplemental appropriations bill. support recovery in New York. House, I call up the conference report This is a war-time supplemental to add The bill also includes $1 billion in to accompany the bill (H.R. 4775) mak- further to our efforts to respond to the funds to avert the estimated shortfalls ing supplemental appropriations for terrorist attacks on September 11, to in the Pell Grant student aid program. further recovery from and response to provide necessary funding to pursue It includes $417 million for veterans’ terrorist attacks on the United States the al Qaeda, to secure America, and to medical care, $205 million for Amtrak, for the fiscal year ending September 30, support further recovery from the vi- $400 million for programs and activities 2002, and for other purposes. cious attack on September 11 of last to improve general election adminis- The Clerk read the title of the bill. year. tration in our country, and $100 million The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. On May 24, almost 2 months ago, the to begin to address the need to respond SIMPSON). Pursuant to the order of the House passed this version of this sup- to floods and the tremendous fires that House of Monday, July 22, 2002, the plemental by a vote of 280 to 138. Two our Nation has experienced and is still conference report is considered as hav- weeks later, the Senate passed its experiencing. ing been read. version of the bill. Over the past month (For conference report and state- and a half, we have worked diligently The committee has identified $3 bil- ment, see proceedings of the House of to address the differences in the House lion in offsets to help pay for much of July 19, 2002 at page H 4935.) and Senate bills. The agreement being the new spending contained in the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- presented here to the House today is a These offsets are real, they are actual tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and fair bill that provides the funding that offsets; they are not smoke and mir- the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. President Bush has requested as he rors. OBEY) each will control 30 minutes. leads our Nation against terrorism. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. Speaker, this is a tremendously It is a good bill, and I hope we can from Florida (Mr. YOUNG). important bill, and I would again like get it to the President’s desk as soon GENERAL LEAVE to state that this is a wartime supple- as possible so that our soldiers, our Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, mental appropriations bill. It provides diplomats, our law enforcement, and I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- money for our troops, our intelligence our intelligence officers can have the bers may have 5 legislative days within community, our safety and security, resources they need to protect our which to revise and extend their re- the victims of New York, and to pro- country from future attacks. At this marks on the conference report accom- mote U.S. foreign policy. point in the RECORD I will insert a panying H.R. 4775, and that I may in- The bill totals $28.9 billion in discre- table identifying the details of the con- clude tabular and extraneous material. tionary spending; $15 billion of that is ference report. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5201 . VerDate Jul 19 2002 02:04 Jul 25, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.074 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 H5202 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/1 here EH2302.001 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5203 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/2 here EH2302.002 H5204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/3 here EH2302.003 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5205 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/4 here EH2302.004 H5206 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/5 here EH2302.005 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5207 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/6 here EH2302.006 H5208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/7 here EH2302.007 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5209 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/8 here EH2302.008 H5210 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/9 here EH2302.009 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5211 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/10 here EH2302.010 H5212 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/11 here EH2302.011 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5213 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/12 here EH2302.012 H5214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/13 here EH2302.013 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5215 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/14 here EH2302.014 H5216 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/15 here EH2302.015 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5217 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/16 here EH2302.016 H5218 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 23, 2002 VerDate Jul 19 2002 18:57 Jul 24, 2002 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K23JY7.075 pfrm17 PsN: H23PT2 Insert offset folio 340/17 here EH2302.017 July 23, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5219 Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, have to, in fact, demobilize the Guard quested. I respectfully disagree. The I would like to extend a statement of and Reserve forces until they can be re- agency is so far behind in its own hir- appreciation to the gentleman from placed in sensitive areas by adequately ing goals, there should be little doubt Wisconsin (Mr.