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The Congressional Record, Vol. 166, No. 121, for Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 116th Congress, Second Session. The House met at 9 a.m., called to order by the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. Cuellar, and proceeded to morning-hour debate. Speakers include Mr. Gianforte on the Sidney and Kinsey Irrigation Districts and Montana coal exports, Mr. Blumenauer on drug policy and federal housing discrimination, Mr. Pence opposing H.R. 2 and speaking on other topics, Ms. Plaskett on infrastructure funding, and Mr. Spano on bills including the SAFE at Work Act to help businesses reopen. The record closes with Senate remarks criticizing the administration's global response to the pandemic, noting a European Union vaccine pledging conference in May at which $8.2 billion was raised.
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116 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
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of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020 No. 121
House of Representatives
The House met at 9 a.m. and was our obligations as Americans—to give how Sidney and Kinsey irrigators have
called to order by the Speaker pro tem- back to his country and community— received project use power to pump
pore (Mr. CUELLAR). that gives all of us so much. water.
f Right out of high school, Mayor Gun- The change will increase power costs
ter joined the Marines where he served from 2.5 percent of their annual budget
DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO and fought in Vietnam. Right out of to nearly 40 percent.
TEMPORE his service to our country, Mayor Gun- Losing this power would put these
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ter joined the Salinas Police Depart- family farmers and companies out of
fore the House the following commu- ment where he proudly served and pro- business.
nication from the Speaker: tected for 32 years. My amendment will fix this issue by
And right out of that service to our restoring the original arrangement
WASHINGTON, DC,
July 1, 2020.
community, Mayor Gunter then volun- that has been in place for 70 years.
I hereby appoint the Honorable HENRY teered at a Women’s Crisis Center, in I urge support for it.
CUELLAR to act as Speaker pro tempore on youth sports, for the Salinas Air Show, MONTANA SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL ITS COAL
this day. and the California Rodeo. OVERSEAS
NANCY PELOSI, But that wasn’t enough. Because Mr. GIANFORTE. Mr. Speaker, Mon-
Speaker of the House of Representatives. right out of retirement, Joe then tana should be able to sell its coal
f served as mayor of Salinas for the past overseas.
8 years. And I can tell you, as Mayor Washington State is preventing con-
MORNING-HOUR DEBATE Joe knew well that it really wasn’t struction of coal export terminals, ef-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- about the snarkiness of your tweets, it fectively shutting down exports of
ant to the order of the House of Janu- is about making government work for Montana coal and unconstitutionally
ary 7, 2020, the Chair will now recog- people. interfering with interstate commerce.
nize Members from lists submitted by Joe would tell you he wasn’t much My amendment will continue the
the majority and minority leaders for for politics, but when it came to serv- Federal permitting process if Wash-
morning-hour debate. ing the people of Salinas, Mayor Gun- ington State remains on its unconsti-
The Chair will alternate recognition ter was the best. Because Joe knew tutional path.
between the parties, with time equally dang well that good governing is good Building a coal port that supports
allocated between the parties and each politics. good-paying union jobs in Washington
Member other than the majority and My prayers are with his wife, Lisa, and good-paying jobs across Montana
minority leaders and the minority his children, and his grandchildren. I should be a bipartisan winner.
hope they take comfort knowing that I urge adoption of this amendment.
whip limited to 5 minutes, but in no
event shall debate continue beyond 9:50 although Joe will be missed, his legacy f
a.m. of service will always endure with the
TWO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO THE
people of this country and the commu-
f CRISIS AMERICANS ARE FACING
nity of Salinas, California.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
HONORING THE LIFE OF JOE
Chair recognizes the gentleman from
GUNTER SIDNEY AND KINSEY IRRIGATION Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The DISTRICTS SHOULD NOT LOSE utes.
Chair recognizes the gentleman from POWER MR. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker,
California (Mr. PANETTA) for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the longer I am here the more I ques-
Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise Chair recognizes the gentleman from tion why everything must be so com-
today to remember and honor the life Montana (Mr. GIANFORTE) for 5 min- plex. Some, like our transportation
of the mayor of Salinas, California, Joe utes. bill, are complex because of the mas-
Gunter. Mr. GIANFORTE. Mr. Speaker, the sive interrelationships we have, but
Mayor Gunter passed on Monday Sidney and Kinsey Irrigation Districts others we just make complex.
after a quick bout, unfortunately, with serve more than 130 family farms that I would offer two simple solutions
cancer. irrigate nearly 12,000 acres of farmland today to the crisis that we are facing,
Mayor Gunter was a true public serv- in eastern Montana. not just from Black Americans, for jus-
ant, who truly understood what it A recent decision by the Bureau of tice. First, I would suggest that we re-
means and what it takes to live up to Reclamation has upended 70 years of move the dead hand of Richard Nixon
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from the scales of justice with his cyn- ing markets that is moving forward make community policing all but im-
ical, cruel war on drugs, which con- and could lead to the same economic possible.
tinues to this day. burst of energy that we saw after In these times, the heroes of law en-
Tens of thousands of young Black World War II for the GI Bill, which too forcement deserve more support, not
Americans are arrested or cited still many Black Americans were denied. less.
for something that two-thirds of Amer- f AMERICANS NEED A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE
icans think should be legal; and, in BILL TO REVIVE OUR ECONOMY
fact, voters in 10 States have done so. IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT TO Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today
We are watching how these inter- BEAR ARMS to voice opposition to H.R. 2.
actions with police with young people The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Americans across this Nation need a
for something that even a majority of Chair recognizes the gentleman from strong infrastructure bill to revive and
Republicans now say should be legal Indiana (Mr. PENCE) for 5 minutes. strengthen our economy now.
can lead to tragic consequences. Why Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Yet Democrats drafted this bill with-
do we do this? to voice my strong support for our Sec- out any Republican input.
We have an opportunity before us Commonsense, bipartisan proposals
ond Amendment as protected by the
like the 12 amendments I authored
now with legislation approved by the United States Constitution.
failed because this is not a serious ef-
House Judiciary Committee, the MORE The right to bear arms shall never be
fort. This bill is a progressive wish list
Act, which incorporates many ele- infringed upon, and I will always de-
and a NANCY PELOSI power grab again.
ments of Congresswoman BARBARA fend that right on this very floor. I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R.
LEE’s Marijuana Justice Act, which I swore an oath to serve the people of 2.
would just legalize marijuana, what Indiana’s Sixth District, and that WISHING GOOD LUCK TO 4–H PARTICIPANTS
the majority of American people want, means fighting for the God-given right ACROSS INDIANA
what is happening in States across the of all Americans to defend themselves Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, as the fair
country, and prevent this opportunity and their property. The right to defend season begins, I want to wish the best
for interference with law enforcement yourself and protect your loved ones is of luck to all 4–H’rs across Indiana’s
that is completely unjustified. Com- paramount now more than ever. Sixth District.
pletely unjustified. IN SUPPORT OF LIFE Though this year’s fairs are virtual
I suggest that there is another simple Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and may look very different, the hard
action to deal with a century of dis- to give voice to those who do not have work they have put in throughout this
crimination dealing with housing spe- one: The unborn children of America. past year I want to recognize.
cifically against people of color. I spent I am a pro-life American. It is our 4–H is a tremendous organization
most of last summer and fall doing a duty to protect the most vulnerable that helps our Nation’s youth develop
deep dive into American housing pol- among us. Every human being deserves the life skills needed to empower them-
icy. I have a report on my website: a right to life, and I will always defend selves and their communities.
‘‘LOCKED OUT. Reversing Federal that right. As I stand in this Chamber Best of luck to those participating in
Housing Failures and Unlocking Oppor- today, I pledge to always fight for the their 4–H county fair. You are making
tunity.’’ fundamental right to live given to us your families and communities very
But what I found dealing with this is by God. proud.
a tragic, embarrassing record of bla- f
SUPPORT MAIN STREET
tant discrimination by the Federal
Government against people of color, es- Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE
pecially Black Americans. to urge my colleagues to support Main IS IMPORTANT TO ALL AMERI-
Look at the history of the Federal Street as our economy reopens. CANS
Government denying them housing for Across this Nation mom-and-pop The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
wartime work projects, for redlining, shops are suffering. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
denying applications for New Deal The COVID–19 pandemic, combined the Virgin Islands (Ms. PLASKETT) for 5
housing projects, excluding African with extreme social unrest, has caused minutes.
Americans. And an example of some- businesses everywhere to shut their Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, like
thing that I just recently became doors, many of which may never open many Members of Congress, I came de-
aware of, the 1968 Housing and Urban again. termined to increase long-term Federal
Development Act, which had good in- As we reopen, American jobs may be investment in infrastructure.
tentions and generous terms, but gave lost permanently. Supporting the movement of people,
way to predatory inclusion where real Congress must make it a priority to goods, energy, and information
estate interests, banks sold essentially protect and support small business through our infrastructure is crucial to
deficient properties at terms that unso- owners and workers. driving investment in our communities
phisticated buyers did not fully under- It is our duty to do the people’s work and maintaining America’s economic
stand. But the banks and real estate here in the people’s House in our Na- competitiveness.
tion’s capital. Modernizing our infrastructure is im-
interests didn’t care because the loans
Congress must support the Ameri- portant to Americans in every part of
were guaranteed by the Federal Gov-
cans we swore to represent. the country. We know that infrastruc-
ernment at inflated prices. Banking
IN SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ture projects are consistently evalu-
and real estate interests were able to
Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ated as the best return on government
take those back, flip them, sell them
to voice my support for our brave law investment.
again. It is a shameful chapter in this
century-long process of discriminating enforcement officers. b 0915
against African Americans in housing. Behind the badge and uniform of our As a member of the New Democratic
I would suggest that when we look at men and women in blue are neighbors Coalition, we believe any new proposal
what we might do, some are thinking and friends who put their lives on the must include new revenue, new financ-
about reparations, I suggest we just line every day to protect the citizens ing, new funding, and regulatory
provide generous rental subsidies and they serve. streamlining and encourage lifecycle
loan terms for Black Americans. Think Defunding the police would be down- funding in innovative infrastructure
of it as a GI Bill for Black Americans right dangerous, and I will never sup- projects that are built to last.
who endured a century of discrimina- port that. As chair of the New Democrat Coali-
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tion and denying them the access to Further, some are advocating to tion Infrastructure Task Force and a
wealth that has built much of the change qualified immunity. member of the Transportation and In-
White middle class. Eliminating this civil protection frastructure Committee, I believe that
I would respectfully suggest that this would have disastrous implications. there should be four pillars for infra-
is long overdue. It is justified. It would It would open up officers and their structure deals. Those include revenue
help stop some of the free-fall in hous- families to countless civil lawsuits and funding.
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I support securing dedicated, sustain- PROVIDING RESOURCES TO Andy was born in Ohio, raised in
able revenue to keep the Highway REOPEN SAFELY Pennsylvania, and one of 13 children of
Trust Fund solvent well into the future The SPEAKER pro tempore. The immigrant parents from Austria and
and increasing Federal investment that Chair recognizes the gentleman from Czechoslovakia.
is not looted for other purposes. Florida (Mr. SPANO) for 5 minutes. He entered the Army Air Corps in
We need a variety of funding options, Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, the over- 1943, assigned to the VII Fighter Com-
whelming majority of constituents in mand in Hawaii. In 1945, the command
including mileage-based user fees; rais-
my district are eager to get back to was reassigned to Iwo Jima, which had
ing or indexing the gas tax; user fees
work, and I believe it is Congress’ duty, been seized by Marine units, to provide
on electric vehicles or batteries to cre-
our duty, to ensure that our citizens emergency landing fields supporting
ate parity with gasoline-powered vehi-
have the necessary resources to reopen bombing operations against Japan.
cles; slightly increasing the corporate
in a safe and responsible way. That is Meanwhile, his wife and true love,
tax rate and dedicating the incre-
why I am proud to have introduced two Sophia, was supporting the war as a
mental revenue gains toward infra-
bills that focus on this very need. Rosie the Riveter. Yet, they still found
structure, both expanded and new bond time to write to each other each day.
programs. The SAFE at Work Act would create
a tax credit for businesses that allow Following the war, Andy worked as a
We must think strategically and use their employees to work from home. machinist in New York and later
lifecycle cost analysis to account for This not only protects employees and launched some of Lakeland’s favorite
the operating and maintenance needs employers against the spread of restaurants.
of an asset across its entire lifecycle. COVID–19 but also encourages employ- Andy, you, together with your bride
Thus, we will help guard against de- ers to create telework opportunities for of 74 years, represent the greatest of
ferred maintenance. those most susceptible to the virus. our Greatest Generation. You experi-
I support investing seed capital to I also introduced the KEEP Act, enced economic and social turmoil and
capitalize an infrastructure bank that which supports the President’s push for a World War, and then you rebuilt our
would leverage its funds for everything a 3-month payroll tax holiday. This ini- Nation into the greatest on Earth.
tiative would allow millions of Ameri- It is our honor to serve you, as you,
from roads, to water, to broadband
cans to keep more of the money that for so many years, have served us.
projects. The bank would be accessible
they already earn, thus providing crit- SALUTING ELLA ERICKSON, VETERAN OF THE
to States, localities, and regional
MONTH
groups and would be able to loan them ical capital to weather this crisis with-
money with favorable terms as well as out involving Federal bureaucracy. Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise
offer bond insurance. No government program, no matter today to share the inspiring story of a
how generous, can replace a func- World War II veteran from Lakeland,
I and the task force support grant Florida.
tioning economy. These measures
programs that would specifically tar- At 100 years young, Ella Erickson is
would support hardworking Americans’
get areas in desperate need of revital- a unique personification of what her-
efforts to get our economy back on
izing their infrastructure, including oism is about.
track, so I urge their immediate adop-
those recovering from natural disas- Raised in Wisconsin, she joined the
tion.
ters, communities with higher rates of U.S. Marine Corps in 1943. Following
HIGHLIGHTING BORDER WALL EFFECTIVENESS
unemployment and poverty, and rural basic training, she reported to Marine
areas. That means new avenues to fund Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Corps Headquarters here in Wash-
infrastructure projects in communities lend my voice to the fight to protect ington, and for the next 2 years, Staff
that have been left behind and in areas our Nation by securing its borders. Sergeant Erickson maintained the
that traditionally struggle to attract Since arriving in Congress, I have
records of Marine prisoners of war.
infrastructure funding for projects that stood by the President and his efforts Discharged at the end of the war,
have holistic community support. to protect our children from traf- Ella married and began her family and
fickers, dealers, terrorists, and other career.
The task force recognizes the impor- criminal elements by building a wall.
tance of continued regulatory stream- While holding demanding jobs at
For decades, our porous borders have Wheaton College and as a nurse caring
lining in a way that balances expedited threatened our national security, and
construction with appropriate environ- for the ailing, she also found time to be
it wasn’t until President Trump took a supportive wife to international
mental and safety safeguards. The ad- office that our government took this
ministration must work to implement evangelist Victor Erickson and raise
threat seriously. four children, two of whom went on to
the numerous streamlining provisions Just how effective has the wall been?
already passed into law by Congress in serve in the U.S. Air Force.
It is a fact that nearly 1 million peo- She has been a hero to the sick and
the FAST Act transportation bill. ple were stopped at the U.S.-Mexico to our Nation and an even greater one
In addition, I support encouraging border in 2019, but in the last 12 to her family. She epitomizes what her-
the use of regional partnerships and months, illegal immigration has been oism is all about, sacrificial service.
public-private partnerships. down 84 percent and illegal crossings Thank you, Ella. Thank you for serv-
from Central America are down 97 per- ing us and showing us how to live well.
We must also think about broadband
cent. On behalf of Florida 15, I salute you.
and realize that this is the new trans-
It is a fact that President Trump has
portation of the 21st century, making f
deported over 6,000 MS–13 gang mem-
sustainable and innovative public and CALL TO REPLACE SICK CARE
bers.
private investments across the U.S. to SYSTEM WITH HEALTHCARE
And it is a fact that this barrier be-
repair and upgrade existing assets and SYSTEM
tween the countries is helping stop the
build vital new projects.
flow of illicit drugs. Nearly 450,000 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
We must seek to support projects pounds have been seized this year Chair recognizes the gentleman from
that help communities become more alone. Minnesota (Mr. PHILLIPS) for 5 min-
energy efficient, resilient, and better For far too long, too many have ig- utes.
prepared to deal with the impact of cli- nored the facts, but I haven’t, and I Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise
mate change and environmental clean- will continue doing everything I can do today as a father, an American, and a
up. to keep Florida 15 residents and its Congressman in support of H.R. 1425,
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Finally, we must seek to give com- businesses safe. the Patient Protection and Affordable
munities ownership of local develop- HONORING SERGEANT ANDREW BOSKO Care Enhancement Act.
ment and encourage innovation, regu- Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise I rise today as a father because
latory streamlining, and more com- today to honor Mr. Andrew Bosko, a healthcare is personal. I know the pain
prehensive multiproject long-term Lakeland, Florida, World War II vet- of caring for a sick child. My daughter,
planning. eran who is 98 years young. Pia, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s
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lymphoma when she was just 14 years Mr. Speaker, we need this legislation Throughout Jack’s 30 years of stead-
old. because it will help all Americans, not fast service in representing the Fourth
Parents and children who have been red State or blue State Americans, but District, he served on many prestigious
through the fear, the hospitalizations, all Americans. committees, including the Senate
the chemotherapy, and the years of We need this legislation because no Rules Committee, where he was vice
anxiety-evoking follow-ups know the one in this country, Republican, Demo- chairman, and chairman of the power-
nightmare all too well because they crat, independent, or otherwise, thinks ful Senate Appropriations Committee.
have lived it. that our healthcare system is working. Both Jack and I liked to write col-
But Pia and our family are among We need this legislation because umns. We would write weekly columns.
the lucky ones. She survived cancer healthcare is collective, and this pan- Jack always chided me and said mine
and is now a thriving 20-year-old pur- demic presents an extraordinary oppor- were very chatty. I always chided him
suing her college studies. tunity to build a true health system in and said his were very nerdy.
And I know how lucky I was to be at this country. COVID–19 has taught us b 0930
Pia’s bedside during the toughest days that one’s health and well-being are di-
rectly dependent on the health and He was a numbers cruncher. He knew
and to do so without worrying about
well-being of one’s entire community. the budget like no one in the State of
how I was going to pay her medical
We are in this together, and we must Georgia knew it. He was always the
bills.
take care of one another together. last to leave the capitol each day be-
I know, in fact, we all know that this
We need this legislation because cause of how dedicated he was to serve
is not the case for too many American
whether it is my daughter, Pia, a can- the people of our State.
families throughout our country. Because of Jack’s leadership, my col-
We need this legislation because it cer survivor, or Cindy with diabetes in
Eden Prairie or Nikki with MS in leagues and I were always driven to be
will lower healthcare costs, costs that good stewards of taxpayer dollars and
are the very highest in the entire Brooklyn Park or every single mother
in our country who has ever given birth uphold our mission in all that we did to
world, yet our outcomes are mid-pack. serve Georgians to the best of our abili-
In the United States of America, we to a child, preexisting conditions are
part of being human and should never ties.
should have the highest quality care in Jack was a man of overwhelming in-
the world, the most efficient delivery be a barrier to care.
We need to pass this legislation be- tegrity, compassion, and humility. He
of care in the world, and the best value was a true statesman. While he cer-
in the world. In the United States of cause it is personal, it is patriotic, and
it is our job. tainly worked hard to be selected for
America, the wealthiest nation in the this role, he never used his prestigious
entire world, no one should have to I am grateful to my colleagues in
this House for doing so yesterday, and title to gain praise or acknowledgment.
choose between seeing their doctor or He was one of the few people who
seeing food on their table—no one. I call on our colleagues in the Senate
to join us in ensuring a healthier and taught me the importance of placing
I rise today as an American because people over the politics and praise. If
healthcare is patriotic. I am sick and more equitable future for every single
American. anyone ever needed to talk to him, he
tired of Americans paying more money was always available and listened to
for less quality than other nations. f
what you had to say no matter who
And I am sick and tired of Americans HONORING GEORGIA STATE you were.
paying more money for the very same SENATOR JACK HILL Jack also taught me the importance
lifesaving medications than patients in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of humility and keeping a common,
other countries. Chair recognizes the gentleman from steady hand at the helm. I will always
Americans are getting ripped off, and remember his immense dedication to
Georgia (Mr. CARTER) for 5 minutes.
we, every single one of us in this Cham- Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- everyone he interacted with.
ber, can do something about it. Ensur- er, I rise today to remember and to He made a huge difference in the
ing that every American has access to honor the life of one of my mentors and lives of countless students, in the rep-
high-quality and affordable healthcare my very good friend, Georgia State utation of the university system, and
and medications is indeed a moral deci- Senator Jack Hill, who passed away on in the holistic improvement of the
sion, but it is also an economic deci- April 6 at the age of 75. State of Georgia.
sion. I sat next to Jack in the Georgia Jack’s legacy will always be remem-
Let’s not kid ourselves. We do not State Senate for 5 years, and he was bered, and those he knew will never
have a healthcare system in our coun- truly a mentor to me. Through listen- forget the impact he had on the lives
try; we have a sick care system. And it ing and interacting with him over the he touched.
is not even a system, which has made course of those years up until his It is for these reasons that all 14
the epic failure of our Nation’s COVID death, I understood what it really Georgia Members of the U.S. House, in-
response even more glaring. meant to be a dedicated public servant. cluding myself, signed proposed legisla-
You see, we tolerate, even condone, Jack lived his entire life in tion to name a post office building in
incentives for procedures over preven- Reidsville, and his love for his home- Jack’s hometown of Reidsville after
tion and profit over people. It is cost- town and community was evident him. Naming a post office after him
ing us billions of dollars and bank- throughout his life. will honor his remarkable contribu-
rupting thousands of families and, After he graduated from Reidsville tions to our State for years to come,
surely, costing American lives. High School and Georgia Southern Uni- and we will work to preserve his legacy
We need this legislation because versity, he came back to his hometown of public service for his fellow Geor-
there is meaningful economic and soci- and went into the grocery business as gians.
etal value in ensuring that every owner and operator of Hill Shopping Jack’s advice has stayed with me
American enjoys healthcare coverage Center. throughout the years, and he helped
no matter their age, their race, their In addition to running his own suc- make me the person I am today. I am
gender, their ZIP Code, their income, cessful business, Jack still found time forever grateful to have known Jack
or their condition. to serve in the Georgia Air National Hill, and I will never forget him. His
I rise today as a Congressman be- Guard for over 33 years, both as a unit family, friends, and those he worked
cause finding common ground, building commander and a State inspector gen- with will continue to be in my
consensus, and fixing our broken eral. thoughts and prayers as we all mourn
healthcare system is my job. I am on a He was appointed to the board of di- the death of a great Georgian and a
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mission to inspire collaboration in this rectors at The Tattnall Bank in the great American.
Chamber and restore Americans’ faith early 1980s before heeding the call to HONORING THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN TARBUTTON,
in government, and I cannot imagine a public service. JR.
better place to begin than healthcare. In 1990, he ran for and won his first Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak-
Let’s rise to this moment and im- term as Georgia State Senator for the er, I rise to honor the life of Mr. Ben-
prove it together. Fourth District of Georgia. jamin Tarbutton, Jr., who passed away
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peacefully on June 9, 2020, at the age of The President of the United States SENATE NEEDS TO PASS HEROES
90. proudly promoted a video of one of his ACT
A lifelong resident of Sandersville, supporters shouting ‘‘white power’’ at The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Georgia, Mr. Tarbutton’s ambition protesters. Chair recognizes the gentleman from
started at an earlier age when he Mr. Speaker, if we fail to meet this Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) for 5 minutes.
earned the honor of Eagle Scout. He moment to enact the change demanded Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker,
even attended the Boy Scout Inter- by millions of Americans of all colors, I rise today because the coronavirus is
national Jamboree in Paris, France, in all creeds, all beliefs, the damage to winning. There are 2.5 million U.S.
1947. this institution and to our Nation will cases and more than 126,000 Americans
Mr. Tarbutton went on to attend Ox- be immense. dead. That is more than double the
ford College and graduated from Emory This body was built to be a reflection number of American lives lost during
University in 1951 with a BA in eco- of the people whom we represent. They the Korean war, tens of thousands
nomics. Following his studies, Mr. have the courage to create that more than the two-decade Vietnam
Tarbutton served our Nation in the change. So should we. war, and 10,000 more than World War I.
U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955 and was a The United States has 4.25 percent of
veteran of the Korean war. f the world’s population but 25 percent of
When he returned home, he began his the COVID–19 deaths. Tens of millions
lifelong career with the Sandersville SHIPPING MEAT ACROSS STATE of Americans have lost their jobs or
Railroad Company. Mr. Tarbutton LINES faced pay cuts. And in the coming
served as a director of the American weeks, economic lifelines passed by
Short Line and Regional Railroad As- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Congress that have cushioned the
sociation, which is now 127 years old. Chair recognizes the gentleman from blows are going to expire.
He dedicated 65 years to the company South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) for 5 min- It does not have to be this way. Right
until the time of his death, serving as utes. now, as I speak, the Senate is sitting
president, vice president, and director. Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. on the HEROES Act, a bill that Major-
His strong commitment to the rail- Speaker, during this COVID–19 pan- ity Leader MCCONNELL has refused to
road industry stretched beyond demic, ag producers and consumers consider for more than 45 days.
Sandersville Railroad Company. Mr. across the country have suffered as we What could have been done in those
Tarbutton served as the director of the have seen the cracks in our food supply 45 days?
American Short Line and Regional system. Moody’s Analytics said: ‘‘If quickly
Railroad Association and founder and Now, small State-inspected proc- passed into law, the HEROES Act
president of the Georgia Railroad Asso- essors, meat processors, did what they would provide a substantial boost to
ciation. could to step up and close the gap, fill the economy during the second half of
While he found great success in busi- the gap, but their efforts were hindered this year, when the economy is most
ness, Mr. Tarbutton is best known for by the fact that Federal laws don’t vulnerable to the pandemic and at
allow for State-inspected facilities to most risk of sliding back into reces-
his commitment to his family, his
ship meat across State lines. sion. The legislation would also return
church, and his community and the
I would observe that this pandemic is the economy to full employment much
State of Georgia.
only accelerating the American desire more quickly.’’
He will always be remembered for his
to know where their food comes from Moody’s also said: ‘‘How well the
tireless work to bring new industry and economy does in the next several years
jobs to Sandersville. As part of this and their desire to purchase directly
from producers. So that is why, this depends critically on what lawmakers
work, he served as the director of the decide to do in the next few weeks.’’
Washington County Chamber of Com- week, along with Speaker Pro Tem
HENRY CUELLAR, I introduced the DI- That was more than a week ago, yet
merce for many years and was honored the Senate still refuses to pass a bill
as Washington County’s Citizen of the RECT Act.
This bill allows these State-inspected that puts money in the pockets of
Year. workers with a second round of direct
But most importantly, Mr. meat facilities to sell their meat across
State lines through e-commerce. That payments to families, a bill with new
Tarbutton was a family man. His payroll protection measures to keep 60
friends and family remember him as a is really going to unlock an incredible
million workers connected with their
wonderful storyteller who entertained amount of potential as small producers
jobs, a bill that extends weekly $600
everyone around him with his colorful and processors will have the option to
Federal unemployment benefits
tales. put that product into the hands of con-
through next January so families can
Our thoughts and prayers are with sumers.
pay their bills.
the Tarbutton family, especially his I think it is important to remember But HEROES isn’t just a bill to pro-
widow, Nancy, with a debt of gratitude that many States like South Dakota vide relief from the pandemic; it is a
for sharing Mr. Ben with all of us. have State-inspection standards that bill to end it. HEROES contains $75 bil-
f
are at least equal to what the Federal lion for more COVID–19 testing and
Government already requires, so this contact tracing and $500 million to help
DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY isn’t a food safety issue. our workforce system place new con-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The This bill would cut through the red tact tracers, focusing specifically on
Chair recognizes the gentleman from tape. It would allow more flexibility. It Americans who are out of work and
Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) for 5 would allow more opportunity for pro- drawing from the communities they
minutes. ducers, for processors, and for con- will work in with the diversity reflect-
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, a week sumers. ing those unique communities and the
ago, this body acted to bring justice to Now, the DIRECT Act is a market- language competencies necessary to
our communities to begin the uncom- based approach allowing producers and serve them.
fortable, urgent work of dismantling retailers, under State inspection, to es- This last part is so important and a
white supremacy wherever it finds tablish those connections with cus- core piece of my Coronavirus Contain-
shelter. tomers in different States through e- ment Corps Act, my bill with Senator
But our work is far from finished. commerce. That is going to empower WARREN that is included in the HE-
In the days since we passed the consumers to buy—if they want a par- ROES Act in substantial part.
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a ticular branded product, they are going Last week, Dr. Fauci said that U.S.
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young biracial woman named Althea to be able to get that product. They contact tracing isn’t going well. Why?
Bernstein was set on fire by four White will be given more freedom to choose. Well, Dr. Redfield, the CDC Director,
men as she sat in her car. At the same time, we as a country says that we have 27,000 or 28,000 con-
Three police officers from North won’t have any reduction in our con- tact tracers when we need, in his own
Carolina were fired after they laughed fidence that our food supply system is estimation, 100,000, and when other ex-
about slaughtering Black people. safe. perts believe we may need double that.
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We have public health departments He has also befriended people from health experts who are telling us to
that are underfunded. We have commu- all over the world, supporting them as wear a mask and to socially distance as
nities that, after decades of discrimina- they struggled with their own indi- much as possible. We must recommit
tion, are understandably weary of vidual ailments and conditions. to the science that stands before us.
trusting health authorities. The He loved the outdoors, whether it As a result of this pandemic, Mr.
Coronavirus Containment Core Act ad- was biking nearly 20 miles each day for Speaker, we must look at the battle be-
dresses every one of those issues. We charity or barbecuing at Cedar Point fore us in terms of what our States are
have solutions ready. No single one of Park. It has now been over 3 years facing with budget shortfalls. You see,
the solutions is a cure-all, but, to- since his passing, and he is still missed Mr. Speaker, this is what we do as ap-
gether, they can turn the tide of this dearly by his family and friends. Tyler propriators, as individuals who conduct
pandemic. was important to so many in northeast oversight and who authorize the activ-
We as Members of this body are in a Florida, and I know that his memory ity and the efforts of our Federal agen-
unique and privileged position to de- will live on forever in those whom he cies and for the Nation’s purse strings.
velop solutions that channel the re- touched. Without additional Federal funding
sources we need to implement those so- for Michigan’s public schools, a typical
b 0945 school district in Michigan is looking
lutions on a nationwide scale. To fail
to do this is to accept the status quo. RECOGNIZING JACKSONVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE at a $750-per-pupil cut to our State’s
Let’s make the HEROES Act law. DEPARTMENT AND U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR budget shortfall.
There is not a minute to waste. JACKSONVILLE The White House recently signed an
Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I executive order saying, we are going to
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rise today to recognize the Jackson- look for the skills in an individual.
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY ville Fire and Rescue Department and How do you obtain the skills if you are
OF JOSEPH J. MANCINO, SR. United States Coast Guard Sector not in a fully funded school? When first
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Jacksonville for their response to a robotics doesn’t exist, when the skills
Chair recognizes the gentleman from vessel fire beginning June 4 at training doesn’t exist, and when the
Florida (Mr. RUTHERFORD) for 5 min- JAXPORT. guidance counselors who are going to
utes. For days, under the leadership of be there to shepherd our students
Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I Fire Chief Keith Powers and Sector through this trauma they endured can-
rise today to honor the life and legacy Jacksonville Captain Mark Vlaun, they not do their jobs?
of Joseph J. Mancino, Sr., of Ponte battled this fire under difficult condi- When we are cutting, cutting, cut-
Vedra Beach, Florida, who, sadly, tions with bravery and skill, extin- ting. And then we say: Guess what?
passed away in late June. guishing the flames and saving the ship The Federal taxpayer dollars that you
Mr. Mancino was a true American pa- from complete destruction. pay and the State taxpayer dollars
triot who embodied the selfless values Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, nine of that you pay are not enough.
of the Greatest Generation. He joined those brave firefighters sustained inju- Who pays again?
the Navy at the age of 17 and bravely ries in the blaze, and five are still re- Who pays again?
It is the middle class. It is the indi-
served aboard the USS Griffin and USS covering.
vidual.
Coucal in the Pacific during World War We are so thankful to have these out- Mr. Speaker, I am tired of it. I am
II. He also witnessed the atomic bomb standing firefighters in northeast Flor- tired of the tax cuts for the wealthiest
explosion dropped over the Bikini Atoll ida who are the heroes of our commu- corporations at the expense of our mid-
during Operation Crossroads, which nities, saving lives every single day. It dle class. I am here to deliver for my
was the first atomic test after the war. is comforting to know we have tal- constituents. I am here to give them a
Joseph received numerous medals for ented, trained professionals ready to return on their investment that they
his service, including the Philippine respond to a medical emergency, a make every year. They are looking at
Liberation Medal and Good Conduct house fire, or in this case, a ship fire, us.
Medal. at a moment’s notice. In fact, Mr. Speaker, this is some-
Those who knew him best say that Our thoughts continue to be with the thing that this House majority has al-
the only thing stronger than his love injured firefighters and their families, ready done in the HEROES Act. We
for his country was his love for his and we wish them a full and speedy re- have already taken these steps to ad-
family and friends. He is survived by covery. dress these budget shortfalls. We are
his wife, Mary—his wife of 72 years— f here today to vote on an infrastructure
his four children, seven grandchildren, bill to rebuild America’s schools, to
and six great-grandchildren. PUBLIC EDUCATION
put people back to work, and to stand
On behalf of the Fourth Congres- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for the best this Nation has to offer.
sional District of Florida and the Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from I did this work in the halls of govern-
United States of America, I thank Mr. Michigan (Ms. STEVENS) for 5 minutes. ment on the other side of Pennsylvania
Mancino for his service to our Nation Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, what an Avenue during another time of crisis,
and offer our sincerest condolences to honor it is to be on this House floor during another time of choppy waters,
his family and friends. with you here today in representation and I am a believer in these institu-
HONORING THE LIFE OF TYLER LEHMAN of the 700,000 constituents I serve from tions, Mr. Speaker. I saw what happens
Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I Michigan’s 11th District. We are here when Democrats and Republicans come
rise today in memory of Tyler Lehman, for the activity of this House floor. We together for the best outcomes, when
who, tragically, passed away from a are here for the grand deliberation of we rescued the auto industry and mil-
rare form of leukemia during 2017. our democracy and for the discourse lions of auto worker jobs, saying, we
During his battle with cancer, Tyler that makes our Nation’s laws. will not let you fail, picking up from
became an inspiration to many in our It is clear, Mr. Speaker, that this where the Bush administration left off
Jacksonville, Florida, community. De- pandemic is continuing to pose a seri- and where the Obama administration
spite numerous cycles of remission, re- ous threat to our communities and to finished it.
lapse, and chemotherapy, which took a our Nation. As the global death toll We will not let you fail. That is what
really hard toll on his body, he never has crossed 500,000 this week alone, the I say from this House floor today on
lost that positive spirit. World Health Organization has warned behalf of the 700,000 constituents from
Each year, no matter how difficult it that the worst is yet to come. The suf- Michigan’s 11th District I proudly rep-
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was for him, Tyler would lead his team fering and loss of life that we have al- resent.
of walkers for the annual Light the ready endured in Michigan and f
Night Walk for the Leukemia & throughout this Nation is
Lymphoma Society. His team con- unfathomable. RECESS
tinues to walk each year in his mem- We must recommit to saving lives by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
ory. listening to the guidance of the public ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair
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declares the House in recess until 10 Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise Arthur has lived a life that reflects
a.m. today. today to honor a Rhode Island legend, the spirit of this Nation, and for that,
Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 50 min- the late former mayor of Newport, we thank him.
utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. Paul Gaines, Sr. Happy birthday, Arthur. God bless.
f At a moment in our Nation’s history, f
when we are again confronting the tor-
b 1000 ment of generations of racial inequal- TIME TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
AFTER RECESS ity, and collectively working to repair (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was
the soul of America, Paul Gaines will given permission to address the House
The recess having expired, the House
be remembered as a trailblazer in the for 1 minute.)
was called to order by the Speaker pro
fight for equal justice under the law. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker,
tempore (Mr. YARMUTH) at 10 a.m. As New England’s and Rhode Island’s night after night, young people in
f first Black mayor, Mayor Gaines was Portland, joined by thousands of their
PRAYER an inspiration, an educator, a soldier, a neighbors, gathered to demand justice
mentor, and a change-maker who suc- that Black lives matter. Yet, today,
The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick ceeded in every endeavor by bridging
J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: thousands are caught in the legacy of
divides and leading with humility and Richard Nixon’s cynical ‘‘War on
Loving God, thank You for giving us integrity.
another day. Drugs.’’ It targeted young, and espe-
When he died last Thursday, at the cially Black people, for selective en-
We ask Your continued protection age of 88, Mayor Gaines left behind an
and empowerment of those who tend to forcement. Too many are in jail or
enormous legacy. prison for nonviolent, often trivial of-
the sick and those who seek medical As an activist, he spent a decade of
solutions to this dangerous pandemic. fenses.
his life working to build a memorial to Today, over two-thirds of Ameri-
We thank You for the work of the the First Rhode Island Regiment, a
House these last few days to bring to cans—and the majority of Repub-
Continental Army regiment that is licans—think that cannabis should be
votes support for the Department of best remembered today for recruiting
Agriculture. During these times, food legal. Let’s pass the MORE Act, with
Black soldiers to serve during the Rev- many of BARBARA LEE’s marijuana jus-
production, delivery, and access have olutionary War.
been among the many challenges fac- tice provisions already approved by the
In these recent years, he continued Committee on the Judiciary. Stop dis-
ing our Nation. his work to ensuring equality of oppor-
Whatever the particulars of this leg- criminatory, selective enforcement.
tunity regardless of one’s race, who Let’s legalize it and stop enforcement
islation, may it proceed through the they are, or where they came from.
legislative process and ultimately re- all together.
Mr. Speaker, I offer my deepest sym- Mr. Speaker, it is time to finally pro-
dound to the benefit of all Americans. pathies to his wife of 61 years, Jo Eva,
We ask also Your continued protec- tect young Black Americans from the
and to the entire Gaines family. dangerous, discriminatory, selective
tion and empowerment for those who f enforcement on the War on Drugs.
live heroic lives during this time. Give
them strength and perseverance in CELEBRATING ARTHUR ETZLER’S Time to finally legalize marijuana.
their service. 100TH BIRTHDAY f
May all that is done this day be for (Mr. CLOUD asked and was given per- CELEBRATING LIFE, LIBERTY,
Your greater honor and glory. mission to address the House for 1 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THIS
Amen. minute.) JULY FOURTH
f Mr. CLOUD. Mr. Speaker, born in
Lavaca County, Texas, Arthur Etzler is (Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota
THE JOURNAL a native of the 27th Congressional Dis- asked and was given permission to ad-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- trict of Texas. July 2, 2020, is his 100th dress the House for 1 minute and to re-
ant to section 4(a) of House Resolution birthday, but that is not the only thing vise and extend his remarks.)
967, the Journal of the last day’s pro- remarkable about Arthur. Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr.
ceedings is approved. On September 22, 1942, Mr. Etzler Speaker, on July 3, 1776, John Adams
pledged his service to the Army’s 88th expressed his belief that the signing of
f
Division, 149th Infantry Regiment, the Declaration of Independence should
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Company H, otherwise known as the be commemorated ‘‘with pomp and pa-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the Blue Devils, to fight in World War II. rade, with shows, games, sports, guns,
gentlewoman from Delaware (Ms. Arthur’s service took him across the bells, bonfires, and illuminations from
BLUNT ROCHESTER) come forward and world. He defended freedom in Mo- one end of this continent to the other,
lead the House in the Pledge of Alle- rocco, North Africa, Rome. He com- from this time forward forever more.’’
giance. pleted his tour in Germany, where he Well, I actually think we are going to
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER led the shared a brief and joyful reunion with check most of those boxes this July 3
Pledge of Allegiance as follows: his brother, Hubert. in South Dakota in the beautiful Black
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Private Etzler’s service did not go Hills, as President Trump is there to
United States of America, and to the Repub- unnoticed. His courageous fight in the watch fireworks over the incredible
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Po River Valley earned him three Mount Rushmore.
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Bronze Stars. General George C. Mar- Now, I know there is a lot of political
f shall once stated that Mr. Etzler’s first unrest in this country. On any given
division ‘‘fought like wildcats.’’ day, there is plenty of political unrest
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER After his service, Arthur returned in this Chamber. But July Fourth
PRO TEMPORE stateside to Hallettsville, Texas. There, should be a time for us to come to-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The he found the love of his life, Rosemary, gether and celebrate what binds us to-
Chair will entertain up to 15 requests his sweetheart of now nearly 73 years. gether: life, liberty, the pursuit of hap-
for 1-minute speeches on each side of Together, they built their home in piness.
the aisle. Hallettsville and raised six children. f
f Arthur’s service to others never
REQUEST TO CONSIDER H. RES.
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ceased. His life is marked with decency
HONORING FORMER MAYOR PAUL and strength. Mr. and Mrs. Etzler re- 1036
GAINES, SR. main active members of their church Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr.
(Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given and community, where they are known Speaker, with that in mind, and to
permission to address the House for 1 for their dedication and kindhearted- honor a day that unites us as Ameri-
minute.) ness. cans, I ask unanimous consent that the
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Committee on Oversight and Reform be The implementation of the USMCA rible disease down every day, but I
discharged from further consideration comes at a crucial time for the Amer- have a feeling that a lot of Americans
of H. Res. 1036, and I, furthermore, ask ican economy. are being misled. So I am just pointing
for its immediate consideration by the Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have sup- out the way these statistics are going.
House. ported this trade agreement on behalf f
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- of people in central Washington, par-
tleman is advised that under guidelines ticularly knowing that my constitu- CONDEMNING ATTACKS UPON
consistently issued by successive ents will benefit at a time when they PRESS IN AMERICA
Speakers, as recorded in section 956 of need it most. (Ms. SCANLON asked and was given
the House Rules and Manual, the Chair f permission to address the House for 1
is constrained not to entertain the re- minute.)
SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE
quest unless it has been cleared by the Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I rise
INVESTMENT FOR AMERICA
bipartisan floor and committee leader- today to speak in support of the free
ships. (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given press in America.
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. permission to address the House for 1 I can’t believe that I have to say this,
Speaker, I understand the Speaker’s minute.) but our free press is under attack—
ruling, but nevertheless, I wish the Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, this physical attack. As Americans have
United States of America a very happy afternoon, the House will vote to ap- taken to the streets to demand change
birthday. prove a $1.5 trillion transportation and in the wake of George Floyd’s murder,
f infrastructure bill. we have seen our First Amendment
This American nation-building pro- trampled as hundreds of journalists
INVESTING IN OUR NATION’S gram will be the largest in American have been arrested and assaulted by
INFRASTRUCTURE history. The Public Works Administra- law enforcement officers.
(Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER asked and tion of 1930s spent nearly $700 billion in In the past few weeks, members of
was given permission to address the today’s dollars. This building program the press have been detained, gassed,
House for 1 minute.) will more than double that investment, shot at. One reporter lost an eye when
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. creating millions of jobs in the con- she was targeted with rubber bullets,
Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. struction trades, jobs in the supply and and the most infamous example was
2, the Moving Forward Act. This infra- materials industry, and jobs in the en- the attack upon peaceful protestors
structure bill invests in our roads, gineering and design industries as well. and journalists gathered outside the
bridges, transit systems, schools, hous- The program is good for economic White House.
ing, clean water systems, and so much growth at a time when our Nation is Mr. Speaker, a free press is one of the
more. desperate for economic growth. For most fundamental and cherished values
Importantly, it will create good-pay- every dollar invested in infrastructure, in our country, predating our Constitu-
ing jobs, repair critical infrastructure, that investment returns $1.80, or an 80 tion. It stems from 1735 when John
address the climate crisis, and create percent return on investment, to the Peter Zenger was arrested and charged
healthier and safer communities. I am United States economy. with sedition for criticizing a corrupt
proud that this bill includes key provi- The President and both political par- British governor of New York.
sions that I championed in Congress, ties have promised a robust infrastruc- A free press is one of the most basic
including repairing our natural gas ture investment. Now is the time to ways we hold our government account-
pipelines to prevent methane leaks, in- reconcile that rhetoric with action. able.
vesting in our public buildings to make Mr. Speaker, I urge approval of this On the eve of our Nation’s birthday,
them more energy efficient, and bill. I invite my colleagues on both sides of
incentivizing our Nation’s ports to re- f the aisle to join me in sponsoring H.
duce harmful emissions. These invest- Res. 999, which condemns attacks upon
HIGHLIGHTING COVID–19 DEATH
ments are a down payment on our Na- the press and the detention of journal-
STATISTICS
tion’s future, and they will, indeed, ists and reaffirms the value of a free
help us move America forward. (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was press to our democracy.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.) f
join me in supporting the passage of
H.R. 2. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, we b 1015
f have heard several speeches this morn-
ing about the COVID epidemic. USMCA GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY
RECOGNIZING IMPORTANCE OF Like a lot of Americans, every day, I (Mr. SMUCKER asked and was given
USMCA IN WASHINGTON like to get up and see whether we are permission to address the House for 1
(Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was moving in the right direction or not. I minute.)
given permission to address the House was sad to see this morning—I checked Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, a day
for 1 minute.) the Worldometer’s website because a that the farmers of Pennsylvania’s 11th
Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise lot of my constituents tell me that is Congressional District have been look-
to celebrate the United States-Mexico- the one to check, and I was sad to see ing forward to is finally here. Today
Canada Agreement going into effect that, this morning, when they gave the marks the day the United States-Mex-
today and to recognize the important number of deaths yesterday, on Tues- ico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA,
role this critical trade agreement play day, they list 764 Americans who had goes into effect.
for my district in central Washington. passed away. Over a year ago, I stood here in the
In 2019, Washington State exports to However, the Worldometer website Chamber and said one thing I can tell
Canada and Mexico totaled $11.1 bil- kind of goes up and down by the day. It you about the farmers of the 11th Dis-
lion. Now, due to the challenges of the is always very low on Sunday and Sat- trict is that they adapt and hold on to
pandemic on our economy, the USMCA urday. It gets higher on Wednesday and hope that better times are yet to come.
is more vital than ever to provide freer Thursday. With the USMCA now in effect, better
markets, fairer trade, and more eco- However, I did notice that the 764 times are indeed on the way.
nomic opportunity in Washington. deaths yesterday, on Tuesday, was the I am very proud to represent Penn-
This modernized trade agreement lowest on a Tuesday since March 23. sylvania’s 11th Congressional District.
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will promote the potential for small Mondays are always very low. We had It is the number one district for agri-
businesses to aid in the growth and re- 366 deaths on Monday. That was also cultural production in Pennsylvania.
covery of our State’s economy, and it the lowest since March. The USMCA is a win for farmers,
will provide for expansion of equitable Mr. Speaker, I hope that we continue with a number of provisions included
trade opportunities for many of central to have the progress as we work the that will give the farmers in my dis-
Washington’s farmers and ranchers. number of people who die of this hor- trict a level playing field and open new
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markets as well. These reforms were serve answers, they deserve an expla- commissioner of agriculture and indus-
critical for the district, which, by the nation, and they deserve closure. tries for 4 years for the State of Ala-
way, is the number two producer of Prior to my being elected to Con- bama.
eggs in the Nation and also a top dairy gress, I spent many years as a licensed Jack is now survived by his four chil-
producer. nursing home administrator special- dren, David Thompson, Keith Thomp-
So, again, I would like to thank the izing in long-term care, and I have been son, Susan Woodham, and Janice
President and his administration for horrified to see this avoidable crisis Thompson, and his sister, Ann Thomas.
their willingness to listen to the farm- unfold. He has 11 grandchildren and 7 great-
ers in my district and to ensure that In closing, I would like to thank our grandchildren.
USMCA is a win not only for farmers, frontline employees in nursing homes. Jack will be greatly missed by all his
but for manufacturers and employees They work so hard to protect the resi- family and friends and all of us that
in my district as well. dents. And my sincerest condolences to knew him. Jack’s legacy will live well
f the families who are grieving. into the future.
f f
SUPPORTING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL RUSSIAN BOUNTY ON U.S. TROOPS SUPPORT IMPROVING THE
(Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was NATION’S INFRASTRUCTURE
given permission to address the House given permission to address the House (Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given
for 1 minute.) for 1 minute and to revise and extend permission to address the House for 1
Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I his remarks.) minute.)
want to raise my voice in support of Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, in re- Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise
H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. sponse to the attacks on September 11, today in support of the Moving For-
I want to congratulate Chairman my son joined the military, and I am ward Act.
DEFAZIO. He has been working on this now the proud father of a U.S. Air I represent a district where 85 per-
for a long time. This is the infrastruc- Force veteran. cent of the towns are 5,000 people or
ture bill that we have been waiting for. I know firsthand the anxiety felt by fewer, and 60 percent of the towns are
He has followed what my father ad- loved ones whose family members are 1,000 people or fewer.
vised me to do as a young boy: If you called on to fight for our Nation over- Earlier this year, I reached out to
are going to do something, do it right. seas. every mayor and city administrator
And it is a wonderful bill. As the father of a former soldier, I and county administrator and village
This is something that will repair am disgusted by the allegation that president, 151 leaders, representing
our crumbling roads and bridges in this Russia placed a bounty on our troops, towns and counties in the 7,000 square
country, expand transit and commuter and as an American citizen, I am out- miles in the congressional district that
rail, repair and rebuild schools, make raged that the Commander in Chief of I serve. I listened to their needs, and
childcare facilities safer, deliver our military forces has seemingly the Moving Forward Act reflects many
broadband to the entire country, re- abandoned his responsibilities. of their priorities.
claim abandoned mines, save affordable The President has an obligation to Now, the administration has said this
housing units, provide access to safe investigate these accusations and to package is biased against rural Amer-
drinking water and good sewer sys- protect the lives of American soldiers, ica, to which I say: What?
tems, and put more energy into the but, once again, all we are hearing The President has failed to bring for-
grid. This is something that this entire from this White House is denial and de- ward any plan that prioritizes rural
Nation needs. flection. America. This bill expands broadband.
It is time for us to come together and We deserve to know the truth. When It strengthens water systems. It pro-
fulfill this promise to the American was the President informed and what vides $250 million for our rural roads
people to rebuild and reinvest in our action has he taken to protect the lives and our communities, rebuilding our
American infrastructure. It is the Mov- of our troops? Americans should settle rural schools, and prioritizing buying
ing Forward Act, H.R. 2. Let’s all vote for nothing less. American in all that we build.
‘‘yes’’ on that bill. f Today, for the district I represent,
f and for all rural communities, I will be
REMEMBERING JACK THOMPSON
proud to cast my vote in favor of this
NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was important legislation.
(Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania given permission to address the House f
asked and was given permission to ad- for 1 minute.)
dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise WILDFIRE SEASON HAS BEGUN
vise and extend his remarks.) this morning to honor and to recognize (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Jack Thompson from Montgomery, permission to address the House for 1
Mr. Speaker, we continue to see appall- Alabama. He passed away on Sunday, minute and to revise and extend his re-
ing nursing home negligence nation- June 21, 2020, after a full life of 88 marks.)
wide, including my home State of years. Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, wildfire
Pennsylvania. He was born in Colbert County, which season has begun, especially in Cali-
Last week, my fellow Pennsylvania is now the Fourth Congressional Dis- fornia. In 2020 so far, 3,100 fires have
Republican Members and I joined the trict, in 1932 and remained a resident of started, twice as many as the same pe-
Select Subcommittee on the the State of Alabama for his entire life. riod in 2019.
Coronavirus Crisis to send a letter to After graduating from Colbert Coun- Ongoing drought is part of the prob-
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro ty High School, Jack married his lem. We will be on the way to sur-
demanding an explanation for Gov- sweetheart, Ruth Hester, at the age of passing 2019 for the entire season as,
ernor Wolf’s deadly decision to readmit 20, and Jack and Ruth were married for indeed, we do have a head start.
COVID–19-positive residents back into 67 years and raised four wonderful chil- We shouldn’t leave our fire prepared-
nursing homes. dren. ness plans completely to our fire-
According to the most recent data, For 31 years, Jack worked for Auburn fighters having to go out and do it
Pennsylvania has suffered 4,539 nursing University Extension Service. After re- after the fact. We need to get ahead of
home deaths related to COVID–19. That tiring, he went on to own a farm in the curve.
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is more than 68 percent of the State’s Athens, Alabama, and served as assist- There are real solutions to getting
total COVID–19 deaths and more than 3 ant commissioner of agriculture along- fires under control in the West. A big
percent of the State’s entire nursing side my father-in-law, who was com- part of it is forest management, espe-
home population. missioner at the time, Albert McDon- cially on Federal lands.
The families who have lost loved ones ald, from the State of Alabama. Then There are 100 million dead trees in
as a result of this reckless policy de- Jack, himself, thereafter was elected California. When coupled with years of
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drought, the risks of turning our for- uate of Kenston High School and a After I went to church, I drove down
ests into tinder boxes is higher than local sports legend in Geauga County. Interstate 69 to Beasley, Texas, and
ever. Responsible thinning and haz- Known for his selflessness, Kyle that is where I cracked. But it wasn’t
ardous trees removal is an essential joined the Marines in 2015 and imme- my fault. It was purely the fault of
portion of what we need to be doing. diately excelled. In roughly 4 years, he Tim Sabrsula, who is the chief of the
My bill, the CLEAR Zones Act, which earned the coveted Marine Special Op- Beasley Volunteer Fire Department.
is Clearing Lines, Electrical At-Risk erator Insignia and rose to the rank of At 11 a.m. they started selling huge
Zones Act, would reduce the bureauc- sergeant. chicken fried chicken plates at $10 a
racy and the timelines to actually get Kyle’s instructors said that he pos- plate. The temptation of gluttony was
the work done after permitting within sessed unsurmountable determination, overwhelming; I had to buy five plates.
60 days and increase the buffer zone a deep sense of integrity, and an uncon- But Chief Sabrsula was not alone,
along power lines so there is less dan- querable spirit. They called him a nat- Beasley Mayor Kenneth Reid joined
ger and more ability to fight fire at a ural leader, someone who always this sinful attack. But I succumbed for
smaller level. looked out for his team. a great cause, new equipment for the
Mismanaged forests lead to more I had the opportunity to speak to my heroes at the Beasley Volunteer Fire
fire. Without better practices, we will old friend, Kyle’s father, Ernie, this Department. Chief Sabrsula asked me
see more and more of the West go up in past week and express my profound to close by saying, ‘‘Y’all come next
smoke. condolences directly to him. As a par- year, you’ll be glad you did.’’
f ent, I can only imagine how difficult The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
this time is for him, Mrs. Henry, and Chair will ask Members to observe
REBUILD THE NATION’S
their families. proper decorum in the Chamber.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Mr. Speaker, please join me in a mo- f
(Mr. O’HALLERAN asked and was ment of silence to honor Sergeant
given permission to address the House Wolfgang K. Weninger and to pray for OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS OF
for 1 minute.) his loved ones in the wake of their LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PUR-
Mr. O’HALLERAN. Mr. Speaker, I tragic loss. SUIT OF HAPPINESS
rise today in support of H.R. 2, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per-
Moving Forward Act, legislation to re- House will observe a moment of si- mission to address the House for 1
pair and rebuild our Nation’s crum- lence. minute and to revise and extend his re-
bling infrastructure. f marks.)
I am pleased to see this bill make Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, on Satur-
significant capital investments in our CHILDCARE IS INFRASTRUCTURE
day we will celebrate the Independence
rural roads, schools, broadband expan- (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked Day of our country. In our Chamber we
sion programs, and much more. and was given permission to address have photographs of Lafayette and
I also want to note that outdated in- the House for 1 minute.) George Washington. In the preamble of
frastructure disproportionately affects Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. the Declaration of Independence, it
rural and Tribal communities, which Speaker, the Moving Forward Act rec- reads: ‘‘We hold these truths to be self-
too often lack access to quality elec- ognizes that childcare is infrastruc- evident, that all men are created equal,
tricity, water, and sanitation systems. ture. that they are endowed by their creator
To that end, I was pleased to see two Central to rebuilding our economy, with certain unalienable rights, that
bills I have sponsored included in the stabilizing our workforce, and edu- among these are life, liberty, and the
package. cating our children, childcare is a pub- pursuit of happiness.’’
First, the Tribal Power Act, which lic good, supporting more than $99 bil- Unfortunately, those words were not
ensures that Tribal communities get lion a year in economic activity. complete because African Americans
access to affordable energy sources by But we have not treated it as such. were not considered men, and they
increasing funding for the Department Ninety-six percent of childcare profes- were not given the unalienable rights
of Energy’s Indian energy education sionals are women, and 40 percent are of life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap-
planning and management assistance women of color, and they are chron- piness. We are still pursuing that. We
program. ically underpaid. Costs for families are
Second is my bill for the planning, did it with the George Floyd Justice in
high, creating barriers, especially from Policing Act, and we are doing it in
construction, and renovation of water, women, from entering and staying in
wastewater, and sanitation facilities other ways with opportunities for Afri-
the workforce. can Americans.
across all of Indian Country. The pandemic has pushed this vital
These much-needed updates to our And as we said in the founding of our
sector to its breaking point, and we country, that we are becoming a more
infrastructure have been on Congress’ cannot afford to let it fail. This bill
back burner for decades, putting the perfect union, and we continue to do
creates a grant program to renovate that today; to see to it that all men
health, safety, and growth of our com- and modify childcare facilities, helping
munities at risk. and women have certain inalienable
them to reopen safely. It invests in rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of
Mr. Speaker, I look forward to voting providers and in our Nation’s children.
in favor of this important bill and ask happiness.
Childcare is the foundation for build- Hopefully, we will remember that on
that you also do that. ing an inclusive economy, and now is
f
Saturday, and remember that the rea-
the time to invest in our future. I urge son why we cut ourselves off from King
REMEMBERING SERGEANT a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this legislation. George is because we wanted to be a
WOLFGANG K. WENINGER f Nation of a rule of laws and not a Na-
(Mr. JOYCE of Ohio asked and was b 1030 tion of a rule of man. That was worth
given permission to address the House people signing the Declaration, putting
RECOGNIZING BEASLEY, TEXAS, their lives at risk, and founding the
for 1 minute.)
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT United States of America.
rise today to honor the life and service (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- f
of U.S. Marine Sergeant Wolfgang K. mission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re- NATIONAL COIN SHORTAGE
Weninger.
On June 16, just days before he was marks.) (Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee
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set to graduate from the U.S. Army Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, Sunday is asked and was given permission to ad-
Airborne School, Sergeant Weninger a weekly day of Christian Sabbath. I dress the House for 1 minute.)
was tragically killed in a training acci- must confess that last Sunday my Sab- Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee. Mr.
dent. He was 28 years old. bath was not very pious. I toyed with Speaker, I rise today to call attention
Sergeant Weninger, who went by one of the seven deadly sins; the sin of to the national coin shortage occurring
Kyle or Wolf back home, was a grad- gluttony. as a result of COVID–19.
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I brought this issue to center stage 2 Fort Hood, Killeen, Belton, Temple, Bryan, gomery, Alabama where it would next join
weeks ago during the hearing with Fed- College Station, Huntsville, Livingston, with I-85 east of Montgomery, Alabama;
eral Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Woodville, and Jasper, to the logical ter- ‘‘(D) continuing along I-85 east bound until
minus of Texas Highway 63 at the Sabine its intersection with United States Highway
and we are starting to feel the effects River Bridge at Burrs Crossing and including 280 near Opelika, Alabama or United States
back in Tennessee. a loop generally encircling Bryan/College Highway 80 near Tuskegee, Alabama;
This week I saw a flier from a busi- Station, Texas; ‘‘(E) generally following the most expe-
ness in Tennessee pleading with its ‘‘(D) following United States Route 83 dient route until intersecting with existing
customers to use exact change due to southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, United States Highway 80 (JR Allen Park-
the coin shortage. I, along with fellow to a logical connection to Interstate Route way) through Phenix City until continuing
Members, have sent a letter to Chair- 10 at Junction, Texas; into Columbus, Georgia.’’.
man Powell asking for additional guid- ‘‘(E) following United States Route 69 from (5) MIDDLE GEORGIA CORRIDOR.—Section
Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
ance and best practices for business, north to United States Route 190 in the vi- tation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by
but we can all play a role, an impor- cinity of Woodville, Texas; this Act, is further amended by adding at the
tant part, to combat this shortage and ‘‘(F) following United States Route 96 from end the following:
help Americans who need to make Interstate Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, ‘‘(94) The Middle Georgia Corridor includ-
every penny count. north to United States Route 190 in the vi- ing the route—
It is just my 2 cents, but I urge my cinity of Jasper, Texas; and ‘‘(A) beginning at the Alabama-Georgia
fellow Americans to literally con- ‘‘(G) following United States Route 190, Border generally following the Fall Line
State Highway 305, and United States Route Freeway from Columbus Georgia to Augusta,
tribute their 2 cents by putting their
385 from Interstate Route 10 in Pecos Coun- Georgia specifically:
spare change back into circulation. ty, Texas to Interstate 20 at Odessa, Texas.’’. ‘‘(B) travelling along United States Route
f (2) CENTRAL LOUISIANA CORRIDOR.—Section 80 (JR Allen Parkway) through Columbus,
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor- Georgia and near Fort Benning, Georgia,
INVESTING IN A NEW VISION FOR tation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by
THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUR- east to Talbot County, Georgia where it
adding at the end the following: would follow Georgia Route 96, then com-
FACE TRANSPORTATION IN ‘‘(91) The Central Louisiana Corridor com- mencing on Georgia Route 49C (Fort Valley
AMERICA ACT mencing at the logical terminus of Louisiana Bypass) to Georgia Route 49 (Peach Park-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Highway 8 at the Sabine River Bridge at way) to its intersection with Interstate
Burrs Crossing and generally following por- route 75 in Byron, Georgia;
ant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further tions of Louisiana Highway 8 to Leesville,
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to au- ‘‘(C) continuing north along Interstate
Louisiana, and then eastward on Louisiana Route 75 through Warner Robins and Macon,
thorize funds for Federal-aid highways, Highway 28, passing in the vicinity of Alex- Georgia where it would meet Interstate
highway safety programs, and transit andria, Pineville, Walters, and Archie, to the Route 16. Following Interstate 16 east it
programs, and for other purposes, will logical terminus of United States Route 84 at
would next join United States Route 80 and
now resume. the Mississippi River Bridge at Vidalia, Lou-
then onto State Route 57;
The Clerk read the title of the bill. isiana.’’.
‘‘(D) commencing with State Route 57
(3) CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CORRIDOR.—Section
AMENDMENTS EN BLOC NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. which turns into State Route 24 near
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
DEFAZIO OF OREGON Milledgeville, Georgia would then bypass
tation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by
The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now Wrens, Georgia with a newly constructed by-
this Act, is further amended by adding at the
in order to consider an amendment en pass. After the bypass it would join United
end the following:
bloc consisting of amendments printed States Route 1 near Fort Gordon into Au-
‘‘(92) The Central Mississippi Corridor, in-
gusta, Georgia where it will terminate at
in part E of House Report 116–438. cluding the route—
‘‘(A) commencing at the logical terminus Interstate Route 520.’’.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, pursuant (b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SEGMENTS ON
to section 5 of the House Resolution of United States Route 84 at the Mississippi
INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of
River and then generally following portions
1028, I offer amendments en bloc. the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
of United States Route 84 passing in the vi-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cinity of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello,
ciency Act of 1991 is amended in the first
Clerk will designate the amendments sentence—
Prentiss, and Collins, to Interstate 59 in the
en bloc. (1) by inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(84),’’ after
vicinity of Laurel, Mississippi, and con-
Amendments en bloc No. 4 consisting ‘‘subsection (c)(83),’’; and
tinuing on Interstate Route 59 north to
(2) by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(90)’’ and
of amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Interstate Route 20 and on Interstate Route
20 to the Mississippi-Alabama State Border; inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(90), subsection
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, (c)(91), subsection (c)(92), subsection (c)(93),
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, printed in part and
‘‘(B) commencing in the vicinity of Laurel, and subsection (c)(94)’’.
E of House Report 116–438, offered by (c) DESIGNATION.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C) of
Mississippi, running south on Interstate
Mr. DEFAZIO of Oregon. Route 59 to United States Route 98 in the vi-
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. BABIN OF ciency Act of 1991 is amended by striking
cinity of Hattiesburg, connecting to United
TEXAS States Route 49 south then following United ‘‘The route referred to in subsection (c)(84) is
Page 61, after line 7, insert the following: States Route 49 south to Interstate Route 10 designated as Interstate Route I–14.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The route referred to in subsection
SEC. lll. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NA- in the vicinity of Gulfport and following Mis-
TIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM. sissippi Route 601 southerly terminating (c)(84)(A) is designated as Interstate Route I–
(a) IDENTIFICATION.— near the Mississippi State Port at Gulf- 14 North. The route referred to in subsection
(1) CENTRAL TEXAS CORRIDOR.—Section port.’’. (c)(84)(B) is designated as Interstate Route I–
1105(c)(84) of the Intermodal Surface Trans- (4) MIDDLE ALABAMA CORRIDOR.—Section 14 South. The Bryan/College Station, Texas
portation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor- loop referred to in subsection (c)(84) is des-
to read as follows: tation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended by ignated as Interstate Route I-214. The routes
‘‘(84) The Central Texas Corridor, including this Act, is further amended by adding at the referred to in subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F),
the route— end the following: and (G) of subsection (c)(84) and in sub-
‘‘(A) commencing in the vicinity of Texas ‘‘(93) The Middle Alabama Corridor includ- sections (c)(91), (c)(92), (c)(93), and (c)(94) are
Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running east- ing the route— designated as Interstate Route I–14.’’.
ward generally following Interstate Route 20, ‘‘(A) beginning at the Alabama-Mississippi AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. BALDERSON
connecting to Texas Highway 158 in the vi- Border generally following portions of I-20 OF OHIO
cinity of Midland, Texas, then following until following a new interstate extension Page 894, line 17, strike ‘‘lane splitting’’
Texas Highway 158 eastward to United States paralleling United States Highway 80 specifi- and insert ‘‘operating between lanes of slow
Route 87 and then following United States cally: or stopped traffic’’.
Route 87 southeastward, passing in the vicin- ‘‘(B) crossing Alabama Route 28 near AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. BEYER OF
ity of San Angelo, Texas, and connecting to Coatopa, Alabama, traveling eastward cross- VIRGINIA
United States Route 190 in the vicinity of ing United States Highway 43 and Alabama Page 499, after line 22, insert the following:
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Brady, Texas; Route 69 near Selma, Alabama, traveling SEC. 1632. STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SUI-
‘‘(B) commencing at the intersection of eastwards closely paralleling United States CIDE PREVENTION NETS AND BAR-
Interstate Route 10 and United States Route Highway 80 to the south crossing over Ala- RIERS FOR STRUCTURES OTHER
190 in Pecos County, Texas, and following bama Routes 22, 41, and 21, until its intersec- THAN BRIDGES.
United States Route 190 to Brady, Texas; tion with I-65 near Hope Hull, Alabama; (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of
‘‘(C) following portions of United States ‘‘(C) continuing east along the proposed the United States shall conduct a study to
Route 190 eastward, passing in the vicinity of Montgomery Outer Loop south of Mont- identify—
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(1) the types of structures, other than SEC. 82503. NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT. (D) the status of withdrawal of such prop-
bridges, that attract a high number of indi- The Secretary shall publish notice of erty from—
the establishment of the Wildlife Ref-
viduals attempting suicide-by-jumping; (i) the Mineral Leasing Act; and
uge in the Federal Register.
(2) the characteristics that distinguish SEC. 82504. BOUNDARIES. (ii) the General Mining Act of 1872; and
structures identified under paragraph (1) (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall in- (E) a recommendation as to whether such
from similar structures that do not attract a clude within the boundaries of the Wildlife property is or is not suitable for inclusion in
high number of individuals attempting sui- Refuge the lands and waters within the the Wildlife Refuge.
cide-by-jumping; Western Riverside County Multiple Species (3) INCLUSION IN WILDLIFE REFUGE.—
(3) the types of nets or barriers that are ef- Habitat Conservation Plan Area (as depicted (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not
fective at reducing suicide-by-jumping with on maps and described in the Final Western later than 60 days after receiving an assess-
respect to the structures identified under Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat ment submitted pursuant to paragraph (1),
paragraph (1); Conservation Plan dated June 17, 2003) that determine if the property described in such
(4) methods of reducing suicide-by-jumping are owned by the Federal government, a assessment is suitable for inclusion in the
with respect to the structures identified State, or a political subdivision of a State on Wildlife Refuge.
under paragraph (1) other than nets and bar- the date of enactment. (B) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary deter-
riers; SEC. 82505. ADMINISTRATION.
mines the property in an assessment sub-
(5) quantitative measures of the effective- mitted under paragraph (1) is suitable for in-
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the establishment
ness of the nets and barriers identified under clusion in the Wildlife Refuge, the head of
of the Wildlife Refuge and thereafter, the
paragraph (3); the Federal department or agency that has
Secretary shall administer all federally
(6) quantitative measures of the effective- jurisdiction of such property shall transfer
owned lands, waters, and interests in the
ness of the additional methods identified such property to the administrative jurisdic-
Wildlife Refuge in accordance with the Na-
under paragraph (4); tion of the Secretary for the purposes of this
tional Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
(7) the entities that typically install the subtitle.
tion Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and
nets and barriers identified under paragraph (4) PROPERTY UNSUITABLE FOR INCLUSION.—
this subtitle. The Secretary may use such
(3); and Property determined by the Secretary to be
additional statutory authority as may be
(8) the costs of the nets and barriers identi- unsuitable for inclusion in the Wildlife Ref-
available to the Secretary for the conserva-
fied under paragraph (3). uge based on an assessment submitted under
tion, management, and restoration of fish
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after paragraph (1) shall be subsequently trans-
and wildlife and natural resources, the devel-
the date of the enactment of this Act, the ferred to the Secretary for purposes of this
opment of compatible wildlife dependent
Comptroller General shall submit to the subtitle by the head of the department or
outdoor recreation opportunities, and the fa-
Committee on Transportation and Infra- agency that has jurisdiction of such property
cilitation of fish and wildlife interpretation
structure and the Committee on Energy and if such property becomes suitable for inclu-
and education as the Secretary considers ap-
Commerce of the House of Representatives sion in the Wildlife Refuge as determined by
propriate to carry out the purposes of this
and the Committee on Health, Education, the Secretary in consultation with the head
subtitle and serve the objectives of the West-
Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on of the department or agency that has juris-
ern Riverside County Multiple Species Habi-
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of diction of such property.
tat Conservation Plan.
the Senate a report on the results of the (5) PUBLIC ACCESS.—If property transferred
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS REGARDING
study conducted under subsection (a). to the Secretary under this subsection al-
NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The Secretary may
enter into cooperative agreements with the lows for public access at the time of transfer,
AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MS. BROWNLEY
State of California, any political subdivision such access shall be maintained unless such
OF CALIFORNIA
thereof, or any other person— access—
Page 192, strike lines 14 through 16 and in- (1) for the management, in a manner con- (A) would be incompatible with the pur-
sert the following: sistent with this subtitle and the Western poses of the Wildlife Refuge;
‘‘(B) Construction or installation of protec- Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat (B) would jeopardize public health or safe-
tive devices (including replacement of func- Conservation Plan, of lands that are owned ty; or
tionally obsolete protective devices) at rail- by such State, subdivision, or other person (C) must be limited due to emergency
way-highway crossings.’’. and located within the boundaries of the circumstances.
AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. CALVERT OF Wildlife Refuge; AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. COHEN OF
CALIFORNIA (2) to promote public awareness of the nat- TENNESSEE
At the end of title II of division L, add the ural resources of the Western Riverside Page 499, after line 22, insert the following:
following: County Multiple Species Habitat Conserva-
SEC. 1632. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON
tion Plan Area; or NATIONAL DUI REPORTING.
Subtitle A—Western Riverside County (3) to encourage public participation in the
Wildlife Refuge. conservation of those resources. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General
of the United States shall conduct a study on
SEC. 82501. ESTABLISHMENT. SEC. 82506. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFERS OF
LANDS AND WATERS FOR WILDLIFE the reporting of alcohol-impaired driving ar-
The Secretary of the Interior (in this sub- REFUGE. rest and citation results into Federal data-
title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), acting (a) ACQUISITIONS.—The Secretary shall ac- bases to facilitate the widespread identifica-
through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, quire by donation, purchase with appro- tion of repeat impaired driving offenders.
shall establish as a national wildlife refuge priated funds, or exchange the lands and (b) INCLUSIONS.—The study conducted
the lands, waters, and interests therein ac- water, or interest therein (including con- under subsection (a) shall include a detailed
quired under section 82504. The national servation easements), within the boundaries assessment of—
wildlife refuge shall be known as the Western of the Wildlife Refuge, except that the lands, (1) the extent to which State and local
Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge water, and interests therein owned by the criminal justice agencies are reporting alco-
(in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Wildlife State of California and its political subdivi- hol-impaired driving arrest and citation re-
Refuge’’). sions may be acquired only by donation. sults into Federal databases;
SEC. 82502. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Wildlife (b) TRANSFERS.— (2) barriers on the Federal, State, and local
Refuge shall be— (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of any Federal levels to the reporting of alcohol-impaired
(1) to conserve, manage, and restore wild- department or agency, including any agency driving arrest and citation results into Fed-
life habitats for the benefit of present and fu- within the Department of the Interior, that eral databases, as well as barriers to the use
ture generations of Americans; has jurisdiction of any Federal property lo- of those systems by criminal justice agen-
(2) to conserve species listed as threatened cated within the boundaries of the Wildlife cies;
or endangered under the Endangered Species Refuge as described by this subtitle shall, (3) Federal, State, and local resources
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or the Cali- not later than 1 year after the date of the en- available to improve the reporting of alco-
fornia Endangered Species Act (California actment of this Act, submit to the Secretary hol-impaired driving arrest and citation re-
Fish and Game Code 2050-2068), or which is a an assessment of the suitability of such sults into Federal databases;
covered species under the Western Riverside property for inclusion in the Wildlife Refuge. (4) recommendations for policies and pro-
County Multiple Species Habitat Conserva- (2) ASSESSMENT.—Any assessment under grams to be carried out by the National
tion Plan; paragraph (1) shall include— Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and
(3) to support the recovery and protection (A) parcel descriptions and best existing (5) recommendations for programs and
grant funding to be authorized by Congress.
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of threatened and endangered species under land surveys for such property;
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. (B) a list of existing special reservations, (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after
1531 et seq.); and designations, or purposes of the property; the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
(4) to provide for wildlife habitat (C) a list of all known or suspected haz- troller General of the United States shall
connectivity and migratory corridors within ardous substance contamination of such submit to the appropriate committees of
the Western Riverside County Multiple Spe- property, and any facilities, surface water, Congress a report on the results of the study
cies Habitat Conservation Plan Area. or groundwater on such property; conducted under subsection (a).
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AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. CRAWFORD the District of Columbia fish and wildlife de- greatest conservation need and the habitat
OF ARKANSAS partment, fish and wildlife departments of of such species.
Page 607, line 7, strike ‘‘Section’’ and in- territories, or to regional associations of fish ‘‘(5) MINIMUM REQUIRED SPENDING FOR EN-
sert ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section’’. and wildlife departments (or any group com- DANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY.—Not less than
Page 607, after line 6, insert the following: posed of more than 1 such entity). an average of 15 percent over a 5-year period
(a) CERTIFICATION.—Section 5323(u)(4) of ‘‘(B) PURPOSE.—Such grants shall be pro- of amounts apportioned to a State, territory,
title 49, United States Code, is amended— vided for the purpose of catalyzing innova- or the District of Columbia from the Sub-
(1) in the heading of subparagraph (A) by tion of techniques, tools, strategies, or col- account shall be used for purposes described
striking ‘‘RAIL’’; and laborative partnerships that accelerate, ex- in paragraph (4)(C). The Secretary may re-
(2) by adding at the end the following: pand, or replicate effective and measurable duce the minimum requirement of a State,
‘‘(C) NONRAIL ROLLING STOCK.—Notwith- recovery efforts for species of greatest con- territory, or the District of Columbia on an
standing subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5), servation need and species listed under the annual basis if the Secretary determines
as a condition of financial assistance made Endangered Species Act of 1973 (15 U.S.C. that the State, territory, or the District of
available in a fiscal year under section 5339, 1531 et seq.) and the habitats of such species. Columbia is meeting the conservation and
a recipient shall certify in that fiscal year ‘‘(C) REVIEW COMMITTEE.—The Secretary recovery needs of all species described in
that the recipient will not award any con- shall appoint a review committee comprised paragraph (4)(C).
tract or subcontract for the procurement of of— ‘‘(6) PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS NOT
rolling stock for use in public transportation ‘‘(i) a State Director from each regional as- REQUIRED.—Funds apportioned from the Sub-
sociation of State fish and wildlife depart-
with a rolling stock manufacturer described account shall not be conditioned upon the
ments;
in paragraph (1).’’. provision of public access to private lands,
‘‘(ii) the head of a department responsible
AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. CUELLAR OF waters, or holdings.
for fish and wildlife management in a terri-
TEXAS ‘‘(7) REQUIREMENTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS.—
tory; and
Page 499, after line 22, insert the fol- ‘‘(A) For the purposes of the non-Federal
‘‘(iii) four individuals representing four dif-
fund matching requirement for a wildlife
lowing:2 ferent nonprofit organizations each of which
conservation or restoration program or
SEC. 1632. FUTURE INTERSTATE DESIGNATION is actively participating in carrying out
AND OPERATION. wildlife conservation restoration activities project funded by the Subaccount, a State,
using funds apportioned from the Sub- territory, or the District of Columbia may
Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Sur-
account. use as matching non-Federal funds—
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is
‘‘(D) SUPPORT FROM UNITED STATES FISH ‘‘(i) funds from Federal agencies other than
amended by inserting ‘‘subclauses (I)
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.—The United States
the Department of the Interior and the De-
through (IX) of subsection (c)(38)(A)(i), sub-
Fish and Wildlife Service shall provide any partment of Agriculture;
section (c)(38)(A)(iv),’’ after ‘‘subsection
personnel or administrative support services ‘‘(ii) donated private lands and waters, in-
(c)(37),’’.
necessary for such Committee to carry out cluding privately owned easements;
AMENDMENT NO. 9 OFFERED BY MRS. DINGELL ‘‘(iii) in circumstances described in sub-
its responsibilities under this Act.
OF MICHIGAN paragraph (B), revenue generated through
‘‘(E) EVALUATION.—Such committee shall
At the end of title III of division L, add the evaluate each proposal submitted under this the sale of State hunting and fishing li-
following: paragraph and recommend projects for fund- censes; and
CHAPTER 4—lll ing. The committee shall give preference to ‘‘(iv) other sources consistent with part 80
solutions that accelerate the recovery of spe- of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, in ef-
Subchapter A—Natural Infrastructure for
cies identified as priorities through regional fect on the date of enactment of the Recov-
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration
scientific assessments of species of greatest ering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019.
SEC. 83411. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(B) Revenue described in subparagraph
conservation need.
This subchapter may be cited as the ‘‘Re- ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds apportioned (A)(iii) may only be used to fulfill the re-
covering America’s Wildlife Act’’. from the Subaccount— quirements of such non-Federal fund match-
SEC. 83412. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RES- ‘‘(A) shall be used to implement the Wild- ing requirement if—
TORATION SUBACCOUNT. life Conservation Strategy of a State, terri- ‘‘(i) no Federal funds apportioned to the
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Pittman- tory, or the District of Columbia, as required State fish and wildlife department of such
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 under 16 U.S.C. 669c(d), by carrying out, re- State from the Wildlife Restoration Program
U.S.C. 669b) is amended— vising, or enhancing existing wildlife and or the Sport Fish Restoration Program have
(1) in subsection (a), by striking habitat conservation and restoration pro- been reverted because of a failure to fulfill
‘‘$50,000,000 in fiscal year 2001’’ in paragraph grams and developing and implementing new such non-Federal fund matching requirement
(2) and inserting ‘‘$1,397,000,000 in fiscal years wildlife conservation, restoration, and nat- by such State during the previous 2 years;
2021 through 2025’’; and ural infrastructure resilience programs and and
(2) in subsection (c), by redesignating para- partnerships to recover and manage species ‘‘(ii) the project or program being funded
graphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (9) and (10); of greatest conservation need and the key benefits the habitat of a hunted or fished
and habitats and plant community types essen- species and a species of greatest conserva-
(3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph tial to the conservation of those species as tion need.
(1) and inserting the following: determined by the appropriate State fish and ‘‘(C) No State, territory or the District of
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBACCOUNT.— wildlife department; Columbia shall be required to provide non-
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in ‘‘(B) shall be used to develop, revise, and Federal matching funds for this program
the fund a subaccount to be known as the enhance the Wildlife Conservation Strategy through fiscal year 2025.
‘Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Sub- of a State, territory, or the District of Co- ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the
account’ (referred to in this section as the lumbia, as may be required by this Act; following definitions apply:
‘Subaccount’). ‘‘(C) shall be used to assist in the recovery ‘‘(A) SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Sub- of species found in the State, territory, or NEED.—The term ‘species of greatest con-
account shall be available upon appropria- the District of Columbia that are listed as servation need’ may be fauna or flora, and
tion, for each fiscal year, for apportionment endangered species, threatened species, can- may include terrestrial, aquatic, marine, and
in accordance with this Act. didate species or species proposed for listing, invertebrate species that are of low popu-
‘‘(C) DEPOSITS INTO SUBACCOUNT.—For fis- or species petitioned for listing under the lation, declining, rare, or facing threats and
cal years 2021 through 2025, the Secretary of Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. in need of conservation attention, as deter-
the Treasury shall transfer $1,300,000,000 1531 et seq.) or under State law; mined by each State fish and wildlife depart-
upon appropriation from the general fund of ‘‘(D) may be used for wildlife conservation ment, with respect to funds apportioned to
the treasury each fiscal year to the fund for education and wildlife-associated recreation such State.
deposit in the Subaccount. projects and infrastructure, especially in his- ‘‘(B) PARTNERSHIPS.—The term ‘partner-
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts torically underserved communities; ships’ may include, but are not limited to,
transferred to the Subaccount shall supple- ‘‘(E) may be used to manage a species of collaborative efforts with Federal agencies,
ment, but not replace, existing funds avail- greatest conservation need whose range is State agencies, local agencies, Indian Tribes,
able to the States from— shared with another State, territory, Indian nonprofit organizations, academic institu-
‘‘(A) the funds distributed pursuant to the Tribe, or foreign government and for the tions, industry groups, and private individ-
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act conservation of the habitat of such species; uals to implement a State’s Wildlife Con-
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(16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.); and ‘‘(F) may be used to manage, control, and servation Strategy.
‘‘(B) the fund. prevent invasive species, disease, and other ‘‘(C) TERRITORY AND TERRITORIES.—The
‘‘(3) INNOVATION GRANTS.— risks to species of greatest conservation terms ‘territory’ and ‘territories’ mean the
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall dis- need; and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Amer-
tribute 10 percent of funds from the Sub- ‘‘(G) may be used for law enforcement ac- ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
account through a competitive grant pro- tivities that are directly related to the pro- Northern Mariana Islands, and the United
gram to State fish and wildlife departments, tection and conservation of a species of States Virgin Islands.
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‘‘(D) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘wildlife’ means covering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019 and (1) ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Account’’ means
any species of wild, freeranging fauna, in- every three years thereafter, each State fish the Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Res-
cluding fish, and also any fauna in captive and wildlife department shall submit a toration Account established by subsection
breeding programs the object of which is to three-year work plan and budget for imple- (c)(1).
reintroduce individuals of a depleted indige- menting its Wildlife Conservation Strategy (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’
nous species into previously occupied and a report describing the results derived has the meaning given such term in section
range.’’. from activities accomplished under para- 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
(b) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF graph (4) during the previous three years cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Pitt- to— (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’
man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Environment and means the Secretary of the Interior.
U.S.C. 669c) is amended— Public Works of the Senate; (4) TRIBAL SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVA-
(1) by redesignating the second subsection ‘‘(2) the Committee on Natural Resources TION NEED.—The term ‘‘Tribal species of
(c), relating to the apportionment of the of the House of Representatives; and greatest conservation need’’ means any spe-
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Ac- ‘‘(3) the United States Fish and Wildlife cies identified by an Indian Tribe as requir-
count, and subsection (d) as subsections (d) Service.’’. ing conservation management because of de-
and (e) respectively; SEC. 83413. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. clining population, habitat loss, or other
(2) in subsection (d), as redesignated— threats, or because of their biological or cul-
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-
(A) in paragraph (1)— tural importance to such Tribe.
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to the (5) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’
U.S.C. 669a) is amended—
District of Columbia and to the Common- means—
wealth of Puerto Rico, each’’ and inserting (1) by striking paragraph (5);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (A) any species of wild flora or fauna in-
‘‘To the District of Columbia’’; cluding fish and marine mammals;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respec-
tively; and (B) flora or fauna in a captive breeding, re-
Guam’’ and inserting ‘‘To Guam’’; habilitation, and holding or quarantine pro-
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘not (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes, gram, the object of which is to reintroduce
more than one-fourth of one percent’’ and in- individuals of a depleted indigenous species
serting ‘‘not less than one-third of one per- academic institutions,’’ before ‘‘wildlife con-
servation organizations’’. into previously occupied range or to main-
cent’’ tain a species for conservation purposes; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following: (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Pitt-
man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 (C) does not include game farm animals.
‘‘(C) To the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (b) TRIBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND
a sum equal to not less than 1 percent there- U.S.C. 669a et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 3— RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—
of.’’; (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), as redesignated— (A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) An amount equal to’’ Treasury an account to be known as the
(i) by amending clause (i) to read as fol- ‘‘Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restora-
lows: and inserting ‘‘An amount equal to’’; and
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); tion Account’’.
‘‘(i) one-half of which is based on the ratio (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Account
to which the land and water area of such (B) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by sec- shall be available for each fiscal year upon
State bears to the total land and water area appropriation for apportionment in accord-
of all such States;’’; tion 101(a)(1), by striking ‘‘or an Indian
tribe’’; and ance with this title.
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘two-thirds’’ (3) DEPOSITS.—For fiscal year 2021 through
and inserting ‘‘one-quarter’’; and (ii) in paragraph (10), as redesignated by
section 101(a)(1), by striking ‘‘Wildlife Con- 2025, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
(iii) by adding at the end the following: transfer $97,500,000 upon appropriation to the
‘‘(iii) one-quarter of which is based upon servation and Restoration Account’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subaccount’’; and Account.
the ratio to which the number of species list- (c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO INDIAN
ed as endangered or threatened under the (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Wildlife
Conservation and Restoration Account’’ and TRIBES.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary of
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (15 U.S.C. the Treasury shall deposit funds into the Ac-
1531 et seq.) in such State bears to the total inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’;
count and distribute such funds through a
number of such species listed in all such (2) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 669c)—
noncompetitive application process accord-
States.’’; (A) in subsection (d), as redesignated—
ing to guidelines, and criteria, and reporting
(C) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ACCOUNT’’
requirements determined by the Secretary of
follows: and inserting ‘‘SUBACCOUNT’’; and the Interior, acting through the Director of
‘‘(B) The amounts apportioned under this (ii) by striking ‘‘Account’’ each place it ap- the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in consultation
paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that pears and inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; and with Indian Tribes. Such funds shall remain
no such State, unless otherwise designated, (B) in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated, by available until expended.
shall be apportioned a sum which is less than striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub- (d) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBIL-
one percent or more than five percent of the account’’; and ITIES.—The distribution guidelines and cri-
amount available for apportionment under— (3) in section 8 (16 U.S.C. 669g), in sub- teria described in subsection (d) shall be
‘‘(i) paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this section; section (a), by striking ‘‘Account’’ and in- based, in part, upon Indian Tribes’ wildlife
‘‘(ii) paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of this section; serting ‘‘Subaccount’’. management responsibilities.
and SEC. 83414. SAVINGS CLAUSE. (e) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(iii) the overall amount available for sec- The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
tion (2)(A). tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) is amended— paragraph (2), the Secretary may distribute
‘‘(C) States that include plants among (1) by redesignating section 13 as section funds from the Account to an Indian Tribe
their species of greatest conservation need 15; and for any of the following purposes:
and in the conservation planning and habitat (2) by inserting after section 12 the fol- (A) To develop, carry out, revise, or en-
prioritization efforts of their Wildlife Con- lowing: hance wildlife conservation and restoration
servation Strategy shall receive an addi- ‘‘SEC. 13. SAVINGS CLAUSE. programs to manage Tribal species of great-
tional 5 percent of their apportioned ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to est conservation need and the habitats of
amount.’’; enlarge or diminish the authority, jurisdic- such species as determined by the Indian
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘3 per- tion, or responsibility of a State to manage, Tribe.
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.85 percent’’; control, or regulate fish and wildlife under (B) To assist in the recovery of species list-
(3) by amending subsection (e)(4)(B), as re- the law and regulations of the State on lands ed as an endangered or threatened species
designated, to read as follows: and waters within the State, including on under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
‘‘(B) Not more than an average of 15 per- Federal lands and waters. U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
cent over a 5-year period of amounts appor- ‘‘SEC. 14. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION WITH RE-
(C) For wildlife conservation education and
tioned to each State under this section for a SPECT TO ALASKA. wildlife-associated recreation projects and
State’s wildlife conservation and restoration ‘‘If any conflict arises between any provi- infrastructure.
program may be used for wildlife conserva- sion of this Act and any provision of the (D) To manage a Tribal species of greatest
tion education and wildlife-associated recre- Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- conservation need and the habitat of such
ation.’’; and tion Act (Public Law 46–487, 16 U.S.C. 3101 et species, the range of which may be shared
(4) by adding at the end following: seq.), then the provision in the Alaska Na- with a foreign country, State, or other In-
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‘‘(f) MINIMIZATION OF PLANNING AND RE- tional Interest Lands Conservation Act shall dian Tribe.
PORTING.—Nothing in this Act shall be inter- prevail.’’. (E) To manage, control, and prevent
preted to require a State to create a com- invasive species as well as diseases and other
Subchapter B—Natural Infrastructure for risks to wildlife.
prehensive strategy related to conservation
Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restoration (F) For law enforcement activities that are
education or outdoor recreation.
‘‘(g) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not more than one SEC. 83421. INDIAN TRIBES. directly related to the protection and con-
year after the date of enactment of the Re- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— servation of wildlife.
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(G) To develop, revise, and implement com- study under this section every 2 years as tana, and the ‘‘Sidney Water Users Irrigation
prehensive wildlife conservation strategies part of the conditions and performance re- District’’ in Richland County, Montana, or
and plans for such Tribe. port, including— any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Com-
(H) For the hiring and training of wildlife (1) progress in the accuracy of model pro- pany or Sidney Water Users Irrigation Dis-
conservation and restoration program staff. jections; trict, as irrigation pumping units of the Pro-
(2) CONDITIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS.— (2) further recommendations for improve- gram for the purposes of wheeling, adminis-
(A) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—In order to be ment; and tration, and payment of project use power.
eligible to receive funds under subsection (d), (3) further changes to guidance, regulation, (c) LIMITATION.—The quantity of power to
a Tribe’s application must include a proposal and procedures required for the Department be provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Com-
to use funds for at least one of the purposes of Transportation to adopt best practices. pany and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of AMENDMENT NO. 11 OFFERED BY MR. GIANFORTE District (including any successor to the
paragraph (1). OF MONTANA Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney
(B) IMPERILED SPECIES RECOVERY.—In dis- Page 1907, after line 24, insert the fol- Water Users Irrigation District) under sub-
tributing funds under this section, the Sec- lowing: section (b) may not exceed the maximum
retary shall distribute not less than 15 per- SEC. 81253. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MIS- quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Ir-
cent of the total funds distributed to pro- SOURI BASIN PROGRAM PROJECT rigation Company and the Sidney Water
posals to fund the recovery of a species, sub- USE POWER BY THE KINSEY IRRIGA- Users Irrigation District under the applica-
species, or distinct population segment list- TION COMPANY AND THE SIDNEY ble contract for electric service in effect on
WATER USERS IRRIGATION DIS- the date of enactment of this Act.
ed as a threatened species, endangered spe-
TRICT.
cies, or candidate species under the Endan- AMENDMENT NO. 12 OFFERED BY MISS
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN OF PUERTO RICO
(1) the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403,
seq.) or Tribal law. Page 1913, after line 18, insert the fol-
chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), authorized
(C) LIMITATION.—In distributing funds lowing:
the completion, maintenance, and operation
under this section, the Secretary shall dis- SEC. 81314. PUERTO RICO WATERSMART GRANTS
of the Fort Peck project;
tribute not more than 15 percent of all funds ELIGIBILITY.
(2) section 2 of that Act (52 Stat. 404, chap-
distributed under this section for the pur- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
ter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833a) authorized and di-
pose described in paragraph (1)(C). cited as the ‘‘Puerto Rico WaterSMART
rected the Bureau of Reclamation—
(f) NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—No In- Grants Eligibility Act’’.
(A) to transmit and sell electric energy
dian Tribe shall be required to provide (b) WATERSMART GRANTS AND AGREE-
generated by the Fort Peck project; and
matching funds to be eligible to receive MENTS.—Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public
(B) ‘‘to interconnect the Fort Peck project
funds under this Act. Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C.
with either private or with other Federal
(g) PUBLIC ACCESS NOT REQUIRED.—Funds 10364) is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A)—
projects and publicly owned power systems
apportioned from the Tribal Wildlife Con- (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’;
now or hereafter constructed.’’;
servation and Restoration Account shall not (2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ and in-
(3) section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944
be conditioned upon the provision of public serting ‘‘or’’; and
(commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act
or non-Tribal access to Tribal or private (3) by inserting after clause (iii), the fol-
of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665)—
lands, waters, or holdings. lowing:
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the funds (A) authorized the Missouri River Basin
Project, now known as the ‘‘Pick-Sloan Mis- ‘‘(iv) Puerto Rico; and’’.
deposited under subsection (c)(3) for each fis-
souri Basin Program’’ (referred to in this AMENDMENT NO. 13 OFFERED BY MISS
cal year, not more than 3 percent shall be
section as the ‘‘Program’’); GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN OF PUERTO RICO
used by the Secretary for administrative
costs. (B) approved the comprehensive plan for Page 797, after line 5, insert the following:
(i) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act the Program set forth in Senate Document SEC. 4310.
APPLICATION OF COMMERCIAL
shall be construed as modifying or abro- 191 and House Document 475, as revised and MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.
gating a treaty with any Indian Tribe, or as coordinated by Senate Document 247, 78th (a) DEFINITION.—Section 31301(14) of title
enlarging or diminishing the authority, ju- Congress; 49, United States Code, is amended—
risdiction, or responsibility of an Indian (C) established a permanent administra- (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting a
Tribe to manage, control, or regulate wild- tion for the development of the Missouri comma; and
life. River Basin; and (2) by inserting ‘‘, and Puerto Rico’’ before
(D) incorporated the Fort Peck project as the period.
AMENDMENT NO. 10 OFFERED BY MR. GARCÍA OF
part of the Program; (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator
ILLINOIS
(4) in 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation en- of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
Page 389, line 25, insert ‘‘, and make rec- tered into project use power contracts to istration shall work with the Commonwealth
ommendations for developing and utilizing provide the Kinsey Irrigation Company and of Puerto Rico on obtaining full compliance
transportation and traffic demand models the predecessor of the Sidney Water Users Ir- with chapter 313 of title 49, United States
with a demonstrated record of accuracy’’ be- rigation District electrical service under the Code, and regulations adopted under that
fore the period. authority of the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. chapter.
Page 390, line 13, insert ‘‘, including an 403, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.); (c) GRACE PERIOD.—Notwithstanding sec-
analysis of the level of accuracy of forecasts (5) since 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation tion 31311(a) of title 49, United States Code,
and possible reasons for large discrepancies’’ has approved 9 modifications to the project during a 5-year period beginning on the date
before the semicolon. use power contracts between the Bureau of of enactment of this Act, the Commonwealth
Page 392, after line 14, insert the following: Reclamation, the Kinsey Irrigation Com- of Puerto Rico shall not be subject to a with-
(5) WORKING WITH AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.— pany, and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation holding of an apportionment of funds under
In carrying out this section, the Secretary District; paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) of
shall consult with, and collect data and (6) the project use power contracts in effect title 23, United States Code, for failure to
input from, representatives of— on the date of enactment of this Act provide comply with any requirement under section
(A) the Department of Transportation; electric service to the Kinsey Irrigation 31311(a) of title 49, United States Code.
(B) State departments of transportation; Company and the Sidney Water Users Irriga- AMENDMENT NO. 14 OFFERED BY MR. GRAVES OF
(C) metropolitan planning organizations; tion District at the Program rate of 2.5 mills LOUISIANA
(D) local governments; per kilowatt-hour, including wheeling,
(E) providers of public transportation; On page 1975, line 16, after ‘‘fishing vessel’’
through 2020; and insert ‘‘or employ a fisherman that has been
(F) nonprofit entities related to transpor- (7) the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the
tation, including safety, cycling, disability, significantly impacted by unfair methods of
Sidney Water Users Irrigation District have competition or other actions from foreign
and equity groups; and reasonably relied on the authority of the Act
(G) any other stakeholders, as determined governments, as determined by the United
of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter 250; 16 States Trade Representative, to supplant do-
by the Secretary. U.S.C. 833 et seq.), and the fact that the Bu-
Page 392, after line 24, insert the following: mestic seafood production or fish products;’’.
reau of Reclamation has treated the Kinsey
(d) UPDATE GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS.— AMENDMENT NO. 15 OFFERED BY MR. GROTHMAN
Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water
The Secretary shall— OF WISCONSIN
Users Irrigation District as irrigation pump-
(1) update Department of Transportation ing units of the Program for more than 74 Page 1540, after line 17, insert the fol-
guidance and procedures to utilize best prac- years. lowing:
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tices documented throughout the Federal (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any SEC. 33178. CONSIDERATION OF INVASIVE SPE-
program; and other provision of law and subject to sub- CIES.
(2) ensure that best practices included in section (c), the Secretary of the Interior Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16
the report are incorporated into appropriate (acting through the Commissioner of Rec- U.S.C. 811) is amended by inserting ‘‘In pre-
regulations as such regulations are updated. lamation) shall continue to treat the irriga- scribing a fishway, the Secretary of Com-
(e) CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT.—The Sec- tion pumping units known as the ‘‘Kinsey Ir- merce or the Secretary of the Interior, as ap-
retary shall set out a process to repeat the rigation Company’’ in Custer County, Mon- propriate, shall consider the threat of
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invasive species.’’ before ‘‘The license appli- extent possible, including emissions from all (I) is captured directly from the ambient
cant and any party to the proceeding shall fossil fuel production, generation, delivery, air; and
be entitled to a determination on the and utilization. (II) is measured at the source of capture
record,’’. ‘‘(10) Preventing, predicting, monitoring, and verified at the point of disposal, injec-
AMENDMENT NO. 16 OFFERED BY MR. HASTINGS and mitigating the unintended leaking of tion, or utilization.
OF FLORIDA methane, carbon dioxide, and other fossil (ii) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘qualified carbon
fuel-related emissions into the atmosphere. dioxide’’ includes the initial deposit of cap-
Page 198, line 12, strike the closing tured carbon dioxide used as a tertiary
‘‘(11) Reducing water use, improving water
quotation marks and the semicolon and in- injectant.
reuse, and minimizing the surface and sub-
sert the following: (iii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘qualified car-
surface environmental impact of the devel-
‘‘(20) roads in rural areas that primarily bon dioxide’’ does not include carbon dioxide
opment of unconventional domestic oil and
serve to transport agricultural products that is recaptured, recycled, and reinjected
natural gas resources.
from a farm or ranch to a marketplace.’’; as part of the enhanced oil and natural gas
‘‘(12) Developing carbon removal and utili-
Page 205, strike lines 12 through 21 and in- recovery process.
zation technologies, products, and methods
sert the following: (B) QUALIFIED DIRECT AIR CAPTURE FACIL-
that result in net reductions in greenhouse
(8) in subsection (g)— ITY.—
gas emissions, including direct air capture
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), the
and storage and carbon use and reuse for
inserting ‘‘50,000’’; and term ‘‘qualified direct air capture facility’’
commercial application.’’.
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking subsection means any facility that—
(d)(1)(A)(ii) and all that follows through the (c) CARBON CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION TECH-
NOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM.—
(I) uses carbon capture equipment to cap-
period at the end and inserting ‘‘clauses (iii) ture carbon dioxide directly from the ambi-
and (iv) of subsection (d)(1)(A) for each fiscal (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall establish a carbon capture and ent air; and
year may be obligated on roads functionally (II) captures more than 10,000 metric tons
classified as rural minor collectors or local utilization technology commercialization
program to significantly improve the effi- of qualified carbon dioxide annually.
roads or on critical rural freight corridors (ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘qualified direct
designated under section 167(e).’’. ciency, effectiveness, cost, and environ-
air capture facility’’ does not include any fa-
mental performance of fossil fuel-fired facili-
AMENDMENT NO. 17 OFFERED BY MR. KELLER OF cility that captures carbon dioxide—
ties.
PENNSYLVANIA (I) that is deliberately released from natu-
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The program shall include
Page 674, after line 2, insert the following: rally occurring subsurface springs; or
funding for—
(II) using natural photosynthesis.
SEC. 2806. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INNOVA- (A) front end engineering design studies for
TION. (2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year
commercial demonstration projects for at
after the date of enactment of this section,
Section 5312(h)(2) of title 49, United States least 3 types of advanced carbon capture
the Secretary of Energy, in consultation
Code, is amended by striking subparagraph technology and at least 1 type of direct air
with the Administrator of the Environ-
(G). capture technology;
mental Protection Agency, shall establish a
AMENDMENT NO. 18 OFFERED BY MR. (B) commercial demonstration of advanced direct air capture prize program designed to
KRISHNAMOORTHI OF ILLINOIS carbon capture technology projects intended significantly reward development, dem-
to produce a standard design specification onstration, and deployment of direct air cap-
Page 731, line 22, strike ‘‘(B) and (C)’’ and
for up to 5 demonstrations of a particular ture technologies.
insert ‘‘(B), (C), and (D)’’.
technology type; (3) DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PRIZE PROGRAM.—
Page 732, after line 14, insert the following:
(C) commercial demonstration of direct air (A) AWARDS.—Under the prize program, the
‘‘(D) TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.—Notwith-
capture technology projects intended to Secretary shall provide financial awards in a
standing subparagraphs (B) and (C), a State
produce a standard design specification for competitive setting equally for each ton of
shall be allocated 25 percent of the amount
up to 5 demonstrations of a particular tech- qualified carbon dioxide captured by a quali-
calculated under subparagraph (A) if such
nology type; and fied direct air capture facility until appro-
State has enacted and is enforcing a law that
(D) commercialization projects of large- priated funds are expended. The prize per
prohibits a driver from viewing a personal
scale carbon dioxide storage sites in saline metric ton shall not exceed—
wireless communication device, except for
geological formations that are designed to (i) $180 for qualified carbon dioxide cap-
the purpose of navigation.’’.
accept at least 10,000,000 tons per year of car- tured and stored in saline storage forma-
AMENDMENT NO. 19 OFFERED BY MR. bon dioxide, including activities exploring, tions;
LOWENTHAL OF CALIFORNIA categorizing, and developing storage sites (ii) a lesser amount as determined by the
Page 934, after line 19, insert the following: and necessary pipeline infrastructure. Secretary for qualified carbon dioxide cap-
SEC. llll. UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC IDENTI- (3) FUNDING.— tured and stored in conjunction with en-
FIER. (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— hanced oil recovery operations; or
Not later than 2 years after the date of en- There are authorized to be appropriated for (iii) a lesser amount as determined by the
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall activities— Secretary for qualified carbon dioxide cap-
issue a final motor vehicle safety standard (i) under paragraph (2)(A), $100,000,000 for tured and utilized in any activity consistent
that requires a commercial motor vehicle each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, and with section 45Q(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue
manufactured after the effective date of such such sums as may be necessary for fiscal Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 45Q(f)(5)).
standard to be equipped with a universal years 2026 through 2030; (B) ADMINISTRATION.—
electronic vehicle identifier that— (ii) under paragraph (2)(B), $1,500,000,000 for (i) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 1 year
(1) identifies the vehicle to roadside inspec- each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, and after the date of enactment of this section,
tors for enforcement purposes; such sums as may be necessary for fiscal the Administrator, in consultation with the
(2) does not transmit personally identifi- years 2026 through 2030; Secretary, shall submit requirements for
able information regarding operators; and (iii) under paragraph (2)(C), $250,000,000 for qualifying metric tons of carbon dioxide. In
(3) does not create an undue cost burden each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, and carrying out this clause, the Administrator
for operators and carriers. such sums as may be necessary for fiscal shall develop specific requirements for—
AMENDMENT NO. 20 OFFERED BY MR. MCKINLEY
years 2026 through 2030; and (I) the process of applying for prizes; and
OF WEST VIRGINIA
(iv) under paragraph (2)(D), $500,000,000 for (II) the demonstration of performance of
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, and approved projects.
In division G, at the end of subtitle A of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal (ii) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of deter-
title III, add the following: years 2026 through 2030. mining the amount of metric tons of quali-
CHAPTER 10—CARBON CAPTURE (B) COST SHARING.—Federal grants under fied carbon dioxide eligible for prizes under
UTILIZATION AND STORAGE this section shall be limited as follows: clause (i), the amount shall be equal to the
SEC. 33191. SUPPORTING CARBON CAPTURE UTI- (i) For activities under paragraph (2)(A), net metric tons of carbon dioxide removal
LIZATION AND STORAGE. the Secretary shall provide not more than 80 demonstrated by the recipient, subject to the
(a) REPEAL OF CLEAN COAL POWER INITIA- percent of project funds. requirements set forth by the Administrator
TIVE.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Energy (ii) For activities under any of subpara- under such clause.
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15961 et seq.) is graphs (B) through (D) of paragraph (2), the (C) SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary
repealed. Secretary shall provide not more than 50 per- shall award prizes on an annual basis to
(b) FOSSIL ENERGY OBJECTIVES.—Section cent of project funds. qualified direct air capture facilities for met-
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961(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 (d) DIRECT AIR CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY PRIZE ric tons of qualified carbon dioxide captured
U.S.C. 16291(a)) is amended by adding at the PROGRAM.— and verified at the point of disposal, injec-
end the following: (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: tion, or utilization.
‘‘(8) Improving the conversion, use, and (A) QUALIFIED CARBON DIOXIDE.— (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
storage of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified car- There are authorized to be appropriated to
‘‘(9) Lowering greenhouse gas emissions bon dioxide’’ means any carbon dioxide carry out this subsection $200,000,000 for the
across the fossil fuel cycle to the maximum that— period of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, and
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$400,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 section (h), the Administrator use not more (b) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
through 2030, to remain available until ex- than 20 percent to make grants to commu- ROAD.—
pended. nities with populations not greater than (1) CONSTRUCTION.—After the Secretary ac-
(e) INCREASED FUNDING FOR INJECTION WELL 10,000. quires the land pursuant to subsection (a),
PERMITTING.— ‘‘(c) COST-SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the Secretary shall construct on that land a
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— the costs of an activity carried out using a paved road that is generally located over
For activities involved in the permitting by grant under subsection (b) shall be 25 per- Best Road to facilitate access to the Desert
the Administrator of the Environmental cent. Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, Cali-
Protection Agency of Class VI wells for the ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may fornia.
injection of carbon dioxide for the purpose of waive the cost-share requirement of sub- (2) MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary—
geologic sequestration in accordance with section (c) if the Administrator determines (A) shall maintain and manage the road
the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water such cost-share would be financially unrea- constructed pursuant to paragraph (1); or
Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) and regulations sonable due to a community’s ability to (B) enter into an agreement with Riverside
promulgated thereunder by the Adminis- comply with such cost-share requirement. County, California, to own, maintain and
trator on December 10, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. ‘‘(e) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.— manage the road constructed pursuant to
77230), there are authorized to be appro- ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 days paragraph (1).
priated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 after the date of enactment of this section,
AMENDMENT NO. 23 OFFERED BY MR. SARBANES
through 2025, and such sums as may be nec- the Administrator shall issue guidance to
OF MARYLAND
essary for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. owners and operators of publicly owned
treatment works on how to apply for assist- Insert the following at the end of title III
(2) STATE PERMITTING PROGRAMS.—
ance. of division L:
(A) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall pro-
vide grants to States that receive program ‘‘(2) DECISION ON APPLICATIONS.—The Ad- CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS
approval for permitting Class VI wells for ministrator shall make a determination of SEC. 83501 REAUTHORIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE
the injection of carbon dioxide pursuant to whether to make a grant to an applicant BAY GATEWAYS AND WATERTRAILS
section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act within 30 days of receipt of an application. In NETWORK.
(42 U.S.C. 300h–1), for the purpose of defray- the case that the Administrator determines Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Ini-
ing State expenses related to the establish- an application is deficient, the applicant tiative Act of 1998 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Pub-
ment and operation of such State permitting shall be advised of any such deficiencies and lic Law 105–312) is amended by striking
programs. provided the opportunity to resubmit the ap- ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— plication. AMENDMENT NO. 24 OFFERED BY MR. SCOTT OF
For State grants described in subparagraph ‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT.—A grant shall be made VIRGINIA
(A), there are authorized to be appropriated not later than 60 days after the date on
At the end of division H, add the following:
$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 which the Administrator approves an appli-
SEC. 40002. DEFINITIONS.
through 2025, and such sums as may be nec- cation.
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICA.—The In this division:
essary for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. (1) CHESAPEAKE BAY AGREEMENTS.—The
requirements of section 608 shall apply to
AMENDMENT NO. 21 OFFERED BY MR. ROUDA OF term ‘‘Chesapeake Bay agreements’’ means
funds granted under this section.
CALIFORNIA ‘‘(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the formal, voluntary agreements—
Page 1220, after line 11, insert the fol- 180 days after the date of enactment of this (A) executed to achieve the goal of restor-
lowing: subsection, and annually thereafter, the Ad- ing and protecting the Chesapeake Bay wa-
TITLE VI—OTHER MATTERS ministrator shall submit to Congress a re- tershed ecosystem and the living resources
SEC. 26001. SMART WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN- port describing projects funded under this of the Chesapeake Bay watershed ecosystem;
VESTMENT GRANTS. section, results in improving the resiliency and
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution of publicly owned treatment works, and rec- (B) signed by the Chesapeake Executive
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amend- ommendations to improve the achievement Council.
ed by adding at the end the following: of the program’s policy. For purposes of the (2) CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM.—The term
‘‘SEC. 222. SMART WASTEWATER INFRASTRUC- first report to Congress, the Administrator ‘‘Chesapeake Bay program’’ means the pro-
TURE TECHNOLOGY. shall report on the program’s implementa- gram directed by the Chesapeake Executive
‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United tion, including a description of projects ap- Council in accordance with the Chesapeake
States to support the modernization of the proved and those disapproved. In providing Bay agreements.
Nation’s publicly owned treatment works to such information, the Administrator shall (3) CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED.—The term
maintain reliable and affordable water qual- detail the reasons that a project was not ‘‘Chesapeake Bay watershed’’ means the re-
ity infrastructure that addresses demand im- awarded assistance. gion that covers—
pacts, including resiliency to improve public ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (A) the Chesapeake Bay;
health and natural resources. There is authorized to be appropriated (B) the portions of the States of Delaware,
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— $500,000,000 to carry out this section, to re- Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Vir-
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO TREATMENT WORKS.—The main available until expended.’’. ginia, and West Virginia that drain into the
Administrator shall make direct grants to AMENDMENT NO. 22 OFFERED BY MR. RUIZ OF Chesapeake Bay; and
owners and operators of publicly owned CALIFORNIA (C) the District of Columbia.
treatment works for planning, design, con- After section 34105, insert the following: (4) CHESAPEAKE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.—The
struction, and operations training of— SEC. 34106. ACCESS ROAD FOR DESERT SAGE term ‘‘Chesapeake Executive Council’’
‘‘(A) intelligent wastewater collection sys- YOUTH WELLNESS CENTER. means the council comprised of—
tems and stormwater management oper- (a) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— (A) the Governors of each of the States of
ations, including technologies that rely on— (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsyl-
‘‘(i) real-time monitoring, embedded intel- Health and Human Services, acting through vania, Virginia, and West Virginia;
ligence, and predictive maintenance capa- the Director of the Indian Health Service, is (B) the Mayor of the District of Columbia;
bilities that improve the energy efficiency, authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, (C) the Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Com-
reliability, and resiliency of wastewater the land in Hemet, California, upon which is mission; and
pumping systems; located a dirt road known as ‘‘Best Road’’, (D) the Administrator of the Environ-
‘‘(ii) real-time sensors that provide contin- beginning at the driveway of the Desert Sage mental Protection Agency.
uous monitoring of wastewater collection Youth Wellness Center at Faure Road and (5) CHESAPEAKE WILD PROGRAM.—The term
system water quality to support the optimi- extending to the junction of Best Road and ‘‘Chesapeake WILD program’’ means the
zation of stormwater and wastewater collec- Sage Road. nonregulatory program established by the
tion systems, with a priority for water qual- (2) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall Secretary under section 40003(a).
ity impacts; and pay fair market value for the land author- (6) GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘grant pro-
‘‘(iii) the use of artificial intelligence and ized to be acquired under paragraph (1). Fair gram’’ means the Chesapeake Watershed In-
other intelligent optimization tools that re- market value shall be determined— vestments for Landscape Defense grant pro-
duce operational costs, including operational (A) using Uniform Appraisal Standards for gram established by the Secretary under sec-
costs relating to energy consumption and Federal Land Acquisitions; and tion 40004(a).
chemical treatment; and (B) by an appraiser acceptable to the Sec- (7) RESTORATION AND PROTECTION ACTIV-
‘‘(B) innovative and alternative combined retary and the owners of the land to be ac- ITY.—The term ‘‘restoration and protection
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sewer and stormwater control projects, in- quired. activity’’ means an activity carried out for
cluding groundwater banking, that rely upon (3) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.—In addition to the the conservation, stewardship, and enhance-
real-time data acquisition to support pre- land referred to in paragraph (1), the Sec- ment of habitat for fish and wildlife—
dictive aquifer recharge through water reuse retary is authorized to acquire, from willing (A) to preserve and improve ecosystems
and stormwater management capabilities. sellers, land or interests in land as reason- and ecological processes on which the fish
‘‘(2) RURAL COMMUNITIES SET-ASIDE.—Of ably necessary to construct and maintain and wildlife depend; and
amounts appropriated pursuant to sub- the road as required by subsection (b). (B) for use and enjoyment by the public.
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(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (A) the Administrator of the Environ- after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
means the Secretary of the Interior, acting mental Protection Agency; a report describing the implementation of
through the Director of the United States (B) the Administrator of the National Oce- sections 40002 through 40006 of this Act, in-
Fish and Wildlife Service. anic and Atmospheric Administration; cluding a description of each project that has
SEC. 40003. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. (C) the Chief of the Natural Resources Con- received funding under this Act.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 servation Service; SEC. 40006.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
days after the date of enactment of this Act, (D) the Chief of Engineers; TIONS.
the Secretary shall establish a nonregula- (E) the Director of the United States Geo- (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to
tory program, to be known as the ‘‘Chesa- logical Survey; be appropriated such sums as are necessary
peake Watershed Investments for Landscape (F) the Secretary of Transportation; to carry out sections 40002 through 40006 of
Defense program’’. (G) the Chief of the Forest Service; and this Act.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Chesa- (H) the head of any other applicable agen- (b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds
peake WILD program include— cy; made available under subsection (a) shall
(1) coordinating restoration and protection (2) the Governors of each of the States of supplement, and not supplant, funding for
activities among Federal, State, local, and Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsyl- other activities conducted by the Secretary
regional entities and conservation partners vania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed; Mayor of the District of Columbia; AMENDMENT NO. 25 OFFERED BY MR. WALBERG
(2) engaging other agencies and organiza- (3) fish and wildlife joint venture partner- OF MICHIGAN
tions to build a broader range of partner sup- ships; and
port, capacity, and potential funding for Page 718, line 15, strike ‘‘race and eth-
(4) other public agencies and organizations
projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; nicity’’ and insert ‘‘race, ethnicity, and
with authority for the planning and imple-
(3) carrying out coordinated restoration mode of transportation’’.
mentation of conservation strategies in the
and protection activities, and providing for Chesapeake Bay watershed. AMENDMENT NO. 26 OFFERED BY MR. WALDEN OF
technical assistance, throughout the Chesa- OREGON
SEC. 40004. GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-
peake Bay watershed— ANCE. Page 157, after line 23, insert the following:
(A) to sustain and enhance restoration and
(a) CHESAPEAKE WILD GRANT PROGRAM.—To SEC. 1118. FEDERAL GRANTS FOR PEDESTRIAN
protection activities;
the extent that funds are made available to AND BIKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
(B) to improve and maintain water quality
carry out this section, the Secretary shall (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any pro-
to support fish and wildlife, habitats of fish
establish and carry out, as part of the Chesa- vision of title 23, United States Code, or any
and wildlife, and drinking water for people;
peake WILD program, a voluntary grant and regulation issued by the Secretary of Trans-
(C) to sustain and enhance water manage-
technical assistance program, to be known portation, section 129(a)(3) of such title shall
ment for volume and flood damage mitiga-
as the ‘‘Chesapeake Watershed Investments not apply to a covered public authority that
tion improvements to benefit fish and wild-
for Landscape Defense grant program’’, to receives funding under such title for pedes-
life habitat;
provide competitive matching grants of trian and bike safety improvements.
(D) to improve opportunities for public ac-
varying amounts and technical assistance to (b) NO TOLL.—A covered public authority
cess and recreation in the Chesapeake Bay
eligible entities described in subsection (b) may not charge a toll, fee, or other levy for
watershed consistent with the ecological
to carry out activities described in section use of such improvements.
needs of fish and wildlife habitat;
40003(b). (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A covered public au-
(E) to facilitate strategic planning to
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following enti- thority shall be eligible for the exemption
maximize the resilience of natural eco-
ties are eligible to receive a grant and tech- under subsection (a) for 10 years after the
systems and habitats under changing water-
nical assistance under the grant program: date of enactment of this Act. Any such ex-
shed conditions;
(1) A State. emption granted shall remain in effect after
(F) to utilize green infrastructure or nat-
(2) The District of Columbia. the effective date described in this section.
ural infrastructure best management prac-
(3) A unit of local government. (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the fol-
tices to enhance fish and wildlife habitat;
(4) A nonprofit organization. lowing definitions apply:
(G) to engage the public through outreach,
(5) An institution of higher education. (1) COVERED PUBLIC AUTHORITY.—The term
education, and citizen involvement to in-
(6) Any other entity that the Secretary de- ‘‘covered public authority’’ means a public
crease capacity and support for coordinated
termines to be appropriate in accordance authority with jurisdiction over a toll facil-
restoration and protection activities in the
with the criteria established under sub- ity located within both—
Chesapeake Bay watershed;
section (c). (A) a National Scenic Area; and
(H) to sustain and enhance vulnerable com-
(c) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in consulta- (B) the National Trail System.
munities and fish and wildlife habitat;
tion with officials and entities described in (2) NATIONAL SCENIC AREA.—The term ‘‘Na-
(I) to conserve and restore fish, wildlife,
section 40003(d), shall establish criteria for tional Scenic Area’’ means an area of the Na-
and plant corridors; and
the grant program to help ensure that activi- tional Forest System federally designated as
(J) to increase scientific capacity to sup-
ties funded under this section— a National Scenic Area in recognition of the
port the planning, monitoring, and research
(1) accomplish 1 or more of the purposes outstanding natural, scenic, and recreational
activities necessary to carry out coordinated
described in section 40003(b); and values of the area.
restoration and protection activities.
(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Chesa- (2) advance the implementation of priority (3) NATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM.—The term
peake WILD program, the Secretary shall— actions or needs identified in the Chesapeake ‘‘National Trail System’’ means an area de-
(1) draw on existing plans for the Chesa- Bay watershed-wide strategy adopted under scribed in section 3 of the National Trails
peake Bay watershed, or portions of the section 40003(c)(2). System Act (16 U.S.C. 1242).
Chesapeake Bay watershed, including the (d) COST SHARING.— (4) PUBLIC AUTHORITY; TOLL FACILITY.—The
Chesapeake Bay agreements, and work in (1) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SHARE.— terms ‘‘public authority’’ and ‘‘toll facility’’
consultation with applicable management The Department of the Interior share of the have the meanings such terms would have if
entities, including Chesapeake Bay program cost of a project funded under the grant pro- such terms were included in chapter 1 of title
partners, such as the Federal Government, gram shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 23, United States Code.
State and local governments, the Chesa- cost of the project, as determined by the Sec- AMENDMENT NO. 27 OFFERED BY MR. WELCH OF
peake Bay Commission, and other regional retary. VERMONT
organizations, as appropriate, to identify, (2) NON-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SHARE.—
In subtitle B of title III of division G,
prioritize, and implement restoration and strike subchapter A of chapter 1 and insert
protection activities within the Chesapeake (A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Department of
the Interior share of the cost of a project the following:
Bay watershed;
funded under the grant program may be pro- Subchapter A—HOPE for HOMES
(2) adopt a Chesapeake Bay watershed-wide
strategy that— vided in cash or in the form of an in-kind SEC. 33201. DEFINITIONS.
(A) supports the implementation of a contribution of services or materials. In this subchapter:
shared set of science-based restoration and (B) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING.—Non-Depart- (1) CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION.—The term
protection activities developed in accordance ment of the Interior Federal funds may be ‘‘contractor certification’’ means an indus-
with paragraph (1); and used for not more than 25 percent of the try recognized certification that may be ob-
(B) targets cost-effective projects with total cost of a project funded under the grant tained by a residential contractor to advance
measurable results; and program. the expertise and education of the contractor
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may
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(3) establish the grant program in accord- in energy efficiency retrofits of residential
ance with section 40004. enter into an agreement to manage the grant buildings, including—
(d) COORDINATION.—In establishing the program with an organization that offers (A) a certification provided by—
Chesapeake WILD program, the Secretary grant management services. (i) the Building Performance Institute;
shall consult, as appropriate, with— SEC. 40005. REPORTING. (ii) the Air Conditioning Contractors of
(1) the heads of Federal agencies, includ- Not later than 180 days after the date of America;
ing— enactment of this Act, and annually there- (iii) the National Comfort Institute;
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(iv) the North American Technician Excel- (15) MODERATE INCOME.—The term ‘‘mod- teria for approval of a course for which a
lence; erate income’’ means, with respect to a credit, to be known as a HOPE training sup-
(v) RESNET; household, a household with an annual in- plemental credit, may be issued, including
(vi) the United States Green Building come that is less than 80 percent of the area that such course provides—
Council; or median income, as determined annually by (1) training related to—
(vii) Home Innovation Research Labs; and the Department of Housing and Urban Devel- (A) small business success, including man-
(B) any other certification the Secretary opment. agement, home energy efficiency software,
determines appropriate for purposes of the (16) PARTIAL SYSTEM REBATE.—The term or general accounting principles;
Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Pro- ‘‘partial system rebate’’ means a rebate pro- (B) the issuance of a home valuation cer-
gram. vided in accordance with section 33203A. tification;
(2) CONTRACTOR COMPANY.—The term ‘‘con- (17) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (C) the use of wifi-enabled technology in an
tractor company’’ means a company— means the Secretary of Energy. energy efficiency upgrade; or
(A) the business of which is to provide (18) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes— (D) understanding and being able to par-
services to residential building owners with (A) a State; ticipate in the Home Energy Savings Ret-
respect to HVAC systems, insulation, air (B) the District of Columbia; rofit Rebate Program; and
sealing, or other services that are approved (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (2) as the Secretary determines appro-
by the Secretary; (D) Guam; priate, an appropriate assessment of such
(B) that holds the licenses and insurance (E) American Samoa; training that may include a final exam, to be
(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern proctored on-site or through remote
required by the State in which the company
Mariana Islands; proctoring, or an in-person field exam.
provides services; and
(G) the United States Virgin Islands; and (c) EXISTING APPROVED COURSES.—The Sec-
(C) that provides services for which a par-
(H) any other territory or possession of the retary may approve a course that meets the
tial system rebate, measured performance
United States. applicable criteria established under this
rebate, or modeled performance rebate may
(19) STATE ENERGY OFFICE.—The term section that is approved by the applicable
be provided pursuant to the Home Energy
‘‘State energy office’’ means the office or State energy office or relevant State agency
Savings Retrofit Rebate Program.
agency of a State responsible for developing with oversight authority for residential en-
(3) ENERGY AUDIT.—The term ‘‘energy the State energy conservation plan for the
audit’’ means an inspection, survey, and ergy efficiency programs.
State under section 362 of the Energy Policy (d) IN-PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING.—An
analysis of the energy use of a building, in- and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322).
cluding the building envelope and HVAC sys- online course approved pursuant to this sec-
PART 1—HOPE TRAINING tion may be conducted in-person, but may
tem.
(4) HOME.—The term ‘‘home’’ means a resi- SEC. 33202. NOTICE FOR HOPE QUALIFICATION not be offered exclusively in-person.
TRAINING AND GRANTS. SEC. 33202B. HOPE QUALIFICATION.
dential dwelling unit in a building with no
more than 4 dwelling units that— Not later than 30 days after the date of en- (a) ISSUANCE OF CREDITS.—
actment of this Act, the Secretary, acting (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or an enti-
(A) is located in the United States;
through the Director of the Building Tech- ty authorized by the Secretary pursuant to
(B) was constructed before the date of en-
nologies Office of the Department of Energy, paragraph (2), may issue—
actment of this Act; and
shall issue a notice that includes— (A) a HOPE training task credit to any in-
(C) is occupied at least 6 months out of the
(1) criteria established under section dividual that completes a course that meets
year.
33202A for approval by the Secretary of applicable criteria under section 33202A; and
(5) HOME ENERGY SAVINGS RETROFIT REBATE
courses for which credits may be issued for (B) a HOPE training supplemental credit
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Home Energy Savings
purposes of a HOPE Qualification; to any individual that completes a course
Retrofit Rebate Program’’ means the Home (2) a list of courses that meet such criteria
Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program es- that meets the applicable criteria under sec-
and are so approved; and
tablished under section 33203. tion 33202A.
(3) information on how individuals and en-
(6) HOMEOWNER.—The term ‘‘homeowner’’ (2) OTHER ENTITIES.—The Secretary may
tities may apply for grants under this part.
means the owner of an owner-occupied home authorize a State energy office imple-
SEC. 33202A. COURSE CRITERIA.
or a tenant-occupied home. menting an authorized program under sub-
(a) HOPE TRAINING TASK CREDIT.— section (b)(2), an organization described in
(7) HOME VALUATION CERTIFICATION.—The (1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall estab-
term ‘‘home valuation certification’’ means section 33202C(b), and any other entity the
lish criteria for approval of a course for
the following home assessments: Secretary determines appropriate, to issue
which a credit, to be known as a HOPE train-
(A) Home Energy Score. HOPE training credits in accordance with
ing task credit, may be issued, including
(B) PEARL Certification. paragraph (1).
that such course—
(C) National Green Building Standard. (b) HOPE QUALIFICATION.—
(A) is equivalent to at least 30 hours in
(D) LEED. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may certify
total course time;
(E) Any other assessment the Secretary de- that an individual has achieved a qualifica-
(B) is accredited by the Interstate Renew-
termines to be appropriate. tion, to be known as a HOPE Qualification,
able Energy Council or is determined to be
(8) HOPE QUALIFICATION.—The term ‘‘HOPE that indicates that the individual has re-
equivalent by the Secretary;
Qualification’’ means the qualification de- ceived at least 3 HOPE training credits, of
(C) is, with respect to a particular job,
scribed in section 33202B. which at least 2 shall be HOPE training task
aligned with the relevant National Renew-
(9) HOPE TRAINING CREDIT.—The term credits.
able Energy Laboratory Job Task Analysis,
‘‘HOPE training credit’’ means a HOPE (2) STATE PROGRAMS.—The Secretary may
or other credentialing program foundation
training task credit or a HOPE training sup- that helps identify the necessary core knowl- authorize a State energy office to implement
plemental credit. edge areas, critical work functions, or skills, a program to provide HOPE Qualifications in
(10) HOPE TRAINING TASK CREDIT.—The as approved by the Secretary; accordance with this part.
term ‘‘HOPE training task credit’’ means a (D) has established learning objectives; and SEC. 33202C. GRANTS.
credit described in section 33202A(a). (E) includes, as the Secretary determines (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to
(11) HOPE TRAINING SUPPLEMENTAL CRED- appropriate, an appropriate assessment of the extent amounts are made available in ap-
IT.—The term ‘‘HOPE training supplemental such learning objectives that may include a propriations Acts for such purposes, provide
credit’’ means a credit described in section final exam, to be proctored on-site or grants to support the training of individuals
33202A(b). through remote proctoring, or an in-person toward the completion of a HOPE Qualifica-
(12) HVAC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘HVAC sys- field exam. tion.
tem’’ means a system— (2) INCLUDED COURSES.—The Secretary shall (b) PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.—
(A) consisting of a heating component, a approve one or more courses that meet the (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pro-
ventilation component, and an air-condi- criteria described in paragraph (1) for train- vide a grant of up to $20,000 under this sec-
tioning component; and ing related to— tion to an organization to provide training
(B) which components may include central (A) contractor certification; online, including establishing, modifying, or
air conditioning, a heat pump, a furnace, a (B) energy auditing or assessment; maintaining the online systems, staff time,
boiler, a rooftop unit, and a window unit. (C) home energy systems (including HVAC and software and online program manage-
(13) MEASURED PERFORMANCE REBATE.—The systems); ment, through a course that meets the appli-
term ‘‘measured performance rebate’’ means (D) insulation installation and air leakage cable criteria established under section
a rebate provided in accordance with section control; 33202A.
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33203B and described in subsection (e) of that (E) health and safety regarding the instal- (2) CRITERIA.—In order to receive a grant
section. lation of energy efficiency measures or under this subsection, an organization shall
(14) MODELED PERFORMANCE REBATE.—The health and safety impacts associated with be—
term ‘‘modeled performance rebate’’ means a energy efficiency retrofits; and (A) a nonprofit organization;
rebate provided in accordance with section (F) indoor air quality. (B) an educational institution; or
33203B and described in subsection (d) of that (b) HOPE TRAINING SUPPLEMENTAL CREDIT (C) an organization that has experience
section. CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish cri- providing training to contractors that work
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with the weatherization assistance program TEM.—In order to qualify for a partial system (1) LIMITATION.—For each fiscal year, the
implemented under part A of title IV of the rebate described in subsection (a)(2)— Secretary may not use more than 50 percent
Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 (A) any HVAC system, heating component of the amounts made available to carry out
U.S.C. 6861 et seq.) or equivalent experience, of an HVAC system, or cooling component of this part to carry out this section.
as determined by the Secretary. an HVAC system installed shall be Energy (2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall allo-
(3) ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.—In addi- Star Most Efficient certified; cate amounts made available to carry out
tion to any grant provided under paragraph (B) installation of such an HVAC system, this section for partial system rebates
(1), the Secretary may provide an organiza- the heating component of an HVAC system, among the States using the same formula as
tion up to $5,000 for each additional course or the cooling component of an HVAC sys- is used to allocate funds for States under
for which a HOPE training credit may be tem, shall be completed in accordance with part D of title III of the Energy Policy and
issued that is offered by the organization. standards specified by the Secretary that are Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.).
(c) CONTRACTOR COMPANY.—The Secretary at least as stringent as the applicable guide- SEC. 33203B. STATE ADMINISTERED REBATES.
may provide a grant under this section of lines of the Air Conditioning Contractors of (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out the Home
$1,000 per employee to a contractor company, America that are in effect on the date of en- Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program,
up to a maximum of $10,000, to reimburse the actment of this Act; and subject to the availability of appropria-
contractor company for training costs for (C) if ducts are present, replacement of an tions for such purpose, the Secretary shall
employees, and any home technology sup- HVAC system, the heating component of an provide grants to States to carry out pro-
port needed for an employee to receive train- HVAC system, or the cooling component of grams to provide rebates in accordance with
ing pursuant to this section. Grant funds an HVAC system shall include duct sealing; this section.
provided under this subsection may be used and (b) STATE PARTICIPATION.—
to support wages of employees during train- (D) the installation of insulation and air (1) PLAN.—In order to receive a grant under
ing. sealing shall occur within 6 months of the re- this section a State shall submit to the Sec-
(d) TRAINEES.—The Secretary may provide placement of the HVAC system, the heating retary an application that includes a plan to
a grant of up to $1,000 under this section to component of an HVAC system, or the cool- implement a State program that meets the
an individual who receives a HOPE Quali- ing component of an HVAC system. minimum criteria under subsection (c).
fication. (c) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR CONTRAC- (2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 60 days after
(e) STATE ENERGY OFFICE.—The Secretary TORS.—In carrying out the Home Energy receipt of a completed application for a
may provide a grant under this section to a Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, the Sec- grant under this section, the Secretary shall
State energy office of up to $25,000 to imple- retary may provide a $250 payment to a con- either approve the application or provide to
ment an authorized program under section tractor per home for which— the applicant an explanation for denying the
33202B(b). (1) a partial system rebate is provided application.
SEC. 33202D. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- under this section for the installation of in- (c) MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR STATE PRO-
TIONS. sulation and air sealing, or installation of in- GRAMS.—Not later than 6 months after the
There is authorized to be appropriated to sulation and air sealing and replacement of date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
carry out this part $500,000,000 for the period an HVAC system, the heating component of shall establish and publish minimum criteria
of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, to remain an HVAC system, or the cooling component for a State program to meet to qualify for
available until expended. of an HVAC system, by the contractor; funding under this section, including—
PART 2—HOME ENERGY SAVINGS (2) the applicable homeowner has signed (1) that the State program be carried out
RETROFIT REBATE PROGRAM and submitted to the Secretary a release by the applicable State energy office or its
SEC. 33203. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOME ENERGY form made available pursuant to section designee;
SAVINGS RETROFIT REBATE PRO- 33203E(b) authorizing the contractor access (2) that a rebate be provided under a State
GRAM. to information in the utility bills of the program only for a home energy efficiency
The Secretary shall establish a program, homeowner; and retrofit that—
to be known as the Home Energy Savings (3) the contractor inputs, into the Depart- (A) is completed by a contractor who
Retrofit Rebate Program, to— ment of Energy’s Building Performance meets minimum training requirements and
(1) provide rebates in accordance with sec- Database— certification requirements set forth by the
tion 33203A; and (A) the energy usage for the home for the Secretary;
(2) provide grants to States to carry out 12 months preceding, and the 24 months fol- (B) includes installation of one or more
programs to provide rebates in accordance lowing, the installation of insulation and air home energy efficiency retrofit measures for
with section 33203B. sealing or installation of insulation and air a home that together are modeled to
SEC. 33203A. PARTIAL SYSTEM REBATES. sealing and replacement of an HVAC system, achieve, or are shown to achieve, a reduction
(a) AMOUNT OF REBATE.—In carrying out the heating component of an HVAC system, in home energy use of 20 percent or more
the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate or the cooling component of an HVAC sys- from the baseline energy use of the home;
Program, and subject to the availability of tem; (C) does not include installation of any
appropriations for such purpose, the Sec- (B) a description of such installation or in- measure that the Secretary determines does
retary shall provide a homeowner a rebate, stallation and replacement; and not improve the thermal energy performance
to be known as a partial system rebate, of, (C) the total cost to the homeowner for of the home, such as a pool pump, pool heat-
except as provided in section 33203C, up to— such installation or installation and replace- er, spa, or EV charger; and
(1) $800 for the purchase and installation of ment. (D) includes, after installation of the appli-
insulation and air sealing within a home of (d) PROCESS.— cable home energy efficiency retrofit meas-
the homeowner; and (1) FORMS; REBATE PROCESSING SYSTEM.— ures, a test-out procedure conducted in ac-
(2) $1,500 for the purchase and installation Not later than 90 days after the date of en- cordance with guidelines issued by the Sec-
of insulation and air sealing within a home actment of this Act, the Secretary, in con- retary of such measures to ensure—
of the homeowner and replacement of an sultation with the Secretary of the Treas- (i) the safe operation of all systems post
HVAC system, the heating component of an ury, shall— retrofit; and
HVAC system, or the cooling component of (A) develop and make available rebate (ii) that all improvements are included in,
an HVAC system, of such home. forms required to receive a partial system and have been installed according to—
(b) SPECIFICATIONS.— rebate under this section; (I) manufacturers installation specifica-
(1) COST.—The amount of a partial system (B) establish a Federal rebate processing tions; and
rebate provided under this section shall, ex- system which shall serve as a database and (II) all applicable State and local codes or
cept as provided in section 33203C, not exceed information technology system that will equivalent standards approved by the Sec-
30 percent of cost of the purchase and instal- allow homeowners to submit required rebate retary;
lation of insulation and air sealing under forms; and (3) that the State program utilize—
subsection (a)(1), or the purchase and instal- (C) establish a website that provides infor- (A) for purposes of modeled performance
lation of insulation and air sealing and re- mation on partial system rebates provided rebates, modeling software approved by the
placement of an HVAC system, the heating under this section, including how to deter- Secretary for determining and documenting
component of an HVAC system, or the cool- mine whether particular measures qualify the baseline energy use of a home and the re-
ing component of an HVAC system, under for a rebate under this section and how to re- ductions in home energy use resulting from
subsection (a)(2). Labor may be included in ceive such a rebate. the implementation of a home energy effi-
such cost but may not exceed— (2) SUBMISSION OF FORMS.—In order to re- ciency retrofit; and
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(A) in the case of a rebate under subsection ceive a partial system rebate under this sec- (B) for purposes of measured performance
(a)(1), 50 percent of such cost; and tion, a homeowner shall submit the required rebates, methods and procedures approved by
(B) in the case of a rebate under subsection rebate forms, and any other information the the Secretary for determining and docu-
(a)(2), 25 percent of such cost. Secretary determines appropriate, to the menting the baseline energy use of a home
(2) REPLACEMENT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM, THE Federal rebate processing system established and the reductions in home energy use re-
HEATING COMPONENT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM, OR pursuant to paragraph (1). sulting from the implementation of a home
THE COOLING COMPONENT OF AN HVAC SYS- (e) FUNDING.— energy efficiency retrofit, including methods
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and procedures for use of advanced metering vide a homeowner, contractor, or rebate percent of the applicable costs described in
infrastructure, weather-normalized data, and aggregator a rebate, to be known as a meas- section 33203B(d)(2)(A); and
open source standards, to measure such base- ured performance rebate, for a home energy (B) a measured performance rebate under
line energy use and such reductions in home efficiency retrofit that reduces home energy section 33203B provided shall be equal to 80
energy use; use by at least 20 percent as measured using percent of the applicable costs described in
(4) that the State program include imple- methods and procedures approved by the section 33203B(e)(2)(A).
mentation of a quality assurance program— Secretary. (c) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—For households of
(A) to ensure that home energy efficiency (2) AMOUNT.— homeowners that are certified pursuant to
retrofits are achieving the stated level of en- (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sec- the procedures established under subsection
ergy savings, that efficiency measures were tion 33203C, and subject to subparagraph (B), (a) as moderate income the maximum
installed correctly, and that work is per- the amount of a measured performance re- amount—
formed in accordance with procedures devel- bate provided under a State program shall be (1) of a partial system rebate—
oped by the Secretary, including through equal to 50 percent of the cost, including the (A) under section 33203A(a)(1) for the pur-
quality-control inspections for a portion of cost of diagnostic procedures, labor, report- chase and installation of insulation and air
home energy efficiency retrofits completed ing, and energy measurement, of the applica- sealing within a home of the homeowner
by each applicable contractor; and ble home energy efficiency retrofit. shall be $1600; and
(B) under which a quality-control inspec- (B) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sec- (B) under section 33203A(a)(2) for the pur-
tion of a home energy efficiency retrofit is tion 33203C, with respect to a home energy chase and installation of insulation and air
performed by a quality assurance provider efficiency retrofit that is measured as reduc- sealing within a home of the homeowner and
who— ing home energy use by— replacement of an HVAC system, the heating
(i) is independent of the contractor for (i) at least 20 percent, but less than 40 per- component of an HVAC system, or the cool-
such retrofit; and cent, the maximum amount of a measured ing component of an HVAC system, of such
(ii) will confirm that such contractor is a performance rebate shall be $2,000; and home, shall be $3,000;
contractor who meets minimum training re- (ii) at least 40 percent, the maximum (2) of a modeled performance rebate under
quirements and certification requirements amount of a measured performance rebate section 33203B for an energy audit and home
set forth by the Secretary; shall be $4,000. energy efficiency retrofit that is projected to
(5) that the State program include require- (f) COORDINATION OF REBATE AND EXISTING reduce home energy use as described in—
ments for a homeowner, contractor, or re- STATE-SPONSORED OR UTILITY-SPONSORED (A) section 33203B(d)(2)(B)(i) shall be $4,000;
bate aggregator to claim a rebate, including PROGRAMS.—A State that receives a grant and
that the homeowner, contractor, or rebate under this section is encouraged to work (B) section 33203B(d)(2)(B)(ii) shall be
aggregator submit any applicable forms ap- with State agencies, energy utilities, non- $8,000; and
proved by the Secretary to the State, includ- profits, and other entities— (3) of a measured performance rebate under
ing a copy of the certificate provided by the (1) to assist in marketing the availability section 33203B for a home energy efficiency
applicable contractor certifying projected or of the rebates under the applicable State retrofit that reduces home energy use as de-
measured reduction of home energy use; scribed in—
program;
(6) that the State program may include re- (B) section 33203B(e)(2)(B)(i) shall be $4,000;
(2) to coordinate with utility or State man-
quirements for an entity to be eligible to and
aged financing programs;
serve as a rebate aggregator to facilitate the (C) section 33203B(e)(2)(B)(ii) shall be $8,000.
(3) to assist in implementation of the ap-
delivery of rebates to homeowners or con- (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall estab-
plicable State program, including installa-
tractors; lish procedures to—
tion of home energy efficiency retrofits; and
(7) that the State program include proce- (1) provide information to households of
(4) to coordinate with existing quality as-
dures for a homeowner to transfer the right homeowners that are certified pursuant to
surance programs.
to claim a rebate to the contractor per- the procedures established under subsection
forming the applicable home energy effi- (g) ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT.—
(a) as moderate income regarding other pro-
ciency retrofit or to a rebate aggregator that (1) REVIEW OF APPROVED MODELING SOFT-
grams and resources relating to assistance
WARE.—The Secretary shall, on an annual
works with the contractor; and for energy efficiency upgrades of homes, in-
(8) that the State program provide that a basis, list and review all modeling software
cluding the weatherization assistance pro-
homeowner, contractor, or rebate aggregator approved for use in determining and docu-
gram implemented under part A of title IV of
may claim more than one rebate under the menting the reductions in home energy use
the Energy Conservation and Production Act
State program, and may claim a rebate for purposes of modeled performance rebates
(42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); and
under the State program after receiving a under subsection (d). In approving such mod-
(2) refer such households, as applicable, to
partial system rebate under section 33203A, eling software each year, the Secretary shall
such other programs and resources.
provided that no 2 rebates may be provided ensure that modeling software approved for a
SEC. 33203D. EVALUATION REPORTS TO CON-
with respect to a home using the same base- year will result in modeling of energy effi-
GRESS.
line energy use of such home. ciency gains for any type of home energy ef-
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years
(d) MODELED PERFORMANCE REBATES.— ficiency retrofit that is at least as substan-
after the date of enactment of this Act and
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a State tial as the modeling of energy efficiency annually thereafter until the termination of
program under this section, a State may pro- gains for such type of home energy efficiency the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate
vide a homeowner, contractor, or rebate retrofit using the modeling software ap- Program, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
aggregator a rebate, to be known as a mod- proved for the previous year. gress a report on the use of funds made avail-
eled performance rebate, for an energy audit (2) OVERSIGHT.—If the Secretary deter- able to carry out this part.
of a home and a home energy efficiency ret- mines that a State is not implementing a (b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted
rofit that is projected, using modeling soft- State program that was approved pursuant under subsection (a) shall include—
ware approved by the Secretary, to reduce to subsection (b) and that meets the min- (1) how many home energy efficiency ret-
home energy use by at least 20 percent. imum criteria under subsection (c), the Sec- rofits have been completed during the pre-
(2) AMOUNT.— retary may, after providing the State a pe- vious year under the Home Energy Savings
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sec- riod of at least 90 days to meet such criteria, Retrofit Rebate Program;
tion 33203C, and subject to subparagraph (B), withhold grant funds under this section from (2) an estimate of how many jobs have been
the amount of a modeled performance rebate the State. created through the Home Energy Savings
provided under a State program shall be SEC. 33203C. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR MOD- Retrofit Rebate Program, directly and indi-
equal to 50 percent of the cost of the applica- ERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. rectly;
ble energy audit of a home and home energy (a) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall (3) a description of what steps could be
efficiency retrofit, including the cost of diag- establish procedures for certifying that the taken to promote further deployment of en-
nostic procedures, labor, reporting, and mod- household of a homeowner is moderate in- ergy efficiency and renewable energy retro-
eling. come for purposes of this section. fits;
(B) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sec- (b) PERCENTAGES.—Subject to subsection (4) a description of the quantity of
tion 33203C, with respect to an energy audit (c), for households of homeowners that are verifiable energy savings, homeowner energy
and home energy efficiency retrofit that is certified pursuant to the procedures estab- bill savings, and other benefits of the Home
projected to reduce home energy use by— lished under subsection (a) as moderate in- Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program;
(i) at least 20 percent, but less than 40 per- come the— (5) a description of any waste, fraud, or
cent, the maximum amount of a modeled (1) amount of a partial system rebate abuse with respect to funds made available
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performance rebate shall be $2,000; and under section 33203A shall not exceed 60 per- to carry out this part; and
(ii) at least 40 percent, the maximum cent of the applicable purchase and installa- (6) any other information the Secretary
amount of a modeled performance rebate tion costs described in section 33203A(b)(1); considers appropriate.
shall be $4,000. and SEC. 33203E. ADMINISTRATION.
(e) MEASURED PERFORMANCE REBATES.— (2) amount of— (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a State (A) a modeled performance rebate under vide such administrative and technical sup-
program under this section, a State may pro- section 33203B provided shall be equal to 80 port to contractors, rebate aggregators,
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States, and Indian Tribes as is necessary to Granting Puerto Rico the authority Mr. Speaker, I would point out that
carry out this part. to begin issuing commercial drivers’ li- all of these amendments are bipartisan
(b) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—The Sec- censes, as all States have the authority and two of them are solely Republican.
retary shall establish, and make available to
a homeowner, or the homeowner’s designated
to do; So, you know, the gentleman may have
representative, seeking a rebate under this Allowing certain Surface Transpor- general objections to the bill for other
part, release forms authorizing access by the tation Program funds to be used on reasons, as we discussed yesterday, the
Secretary, or a designated third-party rep- local roads, including farm-to-market emphasis on climate change, and other
resentative to information in the utility roads, in rural areas. There is a strong provisions of the bill for safe drinking
bills of the homeowner with appropriate pri- emphasis in this bill on rural areas; water, a substantial increase in waste-
vacy protections in place. Making grant funds available to water, and all that, but this en bloc
SEC. 33203F. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- States who ban any non-navigational
TIONS.
should be virtually non-controversial.
viewing of cellphones while driving; Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to
Requiring the Secretary of Transpor- gentleman from New York (Mr.
be appropriated to the Secretary to carry
out this part $1,200,000,000 for each of fiscal
tation, within 2 years of enactment, to SUOZZI).
years 2021 through 2025, to remain available issue a motor vehicle safety standard Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in
until expended. for newly manufactured commercial support of the Moving Forward Act,
(b) TRIBAL ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts motor vehicles to be equipped with a expertly led by Chairman DEFAZIO.
made available pursuant to subsection (a) for universal electronic vehicle identifier This transformative $1.5 trillion in-
a fiscal year, the Secretary shall work with to identify the vehicle for the purposes frastructure investment, the largest in
Indian Tribes and use 2 percent of such of roadside inspections and enforce- our Nation’s history, would not only
amounts to carry out a program or programs
that as close as possible reflect the goals, re-
ment; help rebuild America’s decaying infra-
quirements, and provisions of this part, tak-
Requiring States that collect data on structure, not only stimulate our post-
ing into account any factors that the Sec- traffic stops as part of the racial coronavirus economy, not only create
retary determines to be appropriate. profiling grant program to include the solid middle class jobs, hopefully many
PART 3—GENERAL PROVISIONS data on the mode of transportation as- of them union jobs, but will also make
SEC. 33204. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL. sociated with the stop. the most significant investment in pro-
Notwithstanding the provisions of title 5, These are just a few. I look forward tecting our environment in a genera-
United States Code, regarding appointments to hearing further discussion on these tion.
in the competitive service and General amendments from the various spon- Investments here will combat cli-
Schedule classifications and pay rates, the sors. mate change, improve the resiliency of
Secretary may appoint such professional and Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues our shorelines, improve water quality
administrative personnel as the Secretary on both sides of the aisle for offering for many American communities, and
considers necessary to carry out this sub- these amendments to improve the Mov-
chapter. much, much more.
ing Forward Act. I urge adoption of the This bill also includes a provision of
SEC. 33204A. MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING.
Each State receiving Federal funds pursu-
amendment. mine, which incentivizes homeowners
ant to this subchapter shall provide reason- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of in my district, and throughout the Na-
able assurances to the Secretary that it has my time. tion, to upgrade their antiquated septic
established policies and procedures designed Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- systems by reversing a wrong-headed
to ensure that Federal funds provided under er, I yield myself such time as I may IRS decision that requires homeowners
this subchapter will be used to supplement, consume. to pay income taxes on septic system
and not to supplant, State and local funds. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to improvement grants that they receive
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- en bloc E. from local governments, such as Suf-
ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- Of the 171 amendments in this bill, or
folk County in my district.
tleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) and in this bloc that we are considering, it Admittedly, this is not a high-profile
the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. contains 27 individual amendments provision, but it will help homeowners
GRAVES) each will control 30 minutes. carefully selected and grouped by the financially and dramatically improve
The Chair recognizes the gentleman other side of the aisle with absolutely our environment by reducing the dev-
from Oregon. no input whatsoever from Republicans. astating impacts of nitrogen pollution.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield Unfortunately, this is par for the Over the past 25 years, as a former
myself such time as I may consume. course for the way the majority has mayor, county executive, and now a
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of managed its my-way-or-the-highway Member of this body, I have seen first-
these en bloc amendments which pro- bill. hand how reducing nitrogen has helped
vides consideration of 27 amendments These 27 amendments were picked so revitalize the Long Island Sound, our
sponsored by Members on both sides of the majority could falsely claim that national park. This can happen up and
the aisle. their bill includes bipartisan provi-
The amendments contained in this en down the coast of America.
sions, when in reality this bill is still Investments like these are critical
bloc amend various divisions of the nothing more than a partisan wish list. pieces in a comprehensive approach we
bill, and affect highways, transit, rail, Mr. Speaker, if a car is a lemon, put- must take to preserve and protect our
safety, water, natural resources, and ting a nice cup holder in it isn’t going environment. I encourage my col-
energy policy in the base bill. Some of to make me buy it. leagues to support the bill.
these amendments include: Regardless, we should at least have
A designation of a route through adequate time or an adequate amount b 1045
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala- of time to consider and debate each of Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak-
bama, and Georgia as a future Inter- these amendments individually, be- er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentle-
state 14, and designation of a route cause, frankly, there are a number of woman from Puerto Rico (Miss
through Texas and New Mexico as fu- amendments in here that I do support. GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN).
ture Interstate 27; But this process has not been open. It Miss GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN of Puerto
Directing a study on the effective- should be open. But, instead, we have Rico. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gen-
ness of suicide barriers on physical been dealt a poor hand from a stacked tleman for yielding.
structures other than bridges; deck. I rise to speak on my amendments 12
Clarifying that replacement of func- It would be an understatement to say and 13 included in the en bloc No. 4.
tionally obsolete warning devices are that I am disappointed by how the ma- Amendment 12 incorporates my bi-
eligible under the railway grade cross- jority is rushing this bill, which spends partisan bill, H.R. 6050, making Puerto
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ing program; $11⁄2 trillion of the taxpayers’ money Rico an eligible applicant for the Bu-
Clarifying that transportation de- through a sham legislative process. reau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART
mand data and modeling directed by Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Grants as well as its Drought Resil-
the bill must include an analysis of the my time. iency Project Grants.
level of accuracy of existing modeling Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield These programs provide Federal
tools; myself such time as I may consume. funding for water conservation
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projects, as well as projects that im- Building U.S. Infrastructure By tion and resilience projects must be
prove water management to increase Leveraging Demands for Skills, or part of the conversation.
resiliency to droughts. BUILDS, Act, to increase workforce di- Such investments not only create
Currently, Puerto Rico is the only versity in the transportation, infra- jobs, up to 33 created per $1 million of
territory and noncontiguous jurisdic- structure, and energy sectors. investment, but they make commu-
tion in the U.S. where these grants are My amendment includes language nities safer. They grow our outdoor
not available. from this bill to provide individuals recreation economy. And they help re-
Reliable water service is essential, who have historically faced barriers to cover at-risk wildlife populations.
particularly as we confront COVID–19 employment, especially women and This amendment will enable States,
and we are asking people to wash their people of color, with the support, serv- territories, and Tribes to complete
hands, and yet, in Puerto Rico we are ices, and training they need to succeed proactive collaborative on-the-ground
announcing rationing measures im- and to find better-paying jobs with pre- habitat restoration and the natural in-
pacting over 140,000 customers. Unfor- employment services, early employ- frastructure projects that will recover
tunately, as much as 59 percent of the ment support, and continuing employ- more than 12,000 wildlife, fish, and
water produced by the Puerto Rico Aq- ment services. plant species of the greatest conserva-
ueduct and Sewer Authority is lost I thank Chairman DEFAZIO and tion need.
through a deficient distribution sys- Chairman SCOTT for their support and This amendment is modeled after
tem. leadership. legislation that has more than 180 bi-
This situation is further complicated I urge my colleagues to support not partisan cosponsors, and it passed out
by our vulnerability to droughts. In only the en bloc amendments but the of the Natural Resources Committee
fact, per the U.S. Drought Monitor, underlying bill, as well. with a majority of both Republicans
77.48 percent of Puerto Rico is cur- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- and Democrats.
er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman I thank my colleagues, Representa-
rently under abnormally dry condi-
from Wisconsin (Mr. GROTHMAN). tives Fortenberry and Raskin for co-
tions. Approximately 59.84 percent of
Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I
the island is experiencing drought, leading this amendment, as well as ev-
thank the gentleman for yielding.
while 26.11 percent is facing a severe This amendment, which mirrors bi- erybody who helped get us here today,
drought. The Governor of Puerto Rico, partisan bill H.R. 380 is straight- including Speaker PELOSI, Leader
as I just told everybody here, has al- forward. It requires the Federal deci- HOYER, Whip CLYBURN, my dear friend,
ready announced water rationing meas- sion makers at the Department of the the chairman leading all of this, Chair-
ures impacting more than 140,000 cus- Interior to consider the threat of man MCGOVERN, Chairman GRIJALVA,
tomers. invasive species when installing the Natural Resources Committee
Given this reality, Congress should fishways. staff, and the entire RAWA coalition.
ensure Puerto Rico, just as Alaska and We all know that over time, the num- I urge my colleagues to support this
Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. terri- ber of dams in this country have de- en bloc and to support this bill. The
tories, is eligible for WaterSMART and creased. As the number of dams has de- country needs it.
Drought Resiliency Project Grants. creased, a benefit is a lot of times fish Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak-
My second amendment, amendment are able to swim upstream, spawn er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman
13, allows Puerto Rico to issue com- more, and improve the overall health from Nebraska (Mr. FORTENBERRY).
mercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, and Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, I
of our rivers.
makes the island eligible to receive However, there are times where there thank the gentleman for yielding, as
Commercial Driver’s License Improve- are some fish that are not so good, and well as Mr. DEFAZIO for his leadership
ment Grants. that is when we have invasive species. on this bill.
Requirements of CDL licensure pro- I have a big problem with that on the Mr. Speaker, the Recovering Amer-
mote increased skills, knowledge, and most significant river in the State of ica’s Wildlife Act, I believe, is the sin-
safety of those operating a commercial Wisconsin, the Wisconsin River. There gle most exciting policy development
motor vehicle to a well-established is a dam there, and they were talking in the conservation space in decades.
standard. about putting up a fishway, which, on As an amendment to today’s bill, we
This amendment provides Puerto the face of it, sounds nice. are doing three things here: We are
Rico a 5-year grace period to come into The problem is, below the dam we protecting ecosystems; we are enhanc-
CDL compliance and provides imme- have Asian carp; they are large fish, ing community; and we are supporting
diate eligibility for grants to expedite not native to Wisconsin. It would be recreation.
this process. devastating to the local fish. If they I also add my thanks to Representa-
I urge my colleagues to support this were ever able to work their way over tive DEBBIE DINGELL, who has been a
amendment in the en bloc package. the dam, they would not only pollute tremendous leader in this particular ef-
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 the Wisconsin River, but the lakes fort, as well as JAMIE RASKIN, the Con-
minutes to the gentlewoman from Or- which feed into the Wisconsin River all gressman from Maryland, for joining
egon (Ms. BONAMICI). over northern Wisconsin could also be us.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I thank polluted. And it is even possible that Mr. Speaker, most Americans don’t
the gentleman for yielding. because there are areas that are kind know that the Federal Government re-
I rise today in support of the en bloc of dicey, they could even work their quires that States do wildlife manage-
amendments and the Moving Forward way into the Great Lakes and all the ment planning. This amendment funds
Act. way up the Saint Lawrence River. that Federal mandate in a more cre-
In the last few months, more than 47 I appreciate the fact that we have ative fashion, by connecting resource
million people in this country filed for considered this amendment. I hope it is extraction with prudent resource re-
unemployment. They need our support. adopted as part of the en bloc. covery, to help States improve their
The Moving Forward Act will help ad- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 plans and create a continuity of habi-
dress our Nation’s deteriorating infra- minutes to the gentlewoman from tat for multiuse opportunities within
structure and will help us transition to Michigan (Mrs. DINGELL). communities. That is why we have
a clean energy economy while creating Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I thank such a diverse group of persons sup-
high-quality, good-paying jobs. My the gentleman from Oregon for yield- porting this bill: Hunters and anglers
amendment will make meaningful in- ing. and birders and hikers and other wild-
vestments in our workforce through I rise in strong support of this en life enthusiasts, as well as those who
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registered apprenticeships and paid on- bloc, which includes an important bi- are involved in the burgeoning field of
the-job training programs to fill those partisan natural infrastructure amend- ecotourism.
jobs. ment that adds H.R. 3742, the Recov- Mr. Speaker, here is another benefit.
Last year, I worked with Congress- ering America’s Wildlife Act to H.R. 2. When something goes wrong, of course,
man MITCHELL, Senator KAINE, and When we talk about infrastructure, we tend to act. And in this regard, we
Senator PORTMAN to introduce the natural infrastructure, habitat restora- act through a very important law
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called the Endangered Species Act. But creasing traffic volume, time, or con- can’t control. There are diseases that
this amendment puts preventative gestion, all of which are bad for drivers take the lives of our kids that we are
measures in place, moving upstream and bad for the environment. just not equipped today to stop. But we
from the emergency room enactment We can and must make smarter in- have a duty to do everything that we
of the Endangered Species Act and vestments by using current data and can to ensure that parents don’t lose a
moving us from regulation and litiga- best practices, and that is what this bi- child when we can prevent it.
tion to collaboration and conservation, partisan amendment is all about. Fifty-three children died of heat-
which saves huge amounts of govern- It is endorsed by Transportation for stroke in cars last year. In most cases,
ment resources, societal resources, America, the Natural Resources De- parents—good parents—accidentally
while it also enhances our environ- fense Council, Environmental Law and leave their children in cars. In other
mental security. Policy Center, and the League of Con- cases, kids crawl into an empty car and
And while there are some structural servation Voters. then somehow can’t get out again.
difficulties with the overall bill from Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of this Education alone cannot solve the
my perspective, nonetheless, this pro- en bloc. problem. Even the most attentive par-
vision is a winner. Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- ents can become distracted and inad-
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 er, I reserve the balance of my time. vertently leave a child in the car.
minutes to the gentleman from Texas Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 I have talked to those parents. It is a
(Mr. CUELLAR). minutes to the gentleman from Illinois crushing experience, as you can imag-
Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank (Mr. SCHNEIDER). ine, one you never get over.
A simple sensor, an alert system,
Chairman DEFAZIO for yielding. I also b 1100
thank his staff for working very hard that would notify parents that they
Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise have left a child in their car can save
to put this bill together that will add today in strong support of H.R. 2, the
$1.5 billion to the $1 trillion that will lives.
Moving Forward Act. It is really past time for us to enact
be added for our highways and the in- At home we have seen firsthand the this crucial legislation. The heat of the
frastructure that we need. Thank you effects of our Nation’s aging and over- summer is really just beginning. Let’s
so much. burdened infrastructure in crumbling
I am pleased to offer this bipartisan get to it.
roads, inadequate public transit, and Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr.
amendment in order to designate the I– more frequent floods. DEFAZIO again for including this bill.
27 Ports-to-Plains Corridor as a future Today’s package is not simply about Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak-
interstate that starts in Laredo, the rebuilding our roads, bridges, and rail, er, I reserve the balance of my time.
largest inland port in the country. though it does all that. The Moving Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2
I thank JODEY ARRINGTON, BRIAN Forward Act is about making smart, minutes to the gentleman from Ten-
BABIN, LIZZIE FLETCHER, and BEN transformative investments in our fu- nessee (Mr. COHEN).
LUJÁN for all the work that they have ture: investing in rebuilding school in- Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in
done to get to this point. frastructure to help them safely re- strong support of H.R. 2 that Chairman
This designation will make Texas open; expanding internet access to un- DEFAZIO has helped craft and the en
and New Mexico eligible for increased derserved communities to close the bloc amendment which is being dis-
Federal funding to complete the I–27 digital divide; and creating millions of cussed now.
highway expansion project, creating good-paying jobs in the process, lifting Transportation is Memphis. Memphis
economic growth, jobs, and trade op- up entire communities. is blessed to be on the banks of the
portunities across those two states. I am particularly proud this legisla- greatest river in our country, the Mis-
The I–27 expansion would imme- tion has been designed with addressing sissippi, and fortunate to have Fred
diately grow the Texas GDP by $17.2 the climate crisis as a top priority. Smith born there, which brought the
billion and create 178,000 construction Climate change is an existential greatest air cargo company in the
jobs. It would also add 17,710 long-term threat. We see it in rising lake levels, world to Memphis, Federal Express.
employment opportunities in the new a record level in Lake Michigan. We That is our number one employer.
I–27 corridor. It would also make La- see it across the country in stronger This bill will help airports, invest-
redo the only port of entry that will storms and longer hurricane seasons, ments in airports, and create jobs,
have I–35, I–69, and I–27 as corridors, longer fire seasons, and disrupted grow- helping FedEx and helping Memphis. It
also. ing seasons. will invest in harbors—we have the
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in We have to act now. We have to re- fifth largest inland harbor in the coun-
the House to pass this bipartisan duce emissions. We have to build resil- try—with dredging. That is important
amendment that will help improve iency. for the Port of Memphis.
trade in south Texas, Texas, and across To that end, I am proud that this act We have five Class 1 railroads, and
New Mexico. includes two clean energy provisions I there are investments there, and that
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- have previously introduced to promote produces jobs and moves goods and
er, I reserve the balance of my time. electric vehicle charging stations and services.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 incentivize waste heat to power We have two interstate systems and
minutes to the gentleman from Illinois projects. roads that need improvement. This bill
(Mr. GARCÍA), a member of the com- This comprehensive package is trans- will put money into roads and bridges
mittee. formative legislation that will ensure and create those jobs.
Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, our Nation’s infrastructure is built to It will further put money into
I rise in support of these en bloc ensure our success in the 21st century. broadband, which it is very important
amendments, which includes a bipar- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleague to to reach into the inner cities to give an
tisan amendment that I filed with Rep- join us in support of this important opportunity for young people, African
resentative GALLAGHER of Wisconsin. legislation. Americans in particular, to get access
Our amendment combats old prac- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- to the internet and all the information
tices like the performance metric now er, I reserve the balance of my time. that they need to have a good edu-
known as ‘‘level of service’’ that pro- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 cation and a good livelihood later on.
vides faster, wider roads with more minutes to the gentlewoman from Illi- This bill includes several priorities
lanes, rather than a holistic analysis nois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). that I have had, including a DUI law
that takes into account increased traf- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I that is part of this en bloc amendment
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fic, induced demand, or alternatives rise in strong support of the en bloc that will see to it that there is a study
like bike and transit access. amendment. I also rise to thank Chair- on why DUI convictions aren’t shared
Our amendment improves the exist- man DEFAZIO for including the Hot by States so that people who have mul-
ing travel demand study included in Cars Act in the base bill. tiple DUIs will be punished accordingly
H.R. 2 to examine ways we can prevent There are far too many ways that and save innocent potential victims
new projects from inadvertently in- parents can lose their children that we from the carnage of a DUI accident.
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It happened in Mississippi. A young the authority to improve and pave the going to get nothing accomplished; you
Memphis girl was killed by a multiple access road to give Tribal youth safe are not going to get any bill signed
offender, but nobody knew they were a and secure passage to this facility so into law. The only thing you are going
multiple offender because their convic- they can receive treatment and indi- to get out of this process is going to be
tions were not submitted to a central vidual counseling in a culturally appro- a press release, and that is it.
base. priate way that they need to reach This is a sham process, and dusting
This also incorporates the Complete their full potential. this massive bill with a few amend-
Streets Act that makes our planning Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman ments that Republicans support
more in keeping with the 21st century for his support of my amendment to doesn’t make it a bipartisan process or
for pedestrians and bicyclers and oth- improve the infrastructure of the In- a bipartisan product.
ers who use our roads in alternative dian Health Service facility in my dis- When the majority is ready to work
ways. trict and for his work on H.R. 2, the across the aisle on responsible legisla-
This is an excellent bill. I am proud Moving Forward Act. tion, we will continue to stand at the
to support it. It creates jobs. It is good Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- ready to work with them. But I can’t
for Memphis. It is good for America. er, I reserve the balance of my time. vote for this en bloc package, and I
Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 cannot vote for the underlying bill.
DEFAZIO. There is no more important minutes to the gentlewoman from Mas- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
bill than this. sachusetts (Ms. PRESSLEY). of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield
er, I reserve the balance of my time. to offer an amendment to H.R. 2, the myself the balance of my time.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Moving Forward Act, and thank my In response to that, I will revisit a
minutes to the gentlewoman from colleagues for their work on this legis- little bit of yesterday’s debate.
Washington (Ms. SCHRIER). lation. President Trump ran on the issue of
Ms. SCHRIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Our Nation’s transportation and in- infrastructure. President Trump met
the chairman for yielding to me. frastructure policies play a critical with us a year ago in March. We start-
The coronavirus pandemic has taken role in building healthy and safe com- ed out saying we needed $1 trillion to
a severe toll on our economy and has munities, but for far too long, they $1.3 trillion for infrastructure. He went
resulted in the permanent loss of have perpetuated many of our most en- to $1.9 trillion, and then he ended up at
countless jobs and highlighted the need trenched inequities. $2 trillion.
for broadband access for workers and My amendment would require us to We discussed and agreed on what
students. examine how our Nation’s transpor- would be in an infrastructure bill:
That is why the Moving Forward Act tation policies have impacted and tar- roads, bridges, highways, transit,
is so critical right now. It is a bold in- geted our most vulnerable. It is critical wastewater, drinking water, rail, and
frastructure package that will put that we understand how transportation broadband. All of those are part of this
America back to work, create new jobs, policies are criminalizing Black and package.
The total package is less than what
expand broadband access, and invest in Brown communities.
the President requested a year ago
schools and tomorrow’s clean energy Specifically, we have seen violent en-
March. He said $2 trillion. This is close
infrastructure. forcement of fare evasion policies and
to $1.5 trillion. Those components of
I am proud to have included two im- the discriminatory placement of speed
the bill are about $1 trillion. So, that
portant wins for Washington in this cameras and other surveillance tech-
would be very close to what he wanted.
package. nology in our lowest income commu-
My bill to fund the Legacy Roads and nities. b 1115
Trails Program will prioritize culvert Mr. Speaker, this is a moment of The other components have become
repairs and riparian habitat in Wash- reckoning. There is a multiracial, necessary because of COVID.
ington’s forests. multigenerational movement that, for I was talking to the chairman of Edu-
My amendment to ensure transit the last month, has been affirming that cation and Labor, and it has become
agencies in King and Pierce Counties Black lives matter, demanding an end clear that 50 percent of the schools in
have flexibility and predictability will to racist systems and policies that dis- America do not have HVAC systems
allow them to continue to serve riders proportionately criminalize our Black that can handle COVID—50 percent. A
during this public health crisis. and Brown neighbors. lot of these schools are pretty darn de-
Passing the Moving Forward Act now We have a mandate to center justice crepit. So we are investing a bunch of
is how we shore up our infrastructure, in all of our policymaking. Our trans- money to safely educate our kids.
set the stage for a clean energy future, portation policies are no exception. Mr. Speaker, my hometown, Spring-
and restore our economy and families’ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to field, Oregon, a great place, people
financial security. support this amendment. have a great public spirit. We have
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I have no voted to bond ourselves several times
er, I reserve the balance of my time. further speakers on my side, and I am for new schools. We have a fabulous
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 prepared to close if the gentleman from new middle school, absolutely incred-
minutes to the gentleman from Cali- Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) is ready to ible. It has a very big trades depart-
fornia (Mr. RUIZ). close. ment, because not all kids are going on
Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- the high school track, and we need
port of this en bloc amendment, which er, I yield myself such time as I may more trades. We are going to need
includes my bill turned into an amend- consume. trades to implement our infrastructure
ment to authorize the construction of I rise in opposition to this en bloc bills. So we need to help.
an access road to the Desert Sage amendment, and I am, frankly, embar- I remember I went to a post-World
Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, Cali- rassed by the process. War II, brand-new elementary school.
fornia, in my district. I am willing to bet that everyone That school is still sitting there, and a
The Desert Sage Youth Wellness Cen- who sits on the Transportation and In- lot of these schools are not suitable for
ter is the only Indian Health Service frastructure Committee is proud of its children at this pandemic time.
youth treatment center in the entire track record of working across the It also includes money for housing.
State of California. The only way to aisle to get things done. That is the We have a housing crisis in most of
get to the facility, however, is by tra- proven track record for success for get- America. Certainly, on the coast; al-
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versing a dirt road that cracks in the ting bills actually signed into law, but though, of course, this administration
heat and washes out in the rain. that is not how our committee has op- cares nothing for the people who live
The Indian Health Service wasn’t erated during the process on this par- on the coast. But even in some of the
able to secure the right-of-way to pave ticular piece of legislation. middle of the country, there is a hous-
the access road, so my amendment If you choose to operate and move ing crisis. This bill begins to deal with
would give the Indian Health Service legislation in this manner, you are that.
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It also begins to deal with our abso- So you can raise concerns about the meet such requirements as the Secretary
lutely decrepit public housing. That is overall process and the overall bill, but shall establish to ensure that any entity re-
Federal public housing, much of which this part is solid, and it should be ap- ceiving a grant has the capacity to acquire
and preserve housing affordability in such
is 50, 60 years old when the Federal proved by a large majority in the communities, including—
Government did things like this, and it House. (1) a nonprofit organization, including land
needs rehabilitation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance trusts;
So, yes, we have added a couple of of my time. (2) a public housing agency or other State
elements to this bill that weren’t dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time or local government agency;
cussed with the President, but they be- for debate has expired. (3) an Indian tribe (as such term is defined
came necessary because of COVID. Pursuant to the rule, the previous in section 4 of the Native American Housing
And also the Postal Service, which is question is ordered on the amendments Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
more essential today than ever. Trump en bloc offered by the gentleman from 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) or an agency of an In-
hates it because Jeff Bezos has Ama- dian tribe;
Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO). (4) a resident organization in which home-
zon, and he thinks Amazon is getting The question is on the amendments owners are members and have open and equal
subsidized by the Postal Service. Actu- en bloc offered by the gentleman from access to membership; or
ally, no, the Postal Service makes a Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO). (5) such other entities as the Secretary de-
bunch of money by delivering Amazon The en bloc amendments were agreed termines will maintain housing affordability
packages, but it is difficult to pene- to. in manufactured housing communities.
trate. A motion to reconsider was laid on (c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Amounts
So he wants to destroy the Postal the table. from a grant under this section may be used
Service, which will actually dispropor- only for—
AMENDMENTS EN BLOC NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS.
(1) the acquisition and preservation of
tionately affect the people who voted WATERS OF CALIFORNIA
manufactured housing communities;
for him in red States, and particularly The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now (2) such acquisition and preservation, to-
rural areas. They are getting their pre- in order to consider an amendment en gether with costs for making improvements
scriptions and other things delivered bloc consisting of amendments printed to common areas and community property
by the USPS. in part F of House Report 116–438. for acquired manufactured housing commu-
Now, rain, shine, night, day, COVID Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, as the nities; or
or not, the Postal Service is doing it, designee of the chair of the Committee (3) the demolition, removal, and replace-
doing it in 35-year-old delivery vehi- ment of dilapidated homes from a manufac-
on Transportation and Infrastructure
cles. They are decrepit and incredibly tured housing community.
and pursuant to House Resolution 1028, (d) PRESERVATION; AFFORDABILITY; OWNER-
expensive to maintain. This bill would I offer an amendment en bloc con- SHIP.—A grant under this section may be
help them buy a new fleet and would sisting of the amendments printed in made only if the Secretary determines that
help them to get through this crisis. part F of House Report 116–438. the grantee will enter into such binding
So, yes, there are some other things The SPEAKER pro tempore. The agreements as the Secretary considers suffi-
in this that were not in a traditional Clerk will designate the amendments cient to ensure that—
infrastructure bill. (1) the manufactured housing community
en bloc.
As far as the portion of the bill that acquired using such grant amounts—
Amendments en bloc No. 5 consisting (A) will be maintained as a manufactured
comes from our committee, the Presi- of amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
dent had seven infrastructure weeks, housing community for a period that begins
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, upon the making of such grant and has a du-
and we were promised numerous times 22, 23, 24, and 25, printed in part F of ration not shorter than 20 years;
that they were imminently going to House Report 116–438, offered by Ms. (B) will be managed in a manner that bene-
propose a bill. The only bill they ever WATERS of California: fits the residents and maintains their qual-
proposed would have shifted the entire AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. ADAMS OF ity of life for a period not shorter than 20
burden to the States and said: Oh, and NORTH CAROLINA years;
the private sector will take care of the (C) will, for a period not shorter than 20
Page 2147, after line 25, insert the following
rest of it. years, be subject to limitations on annual in-
new section:
There wasn’t a Republican I am creases in rents for lots for manufactured
SEC. 90114. EXAMINING LOAN MODIFICATIONS TO
aware of who even supported that stu- homes in such community either through
THE HBCU CAPITAL FINANCING
PROGRAM. resident control over increases or, if owned
pid proposal. That is it. by a party other than the residents, as the
But now we are told: Oh, they are on Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu- Secretary considers appropriate to ensure
the cusp again, $2 trillion coming soon. continued affordability and maintenance of
Well, we are trying to help them de- cation shall report to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representa- the property, but not in any case annually to
liver here. exceed the percentage that is equal to the
tives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
We heard: Oh, Presidents don’t pro- percentage increase for the immediately pre-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate
pose these things. They don’t do these the results of an analysis to determine the ceding year in the Consumer Price Index for
things. potential benefits and costs of offering loan All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) plus 7 percent,
We are here on the anniversary of modifications under the HBCU Capital Fi- and such rents will comply with any applica-
JFK putting transit into transpor- nancing Program under part D of title III of ble State laws;
tation. We are here the day after the the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (D) will be owned by an entity described in
1066 et seq.) as described in the report enti- subsection (b) for a period not shorter than
anniversary of a Republican President, 20 years; and
Dwight David Eisenhower, signing the tled ‘‘Action Needed to Improve Participa-
tion in Education’s HBCU Capital Financing (E) has not been the primary beneficiary of
National Interstate and Defense High- a grant under this section during the pre-
Program’’ published by Government Ac-
ways Act and funding it with a trust countability Office in June 2018 (GAO–18– ceding 5 years; and
fund, which hasn’t been supplemented 455). (2) if in the determination of the Secretary
since 1993 because the Republicans the provisions of the agreement have not
AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MRS. AXNE OF
have been in charge most of that time, been met, the grant shall be repaid.
IOWA (e) AMOUNT.—The amount of any grant
and they won’t raise the user fee. Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following under this section may not exceed the lesser
Their alternative bill, by the way, new section: of—
doesn’t raise the user fee. So they are SEC. 60016. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANUFAC- (1) $1,000,000; or
about $120 billion out of whack with a TURED HOUSING PRESERVATION. (2) the amount that is equal to $20,000 mul-
bill that only increases highways by 10 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing tiplied by the number of manufactured home
percent, zeros out any increase in tran- and Urban Development shall establish a lots in the manufactured housing commu-
sit, and does nothing for rail. grant program under this section and, to the nity for which the grant is made.
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So, yes, this is a different product. extent amounts are made available pursuant (f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary shall
to subsection (j), make grants under such require a grantee of grant under this section
But this amendment—and I misspoke
program to eligible entities under subsection to provide non-Federal matching funds for
earlier. Eight of the amendments in (b) for acquiring and preserving manufac- use only for the same purposes for which the
this package are fully Republican tured housing communities. grant is used in an amount equal or exceed-
amendments; the others are bipartisan (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A grant under this ing the amount of the grant provided to the
amendments. section may be made only to entities that grantee. Such non-Federal matching funds
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may be provided by State, tribal, local, or (i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec- subparagraph (B) that provides academic
private resources and may be a grant or tion, the following definitions shall apply: curriculum and instruction related to tar-
loan, in cash or in-kind. (1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘man- geted infrastructure industries.
(g) APPLICATIONS; SELECTION.— ufactured home’’ means a structure, trans- (B) ENTITIES.—An entity described in this
(1) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall portable in one or more sections, that— subparagraph is as follows:
provide for eligible entities under subsection (A) in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or (i) An area career and technical education
(b) to apply for grants under this section, more in width and 40 body feet or more in school, early college high school, or high
and shall require such applications to con- length, or when erected on site is 320 square school providing career and technical edu-
tain such assurances as the Secretary may feet or more; cation programs of study.
require regarding the availability of match- (B) is built on a permanent chassis and de- (ii) An Indian Tribe, Tribal organization,
ing funds sufficient to comply with sub- signed to be used as a dwelling (with or with- or Tribal educational agency.
section (f) and any organizational documents out a permanent foundation when connected (iii) A minority-serving institution (as de-
regarding the manufactured housing commu- to required utilities) and includes plumbing, scribed in any of paragraphs (1) through (7)
nity for which the grant is made, as may be heating, air conditioning, and electrical sys- of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act
required by the State in which such commu- tems; and of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))).
nity is located. The Secretary shall accept (C) in the case of a structure manufactured (iv) A provider of adult education and lit-
applications on a rolling basis and approve after June 15, 1976, is certified as meeting the eracy activities under the Adult Education
or deny each application within 20 business Manufactured Home Construction and Safety and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et
days of receipt in order to facilitate market- Standards issued under the National Manu- seq.);
based transactions by an applicant. factured Housing Construction and Safety (v) A local agency administering plans
(2) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall estab- Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
lish criteria for selection of applicants to re- by the Department of Housing and Urban De- (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112
ceive grants under this section, which cri- velopment and displays a label of such cer- or part C of that title (29 U.S.C. 732, 741);
teria shall— tification on the exterior of each transport- (vi) A related instruction provider for an
(A) give priority to grantees who would use able section. apprenticeship program.
such grant amounts to carry out activities Such term shall not include any self-pro- (vii) A public institution of higher edu-
under subsection (c) within areas having a pelled recreational vehicle. cation (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
high concentration of low-, very low-, or ex- (2) MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY.— Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
tremely low-income families (as such terms The term ‘‘manufactured housing commu- (viii) A provider included on the list of eli-
are defined in section 3(b) of the United nity’’ means a community comprised pri- gible providers of training services described
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. marily of manufactured homes used pri- in section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation
1437a(b)); marily for residential purposes. and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)).
(B) give priority to grants for the benefit (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (ix) A consortium of entities described in
of communities that have not received a means the Secretary of Housing and Urban any of clauses (i) through (viii).
grant under this section during the pre- Development. (5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible
ceding 10 years; and (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
entity’’ means—
(C) ensure that not more than 40 percent of There is authorized to be appropriated for
(A) an industry or sector partnership;
grant funds for any fiscal year are awarded grants under this section $100,000,000 for each
(B) a State board or State workforce devel-
to entities identified in subsection (b)(5). of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, of which not
opment agency, or a local board or local
more than 5 percent may be used for admin-
(h) REPORTS.— istration and oversight. workforce development agency;
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sub- (k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall (C) an eligible institution, or a consortium
mit a report annually regarding the grant issue any regulations necessary to carry out thereof;
program under this section to Committee on this section. (D) an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or
Financial Services of the House of Rep- AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MS. BONAMICI OF
Tribal educational agency;
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, OREGON
(E) a labor organization or joint-labor
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, management organization; or
and shall make each such report publicly Page 1691, after line 10, insert the fol- (F) a qualified intermediary.
lowing:
available on the website of the Department (6) NONTRADITIONAL POPULATION.—The term
of Housing and Urban Development. The first TITLE I—NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS ‘‘nontraditional population’’ means a group
such report shall be made for the first fiscal PROGRAM. of individuals (such as a group of individuals
year in which any grants are made under At the end of division H, insert the fol- from the same gender or race) the members
this section and a report shall be made for lowing: of which comprise fewer than 25 percent of
each fiscal year in which a grantee is subject the individuals employed in a targeted infra-
to the requirements under subparagraph TITLE II—BUILDING U.S. INFRASTRUC- structure industry.
(d)(1)(A). TURE BY LEVERAGING DEMANDS FOR (7) QUALIFIED INTERMEDIARY.—
(2) CONTENTS.—Each such report shall in- SKILLS (BUILDS) (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified
clude, for the fiscal year covered by the re- SEC. 40101. DEFINITIONS. intermediary’’ means an entity that dem-
port— (1) IN GENERAL.—In this title, except as onstrates an expertise—
(A) a description of the grants made under otherwise provided in this title, the terms (i) in engaging in the partnerships de-
the program, including identification of have the meanings given the terms in sec- scribed in subparagraph (B); and
what type of eligible entity under subsection tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op- (ii) serving participants and employers of
(b) each grantee is; portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). programs funded under this title by—
(B) for each manufactured home commu- (2) APPRENTICESHIP, APPRENTICESHIP PRO- (I) connecting employers to programs fund-
nity for which a grant under this section is GRAM.—The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ or ‘‘ap- ed under this title;
made, identification of — prenticeship program’’ means an apprentice- (II) assisting in the design and implemen-
(i) the number of manufactured home units ship program registered under the Act of Au- tation of such programs, including cur-
in the community at the time of the grant; gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘Na- riculum development and delivery of instruc-
(ii) the lot rents in the community at such tional Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, tion;
time; and chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including (III) providing professional development
(iii) if a manufactured home community any requirement, standard, or rule promul- activities such as training to mentors;
was purchased using grant amounts, the pur- gated under such Act, as such requirement, (IV) connecting students or workers to pro-
chase price of the community; standard, or rule was in effect on December grams funded under this title;
(C) summary information identifying the 30, 2019. (V) developing and providing personalized
total applications received for grants under (3) CTE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘area career support for individuals participating in pro-
this section and total grant funding sought, and technical education school’’, ‘‘articula- grams funded under this title, including by
disaggregated by the types of eligible enti- tion agreement’’, ‘‘career guidance and aca- partnering with organizations to provide ac-
ties under subsection (b) of the applicants; demic counseling’’, ‘‘credit transfer agree- cess to or referrals for supportive services
and ment’’, ‘‘early college high school’’, ‘‘high and financial advising; or
(D) an analysis of the effectiveness of the school’’, ‘‘program of study’’, ‘‘Tribal edu- (VI) providing services, resources, and sup-
program, including identification of changes cational agency’’, and ‘‘work-based learning’’ ports for development, delivery, expansion,
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to the number of units and lot rents in com- have the meanings given the terms in sec- or improvement of programs funded under
munities for which a grant was made, any tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and this title.
significant upgrades made to the commu- Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. (B) REQUIRED PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying
nities, demographic changes in communities, 2302). out activities under this title, the qualified
and, if any community is sold during the pe- (4) EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDER.— intermediary shall act in partnerships with—
riod covered under subsection (d), the sale (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘education and (i) industry or sector partnerships, includ-
price of the community. training provider’’ means an entity listed in ing establishing a new industry or sector
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partnership or expanding an existing indus- (ii) have demonstrated ability to meet apprenticeship program or a pre-apprentice-
try or sector partnership; the— ship program articulating to an apprentice-
(ii) partnerships among employers, joint (I) strategic objectives of the implementa- ship program;
labor-management organizations, labor orga- tion grant, contract or cooperative agree- (6) a description of the Federal and non-
nizations, community-based organizations, ment described in section 40103(b)(4); and Federal resources, available under provisions
State or local workforce development (II) meet or exceed the requirements of the of law other than this title, that will be le-
boards, education and training providers, so- evaluations and progress reports described in veraged in support of the partnerships and
cial service organizations, economic develop- section 40104(f). activities under this title; and
ment organizations, Indian Tribes or Tribal SEC. 40103. APPLICATION. (7) a description of how the eligible entity
organizations, or one-stop operators, or one- (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desir- or the education and training provider in
stop partners, in the State workforce devel- ing a grant. contract, or cooperative agree- partnership with such eligible entity under
opment system; or ment under this title shall submit an appli- this title will establish or implement plans
(iii) partnerships among one or more of the cation to the Secretary at such time, in such to be included on the list of eligible pro-
entities described in clauses (i) and (ii). manner, and containing such information as viders of training services described in sec-
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ the Secretary may require, including the tion 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and
means the Secretary of Labor. contents described in subsection (b). Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)).
(9) TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY.— (b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted SEC. 40104. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
The term ‘‘targeted infrastructure industry’’ under this title shall contain, at a min- (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiv-
means an industry, including the transpor- imum— ing funds under this title shall carry out ac-
tation (including surface, transit, aviation, (1) a description of the entities engaged in tivities described this section to achieve the
maritime, or railway transportation), con- activities funded under the grant, includ- strategic objectives identified in the entity’s
struction, energy (including the deployment ing— application under section 40103, including the
of renewable and clean energy, energy effi- (A) evidence of the eligible entity’s capac- objectives described in subsection (b).
ciency, transmission, and battery storage), ity to carry out activities to achieve the (b) STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.—The activities
information technology, or utilities indus- strategic objectives described in section to be carried out with the funds awarded
try) to be served by a grant, contract, or co- 40104(b); and under this title shall be designed to achieve
operative agreement under this title. (B) identification, and expected participa- strategic objectives, including the following:
SEC. 40102. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. tion and responsibilities of each key stake- (1) Recruiting key stakeholders (such as
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con- holder in the targeted infrastructure indus- employers, labor organizations, local boards,
sultation with the Secretary of Transpor- try described in section 40104(b)(1) with and education and training providers, eco-
tation, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec- which the eligible entity will partner to nomic development agencies, and as applica-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Edu- carry out such activities; ble, qualified intermediaries) in the targeted
cation, and the Chief of Engineers and Com- (2) a description of the targeted infrastruc- infrastructure industry to establish or ex-
manding General of the Army Corps of Engi- ture industry to be served by the eligible en- pand industry and sector partnerships for
neers, shall award, on a competitive basis, tity with funds received under this title, and the purpose of—
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements a description of how such industry was iden- (A) assisting the eligible entity in carrying
to eligible entities to plan and implement tified, including— out the activities described in subsection (a);
activities to achieve the strategic objectives (A) the quantitative data and evidence and
described in section 40104(b) with respect to a
that demonstrates the demand for employ- (B) convening with the eligible entity in a
targeted infrastructure industry identified in
ment in such industry in the geographic area collaborative structure that supports the
the application submitted under section
served by the eligible entity under this title; sharing of information and best practices for
40103 by such eligible entities.
(b) TYPES OF AWARDS.—A grant, contract, and supporting the development of a diverse
or cooperative agreement awarded under this (B) a description of the local, State, or fed- workforce to support the targeted infrastruc-
title may be in the form of— erally funded infrastructure projects with re- ture industry.
(1) an implementation grant, contract, or spect to which the eligible entity anticipates (2) Identifying the training needs of the
cooperative agreement, for entities seeking engaging the partners described in paragraph State or local area in the targeted infra-
an initial grant under this title; or (1)(B); structure industry, including—
(2) a renewal grant, contract, or coopera- (3) a description of the workers that will be (A) needs for skills critical to competitive-
tive agreement for entities that have already targeted or recruited by the eligible entity, ness and innovation in the industry;
received an implementation grant, contract, including— (B) needs of the apprenticeship programs
or cooperative agreement under this title. (A) how recruitment activities will target or other paid work-based learning programs
(c) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under nontraditional populations to improve the supported by the funds; and
this title shall be for a period not to exceed percentages of nontraditional populations (C) the needed establishment, expansion, or
3 years. employed in targeted infrastructure indus- revisions of career pathways and academic
(d) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant, con- tries; and curriculum in the targeted infrastructure in-
tract, or cooperative agreement awarded (B) a description of potential barriers to dustries to establish talent pipelines for such
under this title may not exceed— employment for targeted workers, and a de- industry.
(1) for an implementation grant, contract, scription of strategies that will be used to (3) Identifying and quantifying any dispari-
or cooperative agreement, $2,500,000; and help workers overcome such barriers; ties or gaps in employment of nontraditional
(2) for a renewal grant, contract, or cooper- (4) a description of the strategic objectives populations in the targeted infrastructure
ative agreement, $1,500,000. described in section 40104(b) that the eligible industries and establishing or expanding
(e) AWARD BASIS.— entity intends to achieve concerning the tar- strategies to close such gaps.
(1) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Secretary geted infrastructure industry and activities (4) Supporting the development of con-
shall award funds under this title in a man- to be carried out as described in section sortia of education and training providers re-
ner that ensures geographic diversity (such 40104, including— ceiving assistance under this title to align
as urban and rural distribution) in the areas (A) a timeline for progress towards achiev- curricula, recognized postsecondary creden-
in which activities will be carried out using ing such strategic objectives; tials, and programs to the targeted infra-
such funds. (B) a description of the manner in which structure industry needs and the credentials
(2) PRIORITY FOR AWARDS.—In awarding the eligible entity intends to make sustain- described in section 40103(b)(5), particularly
funds under this title, the Secretary shall able progress towards achieving such stra- for high-skill, high-wage or in-demand indus-
give priority to eligible entities that— tegic objectives; and try sectors or occupations related to the tar-
(A) in the case of awarding implementation (C) assurances the eligible entity will pro- geted infrastructure industry.
grants, contracts, or cooperative agree- vide performance measures for measuring (5) Providing information on activities car-
ments— progress towards achieving such strategic ried out with such funds to the State and
(i) demonstrate long-term sustainability of objectives, as described in section 40104(f); local board and the State agency carrying
a program or activity funded under this (5) a description of the recognized postsec- out the State program under the Wagner-
title; ondary credentials that the eligible entity Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), including
(ii) will serve a high number or high per- proposes to prepare individuals participating staff of the agency that provide services
centage of nontraditional populations and in activities under this title for, which under such Act, to enable the State agency
individuals with barriers to employment; shall— to inform recipients of unemployment com-
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and (A) be nationally or regionally portable pensation or the employment and training
(iii) will provide a non-Federal share of the and stackable; opportunities that may be offered through
cost of the activities; and (B) be related to the targeted infrastruc- such activities.
(B) in the case of awarding renewal grants, ture industry that the eligible entity pro- (6) Establishing or expanding partnerships
contracts, or cooperative agreements— poses to support; and with employers in industry or sector part-
(i) meet the criteria established in sub- (C) be aligned to a career pathway and nerships to attract potential workers from a
paragraph (A); and work-based learning opportunity, such as an diverse jobseeker base, including individuals
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with barriers to employment and nontradi- tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), or the Re- out this title, including the expenses of pro-
tional populations, by identifying any such habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.); viding the technical assistance and oversight
barriers through analysis of the labor mar- (B) recipients of assistance through the activities under subsection (b).
ket data and recruitment strategies, and im- supplemental nutrition assistance program (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; OVERSIGHT.—
plementing strategies to help such workers established under the Food and Nutrition The Secretary shall provide technical assist-
overcome such barriers and increase diver- Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); ance and oversight to assist the eligible enti-
sity in the targeted infrastructure indus- (C) recipients of assistance through the ties in applying for and administering grants
tries. program of block grants to States for tem- awarded under this title.
(c) PLANNING ACTIVITIES.—An eligible enti- porary assistance for needy families estab- SEC. 40106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
ty receiving a planning grant, contract, or lished under part A of title IV of the Social TIONS.
cooperative agreement under this title shall Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); There are authorized to be appropriated to
use not more than $250,000 of such funds to (D) individuals with a barrier to employ- carry out this title such sums as may be nec-
carry out planning activities during the first ment; or essary for fiscal year 2021 and each of the
year of the grant, contract, or agreement pe- (E) nontraditional populations in the tar- succeeding 4 fiscal years.
riod, which may include— geted infrastructure industry served by such SEC. 40107. SPECIAL RULE.
(1) establishing or expanding industry or funds.
sector partnerships described in subsection Any funds made available under this title
(e) PARTICIPANT SUPPORTS.—The eligible that are used to fund an apprenticeship or
(b)(1); entity receiving funds under this title shall
(2) conducting outreach to local labor orga- apprenticeship program shall only be used
use the grant funds to provide services to
nizations, employers, industry associations, for, or provided to, an apprenticeship or ap-
support the success of individuals partici-
education and training providers, economic prenticeship program that meets the defini-
pating in a program supported under this
development organizations, and qualified tion of such term in section 40101 of this
title, which shall include—
intermediaries, as applicable; title, including any funds awarded for the
(1) in coordination with the State or local
(3) recruiting individuals for participation purposes of grants, contracts, or cooperative
board—
in programs assisted with funds under this agreements, or the development, implemen-
(A) training services as described in sec-
title, including individuals with barriers to tation, or administration, of an apprentice-
tion 134(c)(3) of the Workforce Innovation
employment and nontraditional populations; ship or an apprenticeship program.
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3));
(4) establishing or expanding paid work- (B) career services as described in section AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MS. BROWNLEY
based learning opportunities, including ap- 134(c)(2) of such Act; and OF CALIFORNIA
prenticeship programs or programs articu- (C) supportive services, such as child care Page 1658, after line 14, insert the fol-
lating to apprenticeship programs; and transportation; lowing:
(5) establishing or implementing plans for (2) providing access to necessary supplies, (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end
any education and training provider receiv- materials, technological devices, or required the following:
ing funding under this title to be included on equipment, attire, and other supports nec- ‘‘(3) The Secretary, in consultation with
the list of eligible providers of training serv- essary to participate in such programs or to the Administrator of General Services, shall
ices described in section 122(d) of the Work- start employment; ensure that in acquiring medium- and heavy-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 (3) job placement assistance, including in duty vehicles for a Federal fleet, a Federal
U.S.C. 3152(d)); paid work-based learning opportunities entity shall acquire zero emission vehicles to
(6) establishing or implementing plans for which may include apprenticeship programs, the maximum extent feasible.’’;
awarding academic credit or providing for or employment at the completion of a pro- AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. CÁRDENAS
academic alignment towards credit path- gram provided by an education and training OF CALIFORNIA
ways for programs or programs of study as- provider;
sisted with funds under this title, including At the end of section 50002, add the fol-
(4) providing career awareness activities,
academic credit for industry recognized cre- lowing:
such as career guidance and academic coun-
dentials, competency-based education, work- (g) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
seling; and
based learning, or apprenticeship programs; Congress that, as the Postal Service replaces
(5) services to ensure individuals served by
(7) making available open, searchable, and or upgrades its fleet of delivery vehicles, the
funds under this title maintain employment
comparable information on the recognized Postal Service should take all reasonable
after the completion of a program funded
postsecondary credentials awarded under steps to ensure that its vehicles are equipped
under this title for at least 12 months, in-
such programs, including the related skills with climate control units to protect the
cluding through the continuation of services
or competencies and related employment health and safety of its mail carriers, espe-
described under paragraphs (1) through (4) as
and earnings outcomes; cially those working in areas of the country
applicable continuation of services described
(8) conducting an evaluation of workforce that are subject to extreme temperatures.
under paragraphs (1) through (4).
needs in the local area; or (f) EVALUATION AND PROGRESS REPORTS.— AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. COURTNEY
(9) career pathway and curriculum develop- Not later than 1 year after receiving a grant OF CONNECTICUT
ment or expansion, program establishment, under this title, and annually thereafter, the Page 1707, line 11, strike ‘‘or’’.
and acquiring equipment necessary to sup- eligible entity receiving the grant shall sub- Page 1707, after line 11, insert the fol-
port activities permitted under this section. mit a report to the Secretary and the Gov- lowing:
(d) EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT.—An eligible ernor of the State that the eligible entity (3) activities designed to preserve existing
entity receiving funds under this title shall serves, that— housing by remediation of iron sulfide or
use the grant funds to provide services to en- (1) describes the activities funded under other minerals causing housing degredation;
gage employers in efforts to achieve the stra- this title; or
tegic objectives identified in the partner- (2) evaluates the progress the eligible enti- Page 1707, line 12, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and insert
ship’s application under section 40103(b)(4), ty has made towards achieving the strategic ‘‘(4)’’.
such as— objectives identified under section
(1) navigating the registration process for AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. GALLEGO OF
40103(b)(4); and
a sponsor of an apprenticeship program; ARIZONA
(3) evaluates the levels of performance
(2) connecting the employer with an edu- achieved by the eligible entity for training Page 1232, after line 10, insert the following
cation and training provider, to support the participants with respect to the performance (and redesignate the succeeding paragraphs
development of curriculum for work-based indicators under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the accordingly):
learning opportunities, including the related Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (14) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—The
instruction for apprenticeship programs; (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) for all such workers, term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ means
(3) providing training to incumbent work- disaggregated by each population specified any organization—
ers to serve as trainers or mentors to indi- in section 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation (A) that serves the interests of Native Ha-
viduals participating in a work-based learn- and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)) and waiians;
ing program funded under this title; by race, ethnicity, sex, and age. (B) in which Native Hawaiians serve in
(4) subsidizing the wages and benefits for (g) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An eligible substantive and policymaking positions;
individuals participating in activities or pro- partnership may use not more than 5 percent (C) that has as a primary and stated pur-
grams funded under this title for a period of of the funds awarded through a grant, con- pose the provision of services to Native Ha-
not more than 6 months for employers dem- tract, or cooperative agreement under this waiians; and
onstrating financial need, including due to title for administrative expenses in carrying (D) that is recognized for having expertise
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COVID–19; and out this section. in Native Hawaiian affairs, digital
(5) recruiting for employment or participa- SEC. 40105. ADMINISTRATION BY THE SEC- connectivity, or access to broadband service.
tion in programs funded under this title, in- RETARY. Page 1243, after line 20, insert the fol-
cluding work-based learning programs, in- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use lowing:
cluding— not more than 2 percent of the amount ap- (3) TRIBAL AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CONSULTA-
(A) individuals participating in programs propriated under section 40106 for each fiscal TION AND ENGAGEMENT.—In establishing the
under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- year for administrative expenses to carry Program under paragraph (1), the Assistant
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Secretary shall conduct robust, interactive, costs of removing and replacing a lead-based broadband service in Federally-assisted
pre-decisional, transparent consultation water service pipe for a housing project. housing.
with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian or- (3) ASSURANCES.—The Secretary shall re- (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under
ganizations. quire each public housing agency and owner subsection (a) shall include—
Page 1269, line 5, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert of other federally assisted housing receiving (1) an analysis of Federally-assisted hous-
a semicolon. a grant under this subsection for a housing ing units that have access to broadband serv-
Page 1269, after line 7, insert the following: project to make such assurances and enter ice and the number of such units that do not
(D) providing assistance specific to Indian into such agreements as the Secretary con- have access to broadband service,
Tribes, tribally designated entities, and Na- siders necessary to ensure that— disaggregated by State, county, and congres-
tive Hawaiian organizations, including— (A) the lead-based water service pipes for sional district, that includes geographic in-
(i) conducting annual outreach to Indian the project that will be removed and re- formation and any Federal agency respon-
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations on placed using such grant amounts are identi- sible for such units;
the availability of technical assistance for fied; and (2) an analysis of which such units are not
applying for or otherwise participating in (B) all work to remove and replace such currently capable of supporting broadband
the Program; pipes is completed before the expiration of service deployment and would require retro-
(ii) providing technical assistance at the the 24-month period beginning upon the ini- fitting to support broadband service deploy-
request of any Indian Tribe, tribally des- tial availability to the agency or owner of ment, disaggregated by State, county, and
ignated entity, or Native Hawaiian organiza- such grant amounts. congressional district, that includes geo-
tion that is applying for or participating in (4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The amount graphic information and any Federal agency
the Program in order to facilitate the fulfill- of grant under this subsection with respect responsible for such units;
ment of any applicable requirements in sub- to a housing project may not exceed the esti- (3) an analysis of the estimated costs and
sections (c) and (d); and timeframe necessary for retrofitting build-
mate of the Secretary of the full cost or re-
(iii) providing additional technical assist- ings to achieve 100 percent access to
moving and replacing the lead-based water
ance at the request of any Indian Tribe, trib-
service pipes for the project identified pursu- broadband service;
ally designated entity, or Native Hawaiian
ant to paragraph (3)(A). (4) an analysis of the challenges to more
organization that is applying for or partici-
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Upon the expiration of widespread deployment of broadband service,
pating in the Program to improve the devel-
the 6-year period beginning on the date of including the comparative markets dynam-
opment or implementation of a Digital Eq-
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary ics to expansion in rural areas and low-in-
uity plan, such as—
shall submit to the Congress a report identi- come urban areas, and the challenges to pur-
(I) assessing all Federal programs that are
fying the housing projects for which lead suing retrofits to achieve 100 percent access
available to assist the Indian Tribe, tribally
-based water service pipes were removed and to broadband service;
designated entity, or Native Hawaiian orga-
replaced using grants under subsection (b) (5) descriptions of lessons learned from pre-
nization in meeting the goals of a Digital Eq-
uity plan; and analyzing the effectiveness of the pro- vious retrofitting actions;
(II) identifying all applicable Federal, gram for such grants. (6) an evaluation of the ConnectHome pilot
State, and Tribal statutory provisions, regu- (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this program of the Secretary of Housing and
lations, policies, and procedures that the As- sectionn, the following definitions shall Urban Development; and
sistant Secretary determines are necessary apply: (7) recommendations for Congress for
to adhere to for the deployment of broadband (1) HOUSING PROJECT.—The term ‘‘housing achieving 100 percent access to broadband
service; project’’ means a public housing project or a service in Federally-assisted housing.
(III) identifying obstacles to the deploy- project that is other federally assisted hous- (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
ing. (1) BROADBAND SERVICE.—The term
ment of broadband service under a Digital
Equity plan, as well as potential solutions; (2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— ‘‘broadband service’’ has the meaning given
or The term ‘‘other federally assisted housing’’ the term ‘‘broadband internet access serv-
(IV) identifying activities that may be nec- has the meaning given the term ‘‘federally ice’’ in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Fed-
essary to the success of a Digital Equity assisted housing’’ in section 683 of the Hous- eral Regulations, or any successor regula-
plan, including digital literacy training, ing and Community Development Act of 1992 tion.
technical support, privacy and cybersecurity (42 U.S.C. 13641), except that such term does (2) FEDERALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING.—In this
expertise, and other end-user technology not include any public housing project de- section, the term ‘‘Federally-assisted hous-
needs; and scribed in paragraph (2)(A) of such section. ing’’ means any single-family or multifamily
AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. GARCÍA OF
(3) LEAD-BASED WATER SERVICE PIPE.—The housing that is assisted under a program ad-
ILLINOIS
term ‘‘lead-based water service pipe’’ means, ministered by the Secretary of Housing and
with respect to a housing project, a pipe or Urban Development or the Secretary of Agri-
Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following
other conduit that— culture.
new section:
(A) is used to supply potable water for the SEC. 60016.
MASTER PLAN FOR BROADBAND
SEC. 60016. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES.
housing project from outside the project; and CONNECTIVITY IN FEDERALLY-AS-
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF LEAD WATER SERVICE SISTED HOUSING.
(B) does not satisfy the definition of ‘‘lead-
LINES.— (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing
free’’ established under section 1417 of the
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Housing and and Urban Development, in consultation
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6).
Urban Development, in consultation with with other relevant heads of Federal agen-
(4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public
public housing agencies, owners of other fed- cies, shall develop a master plan for achiev-
housing’’ has the meaning given such term
erally assisted housing, and the Adminis- ing retrofitting Federally-assisted housing
in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
trator of the Environmental Protection Ad- to support broadband service. The Secretary
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
ministration shall, not later than the expira-
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ shall submit such plan to Congress not later
tion of the 24-month period beginning upon
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban than 18 months after the date of the enact-
the date of the enactment of this Act, under-
Development. ment of this Act.
take and complete a review of all public
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms
housing projects and all other federally as-
consultation with the Administrator of the ‘‘broadband service’’ and ‘‘Federally-assisted
sisted housing projects to identify any such
Environmental Protection Administration, housing’’ have the meanings given in section
projects for which the source of potable
may issue any regulations necessary to carry 60015.
water is a lead-based water service pipe or
pipes. out this section. AMENDMENT NO. 10 OFFERED BY MS. JAYAPAL
(2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the re- (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— OF WASHINGTON
view required under paragraph (1), the Sec- There is authorized to be appropriated for Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following
retary shall submit a report to the Congress grants under subsection (b)— new section:
setting forth the results of the review and (1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; SEC. 60016. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUN-
identifying any projects for which the source (2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and CIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
of potable water is a lead-based water service (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. (a) REPEAL OF TERMINATION.—Title II of
pipe or pipes. AMENDMENT NO. 9 OFFERED BY MR. HASTINGS the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— OF FLORIDA Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make At the end of division J, add the following: (1) by striking section 209 (42 U.S.C. 11319);
grants to public housing agencies and owners SEC. 60015. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON and
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of other federally assisted housing to cover HIGH-SPEED INTERNET (2) by redesignating sections 207 and 208 (42
the eligible costs of removing and replacing CONNECTIVITY IN FEDERALLY-AS- U.S.C. 11317, 11318) as sections 208 and 209, re-
lead-based water service pipes for housing SISTED HOUSING. spectively.
projects identified pursuant to the review (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year (b) FUNCTIONS.—Section 203 of the McKin-
under subsection (a). after the date of the enactment of this Act, ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts from a grant the Comptroller General of the United States U.S.C. 11313) is amended—
under this subsection may be used only for shall submit to Congress a report on (1) in subsection (a)—
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July 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3015
(A) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at ‘‘(e) COUNCIL MEETINGS.—The Council shall ‘‘(5)(A) The term ‘population at higher risk
the end; meet regularly and not less often than once of homelessness’ means a group of persons
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking the pe- a year with the advisory board and shall pro- that is defined by a common characteristic
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; vide timely written responses to rec- and that has been found to experience home-
and ommendations, proposals, and concerns lessness, housing instability, or to be cost-
(C) by adding at the end the following new issued by the advisory board. burdened at a rate higher than that of the
paragraphs: ‘‘(f) CHAIRMAN.—The position of Chairman general public.
‘‘(14) rely on evidence-based practices; of the advisory board shall be filled by an in- ‘‘(B) Information that may be used in dem-
‘‘(15) identify and promote successful prac- dividual who is a current or former member onstrating such a higher rate includes data
tices, including the Housing First strategy of the advisory board, is nominated by at generated by the Federal Government, by
and the permanent supportive housing least two members of the advisory board, State or municipal governments, by peer-re-
model; and and is confirmed by a vote of not less than 75 viewed research, and by organizations having
‘‘(16) prioritize addressing disparities faced percent of the members of the advisory expertise in working with or advocating on
by members of a population at higher risk of board. behalf of homeless, housing unstable, or
homelessness, including by issuing reports ‘‘(g) COMPENSATION.—Any amounts made cost-burdened groups.
and making recommendations to agencies.’’; available for administrative costs of the ‘‘(C) Such term shall include populations
and Council may be used for costs of travel or on- for which such higher rate has already been
(2) in subsection (b)— line access to meetings for participation by demonstrated, including Asian, Black,
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ members of the advisory board in board Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian,
after the semicolon; meetings, and for per diem compensation to Pacific Islander and other communities of
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period advisory board members for board meetings. color; persons with disabilities, including
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The agencies
mental health disabilities, elderly persons,
(C) by adding at the end the following new implementing this Act shall construe this
foster and former foster youth; LGBTQ per-
paragraph: Act in a manner that facilitates and encour-
sons, gender non-binary and gender non-con-
‘‘(3) make formal reports and recommenda- age the full participation of advisory board
forming persons, justice system-involved
tions to Federal agencies, which shall in- members and shall consider the barriers
persons, and veterans.’’.
clude comments on how proposed regulatory faced by persons experiencing homelessness
and shall endeavor to overcome such barriers (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of
changes would impact persons experiencing
to participation.’’. contents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-
homelessness, housing instability, or who
(2) REPRESENTATION OF CHAIRMAN ON COUN- Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
are cost-burdened.’’.
CIL.—Section 202(a) of the McKinney-Vento 11301 note) is amended by striking the items
(c) ADVISORY BOARD.—
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11312(a)) relating to sections 209 and 210 and inserting
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the McKinney-
is amended— the following:
Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended
by inserting after section 206 (42 U.S.C. 11316) (A) by redesignating paragraph (22) as ‘‘Sec. 209. Encouragement of State involve-
the following new section: paragraph (21); and ment.’’.
‘‘SEC. 207. ADVISORY BOARD. (B) by adding at the end the following new
AMENDMENT NO. 11 OFFERED BY MS. JAYAPAL
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established paragraph:
OF WASHINGTON
an advisory board for the Council. ‘‘(22) The chairman of the advisory board
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— established by section 207.’’. Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board (d) DIRECTOR.—Subsection (a) of section 204 new section:
shall be composed of not less than 20 individ- of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance SEC. 60016. GAO STUDY OF HOUSING NEEDS OF
uals, selected in accordance with paragraph Act (42 U.S.C. 11314(a)) is amended— POPULATIONS AT HIGHER RISK OF
(3) from nominees proposed pursuant to para- (1) by striking ‘‘(a) DIRECTOR.—The Council HOMELESSNESS.
graph (2), as follows: shall appoint an Executive Director, who
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than the expira-
‘‘(A) Not less than 10 members shall be in- shall be’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) DIRECTOR.— tion of the 1-year period beginning on the
dividuals who are homeless or experiencing date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
housing instability, or were so during the 5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The chief executive offi-
cer of the Council shall be the Executive Di- troller General of the United States shall
calendar years preceding appointment to the identify and analyze the housing infrastruc-
advisory board or who have been so in the rector, who shall be appointed in accordance
with paragraph (2) and’’; and ture needs of populations at higher risk of
last 5 calendar years. homelessness, and shall submit a report to
‘‘(B) Not less than 8 members shall be indi- (2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph: the Congress recommending regulatory, pol-
viduals who are members of, or advocate on icy, and practice changes that would ensure
behalf of, or both, a population at higher ‘‘(1) PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENT.—A va-
cancy in the position of Executive Director that Federal agencies better reduce and pre-
risk of homelessness, including such vent homelessness and housing instability
transgender and gender non-conforming per- shall be filled by an individual nominated
and appointed to such position by the Coun- faced by populations at higher risk of home-
sons, Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, lessness.
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other cil, except that the Council may not appoint
communities of color, youth in or formerly any nominee who is not confirmed by ap- (b) POPULATION AT HIGHER RISK OF HOME-
proval of 75 percent of the aggregate of all LESSNESS.—
in the foster care system, and justice-system
involved youth and adults. members of the Council and the advisory (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
‘‘(2) NOMINATION.—Nominees for members board under section 207 pursuant to an elec- tion, the term ‘‘population at higher risk of
of the advisory board shall be proposed by tion in which each such member’s vote is homelessness’’ means a group of persons that
any grantee or subgrantee under this Act. given identical weight. If the Council is un- is defined by a common characteristic and
‘‘(3) SELECTION.—Advisory Board members able to agree on an Executive Director, the that has been found to experience homeless-
shall be selected as follows: chairperson of the advisory council shall act ness, housing instability, or to be cost-bur-
‘‘(A) At least 5 members shall be selected as interim Executive Director.’’. dened at a rate higher than that of the gen-
by the majority party members of the Com- (e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 207 of the McKin- eral public.
mittee on Financial Services of the House of ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 (2) HIGHER RATE.—Information that may be
Representatives and 5 members shall be se- U.S.C. 11317) is amended by adding at the end used in demonstrating such a higher rate in-
lected by the minority party members of the following new paragraphs: cludes data generated by the Federal Gov-
such committee. ‘‘(3) The term ‘Housing First’ means, with ernment, by State or municipal govern-
‘‘(B) At least 5 members shall be selected respect to addressing homelessness, an ap- ments, by peer-reviewed research, and by or-
by the majority party members of the Com- proach to quickly and successfully connect ganizations having expertise in working with
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- individuals and families experiencing home- or advocating on behalf of homeless, housing
fairs of the Senate and 5 members shall be lessness to permanent and affordable housing unstable, or cost-burdened groups.
selected by the minority party members of opportunities and appropriate services with- (3) INCLUDED POPULATIONS.—Such term
such committee. out preconditions and low or no barriers to shall include populations for which such
‘‘(4) TERMS.—Members of the advisory entry, including barriers relating to sobri- higher rate has already been demonstrated,
board shall serve terms of 2 years. ety, treatment, work requirements, and serv- including Asian, Black, Latino, Native
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The advisory board shall ice participation requirements. American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
review the work of the Council, make rec- ‘‘(4) The term ‘permanent supportive hous- and other communities of color; persons with
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ommendations regarding how the Council ing’ means housing that provides— disabilities, including mental health disabil-
can most effectively pursue the goal of end- ‘‘(A) indefinite leasing or rental assistance; ities, elderly persons, foster and former fos-
ing homelessness, and raise specific points of and ter youth; LGBTQ persons, gender non-bi-
concern with members of the Council who ‘‘(B) non-mandatory, culturally competent nary and gender non-conforming persons,
represent Federal agencies. supportive services to assist persons to justice system-involved persons, survivors of
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The advisory board shall achieve housing stability and maintain their domestic violence, sexual assault, and other
meet not less often than twice each year. health and well-being. intimate partner violence, and veterans.
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AMENDMENT NO. 12 OFFERED BY MR. ‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall the Office of Internet Connectivity and
LOWENTHAL OF CALIFORNIA not apply to the development of any housing, Growth, in consultation with the Commis-
Page 1677, after line 16, insert the fol- including single-family and multifamily sion and the Rural Utility Service of the De-
lowing: housing. partment of Agriculture, shall, after public
Subtitle E—Other Matters ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive notice and an opportunity for comment, con-
the requirements of subsection (a) if the Sec- duct a study to assess the extent to which
SEC. 33501. WATER REUSE INTERAGENCY WORK- Federal funds for broadband internet access
ING GROUP.
retary finds-—
‘‘(1) that such requirements would be in- services, including the Universal Service
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days Fund programs and other Federal broadband
consistent with the public interest;
after the date of enactment of this Act, the service support programs, have expanded ac-
‘‘(2) that products described in subsection
Administrator of the Environmental Protec- cess to and adoption of broadband internet
(a) are not produced in the United States in
tion Agency (referred to in this section as access service by socially disadvantaged in-
sufficient and reasonably available quan-
the ‘‘Administrator’’), shall establish a dividuals as compared to individuals who are
tities and of a satisfactory quality; or
Water Reuse Interagency Working Group (re- not socially disadvantaged individuals.
‘‘(3) that inclusion of domestic material
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Working (b) REPORT AND PUBLICATION.—
will increase the cost of the overall project
Group’’). (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Working by more than 25 percent.
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days before after the date of the enactment of this Act,
Group is to develop and coordinate actions, the Office of Internet Connectivity and
tools, and resources to advance water reuse making a determination regarding a waiver
described in subsection (b), the Secretary Growth shall submit a report on the results
across the United States, including through of the study under subsection (a) to—
the implementation of a National Water shall provide notification and an opportunity
for public comment on the request for such (A) the Committee on Energy & Commerce
Reuse Action Plan that creates opportuni- in the House of Representatives;
ties for water reuse in the mission areas of waiver.
‘‘(e) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science
each of the Federal agencies included in the and Transportation of the Senate; and
section shall be applied in a manner con-
Working Group under subsection (c) (referred (C) each agency administering a program
sistent with the obligations of the United
to in this section as the ‘‘Action Plan’’). evaluated by such report.
(c) CHAIRPERSON; MEMBERSHIP.—The Work- States under international agreements.’’.
(2) PUBLIC PUBLICATION.—Contempora-
ing Group shall be— AMENDMENT NO. 14 OFFERED BY MR. NEGUSE OF
neously with submitting the report required
(1) chaired by the Administrator; and COLORADO by paragraph (1), the Office of Internet
(2) comprised of senior representatives Page 1691, after line 20, insert the fol- Connectivity and Growth shall publish such
from such Federal agencies as the Adminis- lowing: report on the public facing website of—
trator determines to be appropriate. SEC. 40002. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELAT- (A) the National Telecommunications and
(d) DUTIES OF THE WORKING GROUP.—In car- ING TO FEDERAL RESEARCH INFRA- Information Administration;
rying out this section, the Working Group STRUCTURE. (B) the Commission; and
shall— (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1007(c)(1) of the (C) the Rural Utility Service of the Depart-
(1) with respect to water reuse, leverage America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. ment of Agriculture.
the expertise of industry, the research com- 6619(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and fund- (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report re-
munity, nongovernmental organizations, and ing for research infrastsructure’’ after ‘‘re- quired by paragraph (1) shall include rec-
government; search infrastructure’’. ommendations with regard who to how Fed-
(2) seek to foster water reuse as an impor- (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year eral funds for the Universal Service Fund
tant component of integrated water re- after the date of enactment of this Act and programs and Federal broadband service sup-
sources management; every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller port programs may be dispersed in an a man-
(3) conduct an assessment of new opportu- General of the United States shall submit to ner that better expands access to and adop-
nities to advance water reuse and annually Congress a report that includes— tion of broadband internet access service by
update the Action Plan with new actions, as (1) an assessment of the current state of socially disadvantaged individuals as com-
necessary, to pursue those opportunities; Federal science facilities and related infra- pared to individuals who are not socially dis-
(4) seek to coordinate Federal programs structure, including with respect to climate advantaged individuals.
and policies to support the adoption of water control systems, the functionality of equip- (c) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUAL.—
reuse; ment and the usage of such equipment, the In this section, the term ‘‘socially disadvan-
(5) consider how each Federal agency can quality of buildings in which such facilities taged individual’’ has the meaning given
explore and identify opportunities to support are housed (including the resiliency of such that term in section 8 of the Small Business
water reuse through the programs and ac- buildings to changes in climate, weather, Act (15 U.S.C. 637).
tivities of that Federal agency; and and natural surroundings), and the safety of AMENDMENT NO. 18 OFFERED BY MS. PRESSLEY
(6) consult, on a regular basis, with rep- the materials used in construction of facili- OF MASSACHUSETTS
resentatives of relevant industries, the re- ties; Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following
search community, and nongovernmental or- (2) An identification of the facilities in new section:
ganizations. most critical need of repair or renovation; SEC. 60016. STUDY OF EFFECTS OF CRIMINAL
(e) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once (3) the estimated costs of completing such HISTORY ON ACCESS TO HOUSING.
every 2 years, the Administrator shall sub- repairs of renovations; and Not later than the expiration of the 2-year
mit to Congress a report on the activities (4) an evaluation of whether facility occu- period beginning on the date of the enact-
and findings of the Working Group. pancy is sufficient to meet agency demands. ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing
(f) SUNSET.— AMENDMENT NO. 15 OFFERED BY MS. OCASIO- and Urban Development shall—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), CORTEZ OF NEW YORK (1) conduct and complete a study on the ef-
the Working Group shall terminate on the Page 1692, line 14, insert ‘‘and $50,000,000 fects of criminal history or involvement with
date that is 6 years after the date of enact- shall be for updating postal facilities to in- the criminal legal system on access to pri-
ment of this Act. crease accessibility for disabled individuals, vate and assisted housing, taking into con-
(2) EXTENSION.—The Administrator may with a focus on such facilities that are in- sideration demographic information, type of
extend the date of termination of the Work- cluded in the National Register of Historic housing, socio-economic status, geography,
ing Group under paragraph (1). Places’’ after ‘‘vehicles’’. nature of the offense, and other relevant fac-
AMENDMENT NO. 13 OFFERED BY MS. MCCOLLUM tors allowing greater understanding of the
AMENDMENT NO. 16 OFFERED BY MS. OCASIO-
OF MINNESOTA impact of criminal history on access to hous-
CORTEZ OF NEW YORK
Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following: ing; and
Page 1714, after line 2, insert the following (2) submit to the Congress a report setting
SEC. 60016. BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS FOR
new section: forth the findings of the study, which shall
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT ACTIVITIES. SEC. 60016. REPEAL OF FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT. be disaggregated according to the factors
Title I of the Housing and Community De- Section 9(g) of the United States Housing considered pursuant to paragraph (1).
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by AMENDMENT NO. 19 OFFERED BY MR. RUIZ OF
is amended by adding at the end the fol- striking paragraph (3) (relating to limitation CALIFORNIA
lowing: on new construction). Page 1973, after line 2, insert the following:
‘‘SEC. 5323. BUY AMERICA. AMENDMENT NO. 17 OFFERED BY MS. OMAR OF Subtitle E—Tribal Land to Trust
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any MINNESOTA
SECTION 82501. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO
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other provision of law, the Secretary shall Page 1241, after line 18, insert the following TRUST.
not obligate any funds authorized to be ap- new section: (a) IN GENERAL.—The approximately 2,560
propriated for any project authorized under SEC. 31107. STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO acres of land owned by the Agua Caliente
this title and administered by the Secretary, CONNECT SOCIALLY DISADVAN- Band of Cahuilla Indians, numbered 16, 21, 27,
unless steel, iron, manufactured products, TAGED INDIVIDUALS. and 29 and generally depicted as ‘‘BLM Ex-
and construction materials used in such (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months change Lands (2,560 Acres)’’ on the map ti-
project are produced in the United States. after the date of the enactment of this act, tled ‘‘ACBCI/BLM LAND EXCHANGE’’ is
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hereby taken into trust for the benefit of the CHAPTER 2—ENERGY WORKFORCE prenticeship programs, and energy-related
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. DEVELOPMENT industries;
(b) LANDS PART OF RESERVATION.—Lands SEC. 33511.ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOP- (2) shall encourage and foster collabora-
taken into trust by this section shall be part MENT. tion, mentorships, and partnerships among
of the Tribe’s reservation and shall be ad- (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail- industry, local workforce development
ministered in accordance with the laws and ability of appropriations, the Secretary, act- boards, State workforce development boards,
regulations generally applicable to property ing through the Director of the Office of Eco- nonprofit organizations, labor organizations,
held in trust by the United States for an In- nomic Impact, Diversity, and Employment, and apprenticeship programs that currently
dian tribe. shall establish and carry out a comprehen- provide effective training programs for jobs
(c) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Lands taken into sive, nationwide program to improve edu- in energy-related industries and educational
trust by this section for the benefit of the cation and training for jobs in energy-related institutions that seek to establish these
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall industries, including manufacturing, engi- types of programs in order to share best
neering, construction, and retrofitting jobs practices and approaches that best suit local,
not be eligible for gaming under the Indian
in such energy-related industries, in order to State, and national needs; and
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et
increase the number of skilled workers (3) shall collaborate with the Bureau of
seq.).
trained to work in such energy-related in- Labor Statistics, the Department of Com-
AMENDMENT NO. 20 OFFERED BY MR. RUIZ OF merce, the Bureau of the Census, and energy-
dustries, including by—
CALIFORNIA related industries to—
(1) encouraging underrepresented groups,
Page 1352, after line 22, insert the fol- (A) develop a comprehensive and detailed
including religious and ethnic minorities,
lowing: understanding of the workforce needs of such
women, veterans, individuals with disabil-
energy-related industries, and job opportuni-
SEC. 31302. UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN INDIAN ities, unemployed energy workers, and
ties in such energy-related industries, by
COUNTRY AND AREAS WITH HIGH socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals
POPULATIONS OF INDIAN PEOPLE.
State and by region; and
to enter into the science, technology, engi-
(B) publish an annual report on job cre-
Section 254(b)(3) of the Communications neering, and mathematics (in this section re-
ation in the energy-related industries de-
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(b)(3)) is amended by ferred to as ‘‘STEM’’) fields;
scribed in subsection (i)(2).
inserting ‘‘and in Indian country (as defined (2) encouraging the Nation’s educational (f) GUIDELINES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
in section 1151 of title 18, United States institutions to equip students with the TIONS.—
Code) and areas with high populations of In- skills, mentorships, training, and technical (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-
dian (as defined in section 19 of the Act of expertise necessary to fill the employment gram established under subsection (a), the
June 18, 1934 (Chapter 576; 48 Stat. 988; 25 opportunities vital to managing and oper- Secretary, in collaboration with the Sec-
U.S.C. 5129)) people’’ after ‘‘high cost areas’’. ating the Nation’s energy-related industries; retary of Education, the Secretary of Com-
(3) providing students and other candidates merce, the Secretary of Labor, and the Na-
AMENDMENT NO. 21 OFFERED BY MR. RUSH OF
for employment with the necessary skills tional Science Foundation, shall develop vol-
ILLINOIS
and certifications for skilled, semiskilled, untary guidelines or best practices for edu-
At the end of title III of division G, add the and highly skilled jobs in such energy-re- cational institutions to help provide grad-
following new subtitle: lated industries; uates with the skills necessary for jobs in en-
Subtitle E—Energy Workforce Development (4) strengthening and more fully engaging ergy-related industries, including manufac-
Department of Energy programs and labora- turing, engineering, construction, and retro-
CHAPTER 1—OFFICE OF ECONOMIC tories in carrying out the Department’s Mi-
IMPACT, DIVERSITY, AND EMPLOYMENT fitting jobs in such energy-related indus-
norities in Energy Initiative; and tries.
SEC. 33501. NAME OF OFFICE. (5) to the greatest extent possible, collabo- (2) INPUT.—The Secretary shall solicit
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the Depart- rating with and supporting existing State input from energy-related industries in de-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. workforce development programs to maxi- veloping guidelines or best practices under
7141) is amended— mize program efficiency. paragraph (1).
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MI- (b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the program (3) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION
NORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT’’ and inserting
established under subsection (a), the Sec- INITIATIVES.—The guidelines or best prac-
‘‘ECONOMIC IMPACT, DIVERSITY, AND EMPLOY- retary shall prioritize the education and tices developed under paragraph (1) shall in-
MENT’’; and
training of underrepresented groups for jobs clude grade-specific guidelines for teaching
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office of in energy-related industries. energy efficiency technology, manufacturing
Minority Economic Impact’’ and inserting (c) DIRECT ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out efficiency technology, community energy re-
‘‘Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and the program established under subsection siliency, and conservation initiatives to edu-
Employment’’. (a), the Secretary shall provide direct assist- cate students and families.
ance (including financial assistance awards, (4) STEM EDUCATION.—The guidelines or
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of
technical expertise, and internships) to edu- best practices developed under paragraph (1)
contents for the Department of Energy Orga-
cational institutions, local workforce devel- shall promote STEM education in edu-
nization Act is amended by amending the
opment boards, State workforce develop- cational institutions as it relates to job op-
item relating to section 211 to read as fol-
ment boards, nonprofit organizations, labor portunities in energy-related industries.
lows:
organizations, and apprenticeship programs. (g) OUTREACH TO MINORITY-SERVING INSTI-
‘‘Sec. 211. Office of Economic Impact, Diver- The Secretary shall distribute such direct TUTIONS.—In carrying out the program estab-
sity, and Employment.’’. assistance in a manner proportional to the lished under subsection (a), the Secretary
SEC. 33502. ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT needs of, and demand for jobs in, energy-re- shall—
PROGRAMS. lated industries, consistent with information (1) give special consideration to increasing
Section 211 of the Department of Energy obtained under subsections (e)(3) and (i). outreach to minority-serving institutions;
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141) is amend- (d) CLEARINGHOUSE.—In carrying out the (2) make resources available to minority-
ed— program established under subsection (a), serving institutions with the objective of in-
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) the Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse creasing the number of skilled minorities
as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and to— and women trained for jobs in energy-related
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- (1) maintain and update information and industries, including manufacturing, engi-
lowing: resources on training programs for jobs in neering, construction, and retrofitting jobs
energy-related industries, including manu- in such energy-related industries;
‘‘(f) The Secretary, acting through the Di-
facturing, engineering, construction, and (3) encourage energy-related industries to
rector, shall establish and carry out the pro-
retrofitting jobs in such energy-related in- improve the opportunities for students of mi-
grams described in sections 33511 and 33512 of
dustries; and nority-serving institutions to participate in
the Moving Forward Act.’’.
(2) act as a resource for educational insti- industry internships and cooperative work-
SEC. 33503. AUTHORIZATION. tutions, local workforce development boards, study programs; and
Subsection (h) of section 211 of the Depart- State workforce development boards, non- (4) partner with the Department of Energy
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. profit organizations, labor organizations, laboratories to increase underrepresented
7141), as redesignated by section 33502 of this and apprenticeship programs that would like groups’ participation in internships, fellow-
Act, is amended by striking ‘‘not to exceed to develop and implement training programs ships, traineeships, and employment at all
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, not to exceed for such jobs. Department of Energy laboratories.
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$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and not to ex- (e) COLLABORATION AND REPORT.—In car- (h) OUTREACH TO DISPLACED AND UNEM-
ceed $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1981. Of the rying out the program established under sub- PLOYED ENERGY WORKERS.—In carrying out
amounts so appropriated each fiscal year, section (a), the Secretary— the program established under subsection
not less than 50 percent shall be available for (1) shall collaborate with educational insti- (a), the Secretary shall—
purposes of financial assistance under sub- tutions, local workforce development boards, (1) give special consideration to increasing
section (e).’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for State workforce development boards, non- outreach to employers and job trainers pre-
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. profit organizations, labor organizations, ap- paring displaced and unemployed energy
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workers for emerging jobs in energy-related zations, labor organizations, and apprentice- is provided by an entity other than the eligi-
industries, including manufacturing, engi- ship programs to help identify students and ble business.
neering, construction, and retrofitting jobs other candidates, including from underrep-
(d) PRIORITY FOR TARGETED COMMUNITIES.—
in such energy-related industries; resented communities such as minorities,
In providing grants under the program estab-
(2) make resources available to institu- women, and veterans, to enroll into training
lished under subsection (a), the Secretary
tions serving displaced and unemployed en- and apprenticeship programs for jobs in en-
shall give priority to eligible businesses
ergy workers with the objective of increasing ergy-related industries.
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— that—
the number of individuals trained for jobs in
There are authorized to be appropriated to (1) recruit employees—
energy-related industries, including manu-
carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of (A) from the communities that the busi-
facturing, engineering, construction, and
fiscal years 2020 through 2024. nesses serve; and
retrofitting jobs in such energy-related in-
SEC. 33512. ENERGY WORKFORCE GRANT PRO- (B) that are minorities, women, persons
dustries; and
GRAM. who are or were foster children, persons who
(3) encourage energy-related industries to
(a) PROGRAM.— are transitioning from fossil energy sector
improve opportunities for displaced and un-
employed energy workers to participate in (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail- jobs, or veterans; and
industry internships and cooperative work- ability of appropriations, the Secretary, act- (2) provide trainees with the opportunity
study programs. ing through the Director of the Office of Eco- to obtain real-world experience.
(i) GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR AN nomic Impact, Diversity, and Employment, (e) LIMIT.—An eligible business may not re-
ENERGY INDUSTRY WORKFORCE.—In carrying shall establish and carry out a program to ceive more than $100,000 under the program
out the program established under sub- provide grants to eligible businesses to pay established under subsection (a) per fiscal
section (a), the Secretary shall, in collabora- the wages of new and existing employees year.
tion with energy-related industries— during the time period that such employees
(1) identify the areas with the greatest de- are receiving training to work in the renew- (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
mand for workers in each such industry; and able energy sector, energy efficiency sector, There are authorized to be appropriated to
(2) develop guidelines for the skills nec- or grid modernization sector. carry out this section $70,000,000 for each of
essary for work in the following energy-re- (2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 days fiscal years 2020 through 2024.
lated industries: after the date of enactment of this Act, the SEC. 33513. DEFINITIONS.
(A) Energy efficiency industry, including Secretary, in consultation with stake-
work in energy efficiency, conservation, holders, contractors, and organizations that In this subtitle:
weatherization, retrofitting, or as inspectors work to advance existing residential energy (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘appren-
or auditors. efficiency, shall establish guidelines to iden- ticeship’’ means an apprenticeship registered
(B) Renewable energy industry, including tify training that is eligible for purposes of under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly
work in the development, engineering, man- the program established pursuant to para- known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship
ufacturing, and production of renewable en- graph (1). Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et
ergy from renewable energy sources (such as (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a seq.).
solar, hydropower, wind, or geothermal en- grant under the program established under (2) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term
ergy). subsection (a) or a business or labor manage- ‘‘educational institution’’ means an elemen-
(C) Community energy resiliency industry, ment organization that is directly involved tary school, secondary school, or institution
including work in the installation of rooftop with energy efficiency or renewable energy of higher education.
solar, in battery storage, and in microgrid technology, or working on behalf of any such (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY
technologies. business, shall provide services related to— SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’
(D) Fuel cell and hydrogen energy indus- (1) renewable electric energy generation, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings
try. including solar, wind, geothermal, hydro- given such terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
(E) Manufacturing industry, including power, and other renewable electric energy mentary and Secondary Education Act of
work as operations technicians, in oper- generation technologies; 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
ations and design in additive manufacturing, (2) energy efficiency, including energy-effi- (4) ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRY.—The term
3–D printing, and advanced composites and cient lighting, heating, ventilation, and air ‘‘energy-related industry’’ includes each of
advanced aluminum and other metal alloys, conditioning, air source heat pumps, ad- the energy efficiency, renewable energy,
industrial energy efficiency management vanced building materials, insulation and air chemical manufacturing, utility, alternative
systems, including power electronics, and sealing, and other high-efficiency products fuels, pipeline, nuclear energy, oil, gas, and
other innovative technologies. and services, including auditing and inspec- coal industries.
(F) Chemical manufacturing industry, in- tion; (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
cluding work in construction (such as weld- (3) grid modernization or energy storage, term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has
ers, pipefitters, and tool and die makers) or including smart grid, microgrid and other the meaning given such term in section 102
as instrument and electrical technicians, distributed energy solutions, demand re- of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
machinists, chemical process operators, en- sponse management, and home energy man- 1002).
gineers, quality and safety professionals, and agement technology; or (6) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor
reliability engineers. (4) fuel cell and hybrid fuel cell generation. organization’’ has the meaning given such
(G) Utility industry, including work in the (c) USE OF GRANTS.—An eligible business term in section 2 of the National Labor Rela-
generation, transmission, and distribution of with— tions Act (29 U.S.C. 152).
electricity and natural gas, such as utility (1) 20 or fewer employees may use a grant (7) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
technicians, operators, lineworkers, engi- provided under the program established BOARD.—The term ‘‘local workforce develop-
neers, scientists, and information technology under subsection (a) to pay up to— ment board’’ means a local board, as defined
specialists. (A) 45 percent of an employee’s wages for in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and
(H) Alternative fuels industry, including the duration of the training, if the training Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).
work in biofuel development and production. is provided by the eligible business; and (8) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The
(I) Pipeline industry, including work in (B) 90 percent of an employee’s wages for term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means
pipeline construction and maintenance or the duration of the training, if the training an institution of higher education that is of
work as engineers or technical advisors. is provided by an entity other than the eligi- one of the following:
(J) Nuclear industry, including work as ble business; (A) Hispanic-serving institution (as defined
scientists, engineers, technicians, mathe- (2) 21 to 99 employees may use a grant pro- in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education
maticians, or security personnel. vided under the program established under Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5))).
(K) Oil and gas industry, including work as subsection (a) to pay up to— (B) Tribal College or University (as defined
scientists, engineers, technicians, mathe- (A) 37.5 percent of an employee’s wages for in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act
maticians, petrochemical engineers, or ge- the duration of the training, if the training of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))).
ologists. is provided by the eligible business; and (C) Alaska Native-serving institution (as
(L) Coal industry, including work as coal (B) 75 percent of an employee’s wages for defined in section 317(b) of the Higher Edu-
miners, engineers, developers and manufac- the duration of the training, if the training cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))).
turers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, is provided by an entity other than the eligi- (D) Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as
technology vendors, coal transportation ble business; and defined in section 317(b) of the Higher Edu-
workers and operators, or mining equipment (3) 100 employees or more may use a grant cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))).
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vendors. provided under the program established (E) Predominantly Black Institution (as
(j) ENROLLMENT IN TRAINING AND APPREN- under subsection (a) to pay up to— defined in section 318(b) of the Higher Edu-
TICESHIP PROGRAMS.—In carrying out the (A) 25 percent of an employee’s wages for cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b))).
program established under subsection (a), the duration of the training, if the training (F) Native American-serving nontribal in-
the Secretary shall work with industry, local is provided by the eligible business; and stitution (as defined in section 319(b) of the
workforce development boards, State work- (B) 50 percent of an employee’s wages for Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
force development boards, nonprofit organi- the duration of the training, if the training 1059f(b))).
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(G) Asian American and Native American mately 1 year, as determined by the Sec- Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to
Pacific Islander-serving institution (as de- retary of the Treasury. this en bloc amendment. I want to put
fined in section 320(b) of the Higher Edu- ‘‘(2) INFLATION RATE.—The term ‘inflation things in perspective.
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b))). rate’ means the change in the Consumer Mr. Speaker, I mentioned on the
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub-
floor yesterday that there were ap-
means the Secretary of Energy. lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
(10) STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT the Department of Labor with respect to the proximately 390 amendments filed on
BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce develop- previous calendar month. this bill—390 amendments filed. There
ment board’’ means a State board, as defined ‘‘(3) REAL RATE.—The term ‘real rate’ are approximately 148 Democrat
in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and means— amendments and there were 22 Repub-
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). ‘‘(A) the Federal interest rate, minus lican amendments that were accepted
AMENDMENT NO. 22 OFFERED BY MR. SOTO OF ‘‘(B) the inflation rate.’’; and and allowed to be voted on, but because
FLORIDA (2) in the analysis for such chapter, by add- of this distorted process, those were
Page 2107, after line 25, insert the fol- ing at the end the following: only being allowed seven votes.
lowing: ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE Mr. Speaker, en bloc B, there were 45
Subtitle G.—Sinkhole Hazard Identification OPPORTUNITY BONDS Democrat amendments; en bloc C,
SEC. 84701. SINKHOLE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION. ‘‘3131. Issuance of American Infrastructure there were 34 Democrat amendments;
(a) PROGRAM.—The Director of the United Opportunity Bonds and use of en bloc D, there were 28 Democrat
States Geological Survey shall establish a proceeds.’’. amendments; and in this bloc F, there
program to— AMENDMENT NO. 25 OFFERED BY MS. VELÁZQUEZ are 25 Democrat amendments—zero Re-
(1) study the short-term and long-term OF NEW YORK publican amendments in any of those
mechanisms that cause sinkholes, including Page 1698, lines 12 and 13, strike ‘‘35 per- blocs.
extreme storm events, prolonged droughts cent and not more than 75’’ and insert ‘‘50’’. The amendments in this bloc, there
causing shifts in water management prac- Page 1698, strike ‘‘including’’ in line 18 and is another grab bag of the majority’s
tices, aquifer depletion, and other major all that follows through line 21, and insert
changes in water use; and
priorities, many of which take a very
the following: ‘‘which shall not exclude pub-
(2) develop maps that depict zones that are lic housing agencies working in good faith to
generous view of what actual infra-
at greater risk of sinkhole formation. resolve urgent health and safety concerns structure is.
(b) REVIEW OF MAPS.—Once during each 5- based on written notification of violations This bill is supposed to be infrastruc-
year period, or more often as the Director of from the Department of Environmental Pro- ture legislation. The bloc includes ev-
the United States Geological Survey deter- tection, Department of Justice, or Depart- erything from air-conditioning for
mines is necessary, the Director shall assess ment of Housing and Urban Development.’’. postal vehicles to studying sinkholes,
the need to revise and update the maps de- to unworkable vehicle mandates that
veloped under this section.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- have zero consideration for actual tax-
(c) WEBSITE.—The Director of the United
States Geological Survey shall establish and tlewoman from California (Ms. payer funds. It mandates the acquisi-
maintain a public website that displays the WATERS) and the gentleman from Lou- tion of certain types of vehicles with-
maps developed under this section and other isiana (Mr. GRAVES) each will control out looking at any type of economic
relevant information critical for use by com- 15 minutes. analysis on the use of those taxpayer
munity planners and emergency managers. The Chair recognizes the gentle- funds.
AMENDMENT NO. 23 OFFERED BY MS. SPEIER OF woman from California. It continues to ignore the need for
CALIFORNIA Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield reasonable bipartisan solutions to ad-
Page 1303, line 14, strike ‘‘; or’’ and insert myself such time as I may consume. dress our biggest infrastructure needs,
a semicolon. Mr. Speaker, the Moving Forward and rather than looking forward at so-
Page 1303, line 22, strike the period at the
Act is long overdue, and it comes on lutions, the amendment tries to elimi-
end and insert ‘‘; or’’. nate longstanding bipartisan agree-
Page 1303, after line 22, insert the fol- the heels of a devastating pandemic
that has killed more than 125,000 Amer- ments that have addressed our infra-
lowing:
icans and shut down much of our econ- structure needs and, instead, put these
(D) at least one member of the household
has received a Federal Pell Grant under sec- omy. left-leaning visions in place.
tion 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 It doesn’t have to be this way. It
The Moving Forward Act will repair
(20 U.S.C. 1070a) in the most recent academic didn’t have to be this way. We could
our Nation’s dilapidated roads, bridges,
year. have come together and written an in-
and public transit systems. It will re-
AMENDMENT NO. 24 OFFERED BY MRS. TORRES frastructure bill that would have easily
build our drinking water infrastruc-
OF CALIFORNIA cleared this Chamber.
ture, upgrade our schools and hos- Mr. Speaker, I want to remind you,
In division H, add at the end the following: pitals, and improve our affordable
SEC. 40002. AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE OPPOR- going back to TEA–21 when our distin-
TUNITY BONDS.
housing infrastructure. The Moving guished chairman was around, TEA–21,
Chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, Forward Act will also create millions the highway bill, the Transportation
is amended— of jobs and help our economy to re- Equity Act for the 21st Century, the
(1) by adding at the end the following new cover. vote coming out of this House was 337
subchapter: This en bloc amendment makes sev- ‘‘yes’’ votes—337—to 80 ‘‘no’’ votes.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AMERICAN eral improvements to H.R. 2, including In SAFETEA-LU, our distinguished
INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY BONDS the addition of new language that chairman emeritus, the dean of the
‘‘§ 3131. Issuance of American Infrastructure would support the infrastructure of House, led that effort. The vote out of
Opportunity Bonds and use of proceeds historically Black colleges and univer- the House was 417 to 9 ‘‘no’’ votes—417
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE OF BONDS.—If the Secretary sities, support long-term affordability ‘‘yes’’ to 9 ‘‘no’’ votes.
of the Treasury determines that the real rate of manufactured housing communities, MAP–21, 293 ‘‘aye’’ votes, 127 ‘‘no’’
is equal to zero percent or less, the Secretary remove lead in public housing, perma- votes, and I want to make note that
shall— nently authorize the U.S. Interagency
‘‘(1) issue Government bonds with a face
our chairman, Chairman DEFAZIO,
Council on Homelessness, and make voted ‘‘yes.’’ He was in the minority
value of $20,000,000,000; and
‘‘(2) deposit amounts equivalent to the pro- postal offices more accessible for per- but voted ‘‘yes.’’
ceeds from such issuance into the Highway sons with disabilities. And, of course, the FAST Act, once
Trust Fund, of which 20 percent shall be de- These are positive efforts to more again, when the Republicans were in
posited into the Mass Transit Account estab- comprehensively address the infra- charge, a big four agreement, when Re-
lished under section 9503(e) of the Internal structure needs of this country, and I publicans and Democrats had to come
Revenue Code of 1986. commend each of the Members offering together. The vote was 372 ayes to 54
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‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec- an amendment included in this en bloc. nays.
tion:
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Right now, just to demonstrate this
‘‘(1) FEDERAL INTEREST RATE.—The term
‘Federal interest rate’ means the current my time. is doable, right now, Republicans and
market yields on outstanding marketable Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Democrats are working together in
obligations of the United States with re- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I this very committee on the Water Re-
maining periods to maturity of approxi- may consume. sources Development Act, including
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both resilience and climate provisions needs deserve their own debate. They housing policy. I believe there are a lot
in those negotiations. deserve their own time. of things we could come together on.
Mr. Speaker, this is a failure of lead- The majority would be wise to do Again, the RAD program was started
ership, and it is incredibly dis- hard work and bring truly bipartisan under Secretary Donovan and Presi-
appointing to watch this continue to housing-specific bills to the floor. In- dent Obama. It was a Democratic pro-
happen when we have such urgent stead they have chosen to package gram that has been very, very success-
needs in this country. housing priorities with transportation ful, and it has been lauded by Repub-
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of priorities, which are both important, licans and Democrats alike.
my time. but it makes it less likely that either I don’t think we should be setting un-
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 one of these will ultimately become related policy in a 2,300-page bill with
minutes to the gentlewoman form Iowa law and be addressed. an en bloc amendment like this. I wish
(Mrs. AXNE), a distinguished member of Very quickly I will speak to one that we had taken a different road.
the Financial Services Committee. amendment that, in particular, I think I, unfortunately, have to oppose this
Mrs. AXNE. Mr. Speaker, I thank merits more discussion than it will re- en bloc amendment. But I am hopeful
Chairwoman WATERS and Chairman ceive today, and it would eliminate the that we can come together and have a
DEFAZIO for their work. Faircloth Amendment. That was an focused debate about the future of Fed-
Manufactured housing can be a crit- amendment that passed during the eral housing policy, and I believe that
ical tool to providing affordable hous- Clinton era that capped the number of we can come together as Republicans
ing and a pathway to homeownership. housing projects. Bill Clinton signed and Democrats to find a solution.
But in Iowa, that option has been that into law. I think it is really tell- Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I am sur-
abused by outside investors who have ing that we are going to undo it with- prised the gentleman who serves on the
bought up mobile home parks and out any real debate. That was passed in Financial Services Committee has not
promptly raised rents to Iowans by as 1998. That was a consensus change that been a part of all of the housing de-
much as 70 percent, and that is simply moved us away from constructing new bates we have had, all of the informa-
unconscionable. public housing units after decades of tion on housing.
We must protect the residents in examples, including the infamous Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
these communities and preserve these Cabrini-Green Homes in Chicago show- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. GARCÍA), a
homes as affordable housing. My ing the idea that concentrating low-in- distinguished member of the Financial
amendment does exactly that. It pro- come Americans in inner cities did not Services Committee.
vides grants of up to $1 million for the reduce poverty, and it did increase Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker,
good actors in this space who will man- crime. I give a special thanks to Chair
age the community for the benefit of Even more so, it was another Demo- WATERS for helping advance this
the residents for the long term. crat President, Barack Obama, who amendment.
We all know that America needs created an innovative and highly suc- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this
more affordable housing, and we need cessful Rental Assistance Demonstra- en bloc which includes an amendment
to do what we can to keep that now, tion project. We had a hearing in the that I filed with Congresswoman
not lose it to predatory landlords who Financial Services Subcommittee on PRESSLEY of Massachusetts, amend-
are solely looking out for their bottom Housing, Community Development and ment 343, directing the department of
line. Insurance earlier this year on housing, Housing and Urban Development to
I urge the adoption of my amend- and a lot of people from the public find lead pipes in our Nation’s public
ment. housing sector talked about how suc- and federally assisted housing and pro-
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. cessful the Rental Assistance Dem- vide grants to remove them.
Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gen- onstration project was at getting pri- Frankly, it is a scandal that we have
tleman from Ohio (Mr. STIVERS). vate capital to public housing units. It to bring this legislation to the House
Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank converts them into new, modern, pri- floor in 2020, but we do. Chicago has
Ranking Member GRAVES for yielding vately owned, project-based section 8 more lead pipes than any other city in
me the time. properties. In fact, thanks to RAD and the U.S. More than 350,000 homes in my
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to other modernizations, notable housing city have lead service lines.
this en bloc amendment. authorities like San Francisco and At- But the problem is nationwide. Ac-
There is a lot of bipartisan support lanta no longer have any units of pub- cording to the National Housing Law
for an infrastructure bill, so it is a lic housing, and they have experienced Project, over 90,000 children nationwide
shame that today we are considering a remarkable turnarounds in terms of in the Housing Choice Vouchers pro-
political messaging bill that is dead on crime rates and reduced poverty levels. gram have lead poisoning, while an-
arrival in the Senate. RAD is a truly bipartisan success other 340,000 living in federally sub-
Part of the reason this legislation story. It has raised $12.6 billion in pri- sidized housing are at risk. These are
will fail is that it is a wish list for pro- vate funding to convert 100,000 units of children.
gressive priorities, many of which are public housing to private-market hous- By now the dangers of lead poisoning
outside the scope of what Americans ing, and it rehabilitated troubled prop- are well-known. A 2015 study deter-
consider to be addressing real and im- erties creating better outcomes for the mined that children in Chicago with
mediate transportation needs. residents. lead in their blood were more than 32
All of this has been achieved without percent likely to fail standardized tests
b 1130 Congress’ providing billions of dollars by the third grade.
The bill was drafted without any bi- of funding. It has been private money We must remember, removing lead
partisan input. As the ranking member that has funded the RAD program. pipes is a racial justice issue.
on the Housing, Community Develop- Instead of looking to RAD and other White flight to the suburbs left some
ment and Insurance Subcommittee, I modernizations for our housing infra- of our oldest municipalities strapped
believe that housing and infrastructure structure, this bill instead focuses on for cash. Most jurisdictions require
are important enough to merit their going backwards to a time of failed property owners to pay for the replace-
own debates. housing policies at the very moment ment of lead pipes on their own prop-
While there are a few good ideas in when, frankly, we need to be looking at erty, and the burden falls heavily on
this amendment, there are also a few 21st century infrastructure. working class Black and Brown com-
bad ones. The underlying bill spends It just doesn’t make sense that the munities like mine.
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about $100 billion on housing programs. only way the majority can justify After decades of disinvestment, our
That is done without any debate in the doing it would be to slip an idea like Nation’s public housing authorities
House on the House floor other than this, with 25 en bloc Democratic simply do not have the resources to get
this 15-minute debate. In fact, we amendments, into a partisan 2,300-page rid of lead pipes fast enough. It is past
haven’t done much debate in the Fi- bill. That just doesn’t make sense. We time for Congress to act to keep fami-
nancial Services Committee. Housing should have a separate debate about lies in this country safe and healthy in
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their homes. Housing is infrastructure, agement. This bill would help consoli- ality is these are taxpayer funds. These
and I believe that this amendment is date the checkerboard pattern of land aren’t our moneys. These are funds of
an important part of H.R. 2. ownership and allow the Tribe to bet- the taxpayers.
I would like to thank Congress- ter manage their ancestral lands which This bill has not been through the
woman PRESSLEY for joining me in of- contain numerous significant cultural proper process to ensure that we are
fering this amendment, as well as sup- sites, trails, and other elements of actually and legitimately addressing
porting organizations including the their history. the importance and the integrity of
Natural Resources Defense Council and My second amendment, the Tribal taxpayer funds.
the National Housing Trust. Internet Advancement Act, would ex- I will say it again: dating back dec-
Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of this pand broadband access in Indian Coun- ades, Mr. Speaker, we have had bipar-
en bloc. try by adding Tribal lands as a priority tisan legislation related to infrastruc-
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. for broadband expansion under the ture—bipartisan. Dating back to the
Speaker, I reserve the balance of my FCC’s Universal Service Fund. late 1990s, TEA–21, 337–80; SAFETEA-
time. Last year, the FCC issued a report in LU, 417–9; MAP–21, 293–127. I will say it
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 response to my bill, the Tribal again: our distinguished chairman
minute to the gentlewoman from Min- Broadband Deployment Act, which voted for it. The FAST Act got 372
nesota (Ms. OMAR), who is a distin- showed that Tribal nations lag far be- ‘‘aye’’ votes.
guished member on the Education and hind the rest of the population in These were all House versions, Mr.
Labor Committee. broadband access. This lack of access Speaker, not the conference report.
Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in to broadband is a significant barrier to What we are seeing right now, what we
support of an amendment I authored to economic advancement, education, are doing—I believe, again, the number
strengthen the broadband provisions of and, as now evident, telemedicine dur- is 148 Democrat amendments compared
H.R. 2. ing the pandemic, and well-being. to, I believe it is 22 Republican amend-
We often discuss the dangers of the So, Mr. Speaker, I urge support for ments.
digital divide, and I am proud of the in- my amendment and H.R. 2, the Moving This is not representation. This en-
vestment we are making today to help Forward Act, in order to close the dig- tire process is a farce. We just approved
close that divide. But as with most ital divide in Indian Country. perhaps billions of dollars—or we are
issues of economic inequality, its ef- Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. about to approve billions of dollars—by
fects run deeper for communities of Speaker, I reserve the balance of my giving it 30 minutes’ consideration.
color, immigrants, and low-income time. That is not what we were sent here to
families. Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 do. This process is fatally flawed.
So it is very important for us to minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- Three hundred ninety amendments
quantify the impact that Federal fornia (Mrs. TORRES), who is a distin- distilled down to effectively allowing
broadband investments have had on so- guished member of the Appropriations up to seven votes?
cially disadvantaged communities, so Committee. This is a failure in leadership.
that we can assure Federal resources Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Mr. Speaker, I urge rejection of this
are being invested fairly throughout Speaker, while the Moving Forward en bloc. I urge rejection of the under-
the country or if these programs are Act is not perfect, I am glad the bill in- lying bill, and I yield back the balance
inadvertently widening the racial and cludes my amendment, the American of my time.
wealth connectivity gap. Infrastructure Opportunity Bonds Act. b 1145
I hope my colleagues will join me in This amendment would take advan- Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield
this important effort. tage of times when interest rates are myself the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. below the rate of inflation, making Mr. Speaker, in closing, I thank
Speaker, I yield myself such time as I borrowing essentially free. The amend- Chairman DEFAZIO for all of his hard
may consume. ment would direct the Treasury to work on the Moving Forward Act, and
Mr. Speaker, once again, 25 amend- issue government bonds, in effect bor- I especially thank him for including
ments, and we are being given 30 min- rowing at these low interest rates. The my Housing is Infrastructure legisla-
utes to debate 25 different amend- amendment then directs the proceeds tion in this important bill.
ments. We just effectively approved to the Highway Trust Fund to support My colleague from Ohio has ex-
$250 million—one-quarter of a billion infrastructure investment, creating pressed concerns that our committee
dollars—in 2 minutes. jobs. has not sufficiently debated the hous-
These aren’t our funds. These are This amendment is a smart invest- ing provisions in this bill. But let me
taxpayer funds. This bill had, I believe ment taking advantage of unique inter- remind him that we held a hearing on
it was around 1,300, 1,400 pages of text est rates to fund infrastructure in a re- H.R. 5187, which is the same text of the
just airdropped in the bill. It wasn’t sponsible way. During severe reces- housing division in this bill, and that
marked up in committee. It was just sions, my amendment will provide cru- hearing was held in April 2019. We also
airdropped in the bill, added to it, and cial support for necessary infrastruc- had a markup on this legislation in
now we are just going to appropriate ture projects helping both those who February of this year.
trillions of dollars in taxpayer funds build and those who rely on roads and So, I don’t know where he was when
without adequate consideration. public transportation. all of this was taking place, but we cer-
Once again, Mr. Speaker, I urge re- Mr. Speaker, I urge its adoption. tainly had sufficient hearings and
jection of this en bloc, and I reserve Ms. WATERS. I reserve the right to markup on this bill.
the balance of my time. close, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Demo-
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. crats are committed to investing in
minute to the gentleman from Cali- Speaker, I yield myself the balance of and improving our Nation’s infrastruc-
fornia (Mr. RUIZ), who is a distin- my time. ture, including our affordable housing
guished member of the Energy and Mr. Speaker, once again, I want to infrastructure.
Commerce Committee. highlight what just happened. Republicans continue to insist that
Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- We just went and effectively ap- these investments are irresponsible,
port of the en bloc amendment and proved an amendment that would allow but I contend that it would be irrespon-
urge support for my two amendments for $20 billion in bonds to be issued. We sible not to make these investments.
that are included. just effectively approved the transfer When we have children living in hous-
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My first amendment would take land of 2,500 acres of taxpayer property ing that exposes them to lead poi-
in the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa without the consideration of the Nat- soning and homes in flood zones that
Mountains into trust for the Agua ural Resources Committee, the com- are not built to code, we are setting
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to mittee of jurisdiction. ourselves up for much higher costs
fulfill an agreement between the Agua This is like Monopoly money we are down the road. We must make the re-
Caliente and the Bureau of Land Man- sitting here playing with, but the re- sponsible choice and pass H.R. 2.
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Mr. Speaker, this is such a signifi- The en bloc amendments were agreed ‘‘(xi) Any other projects or activities de-
cant piece of legislation, legislation to. scribed in section 101(a)(29) or section 213, as
that speaks to the repair of the infra- A motion to reconsider was laid on such sections were in effect on the day before
the table. the date of enactment of the FAST Act (Pub-
structure of this country.
lic Law 114–94).
Bridges are in disrepair and have AMENDMENTS EN BLOC NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION AGAINST EMINENT DO-
been deemed to be dangerous. They GRAVES OF MISSOURI
MAIN.—
may fall apart, and some have. We have The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds set aside under
water systems in this country—every- in order to consider an amendment en this subsection may not be obligated for any
body knows about Flint, but there are bloc consisting of amendments printed project or activity that includes the exercise
a lot of more Flints in this Nation, in part G of House Report 116–438. of eminent domain authority to carry out
with old pipes, pipes with lead, children Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- such project or activity.
exposed to water that could cause them er, I would like to offer amendments en ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION .—Notwithstanding clause
brain damage for the rest of their lives. bloc printed in part G. (i), funds reserved under this subsection may
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The be obligated for a project or activity that in-
We have roads and highways that are cludes the exercise of eminent domain au-
in great disrepair. Clerk will designate the amendments thority if such project or activity is—
The President of the United States en bloc. ‘‘(I) described in section 101(a)(29)(B), as in
wants to spend $2 trillion, and I am Amendments en bloc No. 6 consisting effect on the day before the date of enact-
pleased about that. of amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and ment of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94);
I don’t know what my colleague on 8, printed in part G of House Report ‘‘(II) an acquisition necessary to achieve
the opposite side of the aisle is so upset 116–438, offered by Mr. GRAVES of Mis- compliance with the Americans with Disabil-
about. He is talking about the Repub- souri: ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq); or
licans didn’t get enough amendments. AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. BOST OF
‘‘(III) described in the safe routes to school
Well, it is not our fault if they don’t ILLINOIS
program under section 211.’’.
know how to craft amendments that AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. CRAWFORD
Page 210, strike lines 13 through page 213,
OF ARKANSAS
are appropriate and that should be in line 5 and insert the following:
this bill. Because in our Committee on ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— Page 981, strike lines 8 through 11.
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in Page 981, line 12, strike ‘‘(j)’’ and insert
Rules, Democrats have been very fair ‘‘(i)’’.
in the way that they have dealt with subparagraph (B), funds set aside under this
Page 982, line 21, strike ‘‘(k)’’ and insert
subsection may be obligated for any of the
this. ‘‘(j)’’.
following projects or activities:
I don’t know what he is so upset AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. FULCHER OF
‘‘(i) Construction, planning, and design of
about that they didn’t get into this on-road and off-road trail facilities for pedes- IDAHO
bill. No, this bill does not include in- trians, bicyclists, and other nonmotorized Page 1920, after line 19, insert the fol-
vestment in building a wall, if that is forms of transportation, including sidewalks, lowing:
what they are interested in. We are not bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicy- SEC. 81324. AQUIFER RECHARGE FLEXIBILITY.
about building any walls to keep out cle signals, traffic calming techniques, light- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
immigrants from Mexico or anyplace ing and other safety-related infrastructure, cited as the ‘‘Aquifer Recharge Flexibility
else, if that is what they are interested and transportation projects to achieve com- Act’’.
pliance with the Americans with Disabilities (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
in. (1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means
This bill does not do that. This bill is Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
‘‘(ii) Construction, planning, and design of the Bureau of Reclamation.
about making sure that our citizens (2) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-
infrastructure-related projects and systems
get the support from their government sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Rec-
that will provide safe routes for nondrivers,
that they deserve, to make sure that including children, older adults, and individ- lamation.
their communities are safer, that our uals with disabilities to access daily needs. (3) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘eligible
schools are safer, that our drinking land’’, with respect to a Reclamation
‘‘(iii) Conversion and use of abandoned
water is safer. This is about making project, means land that—
railroad corridors for trails for pedestrians,
(A) is authorized to receive water under
sure that we put the resources into this bicyclists, or other nonmotorized transpor-
State law; and
country that are so desperately needed tation users.
(B) shares an aquifer with land located in
and much of which have been neglected ‘‘(iv) Construction of turnouts, overlooks,
the service area of the Reclamation project.
for far too long. and viewing areas.
(4) NET WATER STORAGE BENEFIT.—The term
Mr. Speaker, I am proud of this bill ‘‘(v) Community improvement activities,
‘‘net water storage benefit’’ means an in-
and what it is going to do for all of our including—
crease in the volume of water that is—
‘‘(I) inventory, control, or removal of out-
citizens in this country, north, south, door advertising;
(A) stored in 1 or more aquifers; and
east, and west. I am proud that the (B)(i) available for use within the author-
‘‘(II) historic preservation and rehabilita- ized service area of a Reclamation project; or
leadership of the Democratic Party in tion of historic transportation facilities;
this government have taken this as a (ii) stored on a long-term basis to avoid or
‘‘(III) vegetation management practices in reduce groundwater overdraft.
number one priority, and we are pre- transportation rights-of-way to improve (5) RECLAMATION FACILITY.—The term
senting a total piece of legislation that roadway safety, prevent against invasive ‘‘Reclamation facility’’ means each of the in-
addresses concerns that all of our species, and provide erosion control; and frastructure assets that are owned by the
Members have said they have had. ‘‘(IV) archaeological activities relating to Bureau at a Reclamation project.
Mr. Speaker, again, I am proud of the impacts from implementation of a transpor- (6) RECLAMATION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Rec-
work that Mr. DEFAZIO has done, and I tation project eligible under this title. lamation project’’ means any reclamation or
‘‘(vi) Any environmental mitigation activ- irrigation project, including incidental fea-
am proud of all the amendments that
ity, including pollution prevention and pol- tures thereof, authorized by Federal rec-
have been included in this bill. I am lution abatement activities and mitigation
pleased that I have the opportunity lamation law or the Act of August 11, 1939
to address stormwater management, control, (commonly known as the ‘‘Water Conserva-
today to stand here on these en bloc and water pollution prevention or abatement tion and Utilization Act’’) (53 Stat. 1418,
amendments and participate in one of related to highway construction or due to chapter 717; 16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.), or con-
the most important pieces of legisla- highway runoff, including activities de- structed by the United States pursuant to
tion this House could have ever pre- scribed in sections 328(a) and 329. such law, or in connection with which there
sented. ‘‘(vii) Projects and strategies to reduce ve- is a repayment or water service contract exe-
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance hicle-caused wildlife mortality related to, or cuted by the United States pursuant to such
of my time. to restore and maintain connectivity among law, or any project constructed by the Sec-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time terrestrial or aquatic habitats affected by, a retary through the Bureau for the reclama-
for debate has expired. transportation facility otherwise eligible for tion of land.
Pursuant to the rule, the previous assistance under this subsection. (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’
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‘‘(viii) The recreational trails program means the Secretary of the Interior.
question is ordered on the amendments under section 206. (c) FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW GREATER AQUI-
en bloc offered by the gentlewoman ‘‘(ix) The safe routes to school program FER RECHARGE IN WESTERN STATES.—
from California (Ms. WATERS). under section 211. (1) USE OF RECLAMATION FACILITIES.—
The question is on the amendments ‘‘(x) Activities in furtherance of a vulner- (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner may
en bloc offered by the gentlewoman able road user assessment described in sec- allow the use of excess capacity in Reclama-
from California (Ms. WATERS). tion 148. tion facilities for aquifer recharge of non-
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Reclamation project water, subject to appli- (3) CONVEYANCE FOR AQUIFER RECHARGE waters by the applicant as described in para-
cable rates, charges, and public participation PURPOSES.—The holder of a right-of-way, graph (1)’’;
requirements, on the condition that— easement, permit, or other authorization to (II) by inserting ‘‘receipt of the’’ before
(i) the use— transport water across public land adminis- ‘‘notice’’; and
(I) shall not be implemented in a manner tered by the Bureau of Land Management (III) by striking ‘‘of application for such
that is detrimental to— may transport water for aquifer recharge Federal license or permit’’ and inserting
(aa) any power service or water contract purposes without requiring additional au- ‘‘under the preceding sentence’’;
for the Reclamation project; or thorization from the Secretary where the use (ii) in the third sentence—
(bb) any obligations for fish, wildlife, or does not expand or modify, other than the (I) by striking ‘‘such discharge’’ and insert-
water quality protection applicable to the timing of use, the operation of the right-of- ing ‘‘any discharge made into the navigable
Reclamation project; way, easement, permit, or other authoriza- waters by the applicant as described in para-
(II) shall be consistent with water quality tion across public land. graph (1)’’; and
guidelines for the Reclamation project; (4) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section cre- (II) by striking ‘‘any water quality require-
(III) shall comply with all applicable— ates, impairs, alters, or supersedes a Federal ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable provi-
(aa) Federal laws; and or State water right. sions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307’’;
(bb) policies of the Bureau; and (5) EXEMPTION.—This Act shall not apply to (iii) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘in-
(IV) shall comply with all applicable State the State of California. sure compliance with applicable water qual-
laws and policies; and (6) STATE-LED ADVISORY GROUP.—The Sec- ity requirements.’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure
(ii) the non-Federal party to an existing retary may participate in any State-led col- any discharge into the navigable waters by
contract for water or water capacity in a laborative, multi-stakeholder advisory group the applicant as described in paragraph (1)
Reclamation facility consents to the use of created in any watershed the purpose of will comply with the applicable provisions of
the Reclamation facility under this sub- which is to monitor, review, and assess aqui- sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307.’’; and
section. fer recharge activities. (iv) by striking the first sentence and in-
(B) EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.—Noth- serting ‘‘Not later than 90 days after receipt
AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. GRAVES OF
ing in this subsection affects a contract— of a request for certification, the certifying
LOUISIANA
(i) in effect on the date of enactment of State, interstate agency, or Administrator
this Act; and On page 1968, after line 16, insert the fol- shall identify in writing all specific addi-
(ii) under which the use of excess capacity lowing: tional materials or information that are nec-
in a Bureau conveyance facility for carriage (c) PRESERVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE essary to make a final decision on a request
of non-Reclamation project water for aquifer FUNDING SOURCE.—The Secretary shall not for certification. On receipt of a request for
recharge is allowed. award grants to eligible entities for the certification, the certifying State or inter-
(2) AQUIFER RECHARGE ON ELIGIBLE LAND.— projects in subsection (a) until the Secretary state agency, as applicable, shall imme-
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraphs certifies that the actions in subsection (a) diately notify the Administrator of the re-
(C) and (D), the Secretary may contract with are more nationally significant than the eco- quest.’’;
a holder of a water service or repayment con- logical restoration and sustainability of the (C) in paragraph (3)—
tract for a Reclamation project to allow the region (including adjacent coastal areas) re- (i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘there
contractor, in accordance with applicable sponsible for producing such revenue as de- will be compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘a dis-
State laws and policies— fined by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security charge made into the navigable waters by
(i) to directly use water available under Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note). the applicant as described in paragraph (1)
the contract for aquifer recharge on eligible AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. HICE OF will comply’’; and
land; or GEORGIA (ii) in the second sentence—
(ii) to enter into an agreement with an in- Page 1692, line 1, strike ‘‘ZERO-EMISSION (I) by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting
dividual or entity to transfer water available POSTAL FLEET AND’’. ‘‘the applicable provisions of sections’’; and
under the contract for aquifer recharge on Page 1692, strike line 4 and all that follows (II) by striking ‘‘or 307 of this Act’’ and in-
eligible land. through page 1694, line 23. serting ‘‘and 307’’;
(B) AUTHORIZED PROJECT USE.—The use of a AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. LAMALFA OF (D) in paragraph (4)—
Reclamation facility for aquifer recharge CALIFORNIA (i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘appli-
under subparagraph (A) shall be considered Page 984, strike line 16 and all that follows cable effluent limitations’’ and all that fol-
an authorized use for the Reclamation through page 985, line 2 (and redesignate sub- lows through the period at the end and in-
project if requested by a holder of a water sequent clauses accordingly). serting ‘‘any discharge made by the appli-
service or repayment contract for the Rec- cant into the navigable waters as described
AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. MCKINLEY
lamation facility. in paragraph (1) will not violate the applica-
OF WEST VIRGINIA
(C) MODIFICATIONS TO CONTRACTS.—The ble provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306,
Secretary may contract with a holder of a Page 1137, after line 10, insert the fol- and 307.’’;
water service or repayment contract for a lowing: (ii) in the second sentence, by striking
Reclamation project under subparagraph (A) SEC. 22117. CERTIFICATION. ‘‘will violate applicable effluent limitations
if the Secretary determines that a new con- Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution or other limitations or other water quality
tract or contract amendment described in Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341) is amended— requirements such Federal’’ and inserting
that paragraph is— (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘will result in a discharge made into the
(i) necessary to allow for the use of water (A) in paragraph (1)— navigable waters by the applicant as de-
available under the contract for aquifer re- (i) in the first sentence— scribed in paragraph (1) that violates the ap-
charge under this subsection; (I) by inserting ‘‘by the applicant’’ after plicable provisions of sections 301, 302, 303,
(ii) in the best interest of the Reclamation ‘‘any discharge’’; and 306, and 307, the Federal’’; and
project and the United States; and (II) by inserting ‘‘as a result of the feder- (iii) in the third sentence—
(iii) approved by the contractor that is re- ally licensed or permitted activity’’ after (I) by striking ‘‘such facility or activity’’
sponsible for repaying the cost of construc- ‘‘into the navigable waters’’; and inserting ‘‘a discharge made by the ap-
tion, operations, and maintenance of the fa- (ii) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘ac- plicant into the navigable waters as de-
cility that delivers the water under the con- tivity’’ and inserting ‘‘discharge’’; scribed in paragraph (1)’’; and
tract. (iii) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘ap- (II) by striking ‘‘section 301, 302, 303, 306, or
(D) REQUIREMENTS.—The use of Reclama- plications’’ each place it appears and insert- 307 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 301,
tion facilities for the use or transfer of water ing ‘‘requests’’; 302, 303, 306, and 307’’; and
for aquifer recharge under this subsection (iv) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘act (E) in paragraph (5)—
shall be subject to the requirements that— on’’ and inserting ‘‘grant or deny’’; and (i) by striking ‘‘such facility or activity
(i) the use or transfer shall not be imple- (v) by inserting after the fourth sentence has been operated in’’ and inserting ‘‘any
mented in a manner that materially impacts the following: ‘‘The certifying State, inter- discharge made by the applicant into the
any power service or water contract for the state agency, or Administrator shall publish navigable waters as described in paragraph
Reclamation project; the requirements for certification that meet (1) is in’’; and
(ii) before the use or transfer, the Sec- the applicable provisions of sections 301, 302, (ii) by striking ‘‘section 301, 302, 303, 306, or
retary shall determine that the use or trans- 303, 306, and 307. The decision to grant or 307 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 301,
fer— deny a request shall be based only on the ap- 302, 303, 306, and 307’’; and
(I) results in a net water storage benefit plicable provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘assure
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for the Reclamation project; or 306, and 307 and the grounds for a decision that any applicant for a Federal license or
(II) contributes to the recharge of an aqui- shall be set forth in writing to the appli- permit will comply with any applicable’’ and
fer on eligible land; and cant.’’; inserting the following: ‘‘ensure that any
(iii) the use or transfer complies with all (B) in paragraph (2)— discharge made by the applicant into the
applicable— (i) in the second sentence— navigable waters as described in subsection
(I) Federal laws and policies; and (I) by striking ‘‘such a discharge’’ and in- (a)(1) shall comply with the applicable provi-
(II) interstate water compacts. serting ‘‘a discharge made into the navigable sions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307.
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Any limitations or requirements in the pre- and the ranking members of both the pretty much done away with during
ceding sentence shall become a condition on subcommittee and full committee, if the FAST Act and MAP–21. That means
any Federal license or permit subject to the one of us didn’t agree on a provision, cycling, pedestrians, scooters, and
provisions of this section.
then it wasn’t included. It was as sim- other modes now, which have proved
‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE PROVISIONS
OF SECTIONS 301, 302, 303, 306, AND 307.—In this
ple as that. very viable in the time of corona, when
section, the term ‘applicable provisions of Today could have been a great day people are a little reluctant to get into
sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307’ means, as for all of us, and we could be approving taxicabs or even Ubers or whatever, if
applicable,’’; and a bill that all of us could be proud of. they don’t have their own single-occu-
(3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— Instead, we are left with a bill and a pancy vehicle.
(A) by striking ‘‘with’’; process that shreds one of the only bi- We can realize a lot more safe com-
(B) by striking ‘‘other appropriate’’; and partisan issues left in Congress. It just muting. We also have had a disturbing
(C) by striking ‘‘set forth’’ and all that fol- increase in pedestrian cycling deaths.
shreds it to pieces.
lows through the period at the end and in- This bill would help with that.
serting ‘‘implementing water quality cri-
I can answer the gentlewoman who
managed the last section of the bill, There are also two amendments by
teria under section 303 necessary to support
the specified designated use or uses of the re- the financial services section. She said: the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr.
ceiving navigable water.’’. I don’t understand why everybody is so MCKINLEY) that preempt State author-
AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. STAUBER OF disappointed in this. ity to protect waters within that State.
MINNESOTA Mr. Speaker, because it is a failure. Now, I understand. Yes, if you are
An absolute failure is what this bill is. from West Virginia, mountaintop min-
Page 1137, after line 10, insert the fol-
lowing: And it is not going anywhere, abso- ing removal, dumping in the streams,
SEC. 22117. PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MA- lutely not going anywhere. all that. Great. We wouldn’t want to
TERIAL. Mr. Speaker, I continue to oppose protect the waters. The water is doing
Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution this partisan process, but I urge my just fine underneath all of that toxic
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by colleagues to support this amendment, mining waste. And then, well, we did
adding at the end the following: and I reserve the balance of my time. have a little poisoning incident right
‘‘(u) EXCEPTION TO PERMITTING REQUIRE- near the State capital, as I remember,
Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield
MENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision where people couldn’t use the water for
of this section, any person issued a permit by myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to quite a while. But, hey, States should
a State for the discharge of dredged or fill
this en bloc, which provides for the not be able to protect their drinking
material which complies with the require-
ments of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of consideration of eight amendments. water or recreational waters or any
subsection (h)(1) shall not be required to ob- The amendments contained in this en waters within that State.
tain a permit under this section.’’. bloc amend various divisions of the Then a wonderful one from Mr.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- bill. I will speak to a few that fall with- STAUBER that would deem—deem,
ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- in the jurisdiction of the Committee on meaning no process necessary—the per-
tleman from Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) Transportation and Infrastructure. mits for dredge-and-fill activities, no
and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. oversight. That would, of course, over-
DEFAZIO) each will control 15 minutes. BOST) would bar the use of eminent do- turn the precedents set by the Clean
The Chair recognizes the gentleman main only for pedestrian and bicycle Water Act since 1987. But he is pro-
from Missouri. projects. Oh, by the way, he still sup- viding backup support to Trump, who
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- ports eminent domain for pipeline is pretty much decimating the Clean
er, I yield myself such time as I may projects, a very disruptive one pro- Water Act with his dirty water rule.
consume. Then, Mr. LAMALFA says that he
posed in my district and here on the
Mr. Speaker, although I support this wants to make it harder to get a rail-
East Coast and maybe even where he
amendment, I want to, again, note my road rehabilitation improvement fund
lives. He isn’t dealing with that kind of
continued disappointment in this over- grant. Well, he is upset about Califor-
eminent domain, not dealing with
all process. nia’s high-speed rail. Unfortunately, he
highway eminent domain, not dealing
More than once, I faulted the major- would make it virtually impossible for
with transit eminent domain. He just
ity’s one-sided committee markup of the Texas high-speed rail, which, by
doesn’t like alternate modes.
H.R. 2, but at least we were given time the way, is a private project and, I be-
Well, these would only take place
to consider 165 Republican amend- lieve, supported by many Republicans
under the Uniform Relocation Assist-
ments, although 112 were ultimately in this House from Texas. He would
ance and Real Property Acquisition
rejected and mostly through en bloc. make it impossible for them to get a
Act, which provides strong protection
But now the majority wants to further RRIF loan if his amendment should
to landowners to ensure that any invol-
stifle consideration of minority amend- pass. But, hey, he doesn’t like the Cali-
untary land acquisitions are fair, strik-
ments by giving us a scant eight Re- fornia high-speed rail, so tough luck to
ing the right balance of protecting
publican amendments out of nearly 400 the people from Texas and elsewhere
landowner rights, and construct nec-
that were filed. We weren’t even given who want high-speed rail.
essary infrastructure.
Mr. Speaker, right now, a lot of the
the courtesy to choose. Generally, this has been used on rail-
RRIF money remains unused, so we are
In 2015, if everyone remembers, and to-trail projects or bike projects when
trying to help expedite that in this bill.
for those who weren’t here, when the there is one reluctant landowner who
He would make it, again, nearly impos-
House considered the last surface thinks that nasty people are going to
sible and harder.
transportation law, the FAST Act, be riding their bikes by the fringe of Then, Mr. CRAWFORD would take
there were more Democrat-led amend- their property. away the 50 percent set-aside for large
ments—remember, Republicans were in In my largest city, Eugene, it took projects, over $100 million in the Con-
the majority. There were more Demo- several years to get one landowner to solidated Rail Infrastructure and Safe-
crat-led amendments that were agreed finally allow a circular bike path to ty Improvement grant program.
to than there were Republican-led transit around the river. One land-
amendments that were made in order owner held it up for 3 years because of b 1200
for today’s debate. the concerns about the kind of people And outside my jurisdiction, Mr.
Of course, the FAST Act was a bill who would be riding bikes. Ultimately, HICE would strike the $25 billion to the
that was developed at that time by a large fence was erected there with United States Postal Service.
both the majority and the minority, the barriers and all that to keep those I mentioned this earlier. Trump
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which is a stark difference from the people out. The path was done, but it hates the Postal Service because he
majority’s bill that we are discussing shouldn’t have taken 3 years. That all thinks that they are subsidizing Ama-
today. could have been set earlier under the zon. Actually, Amazon is subsidizing
In fact, I remember the Big Four Uniform Relocation Act. the post office, but, hey, we don’t deal
agreement. If the chairmen of both the Mr. Speaker, we are reemphasizing with facts downtown here very much
subcommittee and the full committee transportation alternatives. They were anymore—or he doesn’t.
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And it would also strike the money that an updated plan that outlines spe- wrapped in. Our amendment is No. 349.
that they could use to buy a new fleet cific reforms to put the Postal Service And, as I have mentioned before, near-
of vehicles. They should keep driving on firm financial footing is going to ly 380 or 390 amendments on this bill.
around in those crappy 35-year-old ve- happen. Our amendment amends page 1968
hicles which require massive amounts But absent revised estimates and a that I am sure everyone here has read,
of maintenance and are, of course, pol- business plan, it is unclear what the and what this does is it very simply—
luting. true needs of the Postal Service are. I it very simply says that, in order for
So I would also oppose that amend- will just say that the USPS was de- this brand-new urban park grant pro-
ment, even though it is not within my signed to be self-sufficient, a self-suffi- gram that has not been through the
jurisdiction. cient entity. The only way of dealing committee of jurisdiction, the Natural
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of with that issue is by long-term legisla- Resources Committee, if you are going
my time. tive reform, not a bailout. That is the to take money from one area and give
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- only way to do it. it to this urbanized park grant pro-
er, may I inquire as to how much time So we cannot continue throwing tax- gram, you at least need to make sure
is remaining. payer money away and particularly that the area where the revenues are
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- adding green new deals. I ask my col- coming from, which happens to be the
tleman from Missouri has 121⁄2 minutes leagues to support this amendment. area that I represent, that it is sustain-
remaining. The gentleman from Oregon Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I able, that it is ecologically sustainable
has 91⁄2 minutes remaining. yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman and the community is sustainable and
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speak- from New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. that it would be a better investment
er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman MALONEY), the chair of the Committee for taxpayers to invest in the urban
from Georgia (Mr. HICE). on Oversight and Reform with jurisdic- parks than it would be to ensure the
Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I tion over the post office. ecological and the community resil-
rise in opposition to the postal provi- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New ience or sustainability of these regions.
sions in H.R. 2 and have offered an York. Madam Speaker, I thank the
That is it, a very simple amendment.
amendment to strike them from the gentleman for yielding and for his ex-
bill. traordinary leadership on H.R. 2. I would love to have anybody come
As ranking member of the Sub- I thank my colleague on the other explain to me why they are going to
committee on Government Operations side of the aisle, but I am urging a vote ‘‘no,’’ because we are going to see
of the Oversight and Reform Com- ‘‘no’’ vote on his amendment. We are in this amendment voted down in just a
mittee, I was very much disappointed the midst of a national emergency few minutes. I would love for any-
that we were not consulted on these caused by the coronavirus, and it is body—and I would be happy to yield
provisions. having a dire effect on the Postal Serv- time, Madam Speaker. I would be
My colleagues from the Oversight ice. happy to have anybody explain to me
and Reform Committee and I have been Despite better-than-expected reve- why they are opposed to this amend-
closely following the financial health nues in recent months, the Postal ment and what they are going to ex-
of the Postal Service, and we receive, Service is still at risk of running out of plain to people next time we have a
in fact, weekly updates on mail vol- money. It could be forced to cease oper- hurricane and these communities are
ume, revenue, and cash on hand. The ations if it does not receive financial decimated. That is what I would love
numbers are very clear, what we have assistance from the Federal Govern- to hear.
received. The $25 billion postal bailout ment soon. This amendment would So, Madam Speaker, I yield my re-
provided in H.R. 2 is just simply pre- eliminate the critical funding that the maining time to my friends on the
mature. We don’t need to go there at post office needs. other side of the aisle to explain to me
this point. Throughout the pandemic, the Postal the opposition to this amendment.
A few weeks ago, I asked the Post- Service has continued to deliver life- Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I
master General to revise the initial es- saving medications and vital supplies, yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
timates for the direct impact from the especially to rural America. If the from Michigan (Ms. SLOTKIN.)
pandemic, which included this $25 bil- Postal Service ceases to exist, rural Ms. SLOTKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise
lion for modernization. The reality is Americans will suffer the most, be- in support of the Moving Forward Act
that, over the last several months, the cause it is the only delivery company as a critical investment in our Nation’s
revenue trends no longer support the that serves them. infrastructure.
Postal Service’s multibillion-dollar If any issue should be bipartisan, it is No matter where you stand politi-
bailout request. This is because there this one, because the post office affects cally, the state of our crumbling infra-
are much better numbers and perform- every American and is critical to many structure is something that all people,
ance that has been driven by package of us. The Postal Service helps bind us and certainly all Michiganders, agree
volume. together and delivers to every address on.
Let me give you some examples. in the Nation, no matter how remote.
The disastrous breaching of two
During the first 11 weeks of the pan- But the dedicated staff that braves
major dams in my State last month is
demic, the Postal Service earned $330 the coronavirus pandemic every day
all you need to know. It is a cautionary
million more in revenue than this same cannot continue to do their job with-
tale for everyone.
time last year. The Postal Service also out reliable transportation or funding.
improved its amount of cash on hand We must fulfill our constitutional duty We are in need of generational in-
by at least $600 million. And as of June and act now to save the Postal Service. vestment in our infrastructure, and
4, they had $13.2 billion in cash. I urge my colleagues on both sides of this bill includes many of the priorities
In addition, while negotiations with the aisle to oppose this amendment. I have fought for for our district, in-
the Treasury Department are still on- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam cluding major money for high-speed
going, the Postal Service has yet to Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- broadband for all Americans, signifi-
even tap into the $10 billion in lending tleman from Louisiana (Mr. GRAVES). cant funds for upgrades to our schools,
that was authorized by Congress in the Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Madam and $40 billion for clean water invest-
CARES Act. Speaker, I have expressed my frustra- ment projects, including PFAS treat-
A long-term plan to turn the Postal tion about the fact that so few Repub- ment.
Service around is also being developed. lican amendments have been allowed I am also pleased that the House
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My colleagues from the Oversight and to even be debated, yet this is the one adopted two of my amendments which
Reform Committee and I have called en bloc amendment. This is block G, protect Michigan’s most precious gifts,
for a 10-year business plan to improve and there are eight Republican amend- which is our waters and our water.
the Postal Service’s business model. ments—eight—eight Republican One of my amendments is directly re-
And given the start of the new Post- amendments where we actually get to lated to an issue called Line 5, a pipe-
master General’s term, we are hopeful debate. And, of course, they are all line in our beautiful Great Lakes. It
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will require the Federal agency respon- was misleading. In April, Texas Central 21st century transportation bill and, of
sible for pipeline safety to share infor- announced they would renege on their course, for things from other commit-
mation related to pipeline leaks, dam- original promise; they would now seek tees that we have explained during the
age, or disruption with relevant State Federal stimulus money. debate: Helena Zyblikewycz, my chief
and local governments. And there is a reason they are doing counsel on highways and transit, in-
This is enormously relevant, given that. The project’s costs have tripled credible yeoman’s work; Auke Mahar-
the recent disruption of Enbridge’s from its original estimates of $30 bil- Piersma, who took over rail; Garrett
Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of lion. These ballooning projections are Gee; Jackie Schmitz; Brittany
Mackinac. The people of Michigan de- especially concerning, considering the Lundberg, from my hometown; Chris
serve to be sure of the safety of the project also faces other significant hur- Bell; Andrea Wohleber; Katherine Am-
pipeline. My amendment would make dles: brose; Alice Koethe; Kathy Dedrick;
sure they have the relevant informa- Lack of financial feasibility; Mohsin Syed, our committee counsel;
tion. They have no power for eminent do- Jill Harrelson; Maddy Pike; Edward
Investing in our country’s infrastruc- main, thank goodness, although they McGlone; Michael Hudspith; Jamie
ture can and should be a bipartisan are coming to Washington for power to Harrell; and many more on other sub-
issue. I urge my colleagues to support seize people’s lands without their con- committees.
on both sides of the aisle. sent; I am just going to return to Kathy
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam There are potential safety and fund- Dedrick for a moment. I do this some-
Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- ing issues; and times; it always embarrasses her. We
tleman from Texas (Mr. BRADY), the Near uniform opposition from local used to have a program here called the
ranking member of the Ways and and State officials along the rural page program. I thought it was a great
Means Committee. route of this railroad. thing. A lot of pages went on, a num-
Mr. BRADY. Madam Speaker, I first Texas Central is now asking House ber, to becomes Members of Congress
want to thank the ranking member for Democrats in the House to include a or to come back and work in govern-
his insistence that both parties work change in the Green New Deal legisla- ment service.
together to develop and fund infra- tion to make it easier to renege on Kathy was my first congressional
structure priorities in America. This is these loans. We should not condone page, obviously, a few years ago. She is
the way it ought to work. This issue this. We are in a COVID crisis. Those from Lebanon, Oregon. She came back
has never been partisan in the past. dollars should be used for healthcare, later and worked for me when we did
Mr. GRAVES has made the point, we not a boondoggle. the SAFETEA-LU bill, a few years ago,
will go to the table and work together. Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I as my designated person when I chaired
He is exactly right, and I support his yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the Highways Subcommittee—I mean,
efforts. Pennsylvania (Mr. EVANS). when I was ranking member on the
I rise today to support Representa- Highways Subcommittee. She worked
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tive LAMALFA’s amendment to strike for Al Gore. She worked downtown. At
certain credit risk premium provisions Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I rise a very auspicious and appropriate time,
in the underlying bill. The amendment in strong support of H.R. 2, the Moving she came back to be my chief of staff
protects Federal taxpayers all across Forward Act. on the committee and has just done ab-
America, makes sure they are not Our Nation’s public schools are in solutely incredible work.
stuck holding the bag when a specific desperate need of repair, school facili- Hopefully, I won’t have to be dis-
railroad defaults on its loans. ties across the country. I come from turbing her at all hours of the day and
The author of the original provision the city of Philadelphia, where our av- night and on weekends too much in the
readily admits that this is an earmark erage public school buildings are more near future, and the same to many of
for Texas Central Railroad in Texas. than 70 years old. my other staff who I have been both-
This is a private company that had I am proud to say that H.R. 158, the ering a lot as we worked through this
claimed for years that they would fund Rehabilitation of Historical Schools process and other legislation in these
this privately and it would be a State Act, which I am the sponsor of, is in very difficult times.
railroad, but they have reneged on this. H.R. 158 allows the historic tax Madam Speaker, I thank everyone
that. They are now considering one of credit to be used for rehabilitation of who helped, and I thank those from
these loans to build a high-speed rail public school buildings. other committees who contributed so
between Houston and Dallas. President Trump used the historical much to the bill.
But Texas Central’s train is so risky tax credit to transform an old public Madam Speaker, I thank the Repub-
and their financial situation so poor, building, a post office, into a hotel. I lican side. Paul Sass, Jack Ruddy—I
they say they can’t even pay the risk believe that should be made available am sure that Sam is going to do this,
premium upfront. And for this reason, to fix our schools. Our children all de- but I am going to do it anyway—Corey
they request that legislators change serve an equal shot at the future, re- Cooke, Michael Falencki, a dozen com-
the Federal law in order to help the gardless of their ZIP Code. mittees. I said all the other commit-
company qualify for a loan they would I stand proudly supporting H.R. 2, be- tees.
never receive under standard rules. cause I commend the leadership of my Office of Legislative Counsel, they
This is a huge red flag if I have ever chairman here, who is demonstrating have been troopers in putting all this
seen one. That is why I feel it is impor- that we need to work this all together. together: Wade Ballou, Karen Ander-
tant for legislators of both parties to Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam son, Robert Casturo, and Kakuti Lin.
support Representative LAMALFA’s Speaker, can I inquire as to the time The Congressional Research Service,
amendment, to ensure that we don’t left on both sides? Christopher Davis sat in on our epic 24-
lose important taxpayer protections The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. hour markup and provided invaluable
for these RRIF loans and allow for a WILD). The gentleman from Missouri advice when we threatened to fall into
prolonged CRP payment schedule. has 41⁄2 minutes remaining. The gen- the parliamentary black hole a couple
Here is the situation: Texas Central tleman from Oregon has 51⁄2 minutes re- of times. He kept us out of it.
Railroad is privately funded and a maining. And then the floor staff and, of
State railroad, and it has always prom- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam course, the Office of the Parliamen-
ised to Texas that this ‘‘project does Speaker, I don’t have any other speak- tarian for their work as we determined
not need, does not want, and will not ers. I reserve the balance of my time. jurisdictions and appropriateness of
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ask for government grants for con- Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I amendments.
struction or public money to subsidize yield myself such time as I may con- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-
operations.’’ sume. ance of my time.
Yet it is now clear that promise, Madam Speaker, I would just take Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam
which was used to gain support from this time to thank a few folks for this Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
citizens in communities across Texas, epic legislation, the transformative may consume.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to lend The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Americans across the country begin to
my support for the gentleman’s thank- ant to section 3 of House Resolution flee these high-cost areas.
yous for the staff. We all know that 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Instead of building a bipartisan con-
staff works very, very hard on these Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- sensus to streamline the project review
pieces of legislation, and they put in a ther proceedings on this question are process, this bill binds the hands of
tremendous amount of time and effort, postponed. States and localities and burdens the
regardless of which side that they hap- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. FOXX OF American public with unworkable man-
pen to be on. NORTH CAROLINA dates.
Madam Speaker, I want to continue The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now Madam Speaker, at a time when nu-
to note how much of a missed oppor- in order to consider amendment No. 1 merous other bills that had been
tunity that this is and this was. I sup- printed in part H of House Report 116– brought to the floor carry a $1 trillion
port this amendment, but unfortu- 438. price tag, without offsetting cost, we
nately, it doesn’t fix the overall bill for Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam must look for ways to rein in out-of-
it to make really too much of a dif- Speaker, I have an amendment at the control spending. My amendment
ference. desk. would inject a modicum of fiscal re-
The sad thing is, is we know we could The SPEAKER pro tempore. The search into this $1.5 trillion bill by re-
have come together and written an in- Clerk will designate the amendment. versing a Federal contracting policy
frastructure bill that would easily gain The text of the amendment is as fol- that was designed to protect estab-
bipartisan support, which it needs to lows: lished union work at the expense of
become law. At the end of division H, add the following would-be competitors, taxpayers, and
In 2 weeks, the T&I Committee plans new section: our Nation’s investment in infrastruc-
to mark up the bipartisan Water Re- SEC. lll. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE RE- ture.
sources Act, and I hope and I expect QUIREMENTS. My amendment will allow us to con-
that it will pass. It is bipartisan at this (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are tinue to fund important highway
point because it is a bill that both sides repealed:
(1) Section 113 of title 23, United States
projects by making commonsense re-
continue to develop together. We have forms to lower the cost of infrastruc-
Code (and the item relating to such section
worked together on it. That bipartisan in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title). ture contracts funded by the American
process stands in stark contrast to the (2) Section 5333(a) of title 49, United States taxpayer.
process that has been used today. Code. The Davis-Bacon Act requires Fed-
The water resources bill absolutely (b) APPLICABILITY.— eral contractors and subcontractors to
has a chance of becoming law, whereas (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subject to paragraph pay the local prevailing wage for con-
this $1.5 trillion wish list won’t go any- (2), the amendments made by this section struction projects on which the Federal
where after today. shall take effect on the 31st day following
the date of enactment of this Act.
Government is a party. It sounds inno-
I congratulate my Republican col- cent, but the devil is always in the de-
(2) EXISTING CONTRACTS.—The amendments
leagues for their work on these par- tails. The prevailing wage is severely
made by this section shall not affect any
ticular amendments, and I would urge contract in existence on the date of enact- dictated not by market forces but by
Members to support this amendment. ment of this Act or made pursuant to an in- the domination of union bargaining
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- vitation for bids outstanding on such date of power.
ance of my time. enactment. By using this metric, Congress is ef-
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Speaker, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fectively pricing out any would-be
none of what we do here would happen with- ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- competition for contracts and shield-
out countless hours of staff work. I especially tlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. ing entrenched interests from competi-
want to thank the following members of my FOXX) and a Member opposed each will tion.
own staff, all of whom have worked tirelessly control 15 minutes. What is the result of Davis-Bacon,
on this bill: The Chair recognizes the gentle- which was adopted before Federal min-
Paul Sass, Jack Ruddy, Corey Cooke, Tara
woman from North Carolina. imum wage standards existed? Accord-
Hupman, Justin Harclerode, Abigail Camp, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam ing to a report from the Joint Eco-
Nick Christensen, Jamie Hopkins, Tyler Speaker, I yield myself such time as I nomic Committee, Davis-Bacon-deter-
Micheletti, Shawn Bloch, Michael Falencki. may consume. mined wages tend to inflate labor costs
Cheryle Tucker, Trey McKenzie, Victor
Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- an average of 22 percent above market
Sarmiento, Drew Feeley, Melissa Beaumont,
port of my amendment to H.R. 2. This rates.
Johanna Hardy, Ian Bennitt, Jon Pawlow,
amendment will modernize our infra- Additionally, research from Suffolk
Holly Woodruff Lyons, T. Hunter Presti, John
structure spending to yield more in- University found that Davis-Bacon re-
Rayfield.
I also want to thank the Democratic Com- vestments in infrastructure projects, quirements cost U.S. taxpayers an ad-
mittee staff for their work on this bill. more jobs for frontline workers, and ditional $8.6 billion annually and add
Finally, I want to thank the Office of Legisla- equitable spending for communities 9.9 percent to construction costs.
tive Counsel, especially Karen Anderson and across our Nation. The Congressional Budget Office has
Robert Casturo, for their long hours and hard I am always hesitant about measures found that removing this burdensome
work in drafting the bill before us, as well as that are brought before this Chamber mandate would free up $13 billion over
the majority of amendments offered both at that are partisan, which is what H.R. 2 10 years. Perhaps that is why the Gov-
our markup and at Rules Committee. Their is. I am disappointed that Democrats ernment Accountability Office advo-
professionalism and skill are always appre- decided to turn the infrastructure bill cated for its repeal over 40 years ago.
ciated, and we owe them a tremendous debt into a partisan exercise by spending I know Congress is often derelict in
of gratitude. over a trillion dollars, while failing to its duty, but that is simply inexcus-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time address this longstanding problem and able. These inflated costs mean bloated
for debate has expired. save taxpayers tens of billions of dol- government spending and less bang for
Pursuant to the rule, the previous lars a year. the taxpayers’ buck.
question is ordered on the amendments Instead of recognizing and addressing Beyond requiring taxpayers to over-
en bloc offered by the gentleman from ongoing issues with the Highway Trust pay for construction projects, Davis-
Missouri (Mr. GRAVES). Fund’s inevitable insolvency, this bill Bacon requirements force businesses
The question is on the amendments relies on deficit spending and adds to working on Federal highway projects
en bloc offered by the gentleman from the taxpayers’ growing burdens at a to comply with burdensome paperwork
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Missouri (Mr. GRAVES). time when many families are strug- and reporting regulations, which fur-
The question was taken; and the gling with the uncertainty created by ther inflate costs and slow project com-
Speaker pro tempore announced that the COVID–19 crisis. pletion.
the noes appeared to have it. Instead of building the infrastructure The premise of this bill is that it in-
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Americans need, this bill gives priority vests in America. If that is the goal,
Speaker, I demand the yeas and nays. to rail lines and urban hubs, even as then we must address this outdated
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stumbling block to our Nation’s live on those kinds of wages. But other would not have clean water and the
progress. Davis-Bacon concentrates places it is not so inexpensive. breweries might go away, but that is
wealth by government fiat instead of And what we are trying to prevent is okay, that is just a Republican philo-
growing our economy. It artificially history. Low-bid contractors that often sophical talking point.
limits the number of construction come in from out of State provide The gentlewoman said the average
projects in which we engage. Finally, it shoddy workmanship, but, yes, it was wage is $20 an hour, so I don’t know
limits the number of jobs created. cheaper, it is cheaper. If you want a what she is concerned about. I have
Madam Speaker, our economy needs crappy job, hire somebody who is the two pages of Davis-Bacon prevailing
expansion, not constraint. Federal low-bid contractor, who has unskilled wages in North Carolina, and I only see
spending needs efficiency, not bloated people working for them. one of about 50 entries that is $20.92 an
profit-making. People need jobs, not We are setting a standard here. Stud- hour, so it doesn’t seem there is much
barriers to entry to employment. ies show that the most in any region purpose to her amendment.
Madam Speaker, if we want invest- around the country, because these are Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to
ment, support my amendment and in- done in very discrete regions—there the gentleman from New York (Mr.
ject our infrastructure projects with a are quite a number of regions in her JEFFRIES), the Chair of the Democratic
healthy dose of the 21st century. State, I was using the averages here; Caucus.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- some of them are even lower, a few are Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I
ance of my time. higher. But the average, under a dis- thank the distinguished chair of the
passionate analysis by the EPI, would Transportation and Infrastructure
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Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I rise 10 percent. Wages are one-quarter of mendous leadership as it relates to the
in opposition to the amendment. the job cost. So 10 percent of one-quar- Moving Forward Act.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ter would mean you would add 21⁄2 per- House Democrats throughout the
tleman from Oregon is recognized for 15 cent to the job so people could have a 116th Congress have been working on
minutes. decent living wage, decent benefits and lowering healthcare costs and bigger
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I raise a family, maybe even own a paychecks leading with an emphasis on
yield myself such time as I may con- home, car. Wow. fixing our crumbling bridges, roads,
sume. Of course, they couldn’t take transit tunnels, airports, mass transportation
I am not quite certain what the gen- to work if the Republicans were suc- system, public schools, public housing,
tlewoman is objecting to. Now, I real- cessful in their version of this bill. and all other aspects of infrastructure.
ize her State has a $7.25 an hour min- You know, we found higher produc- I oppose this amendment because
imum wage. Great, work 40 hours a tivity that comes from this. This is a Davis-Bacon protections are central to
week, live in abject poverty. Okay. fight we have had many times on this
the effort to deliver a living wage to
So the wages for Davis-Bacon floor, and I am afraid that there will be
everyday Americans.
projects in her State aren’t much bet- a number of Republicans who oppose Here in this country, when you work
ter. These aren’t living wages. They her amendment. I certainly will be ask- hard and play by the rules, you should
aren’t family wages. They aren’t wages ing for a recorded vote.
be able to provide a comfortable living
where you can go home to your family, Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
for yourself and for your family. But
not have to hold a second job, raise ance of my time.
Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam that basic contract has been broken. It
your kids, clothe them, send them to is broken because of the globalization
Speaker, you know, the gentleman, I
school, give them a good education, of our economy. It is broken because of
think, maligns the State of North
maybe help them pay for postsec- the outsourcing of good-paying Amer-
Carolina. I didn’t think I would have to
ondary education. ican jobs. It is broken because of poor-
really stand here and defend what a
No, she is complaining about car- ly negotiated trade deals. It is broken
wonderful State North Carolina is, but
penters under Davis-Bacon in her I think it is the fourth largest growing because of the rise of automation. And
State, they earn $25,000 a year under State in the country. People are com- it is broken because of the decline in
Davis-Bacon. Wow. Wow. 25,000 bucks a ing there in droves. It is considered one unionization.
year. That is outrageous. If they of the best States in the country for So the central question that we face
worked for the State minimum wage, workers. The minimum wage may be in the aftermath of the Great Reces-
we could get that down to less than $7.25, but I think we know only about 2 sion and now in the midst of another
$20,000 a year. That is great. What kind percent of the people in this country dramatic economic decline is, will we
of carpenter are you going to get for are making the minimum wage, and be able to preserve the great American
that wage? I don’t think you are going they are entry level people. I think we middle class and all those who aspire
to find any living in your State any- are talking more about an average to be part of it? That is what Davis-
more. wage of about $20 an hour for people in Bacon prevailing wage protections are
Ironworkers, well, they get a bit North Carolina. So that is a straw dog all about. And we on this side of the
more, kind of up there on the heights that he is bringing up. aisle stand with those everyday Ameri-
and all that. They get up to almost We have a wonderful State, and peo- cans, stand with those hardworking
$28,000 a year. $28,000 a year for an iron- ple are flocking there. The quality of Americans, yes, stand with those
worker? Amazing. life is great. And I will put up our qual- unionized Americans who are pursuing
Oh, and then truck drivers. The ity of life in North Carolina against the the American Dream, and we should be
heavy truck drivers who work on con- quality of life in Oregon or anywhere facilitating that, not undermining it
struction, they get $13.50 an hour. So else in the country as a great place to here in the United States Congress.
she is alarmed at these outrageous live. Vote ‘‘no’’ against this amendment.
wages that are being paid to these peo- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam
ple and how it is impinging upon ance of my time. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
projects in her State. Why, they could Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I may consume.
get lots of people to do that for $7.25 an yield myself such time as I may con- Davis-Bacon stifles competition and
hour. Of course, they wouldn’t have sume. discourages small and minority-owned
any skills, but what the heck. I certainly did not mean to have her businesses. Small business owners
So, you know, what we have found, interpret I am disparaging her State. It often do not have the financial re-
first off, these aren’t union negotiated, is a beautiful State. I visited there. sources to bid on or win Davis-Bacon
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these are done by locale because, yes, You have some fabulous breweries contracts. These restrictions mean less
these wages would be much higher in based there, one from Colorado and one infrastructure and fewer jobs in Amer-
other areas. Apparently, in her State from San Francisco because you have ica, but more jobs and higher pay only
you can buy a house for 15 or $20,000 clean water. for union members, concentrating
down there or rent a nice apartment Of course, if one of these other wealth in the hands of the few while
for 400, 300 bucks a month, so you can amendments earlier is adopted, you many Americans are out of work. That
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is something our colleagues seem to be And you see, I brought this with me the infrastructure project approval
opposed to in every other situation. today not because I need a reminder of process, and ignores the Highway Trust
Suspending this mandate would who I am or where I come from, but Fund’s solvency issue.
make each public construction dollar clearly, my colleagues across the aisle In addition, these partisan changes
go at least 10 percent further. This in this body today need a reminder of to our Federal transportation pro-
would create more bridges and build- the working men and women who have grams focus more on climate change
ings at the same cost to taxpayers. It sacrificed day in and day out to provide and less on building infrastructure
would also employ hundreds of thou- good lives for their families who don’t projects, creating more uncertainty for
sands more construction workers. complain when they get burned from transportation workers and businesses.
Repealing these restrictions would the sparks of a welding torch, who Rather than kicking the can down
allow the government to build more in- don’t complain when they have to the road and burdening future genera-
frastructure and create 155,000 more wring sweat out of their belt at the end tions with the spending habits of
construction-related jobs at the same of a hard day’s work, which I have seen today, we need to recognize and ad-
cost to taxpayers. my father do more times than I would dress inefficiencies that have lingered
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- like to count. for far too long.
ance of my time. You see, what they have done right By repealing the Davis-Bacon Act for
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I transportation projects, we can stretch
now with this amendment and the pro-
would like to inquire as to the time taxpayer dollars further while updat-
posals that they have shown us this
left on either side. ing, improving, and advancing the de-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- year are going after, again, the fami-
lies like the one that I grew up in. velopment of our Nation’s critical in-
tleman from Oregon has 81⁄4 minutes re-
What they have done with amendments frastructure.
maining. The gentlewoman from North
like this is to try to drive down wages Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
Carolina has 71⁄2 minutes remaining.
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I and take away opportunities. ance of my time.
yield myself 30 seconds. This amendment is outrageous. With- Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, may
I stand corrected. There are three out Davis-Bacon how many more work- I inquire how much time is remaining
categories out of 50 that get more than ers busting their tails every day will on either side.
$20 an hour. Blaster. Do you want a see their paychecks go down and not The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
blaster that earns $7.25 an hour? I don’t up? How many more kids like me are tleman from Oregon has 41⁄4 minutes re-
think so. That might not be too good. going to go weeks without seeing their maining. The gentlewoman from North
A crane rough, all terrain up there, father or their mother? How many Carolina has 6 minutes remaining.
they earn $21.25 an hour in North Caro- more families will be forced to leave Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I
lina. And a slipform machine, laying their hometowns just to make ends yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman
concrete. So there are three categories meet? from New Jersey (Mr. NORCROSS).
who could have their wages reduced or Republicans are trying to cut off ac- Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I
all of these people could have their cess to healthcare right now in the thank the chairman for his leadership.
wages reduced because many are at $14, middle of a pandemic, and now they are We just heard from a daughter of a
$15, $16, $12 an hour even. trying to eliminate fair wage protec- fitter out of the UA. I spent 37 years in
And under her amendment, those tions in the middle of an economic cri- the construction industry as an elec-
protections go away. We can have a sis. trician.
rush to the bottom. And she somehow This is outrageous, and quite frank- We heard just the other day that 40
is implying that minority contractors ly, it is disrespectful. Working families percent of those who make $40,000 or
want to pay people less or will pay peo- are already struggling to get by. Mil- less are out of work because of the pan-
ple less or can’t afford to pay people. lions have lost their jobs, and millions demic, yet here we are, in the most de-
We have very strong disadvantaged more are worried about their job secu- liberative body in the world, where a
business enterprise provisions in this rity. And now in the middle of this cri- Member is saying: I want to represent
bill. sis we are going to take away wage my people by cutting their pay.
Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to protections? Again, this isn’t just out- Unbelievable that we are hearing
the gentlewoman from Iowa (Ms. rageous, it is disrespectful, and quite this.
FINKENAUER). frankly, it is heartless. They say we must modernize this
Ms. FINKENAUER. Madam Speaker, Please join me in defeating this system. Just because it is old doesn’t
I thank the gentleman for yielding. amendment, voting ‘‘no’’ and actually make it no good. I think many of us
I am proud to stand here today as a showing working men and women can understand that.
Congresswoman from Iowa’s First Con- across the country who really has their They say they can save billions of
gressional District, but even more back. dollars. Well, let’s think about why
proud to stand here today as a daugh- they want to do it. It is so they can
b 1245 take that billion dollars saved from
ter of a retired union pipe fitter/welder.
And you see I brought something Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam workers out in the field, who are mak-
with me today of my dad’s. You can see Speaker, under the nearly $500 billion ing pennies an hour, and give it to bil-
right here it is a sweatshirt actually surface transportation reauthorization lionaires like they did 2 years ago.
that he welded in. And you can see piece of H.R. 2, the Highway Trust Let’s understand this. They come be-
right here it has got these tiny little Fund, HTF, which pays for Federal fore us to say: I want to hurt my con-
holes from the sparks of his welding highway and transit programs, it will stituents. I want to pay them less.
torch. require a $145 billion general fund bail- Unbelievable that somebody has the
And I kept this sweatshirt actually out to cover the cost of the majority’s guts here on the House floor to say, ‘‘I
with me when I was in the State House irresponsible spending decisions. want to screw my constituents by pay-
in Iowa for 4 years to remind me every Instead of trying to find a responsible ing them less, no health benefits,’’
single day of who I was fighting for and way to pay for this huge increase in time after time. Unbelievable.
also to give me hope when the Repub- surface transportation funding and ad- This was almost 100 years ago, Sen-
licans in Iowa went after worker’s com- dress the HTF’s long-term solvency ator Davis and Congressman BACON,
pensation and collective bargaining in issues, the bill simply piles more debt signed by a Republican President. I
my State, making it harder for folks onto future generations. guess that was back when Republicans
just like my dad. Infrastructure is vital to our econ- had a conscience because what we are
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Today, I see Congressional Repub- omy and the flow of commerce, but it seeing now is an absolute farce.
licans doing the same thing, pushing is reckless to push such a massive bill ‘‘Let’s save money so we can build
an amendment to gut Davis-Bacon pre- that relies so heavily on more deficit more roads.’’
vailing wage protections that will spending, adds billions of dollars to My God, why don’t you go back and
make life harder for working families programs without providing any re- give them two bucks an hour so they
like the one that I grew up in. forms to reduce costs associated with can’t even live?
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‘‘We will use them as pavement.’’ Mr. ROSE of New York. * * * . wage, a wage that is consistent with
That is what I hear. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- the prevailing wages in the community
Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam tleman will suspend. so that people don’t have to work full
Speaker, I yield myself such time as I The Clerk will report the words. time and live in poverty, as tens of mil-
may consume. Mr. ROSE of New York. I would like lions of Americans do right now.
Madam Speaker, you know, the at- to say that my colleagues across the It is pretty straightforward. Thank-
tacks on this amendment are truly aisle—— fully, even when the Democrats were
uncalled for. No Republican is calling The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- not in the majority, there were enough
for people to be paid $2 an hour or to be tleman will suspend. Does the gen- thoughtful Republicans on the other
abused, nobody. tleman wish to withdraw his remarks? side who would join with us to protect
You know, our colleagues on the Mr. ROSE of New York. No. * * *. workers.
other side of the aisle, they have a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- But I do find, and I know this is an
right to their opinion but not to mak- tleman will suspend. issue that is very difficult for many of
ing up things and not to putting words The gentleman from New York is rec- our Members to take, and it is an emo-
in our mouths. That is just uncalled ognized. tional subject because it is the same
for. Mr. ROSE of New York. I did not Republican leadership that pushed
So, I am not going to really dignify mean any disrespect if I caused that. through a tax bill that granted huge
those comments by trying to respond All right? economic benefits to a very small num-
to them except to say that. We are get- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the ber of people at the very top who now
ting sick and tired of people telling gentleman ask unanimous consent to want to pull the rug from under work-
others what we think. withdraw his words? ing families. This can’t stand, and it
Mr. ROSE of New York. Yes, of won’t.
Let’s just talk about what we do. And
course. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
what this bill does is waste hard-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there time of the gentleman has expired.
working taxpayer dollars, and that is
objection to the request of the gen- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam
what we are trying to protect.
tleman from New York? Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal-
Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. May I may consume.
ance of my time. Madam Speaker, the jobs bill and tax
hear the gentleman say what he said
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I
again, please? I am sorry, someone was cut bill which Republicans alone passed
yield myself 10 seconds. in 2017 cut taxes for low-income Ameri-
distracting me, Madam Speaker. I am
The gentlewoman says, save taxpayer
only asking. cans. Again, my colleagues are wel-
dollars. What she wants to do is reduce come to their opinions, but they are
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the
the pay of skilled workers in America. not welcome to make up facts, and
gentleman from New York please re-
That is not saving. They are taxpayers, that is what happened. The top 1 per-
peat his request?
by the way. Mr. ROSE of New York. I am sorry I cent of the people in this country pay
Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to offended anybody and I withdraw. more in taxes as a result of that bill.
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Thank you again. Madam Speaker, I grew up extremely
ROSE). Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. As I un- poor in a house with no electricity and
Mr. ROSE of New York. Madam derstand it, the gentleman is with- no running water. My father had to
Speaker, I rise in opposition to this drawing his remarks and asking for work away from home in the north. I
amendment. unanimous consent that his remarks be grew up in North Carolina, and he was
And, quite frankly, I am dumb- withdrawn. Is that correct? forced to be a member of a union and
founded. You are aware that this con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is he hated it. He hated it because he had
versation is in public. So I won’t put correct. to pay union dues that supported poli-
words in your mouth, but I will use Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. No ob- cies he didn’t support.
your own words. jection. He was forced to take breaks. He was
You say today you don’t want to con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without forced to slow down jobs. What he
solidate wealth amongst the few. What objection, the words are withdrawn. wanted to do was do his job and do it
do you think your tax scam did? There was no objection. well and not come under the heavy
This is about workers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- hand of union bosses. I learned a long
You say you are worried about deficit tlewoman from North Carolina is rec- time ago about negative aspects of
spending. Hallelujah. Suddenly you are ognized. union membership from my father.
worried about it. You weren’t worried Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam But we are not here today to talk
about deficit spending when it came to Speaker, I reserve the balance of my about personal issues; we are here to
endless wars. You weren’t worried time. talk about the future of this country.
about deficit spending when it came to Mr. DEFAZIO. The gentlewoman has I also am the lead Republican on the
a tax scam. the right to close, so I am going to Education and Labor Committee, and I
This conversation is in public. You yield the balance of my time to my es- fought all of my life to help people gain
don’t get to go back to your districts teemed colleague from Michigan (Mr. the skills they need to get good jobs
now and say you are on the side of KILDEE). and better their lives. I am proud of
workers. Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I what I have done over the years, and I
But whose side are you on? Because thank my friend, the gentleman from will continue to do those things and
there is one thing this amendment will Oregon, for yielding, but especially for focus on helping individuals become
do. It will boost corporate profits, it leading us to this moment where we masters of their own lives and not be
will put money in the hands of billion- have the opportunity to do something the subjects of anyone—not the unions,
aires, and it will rip off workers. big and meaningful that will put mil- not the government, not anyone—but
So today out in public, you reveal lions of Americans back to work in a preserve their own freedom.
yourselves * * *. We are going to make meaningful way and stimulate this We are here today to consider a mas-
sure that people remember this. economy and also position us to lead in sive progressive wish list. The majority
Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam the 21st century. has made no attempts to pay for any of
Speaker, I ask for the gentleman’s I will say this, however. We have the program increases or offset any of
words to be taken down. been through this before. I have been the other $1.5 trillion added to this bill,
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- here 8 years, and every year somebody which puts the American people in
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bers are reminded to direct their re- from the other side comes down to this debt.
marks to the Chair. floor to offer the same amendment to In the surface transportation provi-
Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam take away an important protection sions, $2 out of every $5 is tied up in
Speaker, I ask for the gentleman’s that is actually quite simple. Green New Deal goals. Let’s be clear.
words to be taken down. I am not a It just simply says people who work Also, this bill has no chance of becom-
hypocrite. for a living ought to be paid a fair ing law.
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With so many Americans already out tleman from Connecticut (Mr. COURT- ting Federal policy in line with State
of work because of the pandemic, this NEY) and a Member opposed each will policy would be a lifeline for my local
costly shift in our transportation pro- control 5 minutes. farmers. We are not talking about a
grams creates more uncertainty and The Chair recognizes the gentleman hypothetical benefit. We are talking
does nothing to address longstanding from Connecticut. about real, tangible benefits.
inefficiencies. Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I This amendment would achieve par-
Rather than pushing partisan wish yield myself such time as I may con- ity with neighboring States where
lists that would heap enormous sume. weight limits are much higher. As you
amounts of debt on future generations, Madam Speaker, in 2013, the Con- heard, in Connecticut, you can only
we instead need to find commonsense necticut General Assembly passed a carry up to 80,000 pounds, unlike our
solutions to modernize our infrastruc- law which was enacted that tried to neighbors, Massachusetts, which is up
ture spending so we can get the most modify and did modify, at least at the to 127,000 pounds, and New York, which
from every dollar invested. That is State level, the truck weight limits for is up to 143,000 pounds. In order to do
what Republicans want to do. We are agricultural producers, which, again, is business with those States, it requires
not hypocrites. sort of caught in a bit of a geographic multiple, inefficient trips.
box, given the fact that it is an 80,000 This amendment is not just about
b 1300
limit in Connecticut, 127,000 in Massa- fairness. It is about doing what makes
We believe, again, in freedom. We be- chusetts for interstates, and 143,000 in sense for most of Connecticut’s agricul-
lieve in what founded this country, the the State of New York. tural sector. This would be a vital life-
values that founded this country, and This is a very densely concentrated line for the industry that is the back-
we are about to celebrate Independence part of the country, and almost all of bone of my State’s economy, and they
Day. That is what we should be focused their feed, almost all of their silage, a are already struggling.
on: How do we do everything we can to lot of their fuel, and a lot of their I urge my colleagues to at least rec-
celebrate independence and preserve equipment comes in from out of State. ognize the importance of this amend-
that for the American people? So when you have got trucks that can ment, and I thank my friend, Mr.
One of the ways we do that is by not carry 120,000 going down the Mass Pike COURTNEY, for his partnership in this
incurring more debt on their behalf. I and then enter Connecticut, you are effort.
ask my colleagues to join me in taking suddenly having a very disruptive, ex- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker,
a step toward fiscal restraint by over- pensive proposition in terms of actu- again, I think the gentlewoman de-
turning this antiquated law from a by- ally needing more trucks or having to scribed very well the situation that is
gone era. At this critical junction in have the products offloaded. there. We obviously, as I said, learned
our Nation’s history, we need to maxi- That is why the general assembly a lot in this process in terms of maybe
mize our commitment to job creation, passed this statute. They thought they trying to get more reassurance about
wise investment, equitable spending, fixed it, but as, of course, we know the precision of the definition of what
and solutions to our unending deficit. here, in fact, Federal law has to be are agricultural products, as well as
Support my amendment to get the modified in order to make it effective. making sure that the regulations in
real investment in our Nation’s infra- And that really was the purpose of this Connecticut are beefed up so that the
structure that our citizens deserve. amendment. maximum level of truck safety would
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- I had the support of the Governor and be incorporated into any such change.
ance of my time. all of the relevant agencies in Wash- As I said, it needs more work.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ington. I want to thank Mr. DEFAZIO for at
ant to the rule, the previous question Truck weights are complicated. We least listening to us and Mr. MCGOVERN
is ordered on the amendment offered by know that, and I think we have really for making this amendment in order
the gentlewoman from North Carolina learned a lot in terms of this process. and Mr. GRAVES, again, for the work
(Ms. FOXX). Again, I will be making a motion that he does on the Transportation and
The question is on the amendment. which I think will bring this event to a Infrastructure Committee.
The question was taken; and the conclusion, but before I do that, I yield As a friend of mine once said when he
Speaker pro tempore announced that 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from was redirected out of a seat in the Con-
the noes appeared to have it. Connecticut (Mrs. HAYES), a great ad- necticut Legislature: Don’t send me
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I de- vocate for farms in the State of Con- flowers, because I am coming back.
mand the yeas and nays. necticut, a member of the House Agri- Don’t send us flowers, because we
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- culture Committee, and someone who want to really bring this issue, some-
ant to section 3 of House Resolution has been very involved in terms of try- time in the future, to Congress to try
965, the yeas and nays are ordered. ing to help on this issue. and help really great people who work
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- Mrs. HAYES. Madam Speaker, I every day, get up early, and are doing
ther proceedings on this question are thank Congressman COURTNEY for wonderful things in terms of food pro-
postponed. yielding. duction and agriculture products.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. COURTNEY Connecticut farmers are in dire need I ask unanimous consent to withdraw
The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now of this amendment. Connecticut’s agri- this amendment.
in order to consider amendment No. 2 cultural industry encompasses every- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
printed in part H of House Report 116– thing from greenhouses to dairy farms. objection to the request of the gen-
438. The greenhouse and nursery industry tleman from Connecticut?
Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I are the largest agricultural production There was no objection.
have an amendment at the desk. sectors in the State, and they account The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for about $4.7 billion in Connecticut’s amendment is withdrawn.
Clerk will designate the amendment. economy. But these are family farms, AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MS. TLAIB
The text of the amendment is as fol- not large corporate farms. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now
lows: When they have to pay more to in order to consider amendment No. 3
Page 499, after line 22, insert the following: transport products due to unfair truck printed in part H of House Report 116–
SEC. 1632. VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS. weight limits, there is a meaningful 438.
Section 127(a) of title 23, United States impact on their ability to stay afloat. Ms. TLAIB. Madam Chair, I have an
Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
For this reason, the Connecticut Legis- amendment at the desk.
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‘‘(14) With respect to the State of Con- lature passed a law in 2013 to allow for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
necticut, laws and regulations in effect on the increase in truck weights within Clerk will designate the amendment.
October 1, 2013, shall be applicable for the the State. The text of the amendment is as fol-
purposes of this subsection.’’. However, this change, as my col- lows:
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- league Mr. COURTNEY says, requires a Page 1464, after line 17, insert the fol-
ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- Federal fix to truly take effect. Put- lowing:
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SEC. 33105. COMPREHENSIVE LEAD SERVICE Contaminated water has been a fact the trajectory of the life of a child
LINE REPLACEMENT.
of life for too many communities, espe- whose brain has been affected by expo-
Section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b) is amended—
cially Black and Brown communities sure to lead. We have a chance to do
(1) in subsection (d)— like Detroit, Flint, Baltimore, Chicago, something about this. We have a
(A) by striking ‘‘$60,000,000’’ and inserting and more. My amendment will require chance to prevent the next Flint,
‘‘$4,500,000,000’’; and that lead service lines must be fully re- Michigan.
(B) by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; placed and removed. No partial lead My people at home are tough, and
and service line replacements would be they have been through a lot. They
(2) by adding at the end the following: funded. don’t want Flint to be an anomaly. It
‘‘(f) COMPREHENSIVE LEAD REDUCTION Our residents deserve so much more should be an example to the rest of the
PROJECTS.—
than half measures. We owe them their country.
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall
make grants available to eligible entities for
human right to drink clean water. This This is an important amendment
comprehensive lead reduction projects that, amendment, Madam Speaker, would that will make even better this bill
notwithstanding any other provision in this change lives for over 9 million homes that I support that invests in the fu-
section, pay to fully replace all lead service across the country currently at risk of ture of our country.
lines served by the eligible entity, irrespec- facing the harms of lead exposure. I thank my colleague, Congress-
tive of the ownership of the service line and The time for environmental justice is woman TLAIB, for her outstanding lead-
without requiring a contribution to the cost now, and this amendment is a crucial ership on this.
of replacement of any portion of the service step toward finally achieving that.
line by any individual homeowner. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- b 1315
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under
leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this amend- Mr. SHIMKUS. I reserve the balance
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall give
priority to eligible entities serving disadvan- ment. I urge them to tell every single of my time, Madam Speaker.
taged communities, consistent with sub- individual, family, child, and commu- Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I urge
section (b)(3), and environmental justice nity in this country that they have a my colleagues to really understand the
communities (with significant representa- right to clean, safe water. human impact of not having clean
tion of communities of color, low-income I reserve the balance of my time. water around our country. This would
communities, or Tribal and indigenous com- Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I help 11,000 communities across our Na-
munities, that experience, or are at risk of rise in opposition to the amendment. tion.
experiencing, higher or more adverse human The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- I urge my colleagues to support this
health or environmental effects). tleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
‘‘(3) NO COST-SHARING.—The Federal share and vote ‘‘yes,’’ and I yield back the
minutes. balance of my time.
of the cost of a project carried out pursuant
Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I re- Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I
to this subsection shall be 100 percent.’’.
serve the balance of my time. yield myself the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I yield
ant to House Resolution 1028, the gen- Madam Speaker, I was here on the
such time as he may consume to the floor yesterday evening to debate the
tlewoman from Michigan (Ms. TLAIB) gentleman from Michigan (Mr. KIL-
and a Member opposed each will con- amendments under the Energy and
DEE), my good colleague and fellow ac-
trol 5 minutes. Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction
tivist on the human right to water. that were airdropped into this Trans-
The Chair recognizes the gentle- Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I
woman from Michigan. portation and Infrastructure bill. This
thank my friend and colleague, Con-
Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, first, I is another one. Although the intent is
gresswoman TLAIB, for her leadership
want to thank Speaker PELOSI and good, it is a terrible amendment be-
and for bringing this amendment to the
Leader HOYER for their leadership in cause it didn’t go through regular
floor. I am proud to join her in it.
bringing this important bill to the As many of you know, I represent my order. The committee of jurisdiction
floor. hometown of Flint, Michigan. Flint is didn’t get a chance to understand it
I would also like to thank Chairman the community that really brought na- and debate it, and I will explain why.
PALLONE for working with me on this tional attention to this issue of lead in My constituents get tired of process
amendment and Chairpersons DeFazio, drinking water. arguments, and also a lot of Members
Waters, Scott, and others for their Fifteen thousand children were im- get tired of that. We used to have some
leadership; and my colleagues, Rep- pacted in Flint, Michigan, because of very powerful committees in this insti-
resentatives DAN KILDEE, Slotkin, lead leaching into their drinking tution, and Members would develop
Cicilline, and Moore for their cospon- water. Those lead service lines were subject-matter expertise through the
sorship of this amendment. the source of that contamination. years of hearings and detail-focused
Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- There is no safe level of lead in markups. When we moved bills through
port of my amendment because every- drinking water. Right now, we have a regular order it would help avoid unin-
one deserves clean water, because rule that allows for a certain level of tended consequences above bad public
water is a human right. I rise today be- lead. Many communities exceed it, but policy, and this amendment is another
cause, in the richest country in the there is no safe level of lead in drink- example of bad public policy.
world, no family or child should live ing water, and we need to do every- So while I appreciate the well-mean-
with poisoned water. thing we can to eliminate it. This is a ing sentiments behind the sponsors, in-
My amendment authorizes $4.5 bil- big step forward in dealing with it. cluding the emphasis the amendment
lion annually, totaling $22.5 billion And let me just remind my friends, places on prioritizing communities who
over the next 5 years, to replace dan- yes, of course, this sort of initiative cannot afford lead pipe replacements,
gerous lead water pipes throughout our comes with a price tag. But if you real- the way this amendment is drafted
Nation. This amendment also ly want to know the price of this issue, leaves me with many questions about
prioritizes lead pipe replacement come to Flint and you will see the how it operates and that it won’t actu-
projects serving disadvantaged commu- price of failure, the price of lead expo- ally result in the claims of its spon-
nities, communities of color, low-in- sure. sors.
come communities, and environmental It is not just measured in the half a First, the amendment authorizes a
justice communities like mine in billion dollars that it has cost to reme- brand-new comprehensive lead pro-
Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. diate a problem that could have been gram, which is not well-defined, on top
Our residents in Michigan, sur- solved if this program had been in of the existing lead reduction program
rounded by the largest bodies of fresh- place before, but the cost is measured which is defined. I am sure my col-
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water in the world, should not be in the effect that that lead exposure leagues don’t even know we have a lead
forced to live off bottled water sold by has had on developing small brains and reduction program right now under
corporations like Nestle, who make bil- the effect on the trajectory of the lives current law.
lions while paying almost nothing to of those kids forever. We know the existing lead reduction
bottle our water and harm our eco- You are not going to get a CBO score program contains education and lead
system. that measures the quality of life and service line replacements. All we know
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about the comprehensive lead program these households get their lead service vention—the removal of lead hazards from the
is that it pays to remove lead service lines replaced first or that they target environment before a child is exposed—is the
lines. This seems like less but calling the worst contamination. Let me re- most effective way to ensure that children do
it comprehensive certainly suggests peat that. Under this amendment, you not experience the harmful effects of lead ex-
more. can be the reason your city or utility posure. These funds will help to ensure that
In addition, this amendment author- gets moved to the front of the line, but children can grow up healthy and safe while
izes $4.5 billion per year for both pro- that city does not have to replace the living in homes where they are protected from
grams. Does this mean $4.44 billion is poorest and most dangerous lead serv- lead poisoning.
supposed to go to the new, undefined ice lines. For this small investment, our communities
comprehensive program and $60 million This is another example of why we reap great gains. The annual costs of lead
to the existing defined lead reduction shouldn’t stick safe drinking water poisoning have been estimated at over $50
program? amendments on a transportation bill. billion. As noted in a report by the Pew Chari-
Are they supposed to be treated It bastardizes the process and creates table Trusts, ‘‘In the absence of lead, hun-
equally? poor public policy like this amend- dreds of thousands of children would be more
On the question of funding, the ment. likely to realize their full potential thanks to
amount authorized to be spent in 1 I ask for a ‘‘no’’ vote. higher GPAs, a better chance of earning high
year is 300 percent more than the en- In fact, Chairman DEFAZIO in the school diplomas and graduating.
tire amount of Federal funding for Rules Committee once said: I have no This amendment gets us closer to riding our
major drinking water aid programs. It idea what these amendments mean be- communities of lead service lines and to pro-
is actually about one-half of the EPA’s cause I had no jurisdiction on this viding a healthier tomorrow for millions of chil-
entire annual budget. process. dren and their families. I urge my colleagues
The regular lead reduction program So with that, Madam Speaker, vote to support it.
which was authorized at $60 million per ‘‘no’’ on this very poorly drafted The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
year and took 4 years to establish is amendment, and I yield back the bal- ant to the rule, the previous question
now just starting to award funds. Since ance of my time. is ordered on the amendment offered by
the comprehensive program is a sepa- Ms. MOORE. Madam Speaker, I am the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms.
rate program, we can expect this pro- pleased to rise in strong support of the Tlaib/ TLAIB).
gram to take longer to get going, but Kildee/Slotkin/Cicilline/Moore amendment to The question is on the amendment.
in reality, pushing this unprecedented help remove dangerous lead pipes in our com- The question was taken; and the
level of funding out the door might be munities. Speaker pro tempore announced that
aspirational rather than realistic. That Lead paint in housing and water infrastruc- the ayes appeared to have it.
would be a shame for those commu- ture containing lead are the two primary, but Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, on that I
nities who need it most. not the sole, pathways for lead poisoning in demand the yeas and nays.
Second, the amendment waives any our children. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
requirements for matching funds from HUD estimates that over 22 million homes ant to section 3 of House Resolution
the water systems or communities that (34 percent of the homes built before 1978) 965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
obtain them. On top of that, this have significant lead-based paint hazards. Na- Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur-
amendment waives any requirement tionwide, estimates are that there are as many ther proceedings on this question are
for any person to pay for replacement as 10 million lead service lines. postponed.
of their personally-owned portion of The pernicious impacts of lead poisoning Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX,
lead service lines, whereas the existing are well known. These impacts are often life- further consideration of H.R. 2 is post-
program waives this expense for low-in- long and irreversible. Lead poisoning is a seri- poned.
come people. This means people who ous threat in the State of Wisconsin and par- f
have the financial resources to afford ticularly in the City of Milwaukee, which has
RECESS
their own replacements don’t have to the largest concentration of lead service lines
use them at all because the new com- in the state. And its not just my state. Accord- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
prehensive program will pick up the ing to the Great Lakes Governor’s and Pre- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair
check for them. That is not very pro- miers, the Great Lakes region contains the declares the House in recess subject to
gressive. Compensating the wealthy for highest concentrations of lead service lines in the call of the Chair.
these replacements both now and in the United States. Accordingly (at 1 o’clock and 21 min-
the future is an especially harsh con- The good news is that lead poisoning is pre- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess.
sequence for U.S. taxpayers, but that is ventable, not inevitable, if we act. It is critical f
what this amendment does. that we start taking steps to boost assistance, b 1342
Flint was a failure at all levels, and especially to localities with extremely high
it happened because of money in poli- numbers of households served by lead lateral AFTER RECESS
tics. The city of Flint wanted off De- lines, who are least able to pay for the re- The recess having expired, the House
troit water because they felt they were placement of those lines. was called to order by the Speaker pro
being gouged on their rates. That’s what this amendment does. tempore (Ms. WILD) at 1 o’clock and 42
The city council set an artificial po- This amendment would authorize $4.5 bil- minutes p.m.
litical deadline for transition that lion dollars per year for 5 years to help pay to f
wasn’t based on the engineering needs fully replace lead service lines across the
country with a priority given to low-income and INVESTING IN A NEW VISION FOR
of the system’s water chemistry.
other communities that suffer disproportion- THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUR-
The State cut the city slack because
ately from the harms posed by this threat. FACE TRANSPORTATION IN
the city was in receivership and didn’t
A sustained substantial commitment to fed- AMERICA ACT
pursue enforcement.
EPA was aware of the high-level eral lead prevention and mitigation efforts is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
readings but minimized their impact to critical if our country is to make serious ant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
avoid causing a panic and slowed- progress in protecting our nation’s children. consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to au-
walked the legal response. That’s what this amendment does. It raises thorize funds for Federal-aid highways,
The biggest problem was that no one the federal investment and makes changes to highway safety programs, and transit
told the public. ensure that more households can participate programs, and for other purposes, will
Flint suffered because of that, and in comprehensive lead reduction projects that now resume.
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the people living in the most neglected fully replace lead lines. The Clerk read the title of the bill.
areas of Flint suffered the most. Unfortunately, the households most affected AMENDMENTS EN BLOC NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR.
So while this amendment guarantees by this problem often have the fewest re- GRAVES OF MISSOURI
priority funding for cities and water sources available to pay to replace lead pipes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
utilities for low-income folks, this It reaffirms a federal commitment to helping ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin-
amendment does not mandate that get lead pipes out of the ground. Primary pre- ished business is the question on the
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amendments en bloc consisting of the Clyburn Katko Pocan A motion to reconsider was laid on
Cohen Keating Porter
further amendments printed in part G Connolly Kelly (IL) Pressley
the table.
of House Report 116–438 on which fur- Cooper Kennedy Price (NC) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
ther proceedings were postponed and Correa Khanna Quigley RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS
on which the yeas and nays were or- Costa Kildee Raskin
Courtney Kilmer Reed Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Pingree
dered. Cox (CA) Kim Rice (NY) (Gomez) (Evans) (Cicilline)
Cleaver (Clay) Lee (CA) Price (NC)
The Clerk will redesignate the Craig Kind Richmond
(Huffman)
Crist King (NY) Rose (NY) DeSaulnier (Butterfield)
amendments en bloc. (Matsui) Lewis (Kildee) Rush
Crow Kirkpatrick Rouda
The Clerk redesignated the amend- Cuellar Krishnamoorthi Roybal-Allard Frankel (Clark Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Underwood)
ments en bloc. Cunningham Kuster (NH) Ruiz (MA)) Lofgren (Boyle, Sánchez (Roybal-
Davids (KS) Lamb Ruppersberger Hastings Brendan F.) Allard)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Lowenthal
Davis (CA) Langevin Rush (Wasserman Serrano
question is on the amendments en bloc Davis, Danny K. Larsen (WA) Rutherford Schultz)
(Beyer)
(Jeffries)
offered by the gentleman from Mis- Dean Larson (CT) Ryan Lowey (Tonko)
Johnson (TX) Vargas (Levin
Meng (Tonko)
souri (Mr. GRAVES). DeFazio Lawrence Sánchez (Jeffries) Moore (Beyer) (CA))
DeGette Lawson (FL) Sarbanes Khanna (Gomez) Watson Coleman
The vote was taken by electronic de- DeLauro Lee (CA) Scanlon Nadler (Jeffries)
Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
vice, and there were—yeas 179, nays DelBene Lee (NV) Schakowsky Napolitano
(Gallego) (Correa) Welch
241, not voting 10, as follows: Delgado Levin (CA) Schiff
Kuster (NH) Payne (McGovern)
Demings Levin (MI) Schneider
[Roll No. 134] DeSaulnier Lewis Schrier
(Brownley (Wasserman Wilson (FL)
(CA)) Schultz) (Hayes)
YEAS—179 Deutch Lieu, Ted Scott (VA)
Dingell Lipinski Scott, David AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. FOXX OF
Abraham Gonzalez (OH) Nunes
Doggett Loebsack Serrano
Aderholt Gooden Olson NORTH CAROLINA
Doyle, Michael Lofgren Sewell (AL)
Allen Gosar Palazzo
Amash Graves (GA)
F. Lowenthal Shalala The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
Palmer Engel Lowey Sherman
Amodei Graves (LA) Pence CUELLAR). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule
Escobar Luján Sherrill
Armstrong Graves (MO) Perry Eshoo Luria Sires XX, the unfinished business is the
Arrington Green (TN) Posey question on amendment No. 1 printed
Espaillat Lynch Slotkin
Bacon Griffith Reschenthaler
Baird Grothman
Evans Malinowski Smith (NJ) in part H of House Report 116–438 on
Rice (SC) Finkenauer Maloney, Smith (WA)
Balderson Guest Riggleman Fitzpatrick Carolyn B. Soto
which further proceedings were post-
Banks Guthrie Rodgers (WA) poned on which the yeas and nays were
Fletcher Maloney, Sean Spanberger
Barr Hagedorn
Bergman Harris
Roe, David P. Foster Matsui Speier ordered.
Rogers (AL) Frankel McAdams Stanton
Biggs Hartzler Rogers (KY)
The Clerk will redesignate the
Fudge McBath Stefanik
Bilirakis Hern, Kevin Rose, John W. Gabbard McCollum Stevens amendment.
Bishop (NC) Herrera Beutler
Bishop (UT) Hice (GA)
Rouzer Gallego McEachin Suozzi The Clerk redesignated the amend-
Roy Garamendi McGovern Swalwell (CA) ment.
Bost Higgins (LA) Scalise Garcı́a (IL) McNerney Takano
Brady Hill (AR)
Schweikert Garcia (TX) Meeks Thompson (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Brooks (AL) Holding question is on the amendment offered
Scott, Austin Golden Meng Thompson (MS)
Brooks (IN) Hollingsworth
Buchanan Hudson
Sensenbrenner Gomez Mfume Titus by the gentlewoman from North Caro-
Shimkus Gonzalez (TX) Moore Tlaib
Buck Huizenga
Simpson Gottheimer Morelle Tonko
lina (Ms. FOXX).
Bucshon Hurd (TX) The vote was taken by electronic de-
Smith (MO) Granger Moulton Torres (CA)
Budd Johnson (LA)
Burchett Johnson (OH)
Smith (NE) Green, Al (TX) Mucarsel-Powell Torres Small vice, and there were—yeas 147, nays
Smucker Grijalva Murphy (FL) (NM) 274, not voting 9, as follows:
Burgess Johnson (SD)
Spano Haaland Nadler Trahan
Byrne Jordan [Roll No. 135]
Stauber Harder (CA) Napolitano Trone
Calvert Joyce (OH)
Steil Hastings Neal Underwood YEAS—147
Carter (GA) Joyce (PA)
Steube Hayes Neguse Van Drew
Chabot Keller Abraham Flores Marshall
Stewart Heck Norcross Vargas
Cheney Kelly (MS) Aderholt Foxx (NC) Massie
Stivers Higgins (NY) O’Halleran Veasey
Cline Kelly (PA) Allen Fulcher McCarthy
Taylor Himes Ocasio-Cortez Vela
Cloud Kinzinger Amash Gaetz McCaul
Thompson (PA) Horn, Kendra S. Omar Velázquez
Cole Kustoff (TN) Armstrong Garcia (CA) McClintock
Thornberry Horsford Pallone Visclosky
Collins (GA) LaHood Arrington Gibbs McHenry
Tiffany Houlahan Panetta Wasserman
Comer LaMalfa Babin Gohmert Miller
Timmons Hoyer Pappas Schultz
Conaway Lamborn Baird Gooden Mitchell
Tipton Huffman Pascrell Waters
Cook Latta Banks Gosar Moolenaar
Turner Jackson Lee Payne Watson Coleman
Crawford Lesko Barr Granger Mooney (WV)
Upton Jayapal Perlmutter Welch
Crenshaw Long Bergman Graves (GA) Mullin
Wagner Jeffries Peters Wexton
Curtis Lucas Biggs Graves (LA) Murphy (NC)
Walberg Johnson (GA) Peterson Wild
Davidson (OH) Luetkemeyer Bilirakis Green (TN) Norman
Walden Johnson (TX) Phillips Wilson (FL)
Davis, Rodney Marshall Bishop (NC) Griffith Nunes
Walker Kaptur Pingree Yarmuth
DesJarlais Massie Bishop (UT) Grothman Olson
Diaz-Balart Mast Walorski NOT VOTING—10 Brady Guest Palazzo
Duncan McCarthy Waltz Brooks (AL) Guthrie Palmer
Dunn McCaul Watkins Babin Loudermilk Schrader
Emmer Marchant Brooks (IN) Hagedorn Pence
Estes McClintock Webster (FL) Weber (TX)
Gallagher Roby Buchanan Harris Perry
Ferguson McHenry Wenstrup Buck Hartzler Posey
Fleischmann McKinley Westerman King (IA) Rooney (FL)
Bucshon Hern, Kevin Rice (SC)
Flores Meuser Williams Budd Herrera Beutler Riggleman
Fortenberry Miller Wilson (SC) b 1419 Burgess Hice (GA) Rodgers (WA)
Foxx (NC) Mitchell Wittman Byrne Higgins (LA) Roe, David P.
Fulcher Moolenaar Womack Mr. HECK, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Calvert Hill (AR) Rogers (AL)
Gaetz Mooney (WV) Woodall Messrs. FOSTER, GOTTHEIMER, Carter (GA) Holding Rogers (KY)
Garcia (CA) Mullin Wright Chabot Hollingsworth Rose, John W.
Gianforte Murphy (NC) Yoho
DELGADO, REED, STANTON,
Cheney Hudson Rouzer
Gibbs Newhouse Young O’HALLERAN, Miss RICE of New Cline Huizenga Roy
Gohmert Norman Zeldin York, Messrs. CUNNINGHAM and Cloud Hurd (TX) Rutherford
NAYS—241 ENGEL changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ Cole Johnson (LA) Scalise
to ‘‘nay.’’ Collins (GA) Johnson (SD) Schweikert
Adams Bonamici Cartwright Comer Jordan Scott, Austin
Aguilar Boyle, Brendan Case Messrs. CONAWAY, SIMPSON, Conaway Joyce (PA) Sensenbrenner
Allred F. Casten (IL) GRAVES of Louisiana, HOLLINGS- Crawford Keller Smith (MO)
Axne Brindisi Castor (FL) WORTH, STEWART, FORTENBERRY, Crenshaw Kelly (MS) Smith (NE)
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Barragán Brown (MD) Castro (TX) Curtis Kustoff (TN) Smucker
Bass Brownley (CA) Chu, Judy
and JOYCE of Ohio changed their vote Davidson (OH) LaMalfa Spano
Beatty Bustos Cicilline from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ DesJarlais Lamborn Steube
Bera Butterfield Cisneros So the en bloc amendments were re- Duncan Latta Stewart
Beyer Carbajal Clark (MA) jected. Dunn Lesko Taylor
Bishop (GA) Cárdenas Clarke (NY) Estes Long Thompson (PA)
Blumenauer Carson (IN) Clay The result of the vote was announced Ferguson Lucas Thornberry
Blunt Rochester Carter (TX) Cleaver as above recorded. Fleischmann Luetkemeyer Tiffany
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Timmons Watkins Wittman Wexton Wilson (FL) Young Evans Lewis Ruiz
Walberg Wenstrup Womack Wild Yarmuth Zeldin Finkenauer Lieu, Ted Ruppersberger
Walker Westerman Woodall Fitzpatrick Lipinski Rush
Walorski Williams Wright NOT VOTING—9 Fletcher Loebsack Ryan
Waltz Wilson (SC) Yoho Emmer Loudermilk Rooney (FL) Foster Lofgren Sánchez
Gallagher Marchant Tipton Frankel Lowenthal Sarbanes
NAYS—274 King (IA) Roby Weber (TX) Fudge Lowey Scanlon
Gabbard Luján Schakowsky
Adams Gomez Ocasio-Cortez
Aguilar Gonzalez (OH) Omar b 1459 Gallego Luria Schiff
Garamendi Lynch Schneider
Allred Gonzalez (TX) Pallone Messrs. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Garcı́a (IL) Malinowski
Amodei Gottheimer Schrader
Panetta Garcia (TX) Maloney,
Axne Graves (MO) Pappas
GONZALEZ of Texas, CISNEROS, and Schrier
Golden Carolyn B. Scott (VA)
Bacon Green, Al (TX) Pascrell SIMPSON changed their vote from Gomez Maloney, Sean
Balderson Grijalva Scott, David
Payne ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Gonzalez (TX) Matsui Serrano
Barragán Haaland Perlmutter Gottheimer McAdams
Bass Harder (CA)
Mrs. WALORSKI, Messrs. RUTHER- Sewell (AL)
Peters Green, Al (TX) McBath
Beatty Hastings Peterson
FORD, and MCCARTHY changed their Grijalva McCollum
Shalala
Bera Hayes vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Sherman
Phillips Haaland McEachin
Beyer Heck Sherrill
Pingree So the amendment was rejected. Harder (CA) McGovern
Sires
Bishop (GA) Higgins (NY) Hastings McNerney
Blumenauer Himes
Pocan The result of the vote was announced Slotkin
Porter Hayes Meeks
Blunt Rochester Horn, Kendra S. as above recorded. Heck Meng
Smith (NJ)
Bonamici Horsford Pressley Smith (WA)
Price (NC) A motion to reconsider was laid on Higgins (NY) Mfume
Soto
Bost Houlahan Himes Moore
Boyle, Brendan Hoyer Quigley the table. Spanberger
Horn, Kendra S. Morelle
F. Huffman Raskin MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Speier
Horsford Moulton
Brindisi Jackson Lee Reed RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS Stanton
Houlahan Mucarsel-Powell
Brown (MD) Jayapal Reschenthaler Stevens
Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Pingree Hoyer Murphy (FL)
Brownley (CA) Jeffries Rice (NY) Huffman Nadler Suozzi
Richmond (Gomez) (Evans) (Cicilline) Swalwell (CA)
Burchett Johnson (GA) Huizenga Napolitano
Rose (NY) Cleaver (Clay) Lee (CA) Price (NC) Takano
Bustos Johnson (OH) Jackson Lee Neal
Rouda DeSaulnier (Huffman) (Butterfield) Thompson (CA)
Butterfield Johnson (TX) Jayapal Neguse
(Matsui) Lewis (Kildee) Rush Thompson (MS)
Carbajal Joyce (OH) Roybal-Allard Jeffries Norcross
Frankel (Clark Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Underwood) Titus
Cárdenas Kaptur Ruiz Johnson (GA) O’Halleran
(MA)) Lofgren (Boyle, Sánchez (Roybal- Tlaib
Carson (IN) Katko Ruppersberger Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez
Hastings Brendan F.) Allard)
Carter (TX) Keating Rush Kaptur Omar Tonko
Lowenthal
Cartwright Kelly (IL) Ryan (Wasserman Serrano Katko Pallone Torres (CA)
(Beyer)
Case Kelly (PA) Sánchez Schultz) (Jeffries) Keating Panetta Torres Small
Lowey (Tonko)
Casten (IL) Kennedy Sarbanes Johnson (TX) Vargas (Levin Kelly (IL) Pappas (NM)
Meng (Tonko)
Castor (FL) Khanna Scanlon (Jeffries) (CA)) Kennedy Pascrell Trahan
Moore (Beyer)
Castro (TX) Kildee Schakowsky Khanna (Gomez) Watson Coleman Khanna Payne Trone
Nadler (Jeffries)
Chu, Judy Kilmer Schiff Kirkpatrick (Pallone) Kildee Perlmutter Underwood
Napolitano
Cicilline Kim (Gallego) Welch Kilmer Peters Upton
Schneider (Correa)
Cisneros Kind Kuster (NH) (McGovern) Kim Peterson Van Drew
Schrader Payne
Clark (MA) King (NY) Kind Phillips Vargas
Schrier (Brownley (Wasserman Wilson (FL)
Clarke (NY) Kinzinger Kirkpatrick Pingree Veasey
Scott (VA) (CA)) Schultz) (Hayes)
Clay Kirkpatrick Krishnamoorthi Pocan Vela
Cleaver Krishnamoorthi Scott, David
AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MS. TLAIB OF Kuster (NH) Porter Velázquez
Clyburn Kuster (NH) Serrano
MICHIGAN Lamb Pressley Visclosky
Cohen LaHood Sewell (AL)
Langevin Price (NC) Wasserman
Connolly Lamb Shalala The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Larsen (WA) Quigley Schultz
Cook Langevin Sherman ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Larson (CT) Raskin Waters
Cooper Larsen (WA) Sherrill
ished business is the question on Lawrence Reed Watson Coleman
Correa Larson (CT) Shimkus Welch
amendment No. 3 printed in part H of Lawson (FL) Rice (NY)
Costa Lawrence Simpson Wexton
Lee (CA) Richmond
Courtney Lawson (FL) Sires House Report 116–438 on which further Lee (NV) Rose (NY) Wild
Cox (CA) Lee (CA) Slotkin proceedings were postponed and on Levin (CA) Rouda Wilson (FL)
Craig Lee (NV) Smith (NJ) Levin (MI) Roybal-Allard Yarmuth
Crist Levin (CA) Smith (WA) which the yeas and nays were ordered.
Crow Levin (MI) Soto The Clerk will redesignate the NAYS—181
Cuellar Lewis Spanberger amendment. Abraham Conaway Hern, Kevin
Cunningham Lieu, Ted Speier The Clerk redesignated the amend- Aderholt Cook Herrera Beutler
Davids (KS) Lipinski Stanton Allen Crawford
ment. Hice (GA)
Davis (CA) Loebsack Stauber Amash Crenshaw Higgins (LA)
Davis, Danny K. Lofgren Stefanik The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Amodei Curtis Hill (AR)
Davis, Rodney Lowenthal Steil question is on the amendment offered Armstrong Davidson (OH) Holding
Dean Lowey Stevens
DeFazio Luján
by the gentlewoman from Michigan Arrington Davis, Rodney Hollingsworth
Stivers Babin DesJarlais Hudson
DeGette Luria Suozzi (Ms. TLAIB).
Bacon Diaz-Balart Hurd (TX)
DeLauro Lynch Swalwell (CA) The vote was taken by electronic de- Baird Duncan Johnson (LA)
DelBene Malinowski Takano vice, and there were—yeas 240, nays Balderson Dunn Johnson (OH)
Delgado Maloney, Thompson (CA) Banks Estes
181, not voting 9, as follows: Johnson (SD)
Demings Carolyn B. Thompson (MS) Barr Ferguson Jordan
DeSaulnier Maloney, Sean Titus [Roll No. 136] Bergman Fleischmann Joyce (OH)
Deutch Mast Tlaib Biggs Flores
YEAS—240 Joyce (PA)
Diaz-Balart Matsui Bilirakis Fortenberry
Tonko Keller
Dingell McAdams Adams Carson (IN) Crow
Torres (CA) Bishop (NC) Foxx (NC) Kelly (MS)
Doggett McBath Aguilar Cartwright Cuellar
Torres Small Bishop (UT) Fulcher Kelly (PA)
Doyle, Michael McCollum Allred Case Cunningham
(NM) Bost Gaetz King (NY)
F. McEachin Axne Casten (IL) Davids (KS)
Trahan Brady Garcia (CA) Kinzinger
Engel McGovern Barragán Castor (FL) Davis (CA)
Trone Brooks (AL) Gianforte Kustoff (TN)
Escobar McKinley Bass Castro (TX) Davis, Danny K.
Turner Brooks (IN) Gibbs LaHood
Eshoo McNerney Beatty Chu, Judy Dean
Underwood Buck Gohmert LaMalfa
Espaillat Meeks Bera Cicilline DeFazio
Upton Bucshon Gonzalez (OH) Lamborn
Evans Meng Beyer Cisneros DeGette
Van Drew Budd Gooden Latta
Finkenauer Meuser Bishop (GA) Clark (MA) DeLauro
Vargas Burchett Gosar Lesko
Fitzpatrick Mfume Blumenauer Clarke (NY) DelBene
Veasey Burgess Granger Long
Fletcher Moore Blunt Rochester Clay Delgado
Vela Byrne Graves (GA) Lucas
Fortenberry Morelle Bonamici Cleaver Demings
Velázquez Calvert Graves (LA) Luetkemeyer
Foster Moulton Boyle, Brendan Clyburn DeSaulnier
Visclosky Carter (GA) Graves (MO) Marshall
Frankel Mucarsel-Powell F. Cohen Deutch
Wagner Carter (TX) Green (TN) Massie
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Fudge Murphy (FL) Brindisi Connolly Dingell Chabot Griffith Mast
Gabbard Nadler Walden Brown (MD) Cooper Doggett Cheney Grothman McCarthy
Gallego Napolitano Wasserman Brownley (CA) Correa Doyle, Michael Cline Guest McCaul
Garamendi Neal Schultz Buchanan Costa F. Cloud Guthrie McClintock
Garcı́a (IL) Neguse Waters Bustos Courtney Engel Cole Hagedorn McHenry
Garcia (TX) Newhouse Watson Coleman Butterfield Cox (CA) Escobar Collins (GA) Harris McKinley
Gianforte Norcross Webster (FL) Carbajal Craig Eshoo Comer Hartzler Meuser
Golden O’Halleran Welch Cárdenas Crist Espaillat
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Miller Rouzer Tipton DIVISION N—STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES Already, China owns a majority of
Mitchell Roy Turner
Moolenaar Rutherford Wagner
SEC. 91001. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PROHI- the world’s lithium-ion battery produc-
BITION. tion, more than 60 percent. And the
Mooney (WV) Scalise Walberg
(a) BUY AMERICA.—None of the funds au-
Mullin Schweikert Walden Chinese Government is continually in-
Murphy (NC) Scott, Austin thorized or made available by this Act, or
Walker
the amendments made by this Act, may be vesting to increase that capacity. Al-
Newhouse Sensenbrenner Walorski
Norman Shimkus used in awarding a contract, subcontract, ready, China exports the most lithium-
Waltz
Nunes Simpson
Watkins grant, or loan to an entity that— ion batteries and components of any
Olson Smith (MO) (1) is owned or controlled by, is a sub- other country, more than 6 times what
Webster (FL)
Palazzo Smith (NE) sidiary of, or is otherwise related legally or
Palmer Smucker Wenstrup the United States exports.
Pence Spano Westerman financially to a corporation based in a coun- And Chinese Government subsidies
Perry Stauber Williams try that— are slated to expand their battery pro-
Posey Stefanik Wilson (SC) (A) is identified as a nonmarket economy
Wittman country (as defined in section 771(18) of the
duction more than 21⁄2 times by 2026.
Reschenthaler Steil
Rice (SC) Steube Womack Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of We have seen what happens when
Riggleman Stewart Woodall the date of enactment of this Act; Chinese-Government sponsored compa-
Rodgers (WA) Stivers Wright (B) was identified by the United States nies like Huawei gain a foothold with
Roe, David P. Taylor Yoho
Rogers (AL) Thompson (PA)
Trade Representative in the most recent re- telecom products, we succumb to state-
Young
Rogers (KY) Tiffany Zeldin
port required by section 182 of the Trade Act directed domination of a U.S. industry,
Rose, John W. Timmons of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign and we leave ourselves vulnerable to
country under subsection (a)(2) of that sec- national security threats, espionage,
NOT VOTING—9 tion; and
and IP theft.
Emmer Loudermilk Rooney (FL) (C) is subject to monitoring by the Trade
Gallagher Marchant Thornberry Representative under section 306 of the
Without ensuring that this bill’s $1.5
King (IA) Roby Weber (TX) Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); or trillion spending spree on electric vehi-
(2) is listed pursuant to section 9(b)(3) of cles and other technologies are manu-
b 1546 the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 factured by American companies or
(Public Law 116–145). countries that play by the rules, we
Ms. GARCIA of Texas changed her (b) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of subsection will simply be aiding China in achiev-
vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ (a), the term ‘‘otherwise related legally or fi-
ing its goals.
So the amendment was agreed to. nancially’’ does not include a minority rela-
tionship or investment. The issue of protecting our critical
The result of the vote was announced (c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sec- infrastructure is a goal many of us
as above recorded. tion shall be applied in a manner consistent share.
A motion to reconsider was laid on with the obligations of the United States In fact, the White House has already
the table. under international agreements. taken action to prevent foreign infil-
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Mr. CRAWFORD (during the read- tration of our power grid through an
RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS ing). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous executive order on bulk power systems
Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Pingree consent to dispense with the reading. earlier this year, and is working with
(Gomez) (Evans) (Cicilline) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there industry to phase out the use of tech-
Cleaver (Clay) Lee (CA) Price (NC) objection to the request of the gen- nology produced in China.
DeSaulnier (Huffman) (Butterfield)
Lewis (Kildee)
tleman from Arkansas? However, I make this motion not just
(Matsui) Rush There was no objection.
Frankel (Clark Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Underwood) because of China’s economic policies.
(MA)) Lofgren (Boyle, Sánchez (Roybal-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Chinese Government is responsible
Hastings Brendan F.) Allard) ant to the rule, the gentleman from Ar- for: government censorship of publica-
Lowenthal kansas is recognized for 5 minutes in
(Wasserman Serrano tions, media, and social media;
(Beyer)
Schultz)
Lowey (Tonko)
(Jeffries) support of his motion. The blatant theft of American intel-
Johnson (TX) Vargas (Levin Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker,
Meng (Tonko) lectual property;
(Jeffries) (CA))
Moore (Beyer) this amendment will not kill the bill, Refusal to abide by World Trade Or-
Khanna (Gomez) Nadler (Jeffries) Watson Coleman
Kirkpatrick (Pallone) but will instead ensure that the Demo- ganization rules;
Napolitano
(Gallego) (Correa) Welch crats’ partisan wish list does not result Choosing not to report the
Kuster (NH) Payne (McGovern) in a windfall for the Chinese state- coronavirus outbreak for months; and
(Brownley (Wasserman Wilson (FL) owned enterprises.
(CA)) Schultz) (Hayes) Frequent mistreatment of minority
This amendment would prevent com-
ethic groups within its borders.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. panies owned or controlled by the Chi-
Just this week, Madam Speaker, we
MCCOLLUM). Pursuant to the rule, the nese regime or the Chinese Communist
learned that in addition to the many
previous question is ordered on the bill, Party from participating in any project
atrocities China has committed against
as amended. or receiving any fund authorized by
the Uighur people, it is now commit-
The question is on the engrossment this bill.
This is particularly important given ting genocide.
and third reading of the bill. Hundreds of thousands of women are
The bill was ordered to be engrossed the hundreds of billions of dollars for
programs like power grid transmission being subjected to nonconsensual im-
and read a third time, and was read the plantation of birth control, forced ster-
third time. and distribution projects and
broadband infrastructure investment. ilization, and even forced abortion of
MOTION TO RECOMMIT
We can’t afford to allow the Chinese their unborn children.
Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, I Government to take control of our We have a moral obligation to ensure
have a motion to recommit at the power grid or broadband system, and that no government treats its citizens
desk. we all know that allowing Chinese this way, and none of its state-spon-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the companies to compete for these sored companies that help them do it
gentleman opposed to the bill? projects often opens the door to Chi- benefit from the majority’s spending
Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, I nese Government control. spree.
am opposed to the bill in its current Time and time again, China has dem- But that is what we are doing if we
form. onstrated its hostility to America’s in- pass this massive spending bill that en-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The terests and international standards of courages purchasing products mined
Clerk will report the motion to recom- transparency and accountability, while and manufactured in China. We invest
mit. violating basic human morality. in their companies and sponsor their
The Clerk read as follows: China’s industrial plan makes their tyranny rather than supporting Amer-
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goal clear: Dominate global innovation ican workers and families.
Mr. Crawford moves to recommit the bill
H.R. 2 to the Committee on Transportation and manufacturing by any means nec- Madam Speaker, a Democrat amend-
and Infrastructure with instructions to re- essary. China is buying and stealing ment applying these restrictions to a
port the same back to the House forthwith, American technology explicitly to portion of the bill already passed 62 to
with the following amendment: overtake our semiconductor, robotic, 1 during the Transportation and Infra-
At the end of the bill, add the following: and electric vehicle industries. structure Committee markup.
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In an otherwise hyper-partisan mark- I still remember the Medicaid part D Cole Hurd (TX) Rodgers (WA)
Collins (GA) Johnson (LA) Roe, David P.
up, where Democrats refused to accept vote, the Republican bill, it prohibited Comer Johnson (OH) Rogers (AL)
many Republican-led amendments, it the government from negotiating lower Conaway Johnson (SD) Rogers (KY)
was perhaps the most bipartisan mo- drug prices because Big Pharma runs Cook Jordan Rose (NY)
ment—the ‘‘where’s the meatloaf,’’ this place on that side of the aisle. Cox (CA) Joyce (OH) Rose, John W.
Craig Joyce (PA) Rouda
mute violation notwithstanding—sup- And now here we have—all of a sud- Crawford Katko Rouzer
ported by Chairman DEFAZIO. We can den we developed a concern about Crenshaw Keller Roy
do that again here, Madam Speaker. human rights and China. Well, you Crist Kelly (MS) Rutherford
Crow Kelly (PA) Scalise
Adopting this amendment will not have been pretty absent for the last, Cunningham Kim Schrier
kill the bill and not stop the majority oh, let’s see, when you were in the ma- Curtis King (NY) Schweikert
from sending its wish list on to the jority until very recently—60 percent Davidson (OH) Kinzinger Scott, Austin
Senate with no plan to pay for it. of my career has been in the minority. Davis, Rodney Kustoff (TN) Sensenbrenner
Delgado LaHood Shimkus
But the bare minimum we can do is So the last time you held the majority DesJarlais LaMalfa Simpson
come together to say that as we build for 10 years or so, you didn’t do any- Diaz-Balart Lamb Slotkin
American infrastructure we also build thing on any of these things. You had Duncan Latta Smith (MO)
up America, not China. Dunn Lee (NV) Smith (NE)
President Bush, he didn’t do anything Estes Lesko Smith (NJ)
During the markup of H.R. 2, the on these things. You have President Ferguson Lipinski Smucker
chairman said he didn’t care if China Trump who is cozying up to the dic- Finkenauer Loebsack Spanberger
was listening in on our discussions, so tator of China. And now you come Fitzpatrick Long Spano
Fleischmann Lucas Stauber
let’s send a clear message to China here, and say, Oh, we are going to fix Flores Luetkemeyer Stefanik
now. all this with this vote. Fortenberry Luria Steil
Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of We have taken the strongest, strong- Foxx (NC) Malinowski Steube
the motion to recommit. Fulcher Maloney, Sean Stewart
est stand in the infrastructure sections Gaetz Marshall Stivers
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- of this bill, and it is fully within the Garcia (CA) Massie Taylor
ance of my time. rights of the President to take further Gianforte Mast Thompson (PA)
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I action to punish China for these sorts Gibbs McAdams Thornberry
claim the time in opposition to the mo- Gohmert McBath Tiffany
of things. Golden McCarthy Timmons
tion to recommit. Madam Speaker, I recommend a ‘‘no’’ Gonzalez (OH) McCaul Tipton
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- vote on this motion to recommit. Gooden McClintock Torres Small
tleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 Gosar McHenry (NM)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- Gottheimer McKinley Turner
minutes. bers are reminded to direct their re- Granger Meuser Underwood
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, if marks to the Chair. Graves (GA) Miller Upton
only we had a President who would Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I Graves (LA) Moolenaar Van Drew
take meaningful action against China. Graves (MO) Mooney (WV) Wagner
yield back the balance of my time. Green (TN) Mucarsel-Powell Walberg
It has recently been revealed that the Griffith Mullin Walden
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
President—regular order, Madam Grothman Murphy (FL) Walker
Chair, I hear some kind of wiggling on Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, Guest Murphy (NC) Walorski
that side—whining, whining. Okay. parliamentary inquiry. Guthrie Newhouse Waltz
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Hagedorn Norman Watkins
Yeah, we just recently found out that Harder (CA) Nunes Webster (FL)
he begged Premier Xi Jinping to buy tleman from Arkansas will state his Harris Olson Wenstrup
more farm products to help his reelec- parliamentary inquiry. Hartzler Palazzo Westerman
Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, is Hern, Kevin Palmer Wexton
tion. Herrera Beutler Pappas Wild
And, by the way, he said he liked the it appropriate for the gentleman to Hice (GA) Pence Williams
prison camps, he thought they were a make comments about the President of Higgins (LA) Perry Wilson (SC)
good idea. He actually said that. the United States on the floor as he Hill (AR) Peterson Wittman
did? Holding Phillips Womack
So, you know, if we had a President Hollingsworth Posey Woodall
who would act against dictators. Putin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Horn, Kendra S. Reed Wright
murdering U.S. troops, while he is still Chair is not going to offer an advisory Houlahan Reschenthaler Yoho
opinion. Hudson Rice (SC) Young
cozying up to Putin. Huizenga Riggleman Zeldin
So, you know, anything with China is Without objection, the previous ques-
a result of the MFN for China, which tion is ordered on the motion to recom- NAYS—193
granted, came under President Bill mit. Adams Cohen Garcia (TX)
Clinton. I voted against it. A large ma- There was no objection. Aguilar Connolly Gomez
jority of Republicans voted for it. Per- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Allred Cooper Gonzalez (TX)
question is on the motion to recommit. Amash Correa Green, Al (TX)
haps we have a different group of Re- Barragán Costa Grijalva
publicans here now who wouldn’t have The question was taken; and the Bass Courtney Haaland
voted for MFN for China, or would sup- Speaker pro tempore announced that Beatty Cuellar Hastings
port my resolution to withdraw from the noes appeared to have it. Bera Davids (KS) Hayes
Beyer Davis (CA) Heck
the WTO because of the WTO and the Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, on Bishop (GA) Davis, Danny K. Higgins (NY)
dominance of China and its lack of ef- that I demand the yeas and nays. Blumenauer Dean Himes
fectiveness. And I hope to have that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Blunt Rochester DeFazio Horsford
Bonamici DeGette Hoyer
vote later this year, although it was ant to section 3 of House Resolution Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Huffman
precluded during this time period by 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. F. DelBene Jackson Lee
the Rules Committee. The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (MD) Demings Jayapal
So we have the most stringent Buy vice, and there were—yeas 224, nays Brownley (CA) DeSaulnier Jeffries
Bustos Deutch Johnson (GA)
America requirements of any part of 193, not voting 13, as follows: Butterfield Dingell Johnson (TX)
the government in the Transportation [Roll No. 137] Carbajal Doggett Kaptur
and Infrastructure sections of this bill. YEAS—224
Cárdenas Doyle, Michael Keating
Carson (IN) F. Kelly (IL)
Most stringent. We closed the last Abraham Barr Bucshon Cartwright Engel Kennedy
loopholes for transit and rail being Aderholt Bergman Budd Case Escobar Khanna
used by Communist government-owned Allen Biggs Burchett Casten (IL) Eshoo Kildee
or controlled corporations in China. We Amodei Bilirakis Burgess Castor (FL) Espaillat Kilmer
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Armstrong Bishop (NC) Byrne Castro (TX) Evans Kind
have done that. Arrington Bost Calvert Chu, Judy Fletcher Kirkpatrick
And, you know, it is time to bring Axne Brady Carter (GA) Cicilline Foster Krishnamoorthi
things back to the United States of Babin Brindisi Chabot Clark (MA) Frankel Kuster (NH)
America. Bring back pharmaceutical Bacon Brooks (AL) Cheney Clarke (NY) Fudge Langevin
Baird Brooks (IN) Cisneros Clay Gabbard Larsen (WA)
production. Let’s stop being driven by Balderson Buchanan Cline Cleaver Gallego Larson (CT)
the pharmaceutical industry here. Banks Buck Cloud Clyburn Garcı́a (IL) Lawrence
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Lawson (FL) Pallone Sherman the amendments made by this Act, may be Dingell Lawson (FL) Roybal-Allard
Lee (CA) Panetta Sherrill used in awarding a contract, subcontract, Doggett Lee (CA) Ruiz
Levin (CA) Pascrell Sires Doyle, Michael Levin (CA) Ruppersberger
grant, or loan to an entity that—
Levin (MI) Payne Smith (WA) F. Levin (MI) Rush
Lewis Perlmutter
(1) is owned or controlled by, is a sub- Engel Lewis
Soto Ryan
Lieu, Ted Peters sidiary of, or is otherwise related legally or Escobar Lieu, Ted
Speier Sánchez
Lofgren Pingree Stanton financially to a corporation based in a coun- Eshoo Lipinski Sarbanes
Lowenthal Pocan Stevens try that— Espaillat Loebsack Scanlon
Lowey Porter Suozzi (A) is identified as a nonmarket economy Evans Lofgren Schakowsky
Luján Pressley Swalwell (CA) country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Finkenauer Lowenthal Schiff
Lynch Price (NC) Fitzpatrick Lowey
Takano Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of Schneider
Maloney, Quigley Fletcher Luján
Carolyn B. Raskin
Thompson (CA) the date of enactment of this Act; Foster Luria
Schrader
Thompson (MS) (B) was identified by the United States Schrier
Matsui Rice (NY) Frankel Lynch
Titus Trade Representative in the most recent re- Scott (VA)
McCollum Richmond Fudge Malinowski
McEachin Roybal-Allard Tlaib port required by section 182 of the Trade Act Scott, David
Gabbard Maloney,
McGovern Ruiz Tonko Serrano
Torres (CA)
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign Gallego Carolyn B.
McNerney Ruppersberger Garamendi Maloney, Sean Sewell (AL)
Trahan country under subsection (a)(2) of that sec- Shalala
Meeks Rush Garcı́a (IL) Matsui
Trone tion; and Sherman
Meng Ryan Garcia (TX) McBath
Mfume Sánchez Vargas (C) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Golden McCollum Sherrill
Moore Sarbanes Veasey Representative under section 306 of the Gomez McEachin Sires
Morelle Scanlon Vela Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); or Gonzalez (TX) McGovern Slotkin
Moulton Schakowsky Velázquez (2) is listed pursuant to section 9(b)(3) of Gottheimer McNerney Smith (NJ)
Nadler Schiff Visclosky the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 Green, Al (TX) Meeks Smith (WA)
Napolitano Schneider Wasserman (Public Law 116–145). Grijalva Meng Soto
Neal Schrader Schultz Haaland Mfume Spanberger
Waters (b) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of subsection
Neguse Scott (VA) Harder (CA) Moore Speier
Norcross Scott, David Watson Coleman (a), the term ‘‘otherwise related legally or fi- Hastings Morelle Stanton
O’Halleran Serrano Welch nancially’’ does not include a minority rela- Hayes Moulton Stevens
Ocasio-Cortez Sewell (AL) Wilson (FL) tionship or investment. Heck Mucarsel-Powell Suozzi
Omar Shalala Yarmuth (c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This sec- Higgins (NY) Murphy (FL) Swalwell (CA)
tion shall be applied in a manner consistent Himes Nadler Takano
NOT VOTING—13 Horn, Kendra S. Napolitano
with the obligations of the United States Thompson (CA)
Bishop (UT) King (IA) Roby Horsford Neal Thompson (MS)
under international agreements.
Carter (TX) Lamborn Rooney (FL) Houlahan Neguse Titus
Emmer Loudermilk Weber (TX) Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (during the Hoyer Norcross
Tlaib
Gallagher Marchant reading). Madam Speaker, I ask unani- Huffman O’Halleran
Tonko
Garamendi Mitchell Jackson Lee Ocasio-Cortez
mous consent to dispense with the Jayapal Omar
Torres (CA)
b 1638 reading. Jeffries Pallone
Torres Small
(NM)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Johnson (GA) Panetta
Mr. DOGGETT changed his vote from Johnson (TX) Pappas
Trahan
‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ objection to the request of the gen- Kaptur Pascrell Trone
tleman from Missouri? Underwood
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Keating Payne
Van Drew
Messrs. DAVIDSON of Ohio, COX of There was no objection. Kelly (IL) Pelosi
Kennedy Perlmutter Vargas
California, PETERSON, SEAN PAT- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Khanna Peters Veasey
RICK MALONEY of New York, and question is on the amendment. Kildee Phillips Vela
Velázquez
LOEBSACK changed their vote from The amendment was agreed to. Kilmer Pingree
Kim Pocan Visclosky
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kind Porter Wasserman
So the motion to recommit was question is on the engrossment and Kirkpatrick Pressley Schultz
agreed to. third reading of the bill. Krishnamoorthi Price (NC) Waters
Kuster (NH) Quigley Watson Coleman
The result of the vote was announced The bill was ordered to be engrossed Welch
Lamb Raskin
as above recorded. and read a third time, and was read the Langevin Rice (NY) Wexton
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE third time. Larsen (WA) Richmond Wild
RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Larson (CT) Rose (NY) Wilson (FL)
Lawrence Rouda Yarmuth
Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Pingree question is on the passage of the bill.
(Gomez) (Evans) (Cicilline) The question was taken; and the
Lee (CA)
NAYS—188
Cleaver (Clay) Price (NC)
DeSaulnier (Huffman) (Butterfield)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Abraham Comer Harris
(Matsui) Lewis (Kildee) Rush the ayes appeared to have it. Aderholt Conaway Hartzler
Frankel (Clark Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Underwood) Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Allen Cook Hern, Kevin
Lofgren (Boyle, Amash Crawford Herrera Beutler
(MA))
Brendan F.)
Sánchez (Roybal- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Amodei Crenshaw Hice (GA)
Hastings Allard)
Lowenthal and nays. Armstrong Curtis Higgins (LA)
(Wasserman Serrano
Schultz)
(Beyer)
(Jeffries) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Arrington Davidson (OH) Hill (AR)
Lowey (Tonko) Babin Davis, Rodney Holding
Johnson (TX)
Meng (Tonko)
Vargas (Levin ant to section 3 of House Resolution Bacon DesJarlais Hollingsworth
(Jeffries) Moore (Beyer) (CA)) 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Baird Diaz-Balart Hudson
Khanna (Gomez) Nadler (Jeffries) Watson Coleman The vote was taken by electronic de- Balderson Duncan Huizenga
Kirkpatrick Napolitano (Pallone) Banks Dunn Hurd (TX)
(Gallego) Welch
vice, and there were—yeas 233, nays
(Correa) Barr Estes Johnson (LA)
Kuster (NH) Payne (McGovern) 188, not voting 10, as follows: Bergman Ferguson Johnson (OH)
(Brownley (Wasserman Wilson (FL) [Roll No. 138] Biggs Fleischmann Johnson (SD)
(CA)) Schultz) (Hayes) Bilirakis Flores Jordan
YEAS—233 Bishop (NC) Fortenberry Joyce (OH)
Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, pur- Adams Carbajal Costa Bishop (UT) Foxx (NC) Joyce (PA)
suant to instructions of the House in Aguilar Cárdenas Courtney Bost Fulcher Katko
the motion to recommit, I report the Allred Carson (IN) Cox (CA) Brady Gaetz Keller
Axne Cartwright Craig Brooks (AL) Garcia (CA) Kelly (MS)
bill, H.R. 2, back to the House in its en- Barragán Case Crist Brooks (IN) Gianforte Kelly (PA)
tirety with an amendment. Bass Casten (IL) Crow Buchanan Gibbs King (NY)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beatty Castor (FL) Cuellar Buck Gohmert Kinzinger
Clerk will report the amendment. Bera Castro (TX) Cunningham Bucshon Gonzalez (OH) Kustoff (TN)
Beyer Chu, Judy Davids (KS) Budd Gooden LaHood
The Clerk read as follows: Bishop (GA) Cicilline Davis (CA) Burchett Gosar LaMalfa
Amendment offered by Mr. DEFAZIO Blumenauer Cisneros Davis, Danny K. Burgess Granger Lamborn
of Oregon: Blunt Rochester Clark (MA) Dean Byrne Graves (GA) Latta
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Bonamici Clarke (NY) DeFazio Calvert Graves (LA) Lesko
At the end of the bill, add the following: Boyle, Brendan Clay DeGette Carter (GA) Graves (MO) Long
DIVISION N—STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES F. Cleaver DeLauro Chabot Green (TN) Lucas
Brindisi Clyburn DelBene Cheney Griffith Luetkemeyer
SEC. 91001. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PROHI-
Brown (MD) Cohen Delgado Cline Grothman Marshall
BITION.
Brownley (CA) Connolly Demings Cloud Guest Massie
(a) BUY AMERICA.—None of the funds au- Bustos Cooper DeSaulnier Cole Guthrie Mast
thorized or made available by this Act, or Butterfield Correa Deutch Collins (GA) Hagedorn McAdams
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McCarthy Rodgers (WA) Thornberry AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM: Mr.
McCaul Roe, David P. Tiffany Comer, to rank before Mr. Jordan.
McClintock Rogers (AL) Timmons
MAKE CORRECTIONS IN EN-
McHenry Rogers (KY) Tipton GROSSMENT OF H.R. 2, INVEST- Ms. CHENEY (during the reading).
McKinley Rose, John W. Turner ING IN A NEW VISION FOR THE Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con-
Meuser Rouzer Upton ENVIRONMENT AND SURFACE sent that the resolution be considered
Miller Roy Wagner TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA as read.
Mitchell Rutherford Walberg
Moolenaar Scalise Walden
ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Mooney (WV) Schweikert Walker Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I ask objection to the request of the gentle-
Mullin Scott, Austin Walorski
unanimous consent that in the engross- woman from Wyoming?
Murphy (NC) Sensenbrenner Waltz There was no objection.
Newhouse Shimkus Watkins ment of H.R. 2, the Clerk be authorized
to correct section numbers, punctua- The resolution was agreed to.
Norman Simpson Webster (FL)
Nunes Smith (MO) Wenstrup tion, spelling, and cross-references and A motion to reconsider was laid on
Olson Smith (NE) Westerman to make such other technical con- the table.
Palazzo Smucker Williams
forming changes as may be necessary f
Palmer Spano Wilson (SC)
Pence Stauber Wittman to accurately reflect the actions of the
COMMUNICATION FROM THE
Perry Stefanik Womack House.
CLERK OF THE HOUSE
Peterson Steil Woodall The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Posey Steube Wright objection to the request of the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
Reed Stewart Yoho fore the House the following commu-
Reschenthaler Stivers Young
tleman from Oregon?
Rice (SC) Taylor Zeldin There was no objection. nication from the Clerk of the House of
Riggleman Thompson (PA) f Representatives:
OFFICE OF THE CLERK,
NOT VOTING—10 RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Carter (TX) Lee (NV) Rooney (FL) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, Washington, DC, July 1, 2020.
Emmer Loudermilk Weber (TX) AND TECHNOLOGY Hon. NANCY PELOSI,
Gallagher Marchant The Speaker, House of Representatives,
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
King (IA) Roby Washington, DC.
fore the House the following resigna- DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the
tion as a member of the Committee on permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II
b 1721 Science, Space, and Technology: of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa-
Ms. CASTOR of Florida changed her CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, tives, the Clerk received the following mes-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, sage from the Secretary of the Senate on
vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ July 1, 2020, at 1:25 p.m.:
Washington, DC, June 30, 2020.
So the bill was passed. Hon. NANCY PELOSI, That the Senate Passed S. 123.
Speaker, House of Representatives, That the Senate Passed S. 2864.
The result of the vote was announced Washington, DC. That the Senate Passed S. 3758.
as above recorded. DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI: I write to respect- That the Senate Passed S. 4104.
A motion to reconsider was laid on fully tender my resignation as a member of That the Senate Passed S. 4116.
the Science, Space and Technology Com- Appointments:
the table. Joint Congressional Committee on Inau-
mittee. It has been an honor to serve in this
PERSONAL EXPLANATION capacity. gural Ceremonies.
Very respectfully, With best wishes, I am,
Mr. EMMER. Madam Speaker, on July 1st, PETE OLSON, Sincerely,
I was unable to be present in the House Member of Congress. CHERYL L. JOHNSON.
Chamber to cast my vote on amendments and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without f
passage of H.R. 2. If present, I would have objection, the resignation is accepted.
HONG KONG AUTONOMY ACT
voted YEA on the Graves en bloc amendment There was no objection.
no. 6 (RC No. 134), NAY on the Foxx Amend- f Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I
ment (RC No. 135), NAY on the Tlaib Amend- ask unanimous consent that the Com-
ELECTING MEMBERS TO CERTAIN mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
ment (RC No. 136), YEA on the Motion to Re- STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE mittee on Financial Services, the Com-
commit (RC No. 137), and NAY on H.R. 2 (RC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mittee on the Judiciary, the Com-
No. 138). AND RANKING A CERTAIN MEM- mittee on Ways and Means, and the
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
BER ON A CERTAIN STANDING Committee on Rules be discharged
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF from further consideration of the bill
Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I was REPRESENTATIVES (H.R. 7440) to impose sanctions with re-
unable to vote on July 1, 2020 due to not Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, by di- spect to foreign persons involved in the
being in D.C. Had I been present, I would rection of the House Republican Con- erosion of certain obligations of China
have voted yes on rollcall No. 134; yes on roll- ference, I send to the desk a privileged with respect to Hong Kong, and for
call No. 135; no on rollcall No. 136; yes on resolution and ask for its immediate other purposes, and I ask for its imme-
rollcall No. 137; and no on rollcall No. 138. consideration. diate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- The Clerk read the title of the bill.
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS
lows: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms.
H. RES. 1037 FINKENAUER). Is there objection to the
Cárdenas Lawson (FL) Pingree
(Gomez) (Evans) (Cicilline) Resolved, That the following named Mem- request of the gentleman from Cali-
Cleaver (Clay) Lee (CA) Price (NC) bers be, and are hereby, elected to the fol- fornia?
DeSaulnier (Huffman) (Butterfield) lowing standing committees of the House of There was no objection.
(Matsui) Lewis (Kildee) Rush Representatives: The text of the bill is as follows:
Frankel (Clark Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Underwood) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY: Mr. Tiffany. H.R. 7440
(MA)) Lofgren (Boyle, Sánchez (Roybal- COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM: Mr.
Hastings Brendan F.) Allard) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
Palmer, to rank immediately before Mr.
(Wasserman Lowenthal Serrano resentatives of the United States of America in
Cloud.
Schultz) (Beyer) (Jeffries) Congress assembled,
Johnson (TX) Lowey (Tonko) Vargas (Levin
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(Jeffries) Meng (Tonko) (CA)) NOLOGY: Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Tif-
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as
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Khanna (Gomez) Moore (Beyer) Watson Coleman fany.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRA- the ‘‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’’.
Kirkpatrick Nadler (Jeffries) (Pallone)
(Gallego) Napolitano Welch STRUCTURE: Mr. Garcia of California. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
Kuster (NH) (Correa) (McGovern) Resolved, That the following named Mem- tents for this Act is as follows:
(Brownley Payne Wilson (FL) ber be, and is hereby, ranked as follows on Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
(CA)) (Wasserman (Hayes) the following standing committee of the Sec. 2. Definitions.
Schultz) House of Representatives: Sec. 3. Findings.
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Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding Hong (11) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term (iii) on April 17, 2020, asserted that both
Kong. ‘‘United States person’’ means— the Liaison Office of China in Hong Kong and
Sec. 5. Identification of foreign persons in- (A) any citizen or national of the United the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of
volved in the erosion of the ob- States; the State Council ‘‘have the right to exercise
ligations of China under the (B) any alien lawfully admitted for perma- supervision . . . on affairs regarding Hong
Joint Declaration or the Basic nent residence in the United States; Kong and the mainland, in order to ensure
Law and foreign financial insti- (C) any entity organized under the laws of correct implementation of the Basic Law’’.
tutions that conduct signifi- the United States or any jurisdiction within (D) The National People’s Congress has
cant transactions with those the United States (including a foreign passed laws requiring Hong Kong to pass
persons. branch of such an entity); or laws banning disrespectful treatment of the
Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to foreign (D) any person located in the United national flag and national anthem of China.
persons that contravene the ob- States. (E) The State Council of China released a
ligations of China under the SEC. 3. FINDINGS. white paper on June 10, 2014, that stressed
Joint Declaration or the Basic Congress makes the following findings: the ‘‘comprehensive jurisdiction’’ of the Gov-
Law. (1) The Joint Declaration and the Basic ernment of China over Hong Kong and indi-
Sec. 7. Sanctions with respect to foreign fi- Law clarify certain obligations and promises cated that Hong Kong must be governed by
nancial institutions that con- that the Government of China has made with ‘‘patriots’’.
duct significant transactions respect to the future of Hong Kong. (F) The Government of China has directed
with foreign persons that con- (2) The obligations of the Government of operatives to kidnap and bring to the main-
travene the obligations of China under the Joint Declaration were codi- land, or is otherwise responsible for the kid-
China under the Joint Declara- fied in a legally-binding treaty, signed by the napping of, residents of Hong Kong, includ-
tion or the Basic Law. Government of the United Kingdom of Great ing businessman Xiao Jianhua and book-
Sec. 8. Waiver, termination, exceptions, and Britain and Northern Ireland and registered seller Gui Minhai.
congressional review process. with the United Nations. (G) The Government of Hong Kong, acting
Sec. 9. Implementation; penalties. (3) The obligations of the Government of with the support of the Government of
Sec. 10. Rule of construction. China under the Basic Law originate from China, introduced an extradition bill that
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. the Joint Declaration, were passed into the would have permitted the Government of
In this Act: domestic law of China by the National Peo- China to request and enforce extradition re-
(1) ALIEN; NATIONAL; NATIONAL OF THE ple’s Congress, and are widely considered by quests for any individual present in Hong
UNITED STATES.—The terms ‘‘alien’’, ‘‘na- citizens of Hong Kong as part of the de facto Kong, regardless of the legality of the re-
tional’’, and ‘‘national of the United States’’ legal constitution of Hong Kong. quest or the degree to which it compromised
have the meanings given those terms in sec- (4) Foremost among the obligations of the the judicial independence of Hong Kong.
tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Government of China to Hong Kong is the (H) The spokesman for the Standing Com-
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). promise that, pursuant to Paragraph 3b of mittee of the National People’s Congress
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- the Joint Declaration, ‘‘the Hong Kong Spe- said, ‘‘Whether Hong Kong’s laws are con-
TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appro- cial Administrative Region will enjoy a high sistent with the Basic Law can only be
priate congressional committees and leader- degree of autonomy, except in foreign and judged and decided by the National People’s
ship’’ means— defence affairs which are the responsibilities Congress Standing Committee. No other au-
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the of the Central People’s Government’’. thority has the right to make judgments and
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban (5) The obligation specified in Paragraph decisions.’’.
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela- 3b of the Joint Declaration is referenced, re- (10) Paragraph 3e of the Joint Declaration
tions, the Committee on Homeland Security inforced, and extrapolated on in several por- states, as reinforced by Article 5 of the Basic
and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on tions of the Basic Law, including Articles 2, Law, that the ‘‘current social and economic
the Judiciary, the Select Committee on In- 12, 13, 14, and 22. systems in Hong Kong will remain un-
telligence, and the majority leader and the (6) Article 22 of the Basic Law establishes changed, as so will the life-style.’’.
minority leader of the Senate; and that ‘‘No department of the Central People’s (11) On multiple occasions, the Govern-
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Government and no province, autonomous ment of China has undertaken actions that
Committee on Financial Services, the Com- region, or municipality directly under the have contravened the letter or intent of the
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Central Government may interfere in the af- obligation described in paragraph (10) of this
Homeland Security, the Committee on the fairs which the Hong Kong Special Adminis- section, including the following:
Judiciary, the Permanent Select Committee trative Region administers on its own in ac- (A) In 2002, the Government of China pres-
on Intelligence, and the Speaker and the mi- cordance with this Law.’’. sured the Government of Hong Kong to in-
nority leader of the House of Representa- (7) The Joint Declaration and the Basic troduce ‘‘patriotic’’ curriculum in primary
tives. Law make clear that additional obligations and secondary schools.
(3) BASIC LAW.—The term ‘‘Basic Law’’ shall be undertaken by China to ensure the (B) The governments of China and Hong
means the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Spe- ‘‘high degree of autonomy’’ of Hong Kong. Kong proposed the prohibition of discussion
cial Administrative Region of the People’s (8) Paragraph 3c of the Joint Declaration of Hong Kong independence and self-deter-
Republic of China. states, as reinforced by Articles 2, 16, 17, 18, mination in primary and secondary schools,
(4) CHINA.—The term ‘‘China’’ means the 19, and 22 of the Basic Law, that Hong Kong which infringes on freedom of speech.
People’s Republic of China. ‘‘will be vested with executive, legislative (C) The Government of Hong Kong man-
(5) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a and independent judicial power, including dated that Mandarin, and not the native lan-
partnership, joint venture, association, cor- that of final adjudication’’. guage of Cantonese, be the language of in-
poration, organization, network, group, or (9) On multiple occasions, the Government struction in Hong Kong schools.
subgroup, or any other form of business col- of China has undertaken actions that have (D) The governments of China and Hong
laboration. contravened the letter or intent of the obli- Kong agreed to a daily quota of mainland
(6) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi- gation described in paragraph (8) of this sec- immigrants to Hong Kong, which is widely
nancial institution’’ means a financial insti- tion, including the following: believed by citizens of Hong Kong to be part
tution specified in section 5312(a)(2) of title (A) In 1999, the Standing Committee of the of an effort to ‘‘mainlandize’’ Hong Kong.
31, United States Code. National People’s Congress overruled a deci- (12) Paragraph 3e of the Joint Declaration
(7) HONG KONG.—The term ‘‘Hong Kong’’ sion by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal states, as reinforced by Articles 4, 26, 27, 28,
means the Hong Kong Special Administra- on the right of abode. 29, 30, 31, 32 33, 34, and 39 of the Basic Law,
tive Region of the People’s Republic of (B) On multiple occasions, the Government that the ‘‘rights and freedoms, including
China. of Hong Kong, at the advice of the Govern- those of person, of speech, of the press, of as-
(8) JOINT DECLARATION.—The term ‘‘Joint ment of China, is suspected to have not al- sembly, of association, of travel, of move-
Declaration’’ means the Joint Declaration of lowed persons entry into Hong Kong alleg- ment, of correspondence, of strike, of choice
the Government of the United Kingdom of edly because of their support for democracy of occupation, of academic research and of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the and human rights in Hong Kong and China. religious belief will be ensured by law’’ in
Government of the People’s Republic of (C) The Liaison Office of China in Hong Hong Kong.
China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Kong has, despite restrictions on inter- (13) On multiple occasions, the Govern-
Beijing on December 19, 1984. ference in the affairs of Hong Kong as de- ment of China has undertaken actions that
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(9) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, tailed in Article 22 of the Basic Law— have contravened the letter or intent of the
with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a (i) openly expressed support for candidates obligation described in paragraph (12) of this
result, means that a person has actual in Hong Kong for Chief Executive and Legis- section, including the following:
knowledge of the conduct, the circumstance, lative Council; (A) On February 26, 2003, the Government
or the result. (ii) expressed views on various policies for of Hong Kong introduced a national security
(10) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an the Government of Hong Kong and other in- bill that would have placed restrictions on
individual or entity. ternal matters relating to Hong Kong; and freedom of speech and other protected rights.
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(B) The Liaison Office of China in Hong an international financial center, and the (2) a clear explanation for why the foreign
Kong has pressured businesses in Hong Kong mutually beneficial ties between the people person was identified and a description of the
not to advertise in newspapers and maga- of the United States and the people of Hong activity that resulted in the identification.
zines critical of the governments of China Kong.’’; and (b) IDENTIFYING FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI-
and Hong Kong. (B) as set forth in section 2(5) of the United TUTIONS.—Not earlier than 30 days and not
(C) The Hong Kong Police Force selec- States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 later than 60 days after the Secretary of
tively blocked demonstrations and protests U.S.C. 5701(5)), ‘‘Support for democratization State submits to the appropriate congres-
expressing opposition to the governments of is a fundamental principle of United States sional committees and leadership the report
China and Hong Kong or the policies of those foreign policy. As such, it naturally applies under subsection (a), the Secretary of the
governments. to United States policy toward Hong Kong. Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary
(D) The Government of Hong Kong refused This will remain equally true after June 30, of State, shall submit to the appropriate
to renew work visa for a foreign journalist, 1997.’’; congressional committees and leadership a
allegedly for hosting a speaker from the (2) although the United States recognizes report that identifies any foreign financial
banned Hong Kong National Party. that, under the Joint Declaration, the Gov- institution that knowingly conducts a sig-
(E) The Justice Department of Hong Kong ernment of China ‘‘resumed the exercise of nificant transaction with a foreign person
selectively prosecuted cases against leaders sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect on 1 identified in the report under subsection (a).
of the Umbrella Movement, while failing to (c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—
July 1997’’, the United States supports the
prosecute police officers accused of using ex- (1) INTELLIGENCE.—The Secretary of State
autonomy of Hong Kong in furtherance of
cessive force during the protests in 2014. shall not disclose the identity of a person in
the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of a report submitted under subsection (a) or
(F) On April 18, 2020, the Hong Kong Police 1992 and the Hong Kong Human Rights and
Force arrested 14 high-profile democracy ac- (b), or an update under subsection (e), if the
Democracy Act of 2019 and advances the de- Director of National Intelligence determines
tivists and campaigners for their role in or- sire of the people of Hong Kong to continue
ganizing a protest march that took place on that such disclosure could compromise an in-
the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ regime, in telligence operation, activity, source, or
August 18, 2019, in which almost 2,000,000 peo- addition to other obligations promulgated by
ple rallied against a proposed extradition method of the United States.
China under the Joint Declaration and the (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of
bill. Basic Law;
(14) Articles 45 and 68 of the Basic Law as- State shall not disclose the identity of a per-
(3) in order to support the benefits and pro- son in a report submitted under subsection
sert that the selection of Chief Executive tections that Hong Kong has been afforded
and all members of the Legislative Council (a) or (b), or an update under subsection (e),
by the Government of China under the Joint if the Attorney General, in coordination, as
of Hong Kong should be by ‘‘universal suf- Declaration and the Basic Law, the United
frage.’’. appropriate, with the Director of the Federal
States should establish a clear and unambig- Bureau of Investigation, the head of any
(15) On multiple occasions, the Govern- uous set of penalties with respect to foreign
ment of China has undertaken actions that other appropriate Federal law enforcement
persons determined by the Secretary of agency, and the Secretary of the Treasury,
have contravened the letter or intent of the State, in consultation with the Secretary of
obligation described in paragraph (14) of this determines that such disclosure could rea-
the Treasury, to be involved in the con- sonably be expected—
section, including the following:
travention of the obligations of China under (A) to compromise the identity of a con-
(A) In 2004, the National People’s Congress
the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law and fidential source, including a State, local, or
created new, antidemocratic procedures re-
the financial institutions transacting with foreign agency or authority or any private
stricting the adoption of universal suffrage
those foreign persons; institution that furnished information on a
for the election of the Chief Executive of
(4) the Secretary of State should provide confidential basis;
Hong Kong.
an unclassified assessment of the reason for (B) to jeopardize the integrity or success of
(B) The decision by the National People’s
imposition of certain economic penalties on an ongoing criminal investigation or pros-
Congress on December 29, 2007, which ruled
entities, so as to permit a clear path for the ecution;
out universal suffrage in 2012 elections and
removal of economic penalties if the sanc- (C) to endanger the life or physical safety
set restrictions on when and if universal suf-
frage will be implemented. tioned behavior is reversed and verified by of any person; or
(C) The decision by the National People’s the Secretary of State; (D) to cause substantial harm to physical
Congress on August 31, 2014, which placed (5) relevant Federal agencies should estab- property.
limits on the nomination process for the lish a multilateral sanctions regime with re- (3) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—If the Director
Chief Executive of Hong Kong as a condition spect to foreign persons involved in the con- of National Intelligence makes a determina-
for adoption of universal suffrage. travention of the obligations of China under tion under paragraph (1) or the Attorney
(D) On November 7, 2016, the National Peo- the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law; General makes a determination under para-
ple’s Congress interpreted Article 104 of the and graph (2), the Director or the Attorney Gen-
Basic Law in such a way to disqualify 6 (6) in addition to the penalties on foreign eral, as the case may be, shall notify the ap-
elected members of the Legislative Council. persons, and financial institutions propriate congressional committees and
(E) In 2018, the Government of Hong Kong transacting with those foreign persons, for leadership of the determination and the rea-
banned the Hong Kong National Party and the contravention of the obligations of China sons for the determination.
blocked the candidacy of pro-democracy can- under the Joint Declaration and the Basic (d) EXCLUSION OR REMOVAL OF FOREIGN
didates. Law, the United States should take steps, in PERSONS AND FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITU-
(16) The ways in which the Government of a time of crisis, to assist permanent resi- TIONS.—
China, at times with the support of a subser- dents of Hong Kong who are persecuted or (1) FOREIGN PERSONS.—The President may
vient Government of Hong Kong, has acted fear persecution as a result of the contraven- exclude a foreign person from the report
in contravention of its obligations under the tion by China of its obligations under the under subsection (a), or an update under sub-
Joint Declaration and the Basic Law, as set Joint Declaration and the Basic Law to be- section (e), or remove a foreign person from
forth in this section, are deeply concerning come eligible to obtain lawful entry into the the report or update prior to the imposition
to the people of Hong Kong, the United United States. of sanctions under section 6(a) if the mate-
States, and members of the international SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS rial contribution (as described in subsection
INVOLVED IN THE EROSION OF THE (g)) that merited inclusion in that report or
community who support the autonomy of
OBLIGATIONS OF CHINA UNDER THE
Hong Kong. JOINT DECLARATION OR THE BASIC
update—
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HONG LAW AND FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN- (A) does not have a significant and lasting
KONG. STITUTIONS THAT CONDUCT SIG- negative effect that contravenes the obliga-
It is the sense of Congress that— NIFICANT TRANSACTIONS WITH tions of China under the Joint Declaration
(1) the United States continues to uphold THOSE PERSONS. and the Basic Law;
the principles and policy established in the (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days (B) is not likely to be repeated in the fu-
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 after the date of the enactment of this Act, ture; and
(22 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and the Hong Kong if the Secretary of State, in consultation (C) has been reversed or otherwise miti-
Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 with the Secretary of the Treasury, deter- gated through positive countermeasures
(Public Law 116–76; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note), mines that a foreign person is materially taken by that foreign person.
which remain consistent with China’s obliga- contributing to, has materially contributed (2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The
tions under the Joint Declaration and cer- to, or attempts to materially contribute to President may exclude a foreign financial in-
tain promulgated objectives under the Basic the failure of the Government of China to stitution from the report under subsection
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Law, including that— meet its obligations under the Joint Declara- (b), or an update under subsection (e), or re-
(A) as set forth in section 101(1) of the tion or the Basic Law, the Secretary of State move a foreign financial institution from the
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 shall submit to the appropriate congres- report or update prior to the imposition of
(22 U.S.C. 5711(1)), ‘‘The United States should sional committees and leadership a report sanctions under section 7(a) if the significant
play an active role, before, on, and after July that includes— transaction or significant transactions of the
1, 1997, in maintaining Hong Kong’s con- (1) an identification of the foreign person; foreign financial institution that merited in-
fidence and prosperity, Hong Kong’s role as and clusion in that report or update—
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(A) does not have a significant and lasting spect to which the foreign person has any in- (A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using,
negative effect that contravenes the obliga- terest; transferring, withdrawing, transporting, im-
tions of China under the Joint Declaration (B) dealing in or exercising any right, porting, or exporting any property that is
and the Basic Law; power, or privilege with respect to such prop- subject to the jurisdiction of the United
(B) is not likely to be repeated in the fu- erty; or States and with respect to which the foreign
ture; and (C) conducting any transaction involving financial institution has any interest;
(C) has been reversed or otherwise miti- such property. (B) dealing in or exercising any right,
gated through positive countermeasures (2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND power, or privilege with respect to such prop-
taken by that foreign financial institution. REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA- erty; or
(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—If the Presi- TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is (C) conducting any transaction involving
dent makes a determination under paragraph an individual, the President may direct the such property.
(1) or (2) to exclude or remove a foreign per- Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the (7) RESTRICTION ON EXPORTS, REEXPORTS,
son or foreign financial institution from a Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude AND TRANSFERS.—The President, in consulta-
report under subsection (a) or (b), as the case from the United States, the foreign person, tion with the Secretary of Commerce, may
may be, the President shall notify the appro- subject to regulatory exceptions to permit restrict or prohibit exports, reexports, and
priate congressional committees and leader- the United States to comply with the Agree- transfers (in-country) of commodities, soft-
ship of the determination and the reasons for ment regarding the Headquarters of the ware, and technology subject to the jurisdic-
the determination. United Nations, signed at Lake Success June tion of the United States directly or indi-
(e) UPDATE OF REPORTS.— 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, rectly to the foreign financial institution.
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted 1947, between the United Nations and the (8) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT.—
under subsections (a) and (b) shall be up- United States, or other applicable inter- The President may, pursuant to such regula-
dated in an ongoing manner and, to the ex- national obligations. tions or guidelines as the President may pre-
tent practicable, updated reports shall be re- SEC. 7. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN scribe, prohibit any United States person
submitted with the annual report under sec- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT from investing in or purchasing significant
tion 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Pol- CONDUCT SIGNIFICANT TRANS- amounts of equity or debt instruments of the
icy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731). ACTIONS WITH FOREIGN PERSONS foreign financial institution.
THAT CONTRAVENE THE OBLIGA-
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this (9) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.—
TIONS OF CHINA UNDER THE JOINT
subsection shall be construed to terminate DECLARATION OR THE BASIC LAW. The President may direct the Secretary of
the requirement to update the reports under (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— State, in consultation with the Secretary of
subsections (a) and (b) upon the termination (1) INITIAL SANCTIONS.—Not later than one the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland
of the requirement to submit the annual re- year after the date on which a foreign finan- Security, to exclude from the United States
port under section 301 of the United States- cial institution is included in the report any alien that is determined to be a cor-
Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731). under section 5(b) or an update to that re- porate officer or principal of, or a share-
(f) FORM OF REPORTS.— holder with a controlling interest in, the for-
port under section 5(e), the President shall
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each report under sub- eign financial institution, subject to regu-
impose not fewer than 5 of the sanctions de-
section (a) or (b) (including updates under latory exceptions to permit the United
scribed in subsection (b) with respect to that
subsection (e)) shall be submitted in unclas- States to comply with the Agreement re-
foreign financial institution.
sified form and made available to the public. garding the Headquarters of the United Na-
(2) EXPANDED SANCTIONS.—Not later than
(2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The explanations tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947,
two years after the date on which a foreign
and descriptions included in the report under and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-
financial institution is included in the report
subsection (a)(2) (including updates under tween the United Nations and the United
under section 5(b) or an update to that re-
subsection (e)) may be expanded on in a clas- States, or other applicable international ob-
port under section 5(e), the President shall
sified annex. ligations.
(g) MATERIAL CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO impose each of the sanctions described in
subsection (b). (10) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF-
OBLIGATIONS OF CHINA DESCRIBED.—For pur- FICERS.—The President may impose on the
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions
poses of this section, a foreign person mate- principal executive officer or officers of the
described in this subsection with respect to a
rially contributes to the failure of the Gov- foreign financial institution, or on individ-
foreign financial institution are the fol-
ernment of China to meet its obligations uals performing similar functions and with
lowing:
under the Joint Declaration or the Basic similar authorities as such officer or offi-
(1) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL
Law if the person— cers, any of the sanctions described in para-
INSTITUTIONS.—The United States Govern-
(1) took action that resulted in the inabil- graphs (1) through (8) that are applicable.
ment may prohibit any United States finan-
ity of the people of Hong Kong— (c) TIMING OF SANCTIONS.—The President
cial institution from making loans or pro-
(A) to enjoy freedom of assembly, speech, may impose sanctions required under sub-
viding credits to the foreign financial insti-
press, or independent rule of law; or section (a) with respect to a financial insti-
tution.
(B) to participate in democratic outcomes; tution included in the report under section
(2) PROHIBITION ON DESIGNATION AS PRIMARY
or 5(b) or an update to that report under sec-
DEALER.—Neither the Board of Governors of
(2) otherwise took action that reduces the tion 5(e) beginning on the day on which the
the Federal Reserve System nor the Federal
high degree of autonomy of Hong Kong. financial institution is included in that re-
Reserve Bank of New York may designate, or
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN port or update.
PERSONS THAT CONTRAVENE THE
permit the continuation of any prior des-
SEC. 8. WAIVER, TERMINATION, EXCEPTIONS,
OBLIGATIONS OF CHINA UNDER THE ignation of, the foreign financial institution AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
JOINT DECLARATION OR THE BASIC as a primary dealer in United States Govern- PROCESS.
LAW. ment debt instruments. (a) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—Unless a
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— (3) PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A REPOSITORY disapproval resolution is enacted under sub-
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date on OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—The foreign finan- section (e), the President may waive the ap-
which a foreign person is included in the re- cial institution may not serve as agent of plication of sanctions under section 6 or 7
port under section 5(a) or an update to that the United States Government or serve as re- with respect to a foreign person or foreign fi-
report under section 5(e), the President may pository for United States Government nancial institution if the President—
impose sanctions described in subsection (b) funds. (1) determines that the waiver is in the na-
with respect to that foreign person. (4) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President tional security interest of the United States;
(2) MANDATORY SANCTIONS.—Not later than may, pursuant to such regulations as the and
one year after the date on which a foreign President may prescribe, prohibit any trans- (2) submits to the appropriate congres-
person is included in the report under sec- actions in foreign exchange that are subject sional committees and leadership a report on
tion 5(a) or an update to that report under to the jurisdiction of the United States and the determination and the reasons for the
section 5(e), the President shall impose sanc- involve the foreign financial institution. determination.
tions described in subsection (b) with respect (5) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President (b) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS AND RE-
to that foreign person. may, pursuant to such regulations as the MOVAL FROM REPORT.—Unless a disapproval
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions President may prescribe, prohibit any trans- resolution is enacted under subsection (e),
described in this subsection with respect to a fers of credit or payments between financial the President may terminate the application
foreign person are the following: institutions or by, through, or to any finan- of sanctions under section 6 or 7 with respect
(1) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The Presi- cial institution, to the extent that such to a foreign person or foreign financial insti-
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dent may, pursuant to such regulations as transfers or payments are subject to the ju- tution and remove the foreign person from
the President may prescribe, prohibit any risdiction of the United States and involve the report required under section 5(a) or the
person from— the foreign financial institution. foreign financial institution from the report
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, (6) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The Presi- required under section 5(b), as the case may
transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or dent may, pursuant to such regulations as be, if the Secretary of State, in consultation
exporting any property that is subject to the the President may prescribe, prohibit any with the Secretary of the Treasury, deter-
jurisdiction of the United States and with re- person from— mines that the actions taken by the foreign
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person or foreign financial institution that on llll.’’, with the blank space being resolution received from the Senate (unless
led to the imposition of sanctions— filled with the termination date. the House has already passed a resolution re-
(1) do not have a significant and lasting (C) COVERED RESOLUTION.—In this sub- lating to the same proposed action):
negative effect that contravenes the obliga- section, the term ‘‘covered resolution’’ (i) The resolution shall be referred to the
tions of China under the Joint Declaration means a disapproval resolution or a termi- appropriate committees.
and the Basic Law; nation resolution. (ii) If a committee to which a resolution
(2) are not likely to be repeated in the fu- (2) INTRODUCTION.—A covered resolution has been referred has not reported the reso-
ture; and may be introduced— lution within 10 legislative days after the
(3) have been reversed or otherwise miti- (A) in the House of Representatives, by the date of referral, that committee shall be dis-
gated through positive countermeasures majority leader or the minority leader; and charged from further consideration of the
taken by that foreign person or foreign fi- (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader resolution.
nancial institution. (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi- (iii) Beginning on the third legislative day
(c) TERMINATION OF ACT.— nority leader (or the minority leader’s des- after each committee to which a resolution
(1) REPORT.— ignee). has been referred reports the resolution to
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, (3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP- the House or has been discharged from fur-
2046, the President, in consultation with the RESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House
ther consideration thereof, it shall be in
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the of Representatives to which a covered resolu- order to move to proceed to consider the res-
Treasury, and the heads of such other Fed- tion has been referred has not reported the olution in the House. All points of order
eral agencies as the President considers ap- resolution within 10 legislative days after
against the motion are waived. Such a mo-
propriate, shall submit to Congress a report the date of referral, that committee shall be
tion shall not be in order after the House has
evaluating the implementation of this Act discharged from further consideration of the
disposed of a motion to proceed on the reso-
and sanctions imposed pursuant to this Act. resolution.
lution. The previous question shall be con-
(B) ELEMENTS.—The President shall in- (4) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
sidered as ordered on the motion to its adop-
clude in the report submitted under subpara- (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—
tion without intervening motion. The mo-
(i) DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION.—A dis-
graph (A) an assessment of whether this Act tion shall not be debatable. A motion to re-
and the sanctions imposed pursuant to this approval resolution introduced in the Senate
shall be— consider the vote by which the motion is dis-
Act should be terminated. posed of shall not be in order.
(2) TERMINATION.—This Act and the sanc- (I) referred to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs if the resolution (iv) The resolution shall be considered as
tions imposed pursuant to this Act shall re- read. All points of order against the resolu-
relates to an action that is not intended to
main in effect unless a termination resolu- tion and against its consideration are
significantly alter United States foreign pol-
tion is enacted under subsection (e) after waived. The previous question shall be con-
icy with regard to China; and
July 1, 2047. sidered as ordered on the resolution to final
(II) referred to the Committee on Foreign
(d) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF Relations if the resolution relates to an ac- passage without intervening motion except 2
GOODS.— tion that is intended to significantly alter hours of debate equally divided and con-
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re- United States foreign policy with regard to trolled by the offeror of the motion to pro-
quirements to impose sanctions under sec- China. ceed (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo-
tions 6 and 7 shall not include the authority (ii) TERMINATION RESOLUTION.—A termi- tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the
or requirement to impose sanctions on the nation resolution introduced in the Senate resolution shall not be in order.
importation of goods. shall be referred to the Committee on Bank- (B) TREATMENT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION IN
(2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the SENATE.—
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or Committee on Foreign Relations. (i) RECEIVED BEFORE PASSAGE OF SENATE
manmade substance, material, supply, or (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com- RESOLUTION.—If, before the passage by the
manufactured product, including inspection mittee to which a covered resolution was re- Senate of a covered resolution, the Senate
and test equipment, and excluding technical ferred has not reported the resolution within receives an identical resolution from the
data. 10 calendar days after the date of referral of House of Representatives, the following pro-
(e) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— the resolution, that committee shall be dis- cedures shall apply:
(1) RESOLUTIONS.— charged from further consideration of the (I) That resolution shall not be referred to
(A) DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION.—In this sec- resolution and the resolution shall be placed a committee.
tion, the term ‘‘disapproval resolution’’ on the appropriate calendar. (II) With respect to that resolution—
means only a joint resolution of either House (C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not- (aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be
of Congress— withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing the same as if no resolution had been re-
(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any ceived from the House of Representatives;
resolution disapproving the waiver or termi- time after the Committee on Banking, Hous- but
nation of sanctions with respect to a foreign ing, and Urban Affairs or the Committee on (bb) the vote on passage shall be on the
person that contravenes the obligations of Foreign Relations, as the case may be, re- resolution from the House of Representa-
China with respect to Hong Kong or a foreign ports a covered resolution to the Senate or tives.
financial institution that conducts a signifi- has been discharged from consideration of (ii) RECEIVED AFTER PASSAGE OF SENATE
cant transaction with that person.’’; and such a resolution (even though a previous RESOLUTION.—If, following passage of a cov-
(ii) the sole matter after the resolving motion to the same effect has been disagreed ered resolution in the Senate, the Senate re-
clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress to) to move to proceed to the consideration ceives an identical resolution from the
disapproves of the action under section 8 of of the resolution, and all points of order House of Representatives, that resolution
the Hong Kong Autonomy Act relating to against the resolution (and against consider- shall be placed on the appropriate Senate
the application of sanctions imposed with re- ation of the resolution) are waived. The mo- calendar.
spect to a foreign person that contravenes tion to proceed is not debatable. The motion (iii) NO SENATE COMPANION.—If a covered
the obligations of China with respect to is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo- resolution is received from the House of Rep-
Hong Kong, or a foreign financial institution tion to reconsider the vote by which the mo- resentatives, and no companion resolution
that conducts a significant transaction with tion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be has been introduced in the Senate, the Sen-
that person, on lllllll relating to in order. ate procedures under this subsection shall
llllllll.’’, with the first blank space (D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— apply to the resolution from the House of
being filled with the appropriate date and Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re- Representatives.
the second blank space being filled with a lating to the application of the rules of the (C) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—
short description of the proposed action. Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure The provisions of this paragraph shall not
(B) TERMINATION RESOLUTION.—In this sec- relating to a covered resolution shall be de- apply in the House of Representatives to a
tion, the term ‘‘termination resolution’’ cided without debate. covered resolution that is a revenue meas-
means only a joint resolution of either House (E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—De- ure.
of Congress— bate in the Senate of any veto message with (6) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint respect to a covered resolution, including all AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by
resolution terminating sanctions with re- debatable motions and appeals in connection Congress—
spect to foreign persons that contravene the with the resolution, shall be limited to 10 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
obligations of China with respect to Hong hours, to be equally divided between, and of the Senate and the House of Representa-
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Kong and foreign financial institutions that controlled by, the majority leader and the tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a
conduct significant transactions with those minority leader or their designees. part of the rules of each House, respectively,
persons.’’; and (5) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE and supersedes other rules only to the extent
(ii) the sole matter after the resolving OF REPRESENTATIVES.— that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
clause of which is the following: ‘‘The Hong (A) TREATMENT OF SENATE RESOLUTION IN (B) with full recognition of the constitu-
Kong Autonomy Act and any sanctions im- HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, the tional right of either House to change the
posed pursuant to that Act shall terminate following procedures shall apply to a covered rules (so far as relating to the procedure of
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that House) at any time, in the same man- ments for section 7(a) of the Small Business minute and to revise and extend his re-
ner, and to the same extent as in the case of Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) under the heading marks.)
any other rule of that House. ‘BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT’ under Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, just
SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. the heading ‘SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA- a year ago, south Mississippi mourned
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may TION’ under title V of the Consolidated Ap-
the senseless murder of Officer Robert
exercise all authorities provided under sec- propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 93; 133
Stat. 2475) shall apply with respect to any McKeithen, and this month, Mississippi
tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
commitments under such section 7(a) other lost one of our sheriff’s deputies, James
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702
and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry than under paragraph (36) of such section Blair, in the line of duty.
out this Act. 7(a).’’. Despite the dangers from criminals
(b) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at- The bill was ordered to be read a and lawlessness in our communities,
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or third time, was read the third time, some in America continue to call for
causes a violation of section 6 or 7 or any and passed, and a motion to reconsider defunding and dismantling police de-
regulation, license, or order issued to carry was laid on the table. partments across the country. While
out that section shall be subject to the pen- we watched stores looted and cities
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of f
burned by street thugs and anarchists,
section 206 of the International Emergency APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TO the men and women of law enforcement
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the THE PUBLIC INTEREST DECLAS-
same extent as a person that commits an un- were labeled as the enemy.
lawful act described in subsection (a) of that
SIFICATION BOARD Madam Speaker, police officers are
section. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The not the enemy. They are the thin blue
SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- line standing between good and evil,
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as pointment, pursuant to section 703(c) civilization and chaos. I stand here
an authorization of military force against of the Public Interest Declassification today in 100 percent support of defend-
China. Act of 2000 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note), and the ing our police officers and not
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. SHERMAN order of the House of January 3, 2019, of defunding them.
the following individual on the part of Madam Speaker, I ask all the good
Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I
the House to the Public Interest De- citizens of America to stand up and do
have an amendment at the desk.
classification Board for a term of 3 the same. Defunding law enforcement
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
years: is not the answer to the problems of
Clerk will report the amendment.
John Tierney, Salem, Massachusetts this country. Removing criminals from
The Clerk read as follows:
On page 35, line 16, strike ‘‘calendar’’ and f
our streets is.
insert ‘‘legislative’’.
May God bless the men and women in
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA blue and their families.
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was f
and read a third time, was read the given permission to address the House ONE $1,200 CHECK IS NOT ENOUGH
third time, and passed, and a motion to for 1 minute.)
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, (Ms. CLARKE of New York asked and
reconsider was laid on the table. was given permission to address the
as America approaches her birthday, I
f House for 1 minute and to revise and
want to wish the American people, in
EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR COM- this most challenging time, a happy extend her remarks.)
MITMENTS FOR THE PAYCHECK birthday. Ms. CLARKE of New York. Madam
PROTECTION PROGRAM I want to be reminded of those whose Speaker, I rise today to reemphasize
status in this country is not a status of the urgent need for the U.S. Senate to
Ms. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, I ask pass the HEROES Act.
unanimous consent to take from the equality, but I do want to acknowledge
Communities across the country
Speaker’s table the bill (S. 4116) to ex- the importance of the birthday and the
have been and continue to be ravaged
tend the authority for commitments freedom and democracy in this Nation.
I want to thank the men and women by the health and economic impacts of
for the paycheck protection program the COVID–19 pandemic. One $1,200
and separate amounts authorized for of the United States military, and I
want to acknowledge that any threat check is not enough to cover 3 months
other loans under section 7(a) of the of expenses for millions of out-of-work
Small Business Act, and for other pur- against those in the United States
military is a serious threat. Any Com- Americans, and many families are still
poses, and ask for its immediate con- missing a check.
sideration in the House. mander in Chief that initially assesses
Millions of Americans are behind on
The Clerk read the title of the bill. a threat as a hoax should not be in that
rent and unable to pay their bills, wor-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there position.
ried they may be evicted from their
objection to the request of the gentle- The Russian threat of bounty on our
homes. Frontline workers are risking
woman from Minnesota? soldiers in Afghanistan must be fully
their lives and the lives of their loved
There was no objection. investigated by every jurisdictional
ones to ensure that our communities
The text of the bill is as follows: committee in the United States Con-
and our people can continue to thrive.
gress, but there must be a response to
S. 4116 The coronavirus is resurging across
Russia, because those soldiers are pre-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the country, and this administration is
cious and they are precious in the fight
resentatives of the United States of America in shutting down Federal testing sites in
for freedom and to their families and to
Congress assembled, impacted communities.
SECTION 1. EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR COM-
this Nation. The HEROES Act will provide pay-
MITMENTS FOR THE PAYCHECK Again, as we wish a happy birthday, ments to families, create a national
PROTECTION PROGRAM AND SEPA- let us be reminded that those who have moratorium on evictions and fore-
RATING AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR fallen in battle have fallen to continue
OTHER 7(A) LOANS. closures, provide hazard pay for front-
to build on the democracy and the jus- line workers, and provide billions for
Section 1102(b) of title I of division A of the
tice that we fought for and to make testing and contact tracing.
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended to those who are yet equal, equal in the While Americans suffer from this cri-
read as follows: eyes of the law. We continue to fight. sis, the leadership on the Senate side
‘‘(b) COMMITMENTS FOR PPP AND OTHER 7(A) We must continue to defend our sol- sits behind his desk, refusing to hold
LOANS.— diers as they defend us. votes on a bill that will provide sup-
‘‘(1) PPP LOANS.—During the period begin- Happy birthday, America. port and relief for millions of Ameri-
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ning on February 15, 2020 and ending on Au- f
gust 8, 2020, the amount authorized for com- cans in need.
mitments under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) b 1730 Madam Speaker, it is time for Sen-
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) ator MCCONNELL to lead with empathy
DEFENDING POLICE and pass this legislation.
shall be $659,000,000,000.
‘‘(2) OTHER 7(A) LOANS.—During fiscal year (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given As a representative of one of the
2020, the amount authorized for commit- permission to address the House for 1 hardest hit communities by the
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July 1, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3045
coronavirus, I know, now more than so. And I will work with leaders in community. He was exceptional. He
ever, we must pass this landmark bill Texas to make sure that we do. leaves behind a loving wife and a young
into law, and do it now. These are priorities for people across son.
f my district, across my State, and I am grateful for the time that I had
across our country. As we battle this with Christ Cordon and for the privi-
HONORING THE LIFE OF COACH public health crisis, I am glad the leg- lege of calling him my friend. I encour-
CHARLES RIPLEY islation that is necessary and timely age all of us to think about the impact
(Mr. HILL of Arkansas asked and was has passed the House, and I urge the we have made on our communities, and
given permission to address the House Senate to do the same. how we can continue to serve our com-
for 1 minute and to revise and extend f munities in the future, just as Christ
his remarks.) did.
Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Madam MOVING FORWARD ON PATH TO
SUSTAINABILITY f
Speaker, I rise today to honor the life
of one of Arkansas’ great coaching leg- (Mr. LEVIN of California asked and ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE
ends, Mr. Charles Ripley, who passed was given permission to address the NEEDS IN OUR COUNTRY
away this week at the age of 74. House for 1 minute and to revise and (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given
In his 27-year tenure at the Little extend his remarks.) permission to address the House for 1
Rock School District, Coach Ripley led Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam minute and to revise and extend his re-
the Parkview Patriots to five boys Speaker, today, the House of Rep- marks.)
State basketball titles and an overall resentatives took a significant step for- Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, I
record of 487–152. ward for the American people by pass- am proud to have supported H.R. 2, the
In 1995, Coach Ripley was hired as the ing the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 tril- Moving Forward Act.
head basketball coach of Westark Com- lion legislative package to invest in This comprehensive infrastructure
munity College in Fort Smith and then America’s infrastructure and create package will make clean energy invest-
returned to Little Rock to serve as the jobs. I am proud to support this legisla- ments, create more affordable housing,
athletic director and men’s basketball tion. and improve broadband across the
coach at Arkansas Baptist College. Among other things, this package United States.
Coach Rip is a real hero to so many will help combat the climate crisis and I am proud that H.R. 2 included many
in our community and is in the Arkan- grow clean energy jobs. It includes my of my bills, including the green bus tax
sas Sports Hall of Fame. Public Land Renewable Energy Devel- credit, so that Monterey-Salinas Tran-
The Arkansas Baptist College Foun- opment Act, which facilitates renew- sit and Santa Cruz METRO, in my dis-
dation has established the Rip It Schol- able energy development on public trict, can get their fleets of zero-emis-
arship Fund to fund and honor his long- lands and sets a goal to develop 25 sion buses on the roads and also my
time efforts to fund and assist student- gigawatts of renewable energy genera- Clean Energy Production Parity Act to
athletes at Arkansas Baptist College. tion on our public lands by 2025. support linear generators manufac-
I join all Arkansans in honoring this I also worked to ensure that the tured in California.
remarkable life. package includes local priorities like H.R. 2 also includes my amendments
Madam Speaker, I also want to say my Desalination Development Act, to increase the Reforestation Trust
that I congratulate the House on con- which will provide Federal funding for Fund for more job-creating environ-
curring with the Senate on extending desalination projects like those in my mental infrastructure and to give
the PPP program date until August 8. district. greater flexibility to communities
This will help small businesses all over Finally, the Moving Forward Act in- using EDA funding so that we can bet-
our country. cludes my amendment to authorize ter target Federal funding for eco-
f nearly $3.4 billion to construct, main- nomic recovery projects.
tain, and renovate Department of Vet- It is past time to address the infra-
CORONAVIRUS MAKES NEED FOR
erans Affairs capital infrastructure. structure needs of our country. That is
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE VITAL
The amendment also prioritizes serv- why I urge my colleagues in the Senate
(Mrs. FLETCHER asked and was ice-disabled, veteran-owned small busi- to, hopefully, take up and pass H.R. 2,
given permission to address the House nesses to complete many of these so that we can continue to move our
for 1 minute and to revise and extend projects. country forward to meet the challenges
her remarks.) Ultimately, the Moving Forward Act of tomorrow.
Mrs. FLETCHER. Madam Speaker, I puts our country on the path to a more f
rise today in support of the Patient sustainable future, and I urge the Sen-
Protection and Affordable Care En- HONORING BRANDON CASERTA
ate to take it up immediately.
hancement Act. f (Mr. MOULTON asked and was given
At this unprecedented moment in our permission to address the House for 1
country’s history, when the novel RECOGNIZING CHRIST CORDON minute and to revise and extend his re-
coronavirus has made plain the vital (Mr. DUNN asked and was given per- marks.)
need for affordable and accessible mission to address the House for 1 Mr. MOULTON. Madam Speaker, I
healthcare for people across our coun- minute and to revise and extend his re- rise today to honor Brandon Caserta.
try, I was proud to cast my vote in marks.) Brandon was a 21-year-old United
favor of this bill, which builds on the Mr. DUNN. Madam Speaker, I rise States Navy petty officer. He couldn’t
Affordable Care Act. today to remember an outstanding get mental health help when he needed
Ten years ago, the Affordable Care member of the Panama City commu- it, and as a result, he died from suicide
Act expanded access to healthcare for nity, Christ Cordon. on the flightline of his squadron in
millions across Texas and across the Christ passed away last week. He was Norfolk, Virginia.
country. Since that time, we have also a devoted husband, father, and friend Last week, on the second anniversary
learned of critical improvements need- to me as well as many others. of the day that Brandon’s parents, Pat-
ed to the ACA to ensure that care is He owned a small business and quiet- rick and Teri, lost their son, I was
both affordable and accessible. ly gave to organizations, individuals, proud to introduce the Brandon Act. I
This bill lowers the cost of prescrip- and causes he believed in. He gener- am also proud to have successfully
tion drugs, caps premiums, and pro- ously contributed to the Children’s Ad- added this bill to the NDAA today in
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tects people with preexisting condi- vocacy Center, checking on and sup- the House Armed Services Committee
tions. porting them after Hurricane Michael. in honor of Brandon.
Vitally important for Texas, with the The fact that Christ gave so much With the Brandon Act, servicemem-
highest rate of uninsured people in the without seeking any recognition bers can seek mental health help when-
country, this bill encourages States speaks volumes about his character. ever they need it, even outside the
that haven’t expanded Medicaid to do His death is a truly huge loss for our chain of command, which is important
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in cases of hazing, bullying, or any- this time period, that we speak from just General Motors and Chrysler and
thing else our heroes want to handle the desk and from the chairs, and yet, Ford, but it was the thousands of sup-
privately by self-referral. we still speak. We still deliberate. We pliers with the hundreds of thousands
We won’t get Brandon back, but his still conduct the dialogue and the dis- of jobs, 900,000 jobs on the line.
legacy will be the servicemembers’ course of democracy, for that is what And Democrats and Republicans to-
lives he saves when this bill becomes we do in this institution, we erect and gether said, We are not going to let
law. Let’s pass the Brandon Act for pass the Nation’s laws. Main Street fail. We are going to con-
Brandon, Teri, and Patrick Caserta, And oftentimes we hear from the tinue to be a first world Nation with
and for every servicemember who public that it feels so polarized, that it industrial assets. And that is what we
wants mental health help but can’t get feels too heated, that it feels stagnant did with the CARES Act. Over-
it. We owe it to them. because of the polarization. Why can’t whelming support passed by a Repub-
f you just work together? You hear that lican Senate, a Democratic House,
all the time. I hear that from my dis- signed by a Republican President
RECOGNIZING BUD COOK trict that is comprised of so many standing up for the hardworking Amer-
(Ms. WILD asked and was given per- Independents, people who are not reg- ican and for our industrial assets that
mission to address the House for 1 istered as Democrat or Republican. we will continue to make cars in Amer-
minute and to revise and extend her re- They are registered to vote, and they ica.
marks.) are good Americans in Michigan’s 11th Little known fact about southeastern
Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I rise district, but they are looking for us to Michigan, we have an incredible aero-
today to recognize Bud Cook, the work together. space sector, a diversified supply chain.
northeast Pennsylvania program direc- And in part, Madam Speaker, it is be- We just launched a rocket, SpaceX,
tor for the Nature Conservancy. cause I represent so many manufactur- into outer space. So many of the sup-
For more than 40 years, Bud has been ers, so many individuals who are engi- pliers in my region, so many of the in-
one of the foremost advocates for con- neers, who are dedicated makers and credible workers helped produce the
servation and environmental protec- creators, so many educators, people parts and components that go into
tion in my community and in Pennsyl- passing those technical skills down to those rockets. It is absolutely remark-
vania. the next generation, Madam Speaker. I able what we continue to do and the
For decades, Bud has led efforts to know you have many of those in your workforce that bests all the expecta-
conserve and protect nature in the district in eastern Iowa. That is some- tions.
Greater Lehigh Valley and beyond. He thing us midwestern ladies have in So what did we do when this pan-
established Monroe County Citizens for common, the districts we represent are demic hit and we had to say, Guess
Open Space and led a pioneering fund- full of the people who make things. what? For the health and safety of ev-
raising campaign in support of land And they go to work every day not eryone, auto manufacturing is ceased
protection, and he has mentored gen- under a partisan circumstance, right, for the time being. It had to shelter, it
erations of conservation advocates who they go to work to produce, to give a had to hibernate. But then they stood
have gone on to spearhead successful good day’s effort for that on-time de- up and said, We are going to make pro-
campaigns of their own. livery. That is the privilege I have rep- tective personal equipment. Ford with
Bud’s quick wit and passion for his resenting the largest concentration of their respirators. General Motors with
work have endeared him to many and suppliers in America. the ventilators. Chrysler with a mil-
helped create opportunities for collabo- The world changed very quickly in lion-masks source and on and on down
ration in communities that might oth- 2020, this new decade in this still fledg- the supply chain.
erwise be divided, bringing together ling century. It changed so quickly The hand sanitizer coming from
citizens united by their mutual desire with the coronavirus pandemic. Almost Michigan Enterprises. It has been un-
to protect their beloved natural envi- overnight schools stopped, work believable having those conversations.
ronment. stopped. Health and safety paramount. AlphaUSA located right in Livonia,
Bud’s legacy can be experienced in The listening and the engagement with Michigan, right where our incredible
the Hauser Nature Center in Long the science, the patience that we had district office is located. I saw them
Pond, in the Cherry Valley National to provide for the science with a new shortly before we went into the shut-
Wildlife Refuge, and innumerable virus that swept the globe in a fiscal down, a UAW-run supplier company
places across my community where quarter, less than a fiscal quarter. and they were making the PPE. Now,
natural beauty is protected and pre- Many infected, many perished trag- we keep our fingers on the pulse of this
served in our time and for generations ically and unfortunately, and yet, our manufacturing sector.
to come. economy changed as a result. And we, by the way, recognize that
As Bud prepares to retire and start a And I think it is worth noting where today it is an incredibly special day,
new chapter, I want to recognize his our economy is today and what I am not only because it is America’s birth-
exceptional contributions. seeing out of my incredible district, a day coming up and we salute all of our
Madam Speaker, on behalf of a grate- manufacturing district. We have some good men and women, our veterans,
ful community, we thank and con- sayings in Michigan, the metro Detroit our current members of our Armed
gratulate him for all he has done. area. We call ourselves ‘‘metro De- Forces, and those who, throughout our
f troit.’’ It is southeastern Michigan. It communities, are going to safely en-
b 1745 is just an absolutely remarkable place. gage in recognizing America’s birth-
And we say, you know, Detroit hustles day.
ISSUES OF THE DAY harder, that Detroit hustles harder. But we are also going to recognize
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under And I like to say that Detroit always what July 1st is, which is, it is the new
the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- rises, that we rise when times are day of our competitive framework as a
uary 3, 2019, the gentlewoman from steady, and we certainly rise when North American continent. The
Michigan (Ms. STEVENS) is recognized times are tough. And we have done it USMCA. What the freshman class, with
for 60 minutes as the designee of the before, Madam Speaker. so many of us, came here to see done
majority leader. There is a fly in here, but I don’t right, not for some, you know, bad ac-
Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, it is mind having a little fly buzzing around tion for the prescription drugs or any-
an honor to join you in the Chamber the floor. Who’d a thunk? But the thing along those lines, but to say, We
this evening. I thank all of our profes- words continue. are going to make things in America.
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sional staff, as well; our parliamen- Detroit always rises. And we say that We are going to increase Buy American
tarian, our readers, our clerks, our typ- because 10 years ago we were staring at content. We are going to make and
ists for their continued commitment to the edge of another cliff. Our auto in- produce and sell to the world, and by
this institution in this climate. dustry was looking at bankruptcy, true golly, we got this trade deal done.
It certainly feels different. We recog- liquidation, in the face. And it wasn’t And so now we can go and win, and
nize that the well is no longer open for just a nameplate company, it wasn’t we can compete more effectively
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against China. We know they are a leading in cybersecurity. We are a hub We are going to continue to listen to
problem. We know they are not good for cybersecurity in Michigan’s 11th them and compete on fair and level
actors. We know they manipulate their District in partnership with Automa- playing fields. That is certainly a big
currency. We know that they dump. tion Alley. And yet we think about our part of it.
But yet, it is a new dynamic here with students who are still coming through We are going to recognize what a di-
this trade deal, and it begins today. the pipeline who missed out on a sports verse workforce gets us, what the com-
And I am on the phone with the trade season, who missed out on a computer petition for talent gives us, and we are
ambassador and the deputy trade am- science class, and yet they are not even certainly going to talk with our com-
bassador and all our manufacturers seniors. And we have got to think very munity stakeholders.
working on an effective and fair imple- carefully and effectively and collec- We did so much in the CARES Act,
mentation, recognizing that given this tively as a government, not just exclu- Madam Speaker, to make sure that we
pandemic, given the low demand, that sively as the House of Representatives stood up for the small businesses of
sales are down. It is on the front page as one Chamber, but in partnership America, the small businesses in our
of our Detroit newspapers today, the with our government actors. district. It is absolutely imperative to
free press and the news, the projected This is why I talk to the dozens of make sure that our small businesses
almost-40-percent decline in auto sales. mayors from Michigan’s 11th District can compete.
Remember my friends, Detroit every week. My friends, from Com- Now that some of our companies are
hustles harder. Detroit always rises. merce, to Canton, to Plymouth, to back online and we are seeing our auto
We rise to the industrial call in this Troy. We are on the phone with one an- manufacturing go back—I was just at a
Nation. That is what we did in World other working, deliberating, identi- great company, Clips & Clamps, a tool
War II. And we don’t say those things fying, and engaging. How do we get the and die company. They bought a brand-
because they are cliches. We don’t best results possible for the most new stamping machine, just gleaming,
hearken to the Greatest Generation be- amount of people who we represent and absolutely beautiful. They turned on
cause it is trite. It is because we can do work for in the given time? And that is the stamper; I cheered. Just amazing,
big things in this Nation collectively what we are doing for our students. the humming of making things in this
and together. We can fight common en- So I want to remind every student country.
emies. We can protect the health and from the Chamber of which I am deliv- You have to understand the supply
safety of everyone together. ering this address, the House of Rep- chain. You have to understand the
Look at what is manifesting in the resentatives, we work for you and we complexity that goes into the payment
neighborhoods around this country. will continue to be accountable to you cycles and the receivables and the need
Certainly, in the incredible neighbor- and for you. We will listen to you, and for fair and proper assurance.
hoods that I represent. Right across we are so proud of you. We only have to bat our eyes a couple
the street from me is an industrial For the recently graduated seniors of times and then we remember what
park right off of Auburn Road. And who are going to go off to that fresh- we were looking at when we had the
then you go on down and there is a man year or to that new job or to join largest drop in automotive sales in re-
nursing home. Heroes work here. our military, we salute you. We are cent history. In 2008, credit dried up,
We value work in America. And there grateful for you. and our suppliers were left wondering,
is no better time than this era that we And for those of you still making ‘‘Am I going to get paid? Am I going to
have found ourselves in with the re- your way through, we are not going to continue to be able to do the on-time
spect and dignity for the value of work leave you behind, and we are going to delivery?’’ We have to do that today,
and organized labor and a 21st century continue to listen to you and see all right?
labor movement that is going to pro- the ways in which you use the tools be- Liquidity in the supply chain is a
tect enforceable standards and make fore you to succeed. It is absolutely re- real thing, and boy, is it complex to
sure that no one has to go to work markable. talk about. It certainly doesn’t fit into
afraid, but that they can successfully And we are going to continue with a nice hashtag or a 140-character sound
go to work and produce that outcome. your intellect, your talent, your bril- bite.
Everyone matters. No one should be liance to be leaders in Michigan of the We wrote the Secretary of the Treas-
left behind. manufacturing economy. ury about this, Senator GARY PETERS
Our schools, the envy, frankly, in my Where the world looks to us leading and I, along with the Michigan delega-
opinion, in my district, the envy of the on electric vehicle technology, compa- tion.
world because of our training pro- nies like soulbrain that make the This is a great coming together of
grams. We have more first robotics chemicals, the electrolytes that go into our government if we can get this done
teams in Michigan than in any other the lithium-ion batteries. They are the and make sure that our suppliers can
State in the country. only one in the region, and they are continue to supply the original equip-
Now, I was looking forward to going one of two in the United States. ment manufacturers. That is all they
to Worlds, okay, it is located in Michi- So we talk a lot about Buy Amer- are asking for. That is all we are look-
gan. It has teams from all over the ican. Buy American. American jobs. Of ing for in that.
world competing, not just because they course, we do. We are the country that I believe, with the right wherewithal
are making amazing robotic machines makes things that the entire world in the Treasury, you can bring the
and pieces of equipment, but they are wants to buy. And when we look at the banks together, you can listen to the
doing strategy, they are doing commu- complexity of supply chains and workforce, you can make sure people
nications, they are doing sales, they sourcing Buy American and who choos- still have jobs and that we continue to
are doing diplomacy. These students es to expand their business, we love make things and compete as effectively
give me hope, and we owe them all a when they come to Michigan. We do as possible.
debt, not just of gratitude but of re- that because we have the right policies OPS Solutions is located in Wixom. I
sponsibility. in place, and we have the right tap- invite everyone to come over to
We talked a lot about the class of estry here. Wixom, Michigan, home of the shut-
2020. We talked a lot about the class. tered Ford Lincoln plant from 2007, a
They didn’t get to go through their tra- b 1800 rebuilt area.
ditional sayonaras, the traditional We are looking at our countless There were people who were singing
graduations, the proms, the engage- downtowns, small communities. I rep- the swan song of my region not too
ments. Some of them have senioritis to resent the suburbs, the downtown long ago. We know what they were say-
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begin with. They are ready for that areas, the sole proprietors, the indi- ing. We stood up and said something
next step. They are ready for that vidual companies that are not reliant different.
training program, that engineering de- on a brand name, but they are reliant OPS Solutions is run by Paul Ryznar
gree. on themselves. They are entrepreneurs. and his incredible team of people doing
Oakland University, located in my It is really quite remarkable the lead- light-guided parts assembly. You can
district, an amazing engineering school ership that they have shown. do it from home. You can do it with a
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disability. It is something for all work- under EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON’s fabu- $20,000 in financial assistance to vet-
ers. lous leadership, Chair EDDIE BERNICE erans in need.
We talk about education and the JOHNSON, an incredible leader. Madam Speaker, it is clear that The
need for equal funding in education. We Shortly before this pandemic was de- American Legion Earl Graham Post 159
talk about educating students of all clared, we passed a bipartisan energy has had a significant and positive im-
abilities and jobs for people with all and R&D package through the com- pact on the Brazos Valley during its
abilities. OPS Solutions was formed in mittee. JIM BAIRD and I, my ranking 100-year history.
the downturn in Ryznar’s basement, a member, as I have the privilege of serv- I have requested the United States
furloughed auto engineer creating this ing as the chair for the Research and flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol
incredible new enterprise. Technology Subcommittee, passed the to recognize this significant milestone
OPS Solutions just today joined the Building Blocks of STEM Act, invest- and their contributions to our veterans
World Economic Forum, one of 50 com- ing in our next generation through the and to our community.
panies in the advanced manufacturing National Science Foundation. As I close today, I urge all Americans
and technology space. We can do these things with a return to continue praying for our country,
The quiet humming that comes out on the taxpayer dollar, by the way. We for our veterans, and for our military
of Michigan’s 11th District is the deter- can have the conversation about effec- men and women who protect us and for
mination for where the world is going tive and efficient spending. Just as this our first responders who keep us safe at
to go with how we make things, how we institution made money from the auto home.
sell things, and how we operate in a rescue, the taxpayer made money. HONORING CLIFFORD SPIEGELMAN, PH.D.
digital economy. I am optimistic about what is ahead. Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise
When we think about the plight of
I am committed to what is ahead be- today to honor the life and legacy of
these last 20 years—I was talking to
cause of the stories and the people Dr. Clifford Spiegelman of College Sta-
another small business owner in my
whom I have the privilege of working tion, Texas, who passed away on 14
district in the retail sector. ‘‘Oh, boy,’’
alongside in Michigan’s 11th District. May 2020.
he was saying, ‘‘these last 20 years
I thank you, Madam Speaker, for Dr. Spiegelman, known as Cliff to his
have really been a whopper. We had
your time and your diligence this family and friends, was born on 15 May
9/11. We had a recession. Now, we have
evening, and all the people who con- 1948 in Long Island, New York, to Char-
a global pandemic. And every day, I am
tinue to make our House of Represent- lie and Doris Spiegelman.
going into work, and I am working to
atives hum. In school, he was recognized as an ac-
sell, and I am working to connect with
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- complished athlete and won numerous
customers. And now, it is really dif-
ance of my time. awards for track and other sports. He
ferent, connecting with customers.’’
You look at us as a Nation, and so f also excelled in the classroom and pur-
many of these students today, these sued a career in academics, receiving
CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN his bachelor of science from the State
young adults, were just being born LEGION EARL GRAHAM POST 159
when our Twin Towers fell down and University of New York at Buffalo in
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under 1970, his master’s degree in managerial
when our Pentagon was attacked. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
I was a young freshman myself at economics from Northwestern Univer-
uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Texas sity in 1973, and his Ph.D. in statistics
American University, dropped off for
(Mr. FLORES) is recognized for 60 min- and applied mathematics from North-
school, a kid from the Midwest who got
utes as the designee of the minority western University in 1976.
a chance to study political science at
leader. Cliff started his career with the agen-
an incredible school just a few miles
Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise cy now known as the National Insti-
from the Pentagon. My mom and my
today to recognize the 100-year anni- tute of Standards and Technology,
brother dropped me off, and they left.
I had been talking to my mom about versary of American Legion Earl Gra- commonly called NIST. He later be-
my new Government 101 political ham Post 159. came a tenured professor at the De-
science course. I said, ‘‘Mom, I am so American Legion Post 159 was char- partment of Statistics at Texas A&M
excited. This is such an amazing class. tered 13 February 1920 and named after University.
It is four credits, and that extra credit First Lieutenant Cyrus Earl Graham, Serving on the faculty at Texas A&M
is experiential learning, and we get to Texas A&M University class of 1916. for over 30 years, Cliff became re-
Lieutenant Graham was a member of nowned in his field and a highly
go to the Pentagon.’’ That was the last
the United States Army Air Corps and sought-after expert in the application
conversation I had with my mom be-
was killed in action in France on 9 No- of statistical expertise to forensic
fore 9/11/2001.
She was calling my dorm room. She vember 1918. science, chemistry, and medicine. In
was calling my dorm room, and she was From the beginning, The American 2019, he was named a distinguished pro-
trying to get in touch with me. Every- Legion created an egalitarian organiza- fessor of statistics, the university’s
one was trying to get in touch with tion open to membership regardless of highest rank for faculty. His contribu-
their loved ones, before the race, gender, or religion. Post 159 has tions to the field of statistics were fur-
smartphone. She couldn’t get through. embodied these goals and has been a ther recognized in his appointment as a
I signed on to AOL Instant Mes- community-minded organization since regents professor in 2019.
senger: ‘‘Hey, mom.’’ its inception 100 years ago. Cliff was particularly known for his
What happened next, as a Nation? It During this period, Post 159 has been helpful nature and deep commitment
is a long story, but economically, we dedicated to serving the local Brazos to justice and fairness in the criminal
were the ones who proliferated the Valley community through events such justice system. He was nationally rec-
internet in Industry 4.0, as some people as the Brazos County Fair and the his- ognized for his research on statistical
like to describe it, the industrial Inter- torical Juneteenth Celebration, both of interpretation of criminal evidence,
net of Things, making faster, better, which were hosted on The American such as bullet fragment analysis and
closer together, re-localizing manufac- Legion grounds. These events saw over firearm tool marks.
turing, re-shoring the production of 1,000 people come together to embrace He was a fierce advocate of accuracy
things. our community. by investigators to prevent false con-
I believe that device, those flat- Post 159 of The American Legion con- victions. He further expanded his advo-
screen devices, came from the great in- tinues its commitment to the commu- cacy through his work with the Inno-
novation of America. nity to this day, with programs that cence Project, testifying pro bono in
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That is what we celebrate. That is provide activities for local youth and evidentiary admissibility hearings and
what we work toward. That is the tap- veterans, as well as support for Active providing research that played critical
estry that we are working to put to- Duty military members serving over- roles in overturning false convictions
gether in this Chamber. seas. of innocent individuals.
Come visit us at the House Science, The annual Resource Fair and Vet- His commitment to justice extended
Space, and Technology Committee erans Assistance program provides over outside of the courtroom as well. He
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served on the Texas Forensic Science In preparation for the invasion of Ty was born 5 March 1991 in
Commission as well as the Texas Holo- Japan, his ship was converted into a Wheelock, Texas, to Theresa Lynn
caust and Genocide Commission, where weather ship, and he became the aero- Spradlin and Michael Todd Spradlin.
he worked to ensure that the death sta- logical, or weather, officer. The ship He graduated from Bryan High School
tistics of the Holocaust and other geno- was transferred to the Marshall-Gilbert in 2009 and enlisted in the United
cides are reliably reported. Islands area to transmit weather obser- States Air Force in 2012.
Dr. Spiegelman leaves a professional vations and to guide Army Air Corps Over his 8 years of service in the
legacy that is unmatched in his field. bombers which were preparing the way United States Air Force, Ty worked as
However, his proudest accomplish- for the invasion of Japan. The invasion a crew chief on a variety of C–130
ments were outside of the workplace. did not occur due to the atomic bomb- planes. He traveled to many countries
Cliff married Dr. Katherine Bretzlaff ing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after and enjoyed the opportunity to see the
in 1990, a fellow professor at Texas which Japan quickly surrendered. world.
A&M. Together, they raised two daugh- Prior to being released to Inactive During his service, Ty traveled to the
ters, Lindsey and Abigail, who each Duty in the Ready Reserve in July 1946, Philippines, Australia, Thailand, Ku-
carry their parents’ commitments to he became the executive officer of the wait, and Korea. He served at three dif-
academic excellence, strong work ship and was promoted to lieutenant ferent squadrons over those 8 years, in-
ethic, and kindness to those around junior grade. cluding: the 353rd Special Operations
them. Lewis was called back to Active Duty Group, Kadena Air Force Base in Oki-
In the tributes written by the many in June 1950 at the start of the Korean nawa, Japan; the 755th Aircraft Main-
individuals and organizations posi- war, but his orders were ultimately tenance Squadron at Davis-Monthan
tively impacted by Cliff’s work, nearly canceled before he could reach his ship Air Force Base in Arizona; and the
all spoke of Cliff’s pride in his family in San Diego. Ultimately, Lieutenant 374th Maintenance Squadron, Yokota
and his frequent excitement to share Buttery received an honorable dis- Air Force Base in Japan.
the achievements of his daughters. charge in 1954. Senior Airman Spradlin bravely
Following World War II, Mr. Buttery served his country, and his legacy will
Madam Speaker, Dr. Clifford
came home and finished his degree in be forever woven into our American
Spiegelman’s life was defined by his
chemical engineering at the University military history. Ty was not only a
outstanding accomplishments as a pro-
of Texas at Austin. He also married proud public servant; he was a friend to
fessor, mentor, and expert in statistics,
Virginia Kerzee in Limestone County, all, a loving son, a brother, and an
as well as his commitment to his fam-
Texas, raised a family, and had a suc- uncle.
ily and friends. He will be forever re- My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest
cessful career.
membered for his strong principles and Lewis was also a student of maps and and heartfelt condolences to the
commitment to excellence and as a de- cartography. Prior to the war in 1941, Spradlin family.
voted husband, father, and friend. he completed courses in surveying and I have requested the United States
My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest mapping at Texas A&M University and flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol
and heartfelt condolences to the continued that avocation through the to honor the life, legacy, and service of
Spiegelman family. I have requested rest of his life. During his extensive Senior Airman Michael Ty Spradlin.
the United States flag be flown over work-related travels, Mr. Buttery col- As I close today, I urge all Americans
our Nation’s Capitol to honor the life, lected numerous atlases and maps, to continue praying for our country,
legacy, and service of Dr. Clifford which he and his wife later donated to for our veterans, for our military men
Spiegelman. the University of Texas at Arlington’s and women, and for our first respond-
b 1815 Cartographic History Library. ers who protect us at home.
He was a founding member of the HONORING THE LIFE OF WAYNE PURSELLEY
HONORING THE LIFE OF LEWIS MERRIMAN
BUTTERY
Texas Map Society and author of nu- Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise
merous monograph and facsimile port- today to honor the life and legacy of
Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise
folios devoted to early Texas. One of Wayne Purselley of Waco, Texas, who
today to honor the life and legacy of
his works, entitled, ‘‘Regional Maps of passed away on 29 February 2020.
Mr. Lewis Merriman Buttery of Wayne was born on 27 June 1932 in
Texas: 1720–2001; Region 1 North
Lampasas, Texas, who passed away on Loving, Texas, to Herman and Ida
Texas,’’ contains many valuable in-
20 December 2008. Lewis Buttery was sights about the mapping history of Purselley. He attended Texas A&M
born on 20 March 1924 in San Angelo, large portions of Texas. The maps that University and, upon graduation, was
Texas, to Albert James and Dorothy he and Virginia donated and the works commissioned as a second lieutenant in
Hoss Buttery. that he published will continue to edu- the United States Air Force, ulti-
On his 18th birthday, just 3 months cate future generations interested in mately serving for 22 years. He flew
after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he cartographic history. 6,000 hours as navigator and served as a
attempted to enlist in the United He was very proud of his time in the missile launch officer before retiring as
States Navy. He had hoped to join his Navy and believed that it molded and a lieutenant colonel.
older brothers in service—one, an shaped him throughout the remainder Following his retirement from the
Army artillery officer, and the other, a of his life. In recognition of this, the Air Force, Wayne became a teacher and
naval aviator. Unfortunately, Lewis ‘‘Navy Hymn’’ was solemnly played at planetarium director for Richfield High
was denied enlistment at that time due his funeral. School in Waco, where he wrote and
to health issues. I have requested that a United States taught the ‘‘Christ Revealed in the
This denial only strengthened his re- flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol Stars’’ lecture series for many years.
solve to serve his country. Each month to honor the life, legacy, and service of Wayne was a dedicated member of
he attempted to enlist until he was fi- Lewis Merriman Buttery. Highland Baptist Church for 45 years,
nally accepted and sworn in on 20 Octo- As I close today, I urge all Americans where he served in both leadership and
ber 1942. to continue praying for our country in teaching roles. In addition to his many
Lewis was called to Active Duty in these difficult times, for our military roles within the church community,
June of 1943 and was sent to the Uni- men and women who protect us, and Wayne served as the president of the
versity of Texas to continue pursuit of the first responders who protect us at local Military Officers Association of
his engineering degree. He was later home. America chapter, as well as the chair-
sent to Midshipmen School at Colum- HONORING THE LIFE OF MICHAEL TY SPRADLIN man of the McLennan County Repub-
bia University in New York. In March Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise lican Club.
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1944, Lewis was commissioned as an en- today to honor Senior Airman Michael Wayne served our community and
sign and ordered to San Francisco to Ty Spradlin of Bryan, Texas, who country for many years, and his legacy
complete gunnery school. passed way on 5 February 2020. Known will be forever woven into our Amer-
He was ultimately assigned to USS as Ty to his family and friends, he was ican history.
Patrol Craft Escort 880 in Adak, Alas- killed in a motorcycle accident at Wayne was a committed and faithful
ka, as a gunnery officer. Yokota Air Force Base in Japan. husband to his wife, Barbara; a loving
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father; a committed teacher; a mentor; woven into our American history. He 1949 and enrolled in Texas A&M Univer-
a community servant; and a friend to was not only a dedicated public serv- sity, where he was a proud member of
many. ant, he was a loving son, a husband, a the fighting Texas Aggie band. While
My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest father, an effective mentor, and a loyal at Texas A&M, Cooper was also a mem-
and heartfelt condolences to the friend to hundreds. ber of the Alpha Zeta Fraternity and
Purselley family. My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest was a distinguished student.
I have requested the United States and heartfelt condolences to the During the summer of 1951, Edwin
flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol Starnes family. married his high school sweetheart,
to honor the life, legacy, and service of I have requested the United States Peggy Jean Martin.
Wayne Purselley. flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol In 1953, Edwin received a bachelor of
As I close today, I urge all Americans to honor the life, legacy, and service of science in wildlife management degree
to continue praying for our country, Colonel Glenn Starnes. and was commissioned as a second lieu-
for our veterans, for our military men As I close today I urge all Americans tenant in the United States Army. He
and women who protect us, and for our to continue praying for our country, attended Armor Basic Camp in Fort
first responders who keep us safe at for our veterans, for our military men Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned
home. and women who keep us safe, and for to the Second Armored Division in
HONORING THE LIFE OF COLONEL GLENN our first responders who keep us safe at Baumholder, Germany.
STARNES home. After his honorable discharge, Edwin
Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise HONORING THE LIFE OF LIEUTENANT returned to Texas and his family to
today to honor the life and legacy of COMMANDER DENNIS LEE HASSMAN work as an assistant agriculture coun-
Colonel Glenn Starnes, who passed Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise ty agent in Travis County.
away on 30 March 2020. today to honor the life of Lieutenant Edwin’s professional career combined
Glenn was born 27 January 1959 as Commander Dennis Lee Hassman of his two loves: wildlife and Texas A&M
the second son of Charles and LaVerne College Station, who passed away on 12 University. Beginning as a specialist in
Starnes. He graduated from Texas April 2020. wildlife conservation, he worked his
A&M University in 1981 and was com- Lieutenant Commander Hassman way up to director of office school rela-
missioned as an officer in the United graduated from Texas A&M University tions and coordinator of special
States Marine Corps. in 1988 and subsequently enlisted in the projects—Education Information Serv-
Colonel Starnes led a life of service United States Navy. ices, all at Texas A&M University.
to both his country as a dedicated ma- During his 20 years in the Navy, he Edwin’s professional experience also
rine and to the Texas A&M community served as a remote control mission included specialist in wildlife conserva-
as a member of the Office of the Com- commander and E–2C airborne mission tion at the Texas Agriculture Exten-
mandant’s staff. commander. Dennis also served as a sion Service, assistant to President
Glenn served in the Marines for 30 naval flight officer and antiterrorism/ Earl Rudder, director of civilian stu-
years and commanded at every level, force protection officer. In 2005, Lieu- dent activities, assistant to President
from field artillery battery to field ar- tenant Commander Hassman received Jack K. Williams, director of admis-
tillery regiment. While serving his an MBA from the Naval Postgraduate sions; dean of admissions and records,
country, he was stationed in seven School. director—Office of School Relations,
States and two countries. He fought in In 2008, Dennis retired from the Navy and coordinator of special projects—
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation and returned to Texas A&M University Education Information Services, all at
Enduring Freedom through two tours to serve as a member of the Office of Texas A&M University.
of duty in 2003 and 2005. Glenn also the Commandant’s staff and as a cadet He is the author of four books, in-
served on joint duty with the U.S. Cen- training officer for A&M’s internation- cluding one entitled: ‘‘Forty Years at
tral Command and later served as an ally recognized Corps of Cadets. Aggieland,’’ published in 2013, which
exchange officer with the United King- During this time, he worked closely detailed his career at Texas A&M.
dom’s Joint Headquarters. with cadets, providing guidance and di- Upon his retirement, Edwin and his
Colonel Starnes was awarded the Le- rection to cadets at the unit, major wife, Peggy, moved to Camp Creek
gion of Merit with two Gold Stars, the unit, and Corps levels. Lake in Robertson County, where he
Bronze Star with Combat ‘‘V’’ Device, Madam Speaker, Dennis served his continued to enjoy fishing, hunting,
the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, country proudly for many years, and and spending time outdoors with his
the Meritorious Service Medal with his legacy will be forever woven into family and friends.
Gold Star, and the title of Officer of our American history. The passing of
Lieutenant Commander Hassman will b 1830
the Order of the British Empire from
the Queen of England. be deeply felt by all of those in the Edwin’s civic involvement included
After 30 years of service Glenn re- Texas A&M community and by his fam- vice president of the Bryan-College
tired from the Marine Corps in 2011. ily and his friends. Station Jaycees, president of the Braz-
In 2012, Colonel Starnes joined the My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest os County A&M Club, councilman of
Texas A&M University community as and heartfelt condolences to the the Texas A&M Association of Former
assistant commandant for operations Hassman family. Students, and vice president of the
and training for A&M’s internationally I have requested the United States Bryan-College Station Chamber of
recognized Corps of Cadets. flag be flown over our Nation’s Capitol Commerce, and Board of Directors of
In his 8 years on this job, Glenn was to honor the life, legacy, and service of the Aggie Band Association.
a tireless worker who loved the Corps Lieutenant Commander Dennis Mr. Cooper has served as a member of
and the opportunity to serve as mentor Hassman. the Board of Trustees of the A&M Con-
for many of its members. As I close today, I ask all Americans solidated Independent School District,
He was highly respected by his col- to continue praying for our country chairman of the Board of the St. Jo-
leagues, and many Aggies feel fortu- during these difficult times, for our seph Hospital, class agent of the Texas
nate enough to call him friend. Colonel veterans, for our military men and A&M class of 1953, president of the Ex-
Starnes’ 30 years of dedicated service women who protect us, and for our first ecutive Committee of College Board-
embody the core values of Texas responders who keep us safe at home. Southwest Region, and trustee to Col-
Aggies: respect, excellence, leadership, HONORING THE LIFE OF EDWIN H. COOPER lege Board. He also served 2 years as
loyalty, integrity, and selfless service. Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise chairman of the National Membership
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His loss will be deeply felt by the Texas today to honor Edwin H. Cooper of San Committee of College Board. Edwin
A&M community and the Corps of Ca- Marcos, Texas. Edwin passed away on was enthusiastically involved in Meth-
dets. 29 March 2020. odist church activities in Bryan-Col-
Madam Speaker, Colonel Starnes Edwin was born 3 September 1930 to lege Station and in Franklin, Texas.
served his country proudly for many Margaret and Leslie Cooper. He grad- Madam Speaker, Edwin served his
years, and his legacy will be forever uated from San Marcos High School in country proudly for many years, and
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his legacy will be forever woven into serving on the National Board of Direc- Last week, I joined my colleagues on
our American history. Edwin was not tors of the InfraGard National Mem- both sides of the aisle in voting in
only a public servant; he was a proud bers Alliance. In addition to serving on favor of the Justice in Policing Act, a
Texas Aggie, a devout Methodist, and a many other boards and committees, he bill that the National Fraternal Order
committed family man. I will always also served as a board member of the of Police said, ‘‘we believe, after good-
remember Mr. Cooper because his sig- Homeland Security and Defense Edu- faith discussions, will create a law that
nature is affixed to my Texas A&M di- cation Consortium. will have a positive impact on law en-
ploma. Following his retirement, David ac- forcement and policing in our coun-
My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest cepted a position as a professor at try.’’
and heartfelt condolences to the Coo- Texas A&M University through his role My Republican colleagues who voted
per family. I have requested that a as founding director of the Texas A&M in favor of this bill did so because we
United States flag be flown over our Bush School of Government and Public must move the legislative process and
Nation’s Capitol to honor the life, leg- Service graduate Certificate in Home- negotiations forward so we can begin
acy, and service of Edwin H. Cooper. land Security program, his legacy of to repair the social contract again be-
As I close today, I urge all Americans expertise in homeland security will tween our police officers around the
to continue to pray for our country live long through the knowledge and nation and the communities that they
during these difficult times, for our expertise in homeland security that he serve.
veterans, for our military men and shared with his students. That being said, we believe that the
women who protect us, and for our first Also, while serving as a professor at qualified immunity provision in the
responders who keep us safe at home. Texas A&M, Dave continued to advise bill, as it is currently drafted, must be
HONORING COLONEL DAVID MCINTYRE, PH.D. the U.S. Government on many projects fixed so that we can ensure that we
Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise and published a series of textbooks on protect our hero police officers both
today to honor the life and legacy of homeland security. Dave also spoke at from physical harm and potentially
Dr. David McIntyre of College Station, conferences and events as a premier frivolous lawsuits.
Texas, who passed away on 8 June 2020. subject matter expert of homeland se- Qualified immunity is a judicially
Dr. McIntyre was born on 13 May curity. created doctrine that grants govern-
1949, in Houston, Texas, to David and Dave’s life was dedicated to his call ment officials who are performing dis-
Mary McIntyre. From a young age, to service, and through this journey he cretionary functions immunity from
Dave felt a sense of duty and a call to met his wife, Cathy. Together they civil suits unless the plaintiff shows
selfless service which guided him raised two sons who share their fa- that the official violated clearly estab-
throughout his life. He followed this ther’s spirit of service. He relished lished statutory or constitutional
call to the United States Military spending time with his family and rights that a reasonable person would
Academy at West Point where he was seven grandchildren at home in College have been aware of.
commissioned as armor officer in 1971. Station, Texas. Madam Speaker, to put it simply,
I first met Colonel McIntyre when he
Following graduation from Airborne qualified immunity states that if an of-
and I ran for this congressional seat in
School and U.S. Army Ranger School, ficer acts in good faith and is doing
2010. As I got to know him, I found him
Dave was assigned as a scout platoon what he or she believes is in line with
to be a fierce competitor, a policy ex-
leader and jumpmaster in the 82nd Air- their responsibilities of being a police
pert, a committed public servant, a
borne Division at Fort Bragg in North officer, then they are protected from
man of integrity, and an ultimate gen-
Carolina. personal liability.
tleman. I can tell you firsthand that
Over 30 years of dedicated service, While I believe that qualified immu-
we will miss his contributions to Braz-
Dave traveled all over the United nity is a very important doctrine, it
os Valley and to our Nation.
States and to more than 45 foreign Madam Speaker, Dr. David should be reformed but not abolished.
countries. He served with an armored McIntyre’s life was defined by his out- There must be reforms that address
cavalry reconnaissance unit at the standing accomplishments as Army of- personal responsibility, accountability,
Czechoslovakian border, flew to the ficer, professor, an expert in homeland and transparency in law enforcement,
base of Mt. Everest in a Russian Mi-17 security, as well as his commitment to no doubt. However, the Justice in Po-
Hip helicopter, participated in the his family and friends. He will be for- licing Act includes a provision on
changing of the guard with the Gurkha ever remembered as a true leader in his qualified immunity that must be
Rifles at the Khyber Pass, and led a field, a devoted husband, father, and amended in conference committee
delegation to Angkor Wat. friend. prior to final passage. I, for one, will be
In addition to his many years of serv- My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest insisting on that prior to any bill being
ice in the field, Dave placed great focus and heartfelt condolences to the McIn- sent to the President’s desk.
on academics and serving our country tyre family. I have requested that the Madam Speaker, as it currently
through education. He graduated with United States flag be flown over our stands, this provision would specify
honors from the Command and General Nation’s Capitol to honor the life, leg- that a defendant is not immune from
Staff College and earned his first mas- acy, and service of Dr. David McIntyre. lawsuits just because they were acting
ter’s degree from Auburn University. As I close today, I urge all Americans in a way that they thought was reason-
He then went on to serve as a professor to continue praying for our country able or lawful at the time or because
of English literature at West Point during these difficult times, for our they were not violating a clearly estab-
while earning a Ph.D. from the Univer- veterans, for our military men and lished law.
sity of Maryland. After 30 years of women who protect us, and for our re- The overwhelming majority of our
service, Dave retired as a colonel from sponders who keep us safe at home. Nation’s police officers conduct them-
his post as Dean of Faculty and Aca- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- selves responsibly, appropriately, and
demics at the National War College in ance of my time. within the confines of the law. Madam
Washington, D.C. f
Speaker, I know this because I was one
In June 2008 Dave was appointed to myself. We must reform qualified im-
the National Security Education Board POLICE REFORM munity to allow our police officers to
by President George W. Bush and con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under act in a way they need to to perform
firmed by the Senate. He served on this the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- their jobs while also removing protec-
board for 4 years until 2012. From 2010 uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Penn- tions that would shield those who ille-
to 2014 he was a Distinguished Visiting sylvania (Mr. FITZPATRICK) is recog- gally deny citizens of the rights given
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Fellow at the Homeland Security Stud- nized for the remainder of the hour as to them by the United States Constitu-
ies and Analysis Institute in Wash- the designee of the minority leader. tion.
ington, D.C. His time in D.C. also in- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, Having served as a lifelong Federal
cluded providing congressional testi- I rise today to talk about the very im- law enforcement agent and a Federal
mony and national strategic docu- portant topic of police reform and prosecutor, I will be playing an active
ments for the Army Chief of Staff and qualified immunity. role in bridging this gap and bringing
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our law enforcement officials in our I also am proud to say that it will This department would be one that
communities together, as will my Re- help our ports. We have the Port of would give us the opportunity to look
publican colleagues who voted in favor, Houston, and that is a port that is very into the future and devise a means by
as we move to conference committee to significant as it relates not only to which we can avoid some of the sys-
merge the Senate and House proposals Houston but to the country. temic problems that we currently have.
into one bill that works for everybody It will help with our schools, and it Madam Speaker, my hope is that this
and protects our police officers. will help with broadband. It is a very resolution will get the support of my
I will insist that the final package be good piece of legislation. colleagues. It has gained support every
written in a way that both protects But there is one additional thing in day, and I look forward to getting the
citizens’ constitutional and civil rights this legislation that I think would be continued support of my colleagues for
and preserves the noble profession of of benefit, not only to the young people the resolution. The resolution, of
law enforcement—the profession that I in this country but also to our police course, is the forerunner to a bill, a bill
have dedicated the majority of my officers. This is H. Res. 169 which is a that will actually develop this depart-
adult life to, the profession that my piece of legislation that emanated in ment of reconciliation.
great-uncle Phil sacrificed his life and my office. This would have a driver and We found that there is a Labor De-
paid the ultimate price for having been an officer safety education component. partment, and this Labor Department,
killed in the line of duty as an NYPD We talk about the conversations that of course, deals with issues associated
police officer. African American parents have with with labor. We have other departments
Madam Speaker, this moment calls their children. This is a conversation that are specialties. They specialize in
on all of us to come together and repair that takes place because of a history dealing with certain issues. Well, why
this social contract so that we as that we too well understand. This leg- not a department of reconciliation so
Americans can start to heal. I firmly islation addresses that conversation, that we can do something that has long
believe that we are all capable of rising but it addresses it not only as it relates been needed since the Emancipation
to this challenge because my own com- to the young person, the person who is Proclamation?
munity in Bucks and Montgomery going to be driving the car, it also ad- While we had the invidious discrimi-
Counties in Pennsylvania has been a dresses it as it relates to the officer. nation known as segregation, through
model when it comes to police-commu- It would grant States moneys for the years, we have not done what we
nity relations. grants such that they would be able to need to do, and that is reconcile, settle
We need to apply the community our differences, come to a conclusion
train officers about the interactions
model of my amazing colleagues back as to what is appropriate when it
with civilians and train civilians, give
home in law enforcement, always mak- comes to some of the icons that we
them the education that they need so
ing improvements based on self-reflec- have in this country with reference to
that they will understand how to prop-
tion, listening, understanding, and Civil War memorabilia and where it
erly interact with officers.
learning, and show the rest of our Na- can be placed. These kinds of things
Understanding can change the course
tion and the world that we are a coun-
of history. It can make a difference in can be resolved through the depart-
try of law and order, a country that re-
the lives of people. My hope is that ment of reconciliation.
spects the rights, dignity, and equality Madam Speaker, my hope is that we
with this legislation in H.R. 2 it will
of every single individual, and a coun- will have the department available to
cause somebody to benefit from just
try where police officers are one with us in the near future. My hope is that
the communities in which they serve, knowing how to interact with a person
who happens to be a police officer or a this is something that Presidential
which is certainly the case back home.
police officer getting a better under- candidates will embrace and want to
I am so proud of our law enforcement
officers. We have a chance at real posi- standing of how to interact with some- talk about. I will surely put it before
tive change, Madam Speaker. Let us one from a given community. candidates when given the opportunity
not miss this moment. We can support As important as this piece of legisla- because the secretary will report di-
our law enforcement officers and enact tion is, I do understand that if we are rectly to the President of the United
meaningful reform. I, for one, will be to have the kind of change that we States. This will give us the insight
insisting on both before any final bill seek, we will probably have to have an- that we need into the Office of the
goes to the President’s desk. other piece of legislation that I am Presidency. And the President can, of
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- proud to offer. This is a piece of legis- course, provide legislation by and
ance of my time. lation calling for a department of rec- through the secretary.
onciliation. A lot of what is happening It is a good piece of legislation, and
f
in our country is systemic. It is insti- my hope is that we will get it passed.
AND STILL I RISE tutionalized. If we want to deal with Finally, this: I am honored to say
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under systemic and institutionalized prob- that I, too, support law enforcement.
the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- lems, especially as they relate to race, My uncle was a deputy sheriff. He had
uary 3, 2019, the Chair recognizes the then we need to have a department so a great amount of influence on my life.
gentleman from Texas (Mr. GREEN) for that we can approach these systemic I believe that I am in Congress today
30 minutes. issues not only in the short term but because of some things that he said and
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- over the years and over the decades. urged me to do.
er, and still I rise. And I rise tonight to This department of reconciliation Madam Speaker, I support law en-
express my support for H.R. 2, the Mov- will, of course, have a secretary of rec- forcement. I don’t paint all law en-
ing Forward Act. onciliation. This secretary will have forcement officers with the same
I have supported this legislation be- the responsibility of devising the strat- brush, just as I don’t want all pro-
cause it is not only good for my con- egy and implementing a strategy to testers to be painted with the same
gressional district, it is also good for eliminate racism and invidious dis- brush.
the country. crimination in our country. I support the right to peacefully pro-
This legislation will allow us to do test. I believe that if we who support
something that I think is quite impor- b 1845 the protest movements and support
tant. I sit on the Financial Services This department will be properly peace officers, if we would actually let
Committee, and it allows us to address funded. We would like to see it funded people know that there are some per-
housing as a part of our Nation’s infra- with a minimum of 10 percent of what sons who are in the police forces that
structure. The Honorable MAXINE the Department of Justice receives. are not acceptable because of their be-
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WATERS has worked tirelessly to get This would be the equivalent—the havior, and there are some people who
housing included in this legislation. I money would not come from the De- are associating themselves with the
believe it will benefit many people, es- partment of Justice—but the equiva- protest movement who are not accept-
pecially those people who may find lent of 10 percent of what the Depart- able because of their behavior—persons
themselves with rent due and an inabil- ment of Justice receives as a minimum who do things that are inappropriate,
ity to pay their bills. in funding. persons who would burn buildings, this
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is inappropriate. I don’t support that. world that Hitler and Stalin—two mad had entered what probably was the big-
Officers who would put their knees on men, evil men with a globalist desire— gest paragraph setting out a grievance
the necks of persons, that is inappro- ended up against each other. Of course, against King George. It is spelled out
priate. No one would support that, I it is quite ironic that when they got to- in this grievance against King George,
would hope. gether and signed a treaty, both of that he ever allowed slavery to get
Madam Speaker, I just think that, as them, behind the scenes, were talking going in the Colonies, because it was so
we move forward, let’s not conclude about the day when that individual terrible. It was evil, and it took too
that there is something wrong with the would breach the treaty with the long and cost too many lives to get rid
protest movement because of some of other. of it.
the people who associate themselves One of the things Stalin was so furi- By the way, that grievance didn’t end
with the movement, just as I don’t con- ous about when Hitler moved east was up in the final draft because there were
clude that there is something wrong that Hitler broke the treaty before States that objected, that supported
with all police officers because of the Stalin had the chance to. They were slavery. So that grievance Jefferson
actions and behavior of some police of- two evil people, and they were pushing had originally put in was taken out. It
ficers. There are people within both of an evil idea: with Hitler, the evil of fas- was not in the final draft.
these entities that I speak of who are cism; with Stalin, the evil of Marxism, b 1900
good, and the bad ones, we, of course, communism, socialism, whatever you
But it took a war that took half a
should eliminate. want to call it. It is all about the same million lives in a country that didn’t
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- thing. have half a million lives to spare, dev-
ance of my time. So, you have communism and fas-
astated the United States.
f cism. Both of them want globalism. Lincoln believed the Union should be
They want to control the world, and held together, and it would be held to-
ISSUES OF THE DAY they don’t want anybody else to con- gether, and this would be the capital of
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under trol it. They want to control it. the whole country.
the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- The treachery and the evil that went And he wanted no malice to anyone
uary 3, 2019, the Chair recognizes the under both of those leaders is leg- at the end of the war. He wanted to
gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) endary. Hitler killed over 6 million bring the country together. But it took
for 30 minutes. Jews in some of the most horrific and an ordained Christian minister named
Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I evil ways conceivable. Stalin did the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and so
thank my good friend, Judge AL same thing, except he killed many mil- many others, including some who
GREEN. He is a brother, and I appre- lions more. served in Congress, it took them stand-
ciate him very much. We have dif- Then in China, decades after that ing for equality and what is right to
ferences of opinion, but I know we are came Mao, who brought communism to ensure that the Declaration of Inde-
going to end up the same place to- China. It is hard to get your arms pendence and the Constitution would
gether. around a proper number. We know Sta- mean what it said.
Madam Speaker, there is so much lin killed around 20 million Ukrain- In some ways, in recent years, we
that has been going on that has been ians, starving them to death, but he have been distracted by people who
disrupting the country, and I am not killed no telling how many millions have been at war, on offense against
sure what all my good friend, a former more. You just look at the evil treat- Christianity, so that now we are to the
judge in Houston, was saying. I didn’t ment of the poor Polish people that point where, if you believe what Jesus
get to hear that. But I believe he was when he liberated them, he took so said, as set out in the New Testament,
addressing some of the unrest. many who were what he saw as good then you, among so many millions now
He and I both want to see freedom. slave labor and brought them back in in our country, are to be an object of
We want to see equality. We want to slavery to the Soviet Union, where scorn and hate.
see people treated fairly and equally. they either worked as slaves under Sta- So, as you see these groups that are
Those are things we share, and I know lin or they were killed. really Marxist groups—antifascist does
that is what is on his heart. When the Iron Curtain fell, just as not mean it is a good group; it means
But I am highly concerned about the many historians, including a brilliant it is Marxist. And that is where they
legitimate peaceful protests that were historian I eagerly learned under at want to take us, and it means Christi-
taking place as a result of the cruel Texas A&M—she was not allowed back anity will be persecuted to the extent
death, the killing of George Floyd. And in the Soviet Union after she wrote we have seen, with the horrors we have
his family, and the way they ap- about the evil that was done to so seen over the centuries since Jesus was
proached it, was inspirational. There many of the Polish officers and people. here.
deserve to be protests over that horren- One of my favorite history teachers, So there is an article by Igor
dous death. she was terrific, brilliant. But when Norinsky, June 28, in American Great-
The Floyd family pointed out they the Iron Curtain fell, we found out the ness, talking about Black Lives Mat-
did not want the legacy of George things that she said and discovered, ter.
Floyd to be violence and suffering and and others did, were exactly right. I really don’t believe at all that there
death and looting. That was not, and is Reagan was right. It was an evil em- is a single member of Congress who
not, what they want for the memory pire. And the one Hitler was trying to doesn’t agree Black lives matter. I
and legacy of George Floyd. build was just about as evil—in some don’t know anybody who is in Congress
But the movement has been hijacked. ways, much more evil. who does not believe that Black lives
The violence they don’t want, just the But it is important that young peo- matter.
justice they want. It has been hijacked. ple and millennials understand what This article starts out saying: ‘‘To
And it is very important that Ameri- we are talking about here. This coun- the 60 percent of Americans not polling
cans understand what is going on here, try, warts and all, has been, as movie- for Trump, many firmly left-of-center,
so that it is not just those who have maker Ron Maxwell said, ‘‘a history of a thought experiment as November
spent our lifetimes studying history liberation.’’ It wasn’t founded on slav- draws nearer: What must be true so
that see so clearly what is going on by ery. It was on the march toward libera- that Trump gets your vote? It is a mis-
instigators who want to see the coun- tion, each step. erable question because many Ameri-
try that has been in an ongoing state of So many Christians, like the Pil- cans are, to put it mildly, negative on
getting better and better—for years, grims and so many others, came to the President.’’
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even with unfairness and inequality, it avoid persecution for being Christians. The article goes on—don’t have time
has still been the hope of the world Sometimes, people came who were con- to go through the whole thing. But the
when it comes to freedom and a shot at sidered unwanted in other countries. point is made here: ‘‘The emotional
equality. If you look at the original draft of call-and-response appeal of ‘black lives
Antifa, short for antifascist—and the Declaration of Independence, matter’ ’’—and that is with little B, lit-
there has been no greater irony in the Thomas Jefferson, who owned slaves, tle L, little M—‘‘entices all who repeat
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it into believing they are antiracists ticularly in our present age of social working with people like Alger Hiss,
and that everyone else must be the op- justice. Solzhenitsyn would later la- who was one of the most respected peo-
posite. But ‘black lives matter’—with ment at the West’s failure to accept ple in the State Department, right at
small letters—which no one disagrees the grim warnings of his testimonial.’’ the top. And because he had an Ivy
with, is not the same as’’—capital- And, again, from Solzhenitsyn: League education, Ivy Leaguers loved
ized—‘‘Black Lives Matter.’’ ‘‘Modern society is hypnotized by so- the man, just thought he was fantastic.
They had what they believed at one cialism. It is prevented by socialism But both Alger Hiss, Whittaker
time—that has since been taken down, from seeing the mortal danger it is in. Chambers, and others with whom they
as I understand it—and substituted for And one of the greatest of all is that worked and believed in communism,
one that is a little more palatable, but you have lost all sense of danger; you were working to bring down the United
make no mistake: You look at the his- cannot even see where it’s coming from States, just as antifa and so many oth-
tory of this group, it is a Marxist as it moves swiftly toward you. ers are today.
group. ‘‘You imagine you see danger in When Whittaker Chambers began to
The article points out: ‘‘Com- other parts of the globe and hurl ar- see that this Marxism that he thought
munism,’’ which is simply ‘‘Marxism rows from your depleted quiver there. so much of actually caused more suf-
applied, was responsible for over 100 But the greatest danger of all is that fering than the very type of govern-
million deaths during the last century you have lost the will to defend your- ment he was trying to bring down, that
alone, which says nothing of the psy- selves.’’ was revolutionary in his mind, and he
chological terror, the Auschwitz of the Hate Donald Trump if you want. So realized he was fighting the wrong peo-
mind, that imprisoned the untold mil- far, for now, we have that freedom. But ple.
lions who did not perish. The system- the fact is, he saw the dangers from His book ‘‘Witness’’—I should have
atic oppression and terror Marxist China before anybody in public office read it years and years ago, but it is
ideas engendered is nowhere better de- did and talked about them. only in the last couple of years I read
scribed than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s But anyway, Solzhenitsyn wrote that it. Some great statements he has in his
‘Gulag Archipelago,’ a painstaking and ‘‘in 1976 as the United States was deep book.
harrowing account of the forced labor into the Cold War. Nearly 45 years ‘‘Few men are so dull that they do
camp system under Soviet Com- later, long after the Cold War has not know that the crisis exists and
munism. In a telling passage, he pro- ended, the generation that is driving that it threatens their lives at every
vides an insight into the engine that today’s revolutionary agenda has little point. It is popular,’’ he said, ‘‘to call it
made the tyranny possible.’’ to no conception of what socialism is a social crisis. It is, in fact, a total cri-
And he quotes from Solzhenitsyn: and what brand of misery it left in its sis—religious, moral, intellectual, so-
‘‘Macbeth’s self-justifications were wake. It is nearly impossible to cul- cial, political, economic. It is popular
feeble—and his conscience devoured tivate any sense of dread or urgency in to call it a crisis of the Western world.
him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb, a society where connection to that It is in fact a crisis of the whole world.
too. The imagination and spiritual chapter of the human experience has Communism . . . is itself a symptom
strength of Shakespeare’s evildoers all but been severed. But we have to and an irritant of that crisis.’’
stopped short at a dozen corpses. Be- try.’’ He quoted Stalin’s statement: ‘‘Is it
cause they had no ideology. Ideology— And he is so right. not true that social democracy and so-
that is what gives evildoing its long- ‘‘BLM,’’ he says, ‘‘is pure ideology. It cial fascism are twins? ’’
sought justification and gives the evil- appears bent on redefining America Our current chairman of the Judici-
doer the necessary steadfastness and and its institutions pursuant to pro- ary Committee has gotten very upset
determination. That is the social the- gressively tribalistic commandments. when some of us have pointed out that
ory which helps to make his acts seem Draped in the powerful, albeit decep- Hitler and Hitler’s party were the Na-
good instead of bad in his own or oth- tive, cover of racial indignation’’— tional Socialist Workers Party in Ger-
er’s eyes. . . . That was how the agents which we should all stand for equality many. And he tried to draw that dis-
of the Inquisition fortified their wills there—‘‘the movement has convinced tinction, but Stalin himself says: Isn’t
. . . the colonizers, by civilization; the many Americans that being White is it true that social democracy and so-
Nazis, by race. . . . Without evildoers, an original sin, that America is evil, cial fascism are really twins?
there would have been no Archi- and that the sinner’s day in court has But Dostoevsky, he quoted, saying:
pelago.’’ arrived. It prescribes class struggle, ex- ‘‘The problem of communism is not
The writer says: ‘‘I was spared those ponentially amplified by the battle cry economic problem; the problem of com-
horrors thanks, in part, to being born of racial reckoning.’’ munism is the problem of atheism.’’
near the dismal end of the Soviet ‘‘Revolutions vilify the past.’’ I have seen it, lived it for a summer
Union and thanks, in part, to the cour- And he goes on. in the Soviet Union. They didn’t want
age of parents who dared seek permis- But it is important that people un- Christianity. They only allowed one
sion to leave from a central authority derstand that, as we try and move clos- authorized seminary. I was told, when I
notoriously brutal to the unbelievers. er and closer to end any injustice in visited there, that they allowed only 40
As Jews ostensibly bound for Israel, we America—it will never be perfect, but people to go to the only authorized
had the great fortune of being un- it is the closest humanity has ever got- seminary back during those oppressive
wanted anyway. Almost all of your ten, and still there are things we can years under communism.
life’s possessions stay behind—they be- do to make it better—it is critical to Whittaker Chambers says: ‘‘One day
long to ‘the people,’ after all—but the understand the evil that is so close to the Communist really hears those
scars most certainly do not. Scars taking over and embracing this coun- screams. The screams . . . do not mere-
travel with you. The many hundreds of try, because we have generations now ly reach his mind. They pierce beyond.
thousands of refugees and exiles from that have not learned true history. They pierce to his soul.’’
Communist countries living in Amer- They have learned some misbegotten ‘‘A communist breaks because he
ica today can fill entire libraries with professor’s idea, as he or she dealt with must choose at last between irreconcil-
the stories behind those scars. Go seek their own hate and own prejudice, as able opposites—God or man, soul or
them out and listen. they rewrote our history. mind, freedom or communism.’’
‘‘Whether in Stalin’s Russia, Mao’s But if you look fairly at the history,
China, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, the pre- you see injustice, none more so than b 1915
cepts of Marxism led humanity as close slavery’s existence. This Marxist ideology that is being
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to the abyss as it has ever come.’’ But if you go back to the late 1940s, pushed on us by groups that hate
‘‘Neither do Marxism’s purveyors and early 1950s, when Whittaker Chambers, America is very dangerous. Chambers
apologists all sit in Beijing. For years, who had had a very unpleasant child- points out ‘‘ . . . the crisis of the West-
many intellectuals in the West openly hood, unpleasant family life growing ern world exists to the degree it is in-
espoused Marxism. Its great utopian up, thought maybe communism, Marx- different to God. It exists to the degree
appeal should come as no surprise par- ism was the way to go, and he began in which the Western world actually
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shares communism’s materialist vi- force, ‘‘Dostoevsky asserted the eternal U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.
sion, is so dazzled by the logic of the necessity of the soul to be itself. But 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on
materialist interpretation of history, he discerned that the moment man in- Armed Services.
4637. A letter from the Director, Bureau of
of politics, and economics, that it fails dulged his freedom to the point where Consumer Financial Protection, transmit-
to grasp that, for it, the only possible he was also free from God, it led him ting the Bureau’s final rule — Home Mort-
answer to the communist or Marxist into tragedy, evil, and often the exact gage Disclosure (Regulation C) [Docket No.:
challenge is to choose either faith in opposite of what had been intended. In CFPB-2019-0021] (RIN: 3170-AA76) received
God or faith in man. . . . ‘’ human terms, there was no solution for June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
He said: ‘‘Freedom is a need of the the problem of evil.’’ 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
soul and nothing else. It is in striving Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-
Services.
toward God that the soul strives con- ance of my time. 4638. A letter from the Director, Consumer
tinually after a condition of freedom.’’ f Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting
I think every American has felt that. the Bureau’s final rule — Remittance Trans-
He says: ‘‘God alone is the insider ADJOURNMENT fers Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act
and guarantor of freedom. He is the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (Regulation E) [Docket No.: CFPB-2019-0058]
only guarantor. External freedom is (RIN: 3170-AA96) received June 18, 2020, pur-
ant to section 4(b) of House Resolution suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-
only an aspect of interior freedom. Po- 967, the House stands adjourned until 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee
litical freedom, as the Western world tomorrow at 10 a.m. on Financial Services.
has known it, is only a political read- Thereupon (at 7 o’clock and 20 min- 4639. A letter from the Director, Regu-
ing of the Bible. Religion and freedom utes p.m.), under its previous order, the latory Management Division, Environmental
are indivisible. Without freedom, the House adjourned until Thursday, July Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
soul dies. Without the soul, there is no cy’s final rule — Modernizing Ignitable Liq-
2, 2020, at 10 a.m.
justification for freedom.’’ uids Determinations [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin made this f 0830; FRL-10006-71-OLEM] (RIN: 2050-AG93)
received June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
comment on religion in a November EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
1913 letter: ‘‘Every religious idea of ETC. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and
God, even flirting with the idea of God, Commerce.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive
is unutterable vileness . . . of the most 4640. A letter from the Director, Regu-
communications were taken from the latory Management Division, Environmental
dangerous kind.’’
Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
I think that is why, on visiting that
sole recognized seminary at Zagorsk 4632. A letter from the OSD Federal Reg- cy’s final rule — Fulvic acid; Exemption
ister Liaison Officer, Department of Defense, from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-
decades ago, I was struck because there HQ-OPP-2018-0152; FRL-10007-74] received
transmitting the Department’s final rule —
was a building there, and on the side of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
the building—this is where you turn plement: Modification of DFARS Clause 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
into the gates of the seminary—was a ‘‘Notification of Anticipated Contract Ter- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and
big painting of Lenin’s face and the mination or Reduction: (DFARS Case 2019- Commerce.
words: ‘‘Lenin s nami.’’ ‘‘Lenin is with D019) [Docket: DARS-2019-0060] (RIN: 0650- 4641. A letter from the Director, Regu-
AK56) received June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 latory Management Division, Environmental
us.’’
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
So anyone going into this Christian cy’s final rule — National Emission Stand-
251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on
seminary had to see, as they went in, ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood
Armed Services.
that message from the government. 4633. A letter from the OSD Federal Liai- and Composite Wood Products Residual Risk
You may be going into this Christian son Officer, Department of Defense, trans- and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-
seminary, but don’t ever forget it is mitting the Department’s final rule — De- 0243; FRL-10009-65-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AO66) re-
Lenin who is with us. fense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- ceived June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
Now, I had a chance to see Lenin in plement: Market Research and Consideration 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110
of Value for the Determination of Price Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and
his tomb. There were rumors that his
(DFARS Case 2019-D027) [Docket: DARS-2019- Commerce.
ear was deteriorated and had been re- 4642. A letter from the Director, Regu-
placed by a rubber ear. I don’t know if 0050] (RIN: 0750-AK65) received June 18, 2020,
latory Management Division, Environmental
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law
that was true, but Lenin was not with 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-
Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
us, I can verify. He is long gone to his cy’s final rule — Maine: Final Authorization
mittee on Armed Services.
just reward, such as it was. of State Hazardous Waste Management Pro-
4634. A letter from the OSD Federal Reg-
Whittaker Chambers said: ‘‘If I had gram Revisions [EPA-R01-RCRA-2019-0617;
ister Liaison, Department of Defense, trans-
FRL-10010-59-Region 1] received June 18, 2020,
rejected only communism, I would mitting the Department’s final rule — De-
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law
have rejected only one political expres- fense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup-
104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-
sion of the modern mind, the most log- plement: Repeal of Annual Reporting Re-
mittee on Energy and Commerce.
ical because the most brutal in enforc- quirements to Congressional Defense Com- 4643. A letter from the Director, Regu-
mittees (DFARS Case 2020-D004) [Docket: latory Management Division, Environmental
ing the myth of man’s material per-
DARS-2020-0015] (RIN: 0750-AK91) received Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
fectibility. What I sensed, without June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
being able to phrase it was what has cy’s final rule — Finding of Failure To At-
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 tain the 1987 24-Hour PM10 Standard; Reclas-
since been phrased with the simplicity Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Serv- sification as Serious Nonattainment; Pinal
of an axiom.’’ ices. County, Arizona [EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0151;
This axiom is: ‘‘’Man cannot organize 4635. A letter from the OSD Federal Reg- FRL-10010-56-Region 9] received June 18, 2020,
for himself without God; without God, ister Liaison, Department of Defense, trans- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law
man can only organize the world mitting the Department’s final rule — De- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com-
fense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- mittee on Energy and Commerce.
against man.’ The gas ovens of Buchen-
plement: Justification and Approval Thresh- 4644. A letter from the Director, Regu-
wald and the communist execution cel- old for 8(a) Contracts (DFARS Case 2020- latory Management Division, Environmental
lars exist first within the minds.’’ D006) [Docket: DARS-2020-0016] (RIN: 0750- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
He said: ‘‘What I grasped was that re- AK93) received June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 cy’s correcting amendment — Air Plan Ap-
ligion begins at the point where reason U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. proval; California; Northern Sierra Air Qual-
and knowledge are powerless and for- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on ity Management District; Reasonably Avail-
ever fail—the point at which man Armed Services. able Control Technology [EPA-R09-OAR-2019-
senses the mystery of his good and evil, 4636. A letter from the OSD Federal Liai- 0528; FRL-10007-00-Region 9] received April
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his suffering, and his destiny as a soul son Officer, Department of Defense, trans- 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);
mitting the Department’s final rule — De- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to
in search of God.’’ fense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
‘‘Against liberalism’s social opti- plement: Qualifications Requirements for 4645. A letter from the Director, Regu-
mism,’’ which is progress by reform, Contracting Positions (DFARS Case 2020- latory Management Division, Environmental
‘‘and the social optimism revolu- D012) [Docket: DARS-2020-0017] (RIN: 0750- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen-
tionary left,’’ which is progress by AK99) received June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 cy’s final rule — Environmental Protection
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Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR); By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, nents of the Armed Forces; to the Com-
Award Team Incentive [EPA-HQ-OARM-2018- Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. mittee on Veterans’ Affairs.
0610; FRL-10006-81-OMS] received April 23, GROTHMAN, Mr. COMER, Mr. HICE of By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr.
2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. PERRY, MCNERNEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr.
Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the and Mr. YOHO): HUFFMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. KUSTER
Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 7438. A bill to amend section 719 of of New Hampshire, Mr. KHANNA, Mr.
4646. A letter from the Director, Regu- title 31, United States Code, to require the POCAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms.
latory Management Division, Environmental Comptroller General of the United States to WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr.
Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- analyze certain legislation in order to pre- WELCH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms.
cy’s final rule — Standards of Performance vent duplication of and overlap with existing NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr.
for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Resi- Federal programs, offices, and initiatives, HIMES):
dential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air and for other purposes; to the Committee on H.R. 7446. A bill to establish the Financing
Furnaces [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195; FRL-10006- Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program at
74-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU00) received April 23, Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a the Department of Energy to provide finan-
2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public period to be subsequently determined by the cial assistance to promote energy efficiency
Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Speaker, in each case for consideration of and onsite renewable technologies in manu-
Committee on Energy and Commerce. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- facturing facilities, and for other purposes;
4647. A letter from the Director, Regu- tion of the committee concerned. to the Committee on Science, Space, and
latory Management Division, Environmental By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. Technology, and in addition to the Com-
Protection Agnecy, transmitting the Agen- BANKS): mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a pe-
cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Ne- H.R. 7439. A bill to establish the Retire- riod to be subsequently determined by the
braska; Lincoln-Lancaster County Health ment Savings Lost and Found, and for other Speaker, in each case for consideration of
Department (LLCHD) [EPA-R07-OAR-2019- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
0666; FRL-10008-62-Region 7] received May 8, Means, and in addition to the Committee on tion of the committee concerned.
2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- By Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr.
Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the sequently determined by the Speaker, in UPTON, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs.
Committee on Energy and Commerce. each case for consideration of such provi- HAYES, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. COX of Cali-
4648. A letter from the Chief, Office of Pol- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the fornia, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. REED, Mr.
icy, Regulation and Analysis, Bureau of committee concerned. BALDERSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
Ocean Energy Management, Department of By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. sissippi, Mr. RICE of South Carolina,
the Interior, transmitting the Department’s YOHO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. NORMAN, Ms.
final rule — Air Quality Control, Reporting, New York, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. CON- SPANBERGER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. WILSON
and Compliance [Docket ID: BOEM-2018-0038] NOLLY, Mr. BARR, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. of South Carolina, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr.
(RIN: 1010-AE02) received June 18, 2020, pur- RESCHENTHALER, Ms. SPANBERGER, WRIGHT, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER):
suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. H.R. 7447. A bill to direct the Federal Com-
121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee PERRY): munications Commission to take certain ac-
on Natural Resources. H.R. 7440. A bill to impose sanctions with tions to accelerate the Rural Digital Oppor-
4649. A letter from the Assistant Secretary respect to foreign persons involved in the tunity Fund Phase I auction, and for other
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, National erosion of certain obligations of China with purposes; to the Committee on Energy and
Park Service, Department of the Interior, respect to Hong Kong, and for other pur- Commerce.
transmitting the Department’s final rule — poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and
Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National and in addition to the Committees on Finan- Mr. HICE of Georgia):
Preserves [NPS-AKRO-27791; PPAKAKROZ5, cial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and H.R. 7448. A bill to amend title 5, United
PPMPRLE1Y.L00000] (RIN: 1024-AE38) re- Means, and Rules, for a period to be subse- States Code, to make permanent the author-
ceived June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. quently determined by the Speaker, in each ity of the United States Patent and Trade-
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 case for consideration of such provisions as mark Office to conduct a telework travel ex-
Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee penses program, and for other purposes; to
sources. concerned; considered and passed. the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
4650. A letter from the Branch of Delisting By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana (for her- By Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Ms.
and Foreign Species, Fish and Wildlife Serv- self and Miss RICE of New York): CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr.
ice, Department of the Interior, transmitting H.R. 7441. A bill to expedite hiring by the CISNEROS, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DIN-
the Department’s final rule — Endangered Department of Veterans Affairs of medical GELL, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE,
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Remov- department personnel separating from the Mr. KILMER, Ms. KUSTER of New
ing the Borax Lake Chub From the List of Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Hampshire, Mr. LARSON of Con-
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife [Docket Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addi- necticut, Mr. LUJÁN, Mr. SEAN PAT-
No.: FWS-R1-ES-2017-0035; FF09E22000 tion to the Committee on Armed Services, RICK MALONEY of New York, Mr.
FXES11130900000 201] (RIN: 1018-BA43) re- for a period to be subsequently determined MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PERL-
ceived June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- MUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, Miss RICE of
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- New York, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SÁNCHEZ,
Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- risdiction of the committee concerned. Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SMITH
sources. By Mr. ALLEN: of Washington, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr.
4651. A letter from the Director, Regu- H.R. 7442. A bill to extend the authoriza- SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO,
latory Management Division, Environmental tion for Augusta Canal National Heritage Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HIMES,
Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Area; to the Committee on Natural Re- and Ms. WILSON of Florida):
cy’s final rule — Uniform National Discharge sources. H.R. 7449. A bill to refinance Federal and
Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces- By Mr. ALLRED (for himself and Mr. private student loans, and for other pur-
Phase II Batch Two [EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0351; HAGEDORN): poses; to the Committee on Education and
FRL-9949-12-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF53) received H.R. 7443. A bill to amend title 38, United Labor.
June 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. States Code, to require the Secretary of Vet- By Mr. CRIST (for himself and Mr.
801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 erans Affairs to provide the representative of POSEY):
Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- record of a claimant for compensation or H.R. 7450. A bill to direct the Secretary of
tation and Infrastructure. benefits administered by the Secretary an Commerce, acting through the National Oce-
f opportunity to review a proposed determina- anic and Atmospheric Administration, to
tion regarding that claim; to the Committee designate organizations as National Centers
PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS on Veterans’ Affairs. of Excellence in Harmful Algal Bloom Re-
Under clause 2 of rule XII, public By Mr. BACON: search, Prevention, Response, and Mitiga-
H.R. 7444. A bill to direct the Secretary of tion, and for other purposes; to the Com-
bills and resolutions of the following
Defense to review and report to Congress on mittee on Science, Space, and Technology,
titles were introduced and severally re- the status of the professional military edu- and in addition to the Committee on Natural
ferred, as follows: cation enterprise, and for other purposes; to Resources, for a period to be subsequently
By Ms. CRAIG (for herself and Mr. the Committee on Armed Services. determined by the Speaker, in each case for
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BALDERSON): By Mr. BOST (for himself, Mr. consideration of such provisions as fall with-
H.R. 7437. A bill to extend the authority for CUNNINGHAM, and Mr. DAVID P. ROE of in the jurisdiction of the committee con-
commitments for the paycheck protection Tennessee): cerned.
program and separate amounts authorized H.R. 7445. A bill to amend title 38, United By Mr. EVANS:
for other loans under section 7(a) of the States Code, to expand eligibility for home H.R. 7451. A bill to provide forgivable phys-
Small Business Act, and for other purposes; loans from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ical disaster loans to businesses damaged due
to the Committee on Small Business. to certain members of the reserve compo- to civil unrest, and for other purposes; to the
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Committee on Small Business, and in addi- poses; to the Committee on Education and health care workforce; to the Committee on
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a Labor. Energy and Commerce, and in addition to
period to be subsequently determined by the By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
Speaker, in each case for consideration of GRAVES of Louisiana): riod to be subsequently determined by the
such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- H.R. 7460. A bill to extend the authority for Speaker, in each case for consideration of
tion of the committee concerned. the establishment by the Peace Corps Com- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
By Ms. FINKENAUER: memorative Foundation of a commemora- tion of the committee concerned.
H.R. 7452. A bill to require the Secretary of tive work to commemorate the mission of By Mr. RUSH:
Agriculture to provide relief from hardship the Peace Corps and the ideals on which the H.R. 7471. A bill to require frontline per-
due to the COVID-19 pandemic to certain Peace Corps was founded, and for other pur- sonnel of the Department of Homeland Secu-
borrowers of rural development loans, and poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- rity, air carriers, rail carriers, and employ-
for other purposes; to the Committee on Ag- sources. ees of airports and train stations to wear
riculture. By Mr. LEVIN of California: personal protective equipment when inter-
By Mrs. FLETCHER: H.R. 7461. A bill to authorize appropria- acting with members of the public, and for
H.R. 7453. A bill to amend title 10, United tions for the Department of Veterans Affairs other purposes; to the Committee on Trans-
States Code, to permit members of the for construction and maintenance, and for portation and Infrastructure, and in addition
Armed Forces to continue to participate in other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- to the Committee on Homeland Security, for
Skillbridge programs after their date of dis- erans’ Affairs. a period to be subsequently determined by
charge or separation from active duty in the By Mr. LYNCH: the Speaker, in each case for consideration
Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed H.R. 7462. A bill to provide for nationwide, of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
Services. on-the-ground road safety assessments fo- tion of the committee concerned.
By Mr. FULCHER: cused on pedestrian and bicycle safety; to By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms.
H.R. 7454. A bill to amend the Agricultural the Committee on Transportation and Infra- DEGETTE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CARSON
Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of rev- structure. of Indiana, Ms. BARRAGÁN, Mr.
enue from timber sale contracts and certain By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of LYNCH, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS,
payments made by counties to the Secretary New York: Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. HASTINGS):
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte- H.R. 7463. A bill to require States to meet H.R. 7472. A bill to authorize the Director
rior under good neighbor agreements, and for assisted living facility reporting require- of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
other purposes; to the Committee on Natural ments to qualify for future COVID-19 re- vention to award grants to eligible State,
Resources, and in addition to the Committee sponse funds; to the Committee on Energy Tribal, and territorial public health agencies
on Agriculture, for a period to be subse- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- to develop and administer a program for dig-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be ital contact tracing for COVID-19, and for
case for consideration of such provisions as subsequently determined by the Speaker, in other purposes; to the Committee on Energy
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee each case for consideration of such provi- and Commerce.
concerned. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. SWALWELL of California (for
By Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. committee concerned. himself and Mr. KATKO):
YOUNG, and Mr. CASE): By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 7473. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
H.R. 7455. A bill to amend title XVIII of the New York (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, enue Code of 1986 to allow small businesses
Social Security Act to authorize the Sec- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, and Mr. to defer the payment of certain employment
retary of Health and Human Services to GIBBS): taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
make adjustments to payment rates for H.R. 7464. A bill to amend title 46, United By Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself, Ms.
skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare States Code, to direct the Secretary of SPEIER, and Mr. CISNEROS):
program to account for certain unique cir- Transportation to establish a merchant mar- H.R. 7474. A bill to direct the Secretary of
cumstances; to the Committee on Ways and iner education loan program, and for other Defense to issue guidance for the review of
Means, and in addition to the Committee on purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- suicide events involving members of the
Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- tation and Infrastructure. Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the
sequently determined by the Speaker, in By Ms. NORTON: Committee on Armed Services.
each case for consideration of such provi- H.R. 7465. A bill to require the Secretary of By Mr. VELA:
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the the Interior to remove the Andrew Jackson H.R. 7475. A bill to amend title 5, United
committee concerned. statue and marble base in Lafayette Square States Code, to provide that the period of a
By Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself, in the District of Columbia, and for other nationwide pandemic is a special enrollment
Mr. YOUNG, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- period under the Federal Employees Health
Mr. BABIN, and Mr. PALAZZO): sources. Benefits Program, and for other purposes; to
H.R. 7456. A bill to establish a grant pro- By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Ms. the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
gram for domestic maritime workforce GABBARD): By Mr. VELA:
training and education, and for other pur- H.R. 7466. A bill to require the Secretary of H.R. 7476. A bill to direct the Secretary of
poses; to the Committee on Transportation the Interior to remove the Emancipation Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Con-
and Infrastructure. Monument from Lincoln Park in the District gress on programs to notify veterans of po-
By Mr. GIBBS (for himself and Mr. of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the tential exposure to certain herbicide agents
CUELLAR): Committee on Natural Resources. outside of Vietnam, and for other purposes;
H.R. 7457. A bill to establish a national By Mr. PANETTA: to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
motor carrier safety selection standard for H.R. 7467. A bill to amend the Public Works By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her-
entities that contract with certain motor and Economic Development Act of 1965 to self and Ms. OMAR):
carriers to transport goods, and for other allow a grantee of revolving loan funds to H.R. 7477. A bill to require the Secretary of
purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- transfer certain funds to other eligible Labor to establish a program to provide
tation and Infrastructure. projects; to the Committee on Transpor- grants for job guarantee programs; to the
By Mr. HAGEDORN: tation and Infrastructure, and in addition to Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
H.R. 7458. A bill to provide supplemental the Committee on Financial Services, for a tion to the Committee on Education and
appropriations to provide direct assistance period to be subsequently determined by the Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter-
for domestic pork producers and during the Speaker, in each case for consideration of mined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes; such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- sideration of such provisions as fall within
to the Committee on Appropriations, and in tion of the committee concerned. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
addition to the Committee on the Budget, By Mr. RASKIN (for himself and Mr. By Ms. WEXTON (for herself, Ms. NOR-
for a period to be subsequently determined CICILLINE): TON, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. RASKIN, Mr.
by the Speaker, in each case for consider- H.R. 7468. A bill to amend title 18, United CONNOLLY, Mr. BROWN of Maryland,
ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- States Code, to impose prohibitions relating Mr. BEYER, Ms. DEAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr.
risdiction of the committee concerned. to machines designed for the manufacturing MCNERNEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and
By Mr. HARDER of California (for him- of frames or receivers for firearms; to the Mr. HUFFMAN):
self, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SOTO, Ms. NOR- Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 7478. A bill to require Federal agen-
TON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, By Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee: cies to conduct a benefit-cost analysis on re-
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. JACKSON H.R. 7469. A bill to establish an advisory locations involving the movement of em-
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LEE, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS): commission regarding eligibility for health ployment positions to different areas, and
H.R. 7459. A bill to authorize the President care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans for other purposes; to the Committee on
to reestablish the Coronavirus Service Corps Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- Oversight and Reform.
as a means of providing gainful employment fairs. By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. COLE,
to unemployed and underemployed citizens By Mr. RUIZ: and Mrs. RADEWAGEN):
of the United States through the perform- H.R. 7470. A bill to amend the Public H.R. 7479. A bill to provide for a regional
ance of useful public work, and for other pur- Health Service Act to help build a stronger center for security studies for the Arctic in
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the Department of Defense, and for other H. Res. 1040. A resolution supporting the Congress has the power to enact this legis-
purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- designation of July 2020 as Uterine Fibroids lation pursuant to the following:
ices. Awareness Month; to the Committee on En- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to
By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: ergy and Commerce. the power of Congress to regulate Commerce
H. Res. 1036. A resolution expressing sup- with foreign Nations, and among the several
f
port for the Fourth of July, America’s birth- States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
day, and bringing celebration and fireworks CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY By Mr. CLYBURN:
to our Nation’s ‘‘Shrine of Democracy’’ at SATEMENT H.R. 7447.
Mount Rushmore; to the Committee on Over- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
sight and Reform. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of
lation pursuant to the following:
By Ms. CHENEY: the Rules of the House of Representa- Article 1, Section 8
H. Res. 1037. A resolution electing Members tives, the following statements are sub- By Mr. CONNOLLY:
to certain standing committees of the House mitted regarding the specific powers H.R. 7448.
of Representatives and ranking a certain granted to Congress in the Constitu- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Member on a certain standing committee of lation pursuant to the following:
the House of Representatives; considered and
tion to enact the accompanying bill or
joint resolution. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu-
agreed to. tion
By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Ms. By Ms. CRAIG: By Mr. COURTNEY:
KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. H.R. 7437. H.R. 7449.
LEWIS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
ADAMS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CARSON of lation pursuant to the following:
lation pursuant to the following:
Indiana, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. THOMPSON Article 1, Section 8 of the United States
Article 1, Section 8.
of Mississippi, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- Constitution
By Mr. CRIST:
bama, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. DANNY K. By Mr. GOSAR:
H.R. 7450.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RUSH, Ms. H.R. 7438.
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis-
lation pursuant to the following:
CLAY, Ms. MOORE, Mr. WELCH, Ms. lation pursuant to the following:
Article 1, Section 8
CLARKE of New York, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (the Nec-
By Mr. EVANS:
HAALAND, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. essary and Proper Clause) which gives Con-
H.R. 7451.
DEGETTE, Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, gress the power make all Laws which shall
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Ms. NORTON, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of be necessary and proper for carrying into
lation pursuant to the following:
Georgia, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. Execution the foregoing Powers, and all
Art. I., Sec. 8 of the Constitution: ‘‘The
LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- other Powers vested by this Constitution in
Congress shall have Power To lay and collect
ESTER, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. the Government of the United States, or in
Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay
KAPTUR, Mr. EVANS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. any Department or Officer thereof.
the Debts and provide for the common
KENNEDY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. DEUTCH, By Ms. BONAMICI:
Defence and general Welfare of the United
Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. ROYBAL- H.R. 7439.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- States . . .’’
ALLARD, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, By Ms. FINKENAUER:
Mr. RICHMOND, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. lation pursuant to the following:
Article I, Section 8 H.R. 7452.
CASTOR of Florida, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis-
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, By Mr. SHERMAN:
H.R. 7440. lation pursuant to the following:
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ‘‘The Con-
ESCOBAR, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. WAT- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
lation pursuant to the following: gress shall have Power . . . to regulate Com-
SON COLEMAN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JOHN-
Article I, Section 8 of the United States merce with foreign Nations, and among the
SON of Georgia, Mr. GONZALEZ of
Constitution. several States, and with the Indian Tribes’’
Texas, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. RUPPERS- By Mrs. FLETCHER:
BERGER, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
H.R. 7441. H.R. 7453.
CICILLINE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. GRI- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
JALVA, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SPANBERGER, Congress has the power to enact this legis-
lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following:
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. The constitutional authority on which this
MENG, Mr. CÁRDENAS, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. Article I, Clause 8
By Mr. ALLEN: bill rests is the power of Congress to make
PLASKETT, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. ALLRED, rules for the government and regulation of
Ms. WEXTON, Mr. TRONE, Ms. LOF- H.R. 7442.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- the land and naval forces, as enumerated in
GREN, and Ms. GARCIA of Texas):
lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United
H. Res. 1038. A resolution recognizing the
forthcoming centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Article 1, Section 8 States Constitution.
Race Massacre; to the Committee on the Ju- Section 8—Powers of Congress. To make By Mr. FULCHER:
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on all Laws which shall be necessary and proper H.R. 7454.
Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- for carrying into Execution the foregoing Congress has the power to enact this legis-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in Powers, and all other Powers vested by this lation pursuant to the following:
each case for consideration of such provi- Constitution in the Government of the Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14: To make
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the United States, or in any Department or Offi- Rules for the Government and Regulation of
committee concerned. cer thereof. the land and naval Forces.
By Miss GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN of Puerto By Mr. ALLRED: By Ms. GABBARD:
Rico (for herself, Mrs. MURPHY of H.R. 7443. H.R. 7455.
Florida, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. POSEY, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. STEUBE, lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following:
Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Article I, Section 8 of the United States The United States Constitution, Article 1,
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. WEBSTER of Flor- Constitution, which gives Congress the Section 8.
ida, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, power to make ‘‘all Laws which shall be nec- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas:
Mr. LEWIS, Mr. KING of New York, essary and proper for carrying into Execu- H.R. 7456.
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, tion the foregoing Powers and all other Pow- Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Mr. COLE, and Mr. CONNOLLY): ers vested by this Constitution in the Gov- lation pursuant to the following:
H. Res. 1039. A resolution expressing sup- ernment of the United States, or in any De- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power
port for the designation of April 13, 2020, as partment or Officer thereof.’’ granted to Congress under Article I, Section
‘‘National Borinqueneers Day’’; to the Com- By Mr. BACON: 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to H.R. 7444. tion.
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a pe- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. GIBBS:
riod to be subsequently determined by the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 7457.
Speaker, in each case for consideration of Article 1, Section 8 provides Congress the Congress has the power to enact this legis-
such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- authority to ‘‘make rules for the government lation pursuant to the following:
tion of the committee concerned. and regulation of the land and naval forces’’ Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United
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By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for By Mr. BOST: States Constitution.
himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, H.R. 7445. By Mr. HAGEDORN:
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CON- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 7458.
NOLLY, Ms. MOORE, Mr. HURD of lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Article I, Section 8. lation pursuant to the following:
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GRI- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary
JALVA, and Mr. VAN DREW): H.R. 7446. and Proper Clause. Congress shall have
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power to make all laws which shall be nec- By Mr. SWALWELL of California: H.R. 3348: Mr. TIFFANY.
essary and proper for carrying into Execu- H.R. 7473. H.R. 3453: Mr. MAST and Mrs. AXNE.
tion the foregoing Powers and all Powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3739: Mr. GOHMERT.
vested by this Constitution in the Govern- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3827: Ms. MATSUI.
ment of the United States, or any Depart- Article I, section 8; Sixteenth Amendment H.R. 3884: Miss RICE of New York.
ment or Officer thereof. By Mrs. TRAHAN: H.R. 3934: Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina
By Mr. HARDER of California: H.R. 7474. and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota.
H.R. 7459. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3975: Mr. MARSHALL.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4027: Mr. TIFFANY.
lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 4179: Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mrs. HAYES,
Article 1, Section 8 Constitution. and Mr. TAKANO.
By Mr. KENNEDY: By Mr. VELA: H.R. 4301: Mr. RUSH.
H.R. 7460. H.R. 7475. H.R. 4681: Mrs. BEATTY.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4701: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan.
lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4764: Mr. AGUILAR.
Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 5265: Ms. SHALALA.
By Mr. LEVIN of California: By Mr. VELA: H.R. 5434: Mr. PERRY.
H.R. 7461. H.R. 7476. H.R. 5971: Mr. TAYLOR.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5995: Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr.
lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: HURD of Texas, and Mr. EMMER.
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 6082: Mrs. RADEWAGEN.
Constitution By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: H.R. 6131: Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MFUME, Mr.
By Mr. LYNCH: H.R. 7477. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. LOWENTHAL.
H.R. 7462. H.R. 6192: Mr. RASKIN.
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6257: Mr. STIVERS.
lation pursuant to the following:
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 6336: Mr. ROY.
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all
Article I, Section 8, Cl. 18 H.R. 6393: Mr. BAIRD.
Laws which shall be necessary and proper for
By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 6394: Mr. PAPPAS.
carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow-
New York: H.R. 6425: Mr. KENNEDY.
H.R. 7463. ers, and all other Powers vested by the Con-
stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 6482: Mr. BAIRD.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6506: Mr. ROSE of New York.
lation pursuant to the following: States, or in any Department or Officer
thereof. H.R. 6515: Mr. MCGOVERN.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary H.R. 6519: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia.
and Proper Clause) By Ms. WEXTON:
H.R. 7478. H.R. 6626: Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, and
By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Mr. HUFFMAN.
New York: Congress has the power to enact this legis-
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 6644: Mr. MCADAMS and Mr. SUOZZI.
H.R. 7464. H.R. 6646: Mrs. NAPOLITANO and Mr. HECK.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
By Mr. YOUNG: H.R. 6708: Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee.
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 6763: Ms. CRAIG.
Article I, Sec. 8 H.R. 7479.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6794: Mr. HIMES, Mr. CASTEN of Illi-
By Ms. NORTON: nois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr.
H.R. 7465. lation pursuant to the following:
Article I, Section 8 GREEN of Texas, Ms. VELÁZQUEZ, Ms. BLUNT
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
The constitutional authority of Congress ROCHESTER, and Mr. CLEAVER.
lation pursuant to the following:
H.R. 6829: Ms. DEAN, Ms. SHALALA, Mr.
clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the to enact this legislation is provided by Arti-
PERLMUTTER, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. MORELLE, and
Constitution. cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu-
Mr. GARCÍA of California.
By Ms. NORTON: tion (clause 14), which provides Congress
H.R. 6848: Mr. LOEBSACK.
H.R. 7466. with the power to make rules for the govern-
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6885: Mr. BAIRD and Mr. TIFFANY.
ment and regulation of the land and naval
H.R. 6902: Mr. VEASEY.
lation pursuant to the following: forces.
clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the H.R. 6909: Ms. BARRAGÁN and Mr. CARSON of
Constitution. f Indiana.
By Mr. PANETTA: H.R. 6918: Mr. CORREA.
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 6958: Mr. HARDER of California and Mr.
H.R. 7467.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors COOPER.
lation pursuant to the following: were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 6959: Ms. DELAURO.
Article I, Section 8, clause 18 H.R. 6990: Mr. COSTA.
tions, as follows: H.R. 6994: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia.
By Mr. RASKIN: H.R. 40: Mr. MFUME, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.
H.R. 7468. H.R. 7023: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr.
VEASEY, and Ms. SCANLON. KATKO, Mr. KIM, and Mr. HURD of Texas.
Congress has the power to enact this legis-
H.R. 372: Mr. KIM. H.R. 7027: Mr. RYAN and Mr. CARSON of In-
lation pursuant to the following:
H.R. 445: Mrs. DEMINGS. diana.
Article I, Section 8
H.R. 584: Mr. LEVIN of California. H.R. 7029: Mr. STIVERS.
By Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee:
H.R. 7469. H.R. 865: Ms. PLASKETT. H.R. 7032: Mr. RUTHERFORD and Ms. WILD.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1069: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 7048: Ms. SHERRILL.
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1083: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. H.R. 7062: Mr. BROWN of Maryland.
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1109: Mr. O’HALLERAN. H.R. 7072: Mr. COLE.
Constitution. H.R. 1694: Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 7078: Mr. CÁRDENAS.
By Mr. RUIZ: H.R. 1766: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. H.R. 7092: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. BACON.
H.R. 7470. VELA, Mr. VEASEY, and Mr. AGUILAR. H.R. 7117: Mr. VELA.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1776: Mr. KHANNA. H.R. 7136: Ms. NORTON.
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2048: Mr. AGUILAR. H.R. 7177: Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. NOR-
Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the H.R. 2208: Ms. JAYAPAL. TON, and Mrs. BEATTY.
United States Constitution, to provide for H.R. 2279: Mr. SIRES, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. H.R. 7179: Mr. TIFFANY.
the general welfare and make all laws nec- NADLER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. COLE, Ms. H.R. 7197: Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr.
essary and proper to carry out the powers of DEAN, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SHALALA, and Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr.
Congress. HARDER of California. COSTA, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. ROSE of New York,
By Mr. RUSH: H.R. 2329: Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CASTEN of Illi- Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. O’HALLERAN.
H.R. 7471. nois, and Mr. CISNEROS. H.R. 7216: Ms. CRAIG.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2350: Mr. LIPINSKI. H.R. 7226: Mr. NORMAN.
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2431: Mr. MCADAMS. H.R. 7227: Mr. DESAULNIER.
Article I, Section 8 H.R. 2526: Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. H.R. 7232: Ms. WILD.
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By Ms. SPEIER: H.R. 2654: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 7265: Mr. WALBERG and Mr. PERL-
H.R. 7472. H.R. 2730: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. MUTTER.
Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2775: Mr. HORSFORD. H.R. 7285: Mr. GOSAR.
lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3082: Mr. POCAN. H.R. 7289: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD.
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 3114: Mrs. LURIA. H.R. 7308: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. FITZPATRICK,
granted to Congress under Article 1, Section H.R. 3306: Mr. COOPER. Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. MCKINLEY,
8 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 3316: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr.
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SCHNEIDER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. DA- H.R. 7415: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms.
VIDS of Kansas, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. ALLRED. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia.
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. RYAN, Mr. LEVIN of Cali- H.R. 7425: Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. H. Res. 992: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr.
fornia, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, MARSHALL, and Mr. BALDERSON. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr.
Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. NORTON, H. Res. 783: Mr. STEUBE. PERLMUTTER.
Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and H. Res. 1010: Mr. LOWENTHAL.
H. Res. 823: Mr. GROTHMAN.
Ms. SLOTKIN. H. Res. 1014: Ms. OMAR and Mrs. HAYES.
H.R. 7317: Mr. LOWENTHAL. H. Res. 902: Mr. TED LIEU of California, H. Res. 1024: Ms. ESCOBAR and Mr. PHIL-
H.R. 7326: Mr. GROTHMAN. Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. PETERS. LIPS.
H.R. 7358: Mr. PALMER, Mr. BROOKS of Ala- H. Res. 972: Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. JUDY CHU of H. Res. 1032: Ms. ESCOBAR and Mr. KILDEE.
bama, and Mrs. LESKO. California, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. H. Res. 1033: Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KINZINGER,
H.R. 7371: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. LEVIN of California, Mr. TAKANO, and Ms. Mr. MEEKS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TITUS, Mr.
H.R. 7380: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of NORTON. SHERMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, and Mr.
New York and Mr. SERRANO. H. Res. 989: Ms. NORTON. SIRES.
H.R. 7383: Mrs. RADEWAGEN and Ms. H. Res. 990: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. POCAN, Ms. H. Res. 1035: Mr. TED LIEU of California and
VELÁZQUEZ. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. Mr. SMITH of Washington.
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Senate
The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was This sort of movement by Russia, if RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY
called to order by the President pro it is proven—and there are a lot who LEADER
tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). believe with Russia it is possible—it The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma-
f demands a strong response. And I don’t jority leader is recognized.
mean a diplomatic response.
PRAYER f
We have had previous things like this
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- happen with Russia. President Bush PROTESTS
fered the following prayer: tried playing nice with Russia, then Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President,
Let us pray. talking tough when Putin showed his I had planned to speak first today
Mighty God, You are the strength of
true nature. about the NDAA. I had planned to dis-
our lives, our safe fortress, and our
President Obama repeated this cuss our work to ensure American serv-
shelter from life’s storms. During this
cycle—you know the word—‘‘resetting’’ icemembers can protect our Nation and
season of a raging tempest, speak Your
relations, despite Russia having just secure peace for the United States.
peace to our Senators. Remind them Unfortunately, the inexplicable pas-
that You continue to rule Your uni- occupied parts of our ally Georgia, and
then switching gears when Russia in- sivity and weakness of local leaders in
verse through the unfolding of Your our own country has denied some citi-
prevailing providence, and that Your vaded Ukraine.
Putin is a KGB guy who understands zens peace and security right here at
truth continues to march on in our Na- home.
tion and world. only strength. His popularity has
taken a hit lately. It makes him very Here we are in Congress, equipping
Lord, prosper the works of the hands our Armed Forces to protect the home-
of our legislators as they strive to glo- unpredictable. That may be why he is
doing these things, even though Russia land. Yet some local leaders have ap-
rify You with their thoughts, words, parently felt it would be too politically
and actions. has a reputation for doing them all the
time. incorrect to do their jobs and keep the
May faith replace fear, truth defeat
peace.
falsehood, justice triumph over greed, So we need to increase deterrence on It has now been 22 days since radical
and love prevail over hate. NATO’s eastern flank. We should also demonstrators seized control of several
We pray in Your great Name. Amen. hit back where it hurts. blocks of downtown Seattle, drove the
f Dictators like Putin fear their own police out of a precinct, and declared
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE people—and, of course, for good reason. an autonomous zone, which the mob
Putin and his cronies have enriched itself would rule.
The President pro tempore led the themselves at the expense of ordinary
Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: It is worth pausing to consider how
Russians. the mainstream media and leading
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America, and to the Repub- This week Russia is having a ref- Democrats might have reacted if tea
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, erendum on waiving term limits, al- party protesters in 2009 had forcibly
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. lowing Putin to stay in power when his created a breakaway zone within a
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. term is up. Of course, Russia will prob- major city and barred the actual au-
BLACKBURN). The Senator from Iowa. ably be conducting a rigged election. thorities from entering. Somehow I am
Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I We should point out to the Russian skeptical the press would have bent
ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 people that they don’t have to accept over backward to find a sympathetic
minute in morning business. that. light. Somehow I doubt these same
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I yield the floor. politicians would have felt compelled
objection, it is so ordered. I suggest the absence of a quorum. to curry favor with the occupiers or
f flirt with their demands.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
But we are talking about the Amer-
RUSSIA clerk will call the roll.
ican left in 2020. So, instead, what we
Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, if The legislative clerk proceeded to get is a major newspaper lavishing
reports are true that Russia has been call the roll. praise—praise—on the ‘‘liberated
paying a bounty to the Taliban to kill Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, streets’’ and a mayor and local govern-
American soldiers, this is a very seri- I ask unanimous consent that the order ment that have expressly declined to
ous escalation of what Russia expert for the quorum call be rescinded. restore order and the equal protection
Edward Lucas dubbed ‘‘The New Cold The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of the law.
War.’’ Mr. Lucas said that back in 2008. objection, it is so ordered. The mob has gotten its way.
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There have been numerous shootings China is not our only adversary occu- tation and Infrastructure Committee
in this lawless place. About a week pying the spotlight. Recent days have said so. He said: ‘‘This is the applica-
ago, a 19-year-old was shot and killed. intensified questions about Russia’s tion of the principles of the Green New
Last weekend, after yet another shoot- negative role in the Middle East. Deal.’’ And he is right, because here
ing, a 16-year-old is dead and a 14-year- I have long warned that Russia and are the four pillars of the Green New
old was injured. Some reports suggest other adversaries will exploit any Deal: No. 1, spend an insane amount of
these two boys were shot by a self-ap- American passivity or retreat from money; No. 2, check every far-left ideo-
pointed security squad. These are mis- this important region. Whether in logical box; No. 3, propose bad policies;
cellaneous citizens who roam the area Syria or Afghanistan, the question is and No. 4, forget about making law
with guns drawn after the occupiers whether we will stand our ground and from the very beginning so you can leg-
drove the real police out. exert our influence or allow Iran, Rus- islate in a world of pure fantasy—pure
We are talking about Seattle, WA, in sia, and terrorists to literally push us fantasy. Check, check, check, and
the United States of America? out of the region. check.
The rule of law cannot fade in and Sadly, as the Senate turns to the This so-called infrastructure bill
out with the fashions of the radical NDAA, the need to continue making would siphon billions in funding from
left. No leaders should have sacrificed swift progress on our national defense actual infrastructure to funnel into cli-
small businesses to riots and mobs a strategy is staring us plain in the face. mate change policy. By putting a huge
few weeks back, and no leader should Fortunately, Chairman INHOFE, Rank- thumb on the scale for mass transit
let threats or leftwing jargon persuade ing Member REED, and our colleagues and electric vehicles, it revises the old
them to tolerate occupations for weeks on the Armed Services Committee have Obama-Biden focus on disproportion-
on end. put forward a bill that rises to the ately helping major metro areas, leav-
I understand that, just this morning, challenge. ing less for the rest of our country. No
Seattle’s mayor finally—finally—re- The bill establishes the Pacific De- wonder it came out of committee in
leased a new order that at last empow- terrence Initiative. It lays out a clear the House on a purely bipartisan vote.
ered police to bring an end to this. So vision for making our Pacific joint No wonder the White House declared it
let’s hope the rule of law finally—fi- force more adaptable and our commit- not a serious proposal and made it
nally—prevails. ments to regional partners more fea- clear this will never become law.
f sible, smarter basing for forward-de- Naturally, this nonsense is not going
ployed Americans, more supplies and anywhere in the Senate. It will just
NATIONAL DEFENSE equipment prepositioned.
AUTHORIZATION ACT join the list of absurd House proposals
It will encourage more streamlined
Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, that were only drawn up to show fealty
technology so that, from weapons plat-
on an entirely different matter, the to the radical left. Here in the Senate,
forms to information security, America
Senate has indeed turned to what will we will keep at the serious work of our
and its allies in China’s backyard stand
be the 60th annual National Defense Nation.
ready to counter aggression together.
Authorization Act. If you look at the This NDAA authorizes full funding f
world news, it would appear we have for the European Deterrence Initiative, RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME
done so not a moment too soon. doubling down on our NATO alliances The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
After months of threats, President Xi as we check the worst impulses of the previous order, the leadership time
and the Chinese Communist Party fi- Putin’s Russia. The bill will further is reserved.
nally delivered the punch in the mouth limit the information Putin gets per-
to the city of Hong Kong that they are f
taining to missile defense, bring more
calling a ‘‘national security law.’’ As I focus on tracking Russian support for CONCLUSION OF MORNING
and others have warned for months, it terrorist proxies and despotic regimes, BUSINESS
tramples all over the freedoms and au- and renew our commitment to have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning
tonomy that have set Hong Kong apart. U.S. forces support, train, and keep business is closed.
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of watch alongside our partners.
Hong Kong’s handover from the United f
But it isn’t enough to check our ad-
Kingdom. Normally this anniversary versaries today. We also need to outrun LEGISLATIVE SESSION
would have occasioned peaceful dem- them toward the future. So this legis-
onstration. Instead, the new law has lation will also support critical re-
brought scores of arrests and boasts NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA-
serves to help us secure a decisive edge
from local authorities about how many TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR
in everything from hypersonic weapons
peaceful demonstrators they have 2021—Resumed
to 5G communications.
jailed, new harsh penalties for Threats to our Nation are pulling The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
Hongkongers for new and vague of- American servicemembers in all direc- the previous order, the Senate will re-
fenses, and new authority from Beijing tions. Fortunately, this NDAA has all sume consideration of S. 4049, which
to intervene at will. of their backs. the clerk will report.
It appears to directly—directly—vio- f The legislative clerk read the fol-
late China’s international promises and lowing:
effectively end the ‘‘one country, two INFRASTRUCTURE A bill (S. 4049) to authorize appropriations
systems’’ policy. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of
I have discussed at some length the on one final matter, while the Senate the Department of Defense, for military con-
specific consequences China will face maintains the serious approach that struction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military
for this. I will continue to discuss them builds bipartisan successes like the
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and
in the future. CARES Act and the Great American for other purposes.
This same week, we received new Outdoors Act, the House Democrats ap-
confirmation that China’s ethnic Pending:
pear addicted to pointless political the-
Inhofe amendment No. 2301, in the nature
cleansing campaign against the Uighur ater. of a substitute.
people in Xinjiang includes forced Well, our absentee neighbors have fi- McConnell (for Portman) amendment No.
abortions, forced birth control, and nally arrived back in the Capitol, and 2080 (to amendment No. 2301), to require an
State-enforced sterilizations on a sys- they have wasted no time resuming old element in annual reports on cyber science
tematic scale. tricks. The Speaker has chosen to and technology activities on work with aca-
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All of this is in addition to the inter- spend the House’s time this week on a demic consortia on high priority cybersecu-
national provocation that China has multithousand-page cousin of the rity research activities in Department of De-
only stepped up during this pandemic— Green New Deal masquerading as a fense capabilities.
which they helped worsen—against highway bill. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER
Taiwan, against India, against the You don’t have to take my word for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Philippines, and so on. it; the chair of the House Transpor- Democratic leader is recognized.
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AMERICAN WORKFORCE RESCUE ACT and impossible—impossible—to ex- small business owners. More than
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, plain. 200,000 DACA recipients are currently
this morning, I have come to the floor We have other deadlines before us, ‘‘essential critical infrastructure work-
with Senators WYDEN and BENNET to not just the PPP. Today is July 1. With ers.’’ That is not my term. It is the
talk about a really bold new idea to ex- the first of the month comes a new way President Trump’s Department of
tend enhanced unemployment assist- rent payment for millions of American Homeland Security describes the work
ance for as long as economic conditions families who have lost their jobs of these DACA recipients now—200,000
in the country warrant it. I will speak through no fault of their own. Senate of them ‘‘essential critical infrastruc-
about that legislation more in a mo- Democrats, led by Ranking Member ture workers.’’ Among those DACA re-
ment, but first, two other issues. SHERROD BROWN, are going to ask the cipients, 41,700 of them are in the
S. 4049 Senate to pass rental assistance and an healthcare industry. This includes doc-
Madam President, first, last night extension on the moratorium on evic- tors, intensive care nurses, paramedics,
President Trump threatened to veto tions. Will Senate Republicans agree to and respiratory therapists. They are
the National Defense Authorization our request or leave millions of renters the healthcare heroes we salute, and at
Act—the bill on the floor this week— out in the cold? the same time, they are the DACA re-
because it contains a provision to re- I would say to my Republican cipients this President loathes.
name military bases named after Con- friends, let the extension of the PPP On September 5, 2017, President
federate generals. program be a metaphor. Democrats are Trump repealed DACA. Hundreds of
Let me make a prediction. First, that going to keep pressing for Senate ac- thousands of Dreamers faced losing
provision will not change in this bill as tion on COVID–19-related issues. Let their work permits and faced being de-
it moves through the House and Sen- the Republican response be quick and ported to countries many of them bare-
ate. Second, let me predict that Presi- generous, not stingy and halting. Sen- ly remembered, if they remembered at
dent Trump will not veto a bill that ate Republicans are going to have to all. Thankfully, the Supreme Court
contains pay raises for our troops and respond one way or the other and ei- stepped in and rejected that strategy
crucial support for our military. This ther support urgent and necessary by President Trump.
is nothing but typical bluster from pieces of legislation or explain to their What was the President’s reaction?
President Trump. The NDAA will pass, constituents why they are blocking To no surprise, the President re-
and we will scrub from our military them. It would be far better to pass sponded by attacking the Court and
bases the names of men who fought for these measures earlier rather than threatening to try to repeal DACA,
the Confederacy and took up arms later and be more generous rather than even again, in the closing months of
against our country. stingy. his first term.
CORONAVIRUS (The remarks of Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. Congress must step in immediately.
Madam President, on a second mat- WYDEN and Mr. BENNET pertaining to After that Supreme Court decision,
ter, before I get to the main topic of the introduction of S. 4143 are printed President Trump tweeted, ‘‘I have
this morning, all week, Democrats in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Statements wanted to take care of DACA recipi-
have been trying to force action on the on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolu- ents better than the Do Nothing Demo-
Senate floor to make progress on cru- tions.’’) crats, but for two years they refused to
cial issues related to the COVID–19 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The negotiate.’’
pandemic. As Senate Republicans con- Democratic whip. Here is the reality. The President has
tinue to mindlessly delay the next UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 6 rejected numerous bipartisan proposals
round of COVID–19 relief, we have tried Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I to deal with DACA and the Dreamers.
day after day to jolt the Senate into come to the floor this morning on an May I be specific?
action. Last night, we made notable issue that is topical. It is an issue that, On February 15, 2018, the Senate con-
progress. over the last several days, has become sidered bipartisan legislation that was
In the late hours of last evening, we a national centerpiece of conversation. offered by Republican Senator MIKE
were able to pass a monthlong exten- It reflects a decision of just a few ROUNDS and Independent Senator
sion of the Payment Protection Pro- days ago by the Supreme Court that re- ANGUS KING—a bipartisan measure.
gram, whose loan authority expired at jected President Trump’s efforts to re- The bill, which included a path to citi-
midnight with over $130 billion left in peal deportation protections for zenship for Dreamers, was supported by
the program. We had to force our Re- Dreamers—young immigrants who a bipartisan majority of the Senate.
publican colleagues to act on this very came to the United States as children. Why did it fail to reach 60 votes? Be-
simple and noncontroversial exten- In an opinion by Chief Justice John cause President Trump openly opposed
sion—a date change—to help small Roberts, the Court held that the Presi- it. That is why. He said: I have a better
businesses across America, particularly dent’s decision to rescind DACA, the idea.
underserved businesses, minority- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals On the same day that the Senate
owned businesses that had trouble ac- Program, was ‘‘arbitrary and capri- voted on the President’s immigration
cessing the PPP program in its early cious.’’ proposal, we found his so-called ‘‘better
days. It was 10 years ago that I joined with idea’’ failed by a bipartisan super-
Throughout the day, we heard, to our Republican Senator Dick Lugar, of In- majority of 39 to 60.
surprise, that our Republican friends diana, on a bipartisan basis, to call on On June 4, 2019, the House of Rep-
might block the legislation, but when President Obama and beg him to use resentatives passed H.R. 6—on June 4,
the time came, Senator CARDIN’s con- his legal authority to protect Dreamers 2019, which was more than a year ago.
sent request was agreed to. It certainly from deportation. President Obama re- H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, is
is something to celebrate, but I would sponded by creating the Deferred Ac- legislation that would give Dreamers a
have hoped that our two parties could tion for Childhood Arrivals Program, path to citizenship, and it passed the
have worked this out before last night known as DACA. It provided for House with a strong bipartisan vote.
as a small part of much broader legisla- Dreamers temporary protection from The Dream and Promise Act has been
tion to address the many challenges deportation—2 years at a time—if they pending in the Senate for more than a
posed by COVID–19 rather than a con- registered with the government, paid year. I have come to the floor, day
sent request forcing the Republicans to substantial fees, and passed criminal after day, and heard the Republican
act. and national security background leader, Senator MCCONNELL, bemoan-
But Senate Republicans, unfortu- checks. More than 800,000 Dreamers ing the fact that we are so busy here in
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nately, seem dead-set on delaying al- came forward and received DACA pro- the Senate and that the House just
most any action on COVID–19 until tection. isn’t doing its work. Yet the House has
after July, after they have had time, in DACA unleashed the full potential of sent some 400 pieces of legislation to
the words of Leader MCCONNELL, ‘‘to these Dreamers, who are contributing Senator MCCONNELL’s desk—90 percent
assess the conditions in the country.’’ to our Nation in a variety of ways—as of it bipartisan. He refuses to consider
The obstruction is deeply regrettable soldiers, as teachers, as nurses, as it. He refuses to bring it to this empty
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Senate floor so that we can do our our judicial process all the way to the bill is here. We know that the bill is
work. One of those measures, sadly, is highest Court in the land, where the prepared and covers the areas that
the Dream and Promise Act—the bill ruling was in favor of Cinthya and the would protect this young lady and so
that would solve at least part of the DACA recipients who have this protec- many others and give them a future in
immigration challenge we now face in tion. the United States of America. At this
America. Last week, I sent a letter, In that year, did we step forward in point, it is really up to us.
signed by all 47 Democratic Senators, the U.S. Senate—the so-called greatest Now, there may be an objection when
calling on Senator MCCONNELL to im- deliberative body on Earth—to even de- I make this unanimous consent re-
mediately schedule a vote after the Su- bate the bill that passed the House of quest. Listen carefully to the objec-
preme Court decision. As of today, the Representatives? No. No, there was no tion. It has nothing to do with resolv-
Senator has not replied. time for that. As you can see, we are so ing the issue before us—the issue of the
Over the years, I have decided that busy here on the floor of the U.S. Sen- future of this young woman and thou-
the only way to tell the story of the ate. sands of others just like her.
Dreamers and the story of DACA is to There is so much more that we could But we are in a position at this mo-
introduce them here in the Senate. I do here. Shouldn’t we start with the ment where we have to act. I am await-
have asked them to come forward, if highest priority—protecting Americans ing the arrival of a Republican Mem-
they wish, provide me with photo- in the midst of this pandemic? ber, who I hope is on the way, and so at
graphs, and let me tell their stories. This woman, Cinthya Ramirez—un- this point I am going to suspend and
This is the 124th story I am going to documented, protected by DACA—risks yield the floor with the hopes that we
tell. It is the story of a remarkable her life every single day because of this can return to another colleague coming
young woman named Cinthya Ramirez. pandemic. Can we risk ourselves politi- to the floor momentarily.
Cinthya Ramirez came to the United cally for a minute in the Senate and I yield the floor.
States from Mexico at the age of 4. She actually take up a measure that could I suggest the absence of a quorum.
grew up in Nashville, TN. She wrote me have a direct impact on the lives of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
a letter. Here is what she wrote about 800,000 DACA recipients and the thou- clerk will call the roll.
growing up: sands of others who could have applied The senior assistant legislative clerk
Moving to the United States gave me the for that protection during the months proceeded to call the roll.
gift of education. I learned English by the that we have debated this in court? Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I
first grade, and that is when I learned that I Sadly, we have been unable to do ask unanimous consent that the order
loved school and I loved learning. that, and it is all because of a decision for the quorum call be rescinded.
While in high school, Cinthya was on being made by the President of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
the track team and was a student United States and by the Republican objection, it is so ordered.
council representative and a great stu- majority leader, and it is a decision Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I
dent. She graduated at the top of her which needs to be addressed directly. am here to urge my colleagues on the
high school class with the highest hon- In a few moments, I am going to offer Republican side not to object—follow
ors. Cinthya went to Lipscomb Univer- a unanimous consent request, when it last night’s example and allow this
sity, which is a private Christian col- comes to moving this bill, that was simple, humane, and good-for-our-econ-
lege in Nashville, and she graduated sent over by the House of Representa- omy amendment to go forward.
with a nursing degree. Today, thanks tives more than a year ago. I am really First, I want to salute Senator DUR-
to DACA, Cinthya works as a cardiac going to call the bluff of this President, BIN. There has been no voice—no voice
registered nurse at Vanderbilt Univer- who asks: Why doesn’t Congress act? of any elected official whom I know
sity Medical Center—the largest hos- Why don’t you come up with a bipar- who has had a stronger, longer, and
pital in Nashville, TN. Cinthya is on tisan proposal? more passionate defense of the DACA
the frontline of the COVID–19 pan- Mr. President, here is our chance. kids, many of whom are now adults.
demic. Here is an opportunity. And he has pricked the conscience of
Here is what she writes about this ex- We have a bill that has been sitting the Nation so that now the DACA kids
perience: here for a year that would address and their families are, really, by most
I am a very spiritual person, and I pray a Cinthya Ramirez’s future and the fu- Americans respected and by many
lot. I remind myself that this is the job that ture of thousands of others. The ques- Americans just loved. I am one of those
I was meant to have. If the time comes for tion is whether or not the Members on in the latter category. I love these kids
patients to die and they cannot have their the other side of the aisle, on the Re- and their families.
families with them, we have to be there for publican side of the aisle, will at least I have watched them, on the
them. let us address this issue now. frontlines during the coronavirus crisis
Cinthya’s greatest fear is that of Give us an opportunity to bring be- in New York, risk their lives, even
bringing the coronavirus home to her fore the U.S. Senate a measure which though they are not allowed to be full
family when she comes home after her is no surprise, nothing revolutionary or Americans, to help.
nursing shifts at the hospital. new. It is a measure we have consid- Now we have an opportunity here to
Here is what she writes: ered in various forms over the last 20 simply say: Stop harassing them. Let
I take every precaution before entering the years, but it is a measure that would them do their jobs. Let them live their
house. I take off my clothes, clean my phone, address this issue and do it in a lives. Let them be with their families
go straight to the shower. The rest is in the thoughtful way. here in America so they can help us in
hands of God. This is an opportunity which we our economy recover from COVID, as
I thank Cinthya Ramirez—a DACA should seize. Wouldn’t it be remark- they have been doing, without looking
recipient—for her service. She is an im- able, maybe a headliner, if the Senate over their shoulder and worrying about
migrant healthcare hero. She is a actually did something—if we actually being deported or having one of their
DACA healthcare hero. She is putting took an issue of the day that affected family members being deported every 5
herself and her family at risk to save real people, real lives, in the middle of minutes.
the lives of others. She should also not this coronavirus epidemic and actually It is such an important amendment.
have to wake up every morning in fear decided that this young woman and It is so good for the country. The idea
that actions taken by the Trump ad- thousands like her were worth the ef- that immigrants are bad for America,
ministration will lead to her being de- fort? that DACA kids are bad for America, is
ported back to a country she can bare- I think America would be shocked a regressive, nativist, and often bigoted
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ly, if at all, remember. that this U.S. Senate responded that idea that some use for political pur-
This is a classic example of this de- way, and don’t tell me we have better poses, but nothing, nothing, nothing
bate and what it is about—and to think things to do. I am all for doing the could be further from the truth.
that, in a year, we have not even taken military authorization bill. We can get So I urge my colleagues not to object
up this issue that was sent to us by the that done and be back in 2 weeks and to Senator DURBIN’s fine amendment to
House while it winds its way through take this up immediately. We know the help America live up to its ideals and
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its dreams. That lady in the harbor in diploma or equivalent, or are currently Put it through an amendment process
the city in which I live—‘‘Give me your in the process of doing that. She is a on the floor. I have lived through that
poor, your tired, your huddled masses graduate of Lipscomb University with before. It actually would resemble the
yearning to breathe free’’—that has a degree in nursing. U.S. Senate, which many people re-
been part of the American fabric for They must pass government and member from the history books, where
centuries. background security checks, submit bi- people actually came to deliberate and
This is a chance to bring us back to ometric and biographic data, dem- vote on amendments. That is all we are
that fabric, that wonderful fabric that onstrate good character with no felo- asking for. Bring this under unanimous
has been so good for our country for nies, misdemeanor offenses of domestic consent to the floor. Let’s do it. The
those centuries. violence, or multiple misdemeanor con- President has challenged us.
I yield the floor. victions, and they must register for the I am going to make a unanimous con-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Selective Service, if applicable—she sent request. I see the Senator from
ator from Illinois. has already met all these standards by Texas is on the floor here, and I want
Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I the examination she has been put to make sure I get the right copy. Here
want to thank my colleague and friend through for DACA—and, of course, pay it is.
Senator SCHUMER. We have been fight- their application fee. Madam President, I ask unanimous
ing this battle for a long time, Senator. DACA recipients and other DACA-eli- consent that the Senate proceed to the
Eight of us who came, four Demo- gible Dreamers who still meet the re- immediate consideration of Calendar
crats and four Republicans, put to- quirements needed to obtain DACA No. 112, H.R. 6, the American Dream
gether a comprehensive immigration would automatically qualify for condi- and Promise Act; further, that the bill
reform bill which should have passed 7 tional permanent resident status. be considered read a third time and
years ago—68 votes on the floor of the When the President ended DACA in passed; that the motion to reconsider
U.S. Senate. It was a bipartisan meas- September of 2017, we stopped accept- be considered made and laid upon the
ure, which we joined with Senator ing applications from those who were table with no intervening action or de-
McCain to put together to bring to the eligible. Now these young people would bate.
floor. have the chance, if they meet the re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
I thank you for your heartfelt com- quirements and the test that is re- objection?
ments. quired of them. The Senator from Texas.
They must complete one of three Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, reserv-
I am going to speak a little longer
tracks: graduate from college or uni- ing the right to object.
and make a unanimous consent re- You know, someone watching this at
quest. versity or complete at least 2 years of
a bachelor’s or higher degree program home might think that Senate Demo-
This measure I am asking for unani-
in the United States; complete at least crats want to actually enact amnesty
mous consent on, the American Dream for the so-called DACA recipients. Of
and Promise Act, was introduced by 2 years of honorable military service or
have worked for a period totaling at course, they could have done so earlier.
Representative LUCILLE ROYBAL- President Trump offered Senate
ALLARD, Democrat of California, on least 3 years while having valid em-
ployment authorization; maintain con- Democrats a deal that would have
March 12, 2019, with 202 original co- granted permanent amnesty for all the
tinuous residence in the country; dem-
sponsors. DACA recipients, and the Democrats
It would provide Dreamers, tem- onstrate an ability to read, write,
speak English; understand American turned it down. They didn’t want the
porary protected status recipients, and deal. They hoped, instead, to have an
history, principles, and form of govern-
individuals with deferred enforcement issue in November.
ment.
departure with protection from depor- You know, we are right now in a time
It is a high standard, but it is one
tation and an opportunity to obtain they are prepared to meet and they of crisis in our country. We have a
permanent legal status in the United should meet to become part of Amer- global pandemic, and we have 44 mil-
States if they meet certain require- ica’s future. lion Americans out of work. This is, on
ments. How important are they? Well, they the economic side, the greatest crisis
It passed the House of Representa- are extremely important in every sin- our country has seen since the Great
tives 237 to 187—7 Republicans joined gle State. We know that there are some Depression.
the 230 Democrats who were present to 780,000 DACA recipients across the Yet what we are seeing in the Senate
support the legislation. United States. There are 109,000 of is a continuation of something we have
Protections in the American Dream them in the State of Texas—109,000. seen for several years, which is that to-
and Promise Act would allow nearly The average age of arrival for them is day’s Democratic Party doesn’t value
700,000 DACA recipients, as well as an- 7. They came here as kids. Their an- working men and women—American
other 1.6 million eligible Dreamers nual tax contributions are in the mil- working men and women.
brought to the United States as chil- lions. I could read the numbers. Last week, we saw a decision from
dren to stay in our country legally. In the State of Texas, there are 30,000 the Supreme Court of the United
The bill’s protections would also of these DACA recipients who have States on amnesty. It was a particu-
allow over 300,000 temporary protected been characterized by the Trump ad- larly disgraceful opinion. Unfortu-
status holders and 3,600 individuals ministration as essential workers— nately, it was authored by Chief Jus-
that I described earlier with the same 30,000—4,300 DACA healthcare workers tice Roberts; it was joined by the four
opportunity. in the State of Texas. liberals; and it concerned President
It would create a conditional perma- The States of Texas, Arizona, Cali- Obama’s illegal amnesty.
nent resident status valid for up to 10 fornia, Florida, and others are going DACA, when it was issued, was ille-
years that would protect Dreamers, in- through a resurgence of infection and gal. Actually, for years, President
cluding DACA, from deportation and death from this pandemic. These DACA Obama admitted that. When activists
allow them to work legally in the young people—many of them are on the asked him: Will you decree amnesty
United States. Cinthya Ramirez could frontline fighting this disease, as unilaterally, as an executive, he told
continue working as a nurse long after Cinthya Rameriz is in Tennessee. them over and over again: I can’t do
this pandemic is gone. The notion that we want them to that. I am bound by Federal immigra-
To qualify for this, the Dreamers leave now—4,300 leave Texas now— tion laws. I am not a King. I am not an
would need to meet requirements. They healthcare workers? Unimaginable. It Emperor. That is what President
must have come to the United States makes no sense. Obama said repeatedly.
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before the age of 18—she came at the It is time for us to do something. At But then as the election approached,
age of 4—and continuously lived here a minimum, for goodness’ sake, in this I guess they reassessed and decided
for at least 4 years. empty Chamber, can we come together that being a King or Emperor sounded
They must demonstrate they have and debate this issue? pretty good, and so DACA, the day it
been admitted to an institution of The President has challenged us to was issued, was directly contrary to
higher education, earned a high school do it. Let’s do it—not be afraid of it. law.
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Federal immigration law says in the ders, rapes, and assaults. We are not This young woman has been as open
statute books that if you are here ille- going to let them out to abuse and with our government as she could pos-
gally, it is illegal for you to stay, to threaten children. sibly be, and for it she has received 2
get work permits, and the Obama ad- Kate’s Law is overwhelmingly bipar- years at a time to build a life, and
ministration ignored Federal immigra- tisan common sense. If you go into the what a life she has built. Undocu-
tion law and simply printed what were great State of Illinois and ask the vot- mented and uncertain of her future, a
called work authorizations. ers of Illinois ‘‘Does Kate’s Law make person who is doomed by the Trump
My friend from Illinois has a picture sense?’’ overwhelmingly, they say yes. administration’s policy finishes her
of a lovely young lady whom he has That is true in every State in the coun- medical education in nursing school at
spoken about. try. Lipscomb University, a Christian col-
What he doesn’t have a picture of is By the way, it is true of voters who lege in Nashville, and works at one of
what happened after Executive am- aren’t just Republicans. It is true of the best hospitals in the whole region,
nesty was granted for those who came Democrats, and it is true of Independ- saving the lives of people who are fac-
illegally as kids, which is that the ents. It is true of everyone except the ing COVID–19, and in the eyes of the
number of unaccompanied children 47 elected Democrats in this Chamber Senator from Texas, she is just another
skyrocketed. and their colleagues in the House of criminal looking for amnesty. Really?
In the State of Texas I have been Representatives because the reason I am sorry, that doesn’t add up. It
down to the border many, many times. Kate’s Law is not the law is that every doesn’t add up at all.
I have visited with the Border Patrol time I have tried to bring it up, the To say today that because we are
many, many times. You know, when Democrats have objected to it. seeking help on DACA, Democrats do
you go online, you see cages with chil- If Kate’s Law had been on the books, not value American workers—another
dren in them. What many of the people Kate Steinle would still be alive be- statement made by the Senator from
online don’t tell you is that it was the cause the violent criminal who kept Texas—may I remind the Senator that
Barack Obama administration that coming in over and over and over again all of the people we are talking about
built those cages, and it was Executive illegally would have been in jail in- in the DACA Program are currently in
amnesty that resulted in tens of thou- stead of murdering that young woman. the United States legally working be-
sands of little boys and little girls Amnesty is wrong. Illegal Executive cause of DACA? It is not as if they are
being sent alone with violent drug traf- amnesty is wrong, and we need to have taking jobs away by coming into this
fickers, with coyotes. Far too many of as our first priority protecting the country and displacing others. Many of
those kids were physically assaulted American workers and keeping the them are unemployed because of the
and sexually assaulted. You are not American people safe. economy too. She is doing work people
helping children by incentivizing little I object. are afraid to do, exposing herself to the
boys and little girls being in the hands The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- coronavirus every single day.
You heard the routine she goes
of violent traffickers. That is not hu- tion is heard.
through when she comes home from
mane. I have seen child after child The Senator from Illinois.
Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, it work: taking off her clothing, rushing
after child abused by this system, and
into a shower, washing off her cell
every time the Democrats offer more my understanding that the Senator
phone, cleaning it before she sees her
amnesty, the predictable result is that from Texas was going to offer a con-
family. This is a person who is a crimi-
more children are going to be phys- sent request.
nal? She is a criminal for what she
ically and sexually assaulted. Amnesty Mr. CRUZ. Yes.
Mr. DURBIN. I think this is the mo- does, Cinthya Ramirez—really? I don’t
is wrong. understand the thinking.
It is also the wrong priority of to- ment to do it.
To call the decision last week—the
day’s Democratic Party. Their priority The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
week before—before the Supreme Court
is on people here illegally and not on ator from Texas.
disgraceful is to say that she should
American workers, not on keeping UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—KATE’S LAW
have no chance. She should be gone.
American workers safe. Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I ask What has she got to offer to the United
What we should be doing—and in just unanimous consent that the Senate States of America, to the State of Ten-
a moment, I am going to ask unani- proceed to the immediate consider- nessee, to our future? She has a lot to
mous consent for this body to take up ation of Kate’s Law, which is at the offer, and most Americans, even an
and pass Kate’s Law. I am the author desk. overwhelming majority of Republicans,
of Kate’s Law in the Senate. Kate’s I ask unanimous consent that the bill get that part of it.
Law is named for Kate Steinle, a beau- be considered read a third time and Now the Senator comes before us
tiful young woman in California who passed and that the motion to recon- today with a consistent record on
was murdered on a California pier by sider be considered made and laid upon Dreamers. Every moment that he has
an illegal immigrant who had come the table. been in the U.S. Senate, whenever he
into this country illegally over and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there has been given a chance—whenever—to
over and over again. He had multiple objection? help the Dreamers or to help DACA,
violent criminal convictions over and Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, re- the junior Senator from Texas has
over and over again, but our revolving- serving the right to object. voted no, time and time and time
door system kept letting him out. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- again. He is consistent. Bless him for
As Kate Steinle died on that Cali- ator from Illinois. his consistency.
fornia pier, her father held his daugh- Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, lis- Today he is not even offering an al-
ter in his arms, and her last words were ten carefully to what we just heard ternative that would give this woman a
‘‘Daddy, please help me.’’ from the Senator from Texas. First he chance—no alternative to the Dream
I have had the opportunity to visit talked about amnesty. Amnesty as I and Promise Act. Instead he offers his
with Kate Steinle’s family. What hap- understand it is a blanket forgiveness own bill, which has nothing whatsoever
pened to her was wrong. It shouldn’t for the commission of a crime. to do with DACA and the Dreamers.
happen, and the reason it happens is Cinthya Ramirez has DACA—the The Cruz bill would increase penalties
that our broken system keeps letting DACA protection that I described—2 for immigration offenses, but anyone
go violent criminal illegal aliens. What years at a time. She was brought here who commits any of the offenses that
does Kate’s Law provide? Common- to the United States from Mexico at have been described by the Senator
sense legislation that says aggravated the age of 4. She has paid her fee, has from Texas is already ineligible under
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felons—people with serious felony con- gone through her background check, DACA—ineligible. DACA requires ap-
victions—who repeatedly enter the and receives 2-year protections to con- plicants to clear criminal and national
country illegally face a mandatory tinue in this country. According to the security background checks. Cinthya
minimum prison sentence; in other Senator from Texas, that is amnesty Ramirez has done that. To say that she
words, we are not going to let them out for a crime—amnesty for a criminal. It is even close to committing a crime is
and allow them out to commit mur- is certainly not that. an outrage.
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Let’s be clear. The junior Senator entering at a greater risk. We must We also know that social distancing
from Texas is in the majority in the enact real reform so that the next time is key to preventing the spread of the
U.S. Senate. If he were serious about the next pandemic or economic down- virus. Yet almost one in six Native
advancing his bill, he could ask the turn hits, it is not these same commu- households is overcrowded, making so-
chairman of the Senate Judiciary Com- nities that once again bear the brunt of cial distancing not just difficult but
mittee to hold a committee vote on the the disaster. physically impossible for many fami-
bill. The Senator from Texas serves on Today, I want to focus our attention lies.
that committee. Then he could ask the on American Indian and Alaska Native All these institutional barriers com-
majority leader to schedule a floor communities—communities where in- bine to create a perfect storm. These
vote. But he hasn’t done that. This bill fection and mortality rates are much barriers aren’t the result of chance;
that he brings to the floor today he has higher than the overall U.S. population they are the result of policy. It is these
not even introduced as a bill in this and communities that can’t escape the institutional barriers that we must ac-
session of Congress. economic hardships this pandemic has knowledge and finally address so that
In this session of Congress, with the caused. this pandemic is not one more example
Republicans in the majority, the immi- We already knew that pandemics like of the failure of the United States to
gration subcommittee chaired by the this take an awful toll on Native com- meet our obligations. This time must
other Senator of Texas has held one munities. This was true 100 years ago be different. We must meet our respon-
hearing. The Senate Judiciary Com- during the 1918 flu pandemic when Na- sibilities and help build a more just
mittee has voted on one immigration tive Americans died at four times the and equitable society.
bill. There has not been a single vote rate of the rest of the country. This Throughout this crisis, Native com-
on an immigration bill on the floor of was true a decade ago during the 2019 munities have fought back. They are
the U.S. Senate. H1N1 outbreak when Native Americans resilient. They have fought back hard.
Clearly, the Senator from Texas has died at the same high rates. For example, in my home State of New
no intention of trying to advance this It is unforgivable that the adminis- Mexico and in Arizona and Utah, the
bill that he passionately defended on tration was not better prepared. Navajo Nation has imposed strict cur-
The underlying reasons that Native fews to prevent the spread. They have
the floor. He is offering it today to try
peoples—whether living on Tribal
to muddy the waters and somehow tie ramped up testing despite the complete
lands, in urban settings, or elsewhere—
up this wonderful young nurse in Ten- lack of testing supplies in the begin-
are at risk are multifaceted. They are
nessee with a horrible crime that was ning, and they have now, as of today,
all rooted in historic systemic injus-
committed in California. She had noth- tested about 25 percent of their popu-
tice.
ing to do with it. There is nothing in First and foremost, many Native lation, compared to 10 percent nation-
her life that is even close to that Americans do not have ready access to ally.
crime, and to put that as the alter- Tribal responses to the pandemic
quality healthcare, despite the Federal
native to DACA and the Dream Act is have been repeatedly hamstrung by
Government’s trust and treaty obliga-
fundamentally and totally unfair. this administration and congressional
tions to provide it—trust and treaty
As long as I am in the Senate, I will obligations taken on by this govern- inaction. As vice chair of the Senate
come to the floor of the Senate to ad- ment in exchange for millions of acres Indian Affairs Committee, I fought
vocate for Cinthya Ramirez and all of of land and countless lives lost. hard for funding targeted for Tribes.
the Dreamers. What an American trag- On the large, rural reservations and When the administration offered noth-
edy it would be to deport this brave in remote Alaskan Native villages, the ing for Tribes, we secured over $10 bil-
and talented young nurse who is saving nearest healthcare facility might be lion in the CARES Act. When the ad-
lives in the midst of this pandemic. hours away, and when you get there, if ministration fumbled distribution of
America is better than that. We must you can get there, there often aren’t Tribal funding, missing the statutory
ensure that Cinthya and hundreds of enough doctors or nurses or hospital deadline for distribution by almost 2
thousands of others in our essential beds. months, Congress and the Tribes
workforce are not forced to stop work- These logistical barriers are com- pushed back. Because Tribes are in cri-
ing. We need them now more than ever, pounded by the chronic, historic under- sis, days matter. It took a lawsuit and
and we must give them the chance they funding of the Indian Health Service, a Federal court order for Tribes to get
desire to let them become citizens of which many of us have fought for years their share of the $8 billion set aside
the United States. to correct. While we have made for them under the CARES Act.
Madam President, I object to the progress, the IHS budget still only cov- Today, the Senate Indian Affairs
unanimous consent request by the Sen- ers an estimated 16 percent of the need. Committee will hold an oversight hear-
ator from Texas. As a result of centuries of discrimi- ing on implementation of Federal pro-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- natory land, agricultural, and environ- grams to support Tribal COVID–19 pre-
tion is heard. mental policies, Native communities vention, containment, and response ef-
Mr. DURBIN. I suggest the absence of also face the highest rates of under- forts. Tribal witnesses will testify that
a quorum. lying conditions, like diabetes, heart policies and practices at FEMA, the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and lung disease, asthma, and obesity, CDC, HRSA, and a number of other
clerk will call the roll. that result in worse COVID–19 out- Federal Agencies have made Tribal ac-
The senior assistant legislative clerk comes. cess to Federal COVID–19 resources
proceeded to call the roll. Battles over water rights and under- much harder.
Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I ask investment in Tribal infrastructure Whether it is denying Tribes access
unanimous consent that the order for have compounded the problems. We all to coronavirus surveillance data, cre-
the quorum call be rescinded. know that washing our hands is a crit- ating a confusing, Byzantine bureauc-
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ical measure to prevent the spread of racy for requesting emergency medical
SASSE). Without objection, it is so or- COVID–19. Yet Tribal communities are supplies, or delaying access to grant
dered. 3.7 times more likely to lack complete funds, this administration continually
CORONAVIRUS indoor plumbing than other U.S. house- makes decisions that disadvantage Na-
Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, COVID–19 holds. On the Navajo Nation, which is tive communities, decisions that
has taken a wrecking ball to our Na- confronting one of the worse threaten Native lives and prolong this
tion’s health and economy. No corner coronavirus outbreaks in the Nation, 18 country’s legacy of systemic injustice.
of the United States has been spared. percent of households don’t have com- The administration must do better,
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Communities of color are being hit plete indoor plumbing. So, again, it is and Congress must do much more.
the hardest. We here in Congress must no surprise that researchers have al- Each day we fail to act to advance poli-
focus our work on helping these com- ready found that COVID–19 cases are cies to address the disparities faced by
munities. We must take on the long- more likely to occur in Tribal commu- Indian Country is a day we fail to up-
standing systemic reasons that these nities, with a higher proportion of hold our oath of office. The Republican
communities entering this crisis are homes lacking indoor plumbing. Senate majority has delayed far too
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long. Infections are on the rise. The Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask Within Tribal nations, the economic
United States has surpassed every unanimous consent that the order for impact of the coronavirus is equally
other nation in the world in the spread the quorum call be rescinded. devastating. Early this spring, Tribal
and death and destruction of this virus. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without governments in Minnesota and all
Now, 20 million Americans are out of objection, it is so ordered. around the country made the difficult
work, which is the highest unemploy- Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise decision to voluntarily close Tribal en-
ment level since the Great Depression. today, with my colleague, the Senator terprises in order to protect public
State and local and Tribal govern- from New Mexico, TOM UDALL, to call health. As a result, they lost signifi-
ments and healthcare systems across for urgent action by Congress to re- cant government revenue and also ex-
the Nation are shuttering essential spond to the needs of Tribal nations perienced massive unemployment, not
services and furloughing essential and urban indigenous communities only for their members but for mem-
workers. None of this should come as during the COVID–19 pandemic. bers from the surrounding commu-
news to the Republican majority. We have not done enough. We have nities. This lost revenue meant that
Inaction in the face of this disaster is not lived up to our shared trust and Tribal governments were forced to
unconscionable. This body must get treaty obligations. And in this mo- scale back essential services, like nu-
down to the business that we are here ment, we are called upon to respond to trition assistance for elders, public
for and we are elected to do. It is long the historic injustice and systems of safety, and education programming.
past time we pass another COVID–19 oppression and institutional violence In the CARES Act, Congress agreed
relief package. Our next package must that are harming communities of color to $8 billion in emergency relief to help
include targeted funding and programs and indigenous people. Tribes respond to COVID. Even after
for Native communities and Tribes. We Over the last month, people in Min- congressional action, though, Tribal
must infuse IHS with additional fund- nesota and across our country have fo- governments have had to continue
ing for Tribal healthcare and ensure it cused our attention on the deep sys- fighting to get their fair share of those
has parity in accessing Federal pro- temic inequities that Black, Brown, dollars. The Trump administration ar-
grams. We must provide Tribal govern- and indigenous people face. This injus- gued that some of this relief should go
ments with the resources they need to tice is not new. It is as old as the col- to for-profit Alaska Native corpora-
keep their communities up and running onization of our country, but, col- tions. Then it took the Treasury De-
safely by providing $20 billion in addi- leagues, this is a unique moment. partment 40 days to distribute just the
tional targeted funding within the This public health crisis presents us first 60 percent of the funds to Tribes,
Treasury’s Coronavirus Relief Fund. with an opportunity to show that we and not until 2 weeks ago, almost 3
The Senate should pass bills I have are serious about repairing the damage months after passage of the CARES
introduced that have already been done by our broken promises to sov- Act, did Tribal governments receive
adopted by the House of Representa- ereign Tribal nations and urban indige- the rest. To be clear, these funds can-
tives in its Heroes package, which was nous communities. not be used to replace lost revenue.
passed over 6 weeks ago. We must Some have said that COVID–19 is the We have so much work to do to fulfill
make our strategic stockpile available great equalizer, but we know that our commitment to indigenous people
COVID hits hardest those without a and the simple proposition that Native
to Tribes. Tribes should be able to ac-
safe place to call home, those strug- families should have equal access to
cess PPE, ventilators, and other nec-
gling with low wages and poverty and healthcare and housing opportunity as
essary medical equipment just as
lack of healthcare, and Black, Brown, White Americans.
States can. We must make sure that When I speak to Tribal leaders in my
Tribes have equal access to the Centers and indigenous people living with the
State about this cycle of historic
for Disease Control and their resources trauma of having their identity and
underinvestment, inequity, and broken
to prepare for public health emer- their very humanity called into ques-
promises, I share their frustration. I
gencies like this pandemic. tion, even before this virus spread.
The impact of COVID on Native com- don’t know how anybody couldn’t.
Seventy percent of Native Americans Indigenous leaders in Minnesota
live in urban settings. Yet the Med- munities has been devastating. Native
know that a lack of housing on Tribal
icaid reimbursement rate for Urban In- people have been hospitalized for lands leads to overcrowding, which in-
dian Health facilities is lower than the COVID at five times the rate of White creases the risk of contracting COVID.
Federal reimbursement rate at other people. In mid-May, the Navajo Nation Tribes have asked over and over for
IHS facilities. We need to balance the reached a higher per-capita infection sufficient funding for housing pro-
scales and help the 43 Urban Indian rate than any other hotspot in the grams. They shouldn’t have to ask any-
Health facilities across the Nation ex- country. more.
pand their services. Why is it that COVID is hitting Trib- Indigenous leaders know a lack of ac-
As so much of our lives move to the al nations so hard? Despite repeated cess to healthcare and substance abuse
internet, we must make sure that Na- calls from Tribal leaders and urban in- disorder treatment lead to chronic
tive schools, healthcare facilities, and digenous leaders, over the past few dec- health conditions, like diabetes, heart
government services are not left on the ades, the Federal Government has disease, and asthma, which worsen
wrong side of the digital divide. All stood by and allowed the budget of the COVID symptoms. Tribes have asked
Tribes must have access to high-speed Indian Health Service to dwindle. They over and over for sufficient funding to
broadband. have neglected Indian housing pro- address these health inequities, and
This public health and economic cri- grams, and they have ignored growing they shouldn’t have to ask anymore.
sis has hit us all hard, but we shouldn’t health inequities. Indigenous leaders know that a lack
deny that some communities have been The Federal institutions dedicated to of access to credit and capital prevents
hit hard. We need to send immediate serving Indian Country are not broken. urban indigenous households and folks
relief to those communities that have Unfortunately, these institutions have living on Tribal lands from building
been so severely hurt, including Native never been adequate to live up to our wealth like their White neighbors, who
communities, and we need to set our trust and treaty responsibilities, and can more easily, therefore, weather the
sights on genuinely taking on the sys- they represent a broken promise. storm of unemployment.
temic and institutional barriers these The Federal Government’s failure Native communities have asked over
communities have faced for far too has life-and-death consequences for Na- and over to enforce fair lending laws
long. We can, we should, and we must tive people—for their health, for their and to ensure access to credit for mi-
do better. well-being, and for their opportunity to nority borrowers, and they shouldn’t
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I yield the floor. provide for their families. have to ask anymore. Long before
I suggest the absence of a quorum. Think of this striking statistic: Un- COVID, these inequities have harmed
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The employment in the indigenous commu- indigenous people. Our inaction has
clerk will call the roll. nity in the Twin Cities is at a terrible placed Tribal nations in the untenable
The legislative clerk proceeded to 47 percent—higher than any other position of having to ask for what they
call the roll. group in our State. are already owed.
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So let’s take this extraordinary mo- that other countries look to us for 15, the Supreme Court issued a momen-
ment—a terrible moment but a mo- leadership during troubled times. It is tous decision—welcomed by Members
ment of real opportunity, a moment why we prevailed in two world wars, of both parties—extending civil rights
when our country is called to respond defeated the axis of evil, and have since employment protections to LGBTQ in-
to this terrible pandemic and to reckon maintained the greatest Armed Forces dividuals in workplaces across Amer-
with systemic inequities that have in the world. It is why the ideal of the ica. That decision, however, does not
hurt Native people and even sought to American dream exists. apply to servicemembers. That means
erase them—and let’s turn this mo- Importantly, it is the American peo- our servicemembers, who often come
ment to good. ple, past and present, who have shaped from communities that have for gen-
We have an opportunity not only to our American character—the 56 men erations bravely sacrificed for the
address the public health and economic who put their lives on the line to draft United States, currently enjoy fewer
crisis of COVID but also to live up to and sign the Declaration of Independ- statutory protections than their civil-
our obligation to Tribes, like providing ence in 1776; the volunteer army of ian counterparts.
them with the tools to build resiliency farmers and shopkeepers who defeated Think about what that says about
in their communities. the British and today has grown into our country: The law treats the people
First, we need to provide rapid, flexi- the best fighting force the world has willing to risk their lives to defend our
ble support to Tribal governments so ever seen. freedoms as second class citizens. It is
that they can respond to COVID–19 and Fifty-five Americans came together unconscionable, and it is un-American.
provide essential services to Tribal to write the U.S. Constitution, guaran- In this moment of reckoning on civil
members at the same time. teeing the freedoms for Americans to rights, we must ensure those rights ex-
Second, let’s live up to our promises worship, to speak out, to bear arms, tend to all of our military servicemem-
and fully fund the Indian Health Serv- and to peaceably assemble. In the years bers.
ice and the NAHASDA housing pro- that followed, America fulfilled its The push for the desegregation of our
grams. When we do this, we will be ad- promise to form a more perfect union troops, for gender integration into
dressing the shortage of physical and while acknowledging it is not perfect combat, and for the repeal of don’t ask,
behavioral healthcare for young adults but always striving to do better. don’t tell were all met with similar ar-
and parents and elders, and we will We ended the injustice of slavery; 100 guments about how increased oppor-
make it easier for families to find af- years ago this year, gave women the tunity for the group in question would
fordable safe places to live and to build right to vote; overcame the Great De- hamper readiness, unit cohesion, or
wealth through homeownership. pression; fought for the equal rights of otherwise weaken the military. Those
We can do this. It is within our all Americans during the civil rights arguments have been proven wrong
power. We can end this cycle of under- movement; and persevered after Sep- every single time.
investment and institutional violence. tember 11. It is, in fact, the lack of protections
This is the best moment in a genera- Today we still have those heroes who for these groups that hamper readiness.
tion to accomplish this. make America what she is today. We Without protections, an able platoon
I am committed to lifting up the see these works in our midst every day: sergeant can be stigmatized and driven
voices of indigenous leaders in Min- our service men and women who brave- from the military because he is
nesota and around this country. I fol- ly protect us across the globe and keep transgender. His years of experience
low their lead, and I will continue to the enemy away from our shores; the and the immense investments the mili-
advocate for these changes because dedicated men and women of law en- tary has made in him can be erased
they are so long overdue. forcement who work tirelessly to keep with the stroke of a pen.
I urge my colleagues in the Senate to our communities and our families safe;
join me in this work. Our military has grown only stronger
our teachers, who provide the gift of as it better represents our country.
Thank you. education to our youth; our doctors
I yield the floor. But, right now, in the year 2020, people
and nurses, who save lives every day who are willing to make extraordinary
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and have bravely taken on the chal-
ator from Georgia. sacrifices for our freedoms are being
lenge of COVID–19. told no simply because of who they are.
FOURTH OF JULY American exceptionalism started
Mrs. LOEFFLER. Mr. President, 160 We must do better. And we can. We
with our humble beginnings, and it has
years ago, Abraham Lincoln reminded can make sure the National Defense
endured throughout the challenges our
us that ‘‘at all times . . . all American Authorization Act includes discrimina-
country faces.
citizens are brothers of a common It is tempting to focus on the divi- tion protections for all servicemem-
country, and should dwell together in sions in America today, but we have bers.
the bonds of fraternal feeling.’’ much more in common that unites us. My amendment with Senator COLLINS
That bond—our commitment to com- This Fourth of July is a reminder of would codify in the law that service-
ing together to move our country for- the blessings of life, liberty, and the members of all races, religions, and
ward, our embrace of the challenges pursuit of happiness that all Americans sexes are protected from discrimina-
our country faces because we know we deserve. tion. It would affirm that Americans of
will come out of these moments President Reagan once said: every race, religion, sex, sexual ori-
strong—has made the United States ex- Freedom is a fragile thing and is never
entation, gender identity, and national
ceptional. more than one generation away from extinc- origin have the right to join and serve
As we approach the Fourth of July tion. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be and sacrifice in our military.
holiday, I want to take a moment to fought for and defended constantly by each I was proud to have Senator John
recognize what makes America who she generation, for it comes only once to a peo- McCain join me in leading similar leg-
is today and the values that have al- ple. islation to protect transgender troops 3
lowed us to carry on the Great Amer- I agree, and I hope this Fourth of years ago. The late Senator said: ‘‘Any
ican Experiment for 244 years. July we can stand together, proud that member of the military who meets the
The United States—the shining city we will strive to make this country a medical and readiness standards should
on a hill, the land of opportunity, the more perfect union. be allowed to serve—including those
land of the free and the home of the I yield the floor. who are transgender.’’ I hope this will
brave, the red, white, and blue—our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- be the year that we deliver the results
country is exceptional precisely be- ator from New York. he wanted for our troops.
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cause we have never settled for any- S. 4049 Placing language safeguarding this
thing less. Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I right into the NDAA can help us begin
It was that very reason it was Ameri- rise to address a glaring inequality in to overcome an unfortunate legacy of
cans who first discovered electricity, the law—one that leaves our service- creating artificial, blatantly unfair
built the airplane, put a man on the members with fewer protections from barriers to service by underrepresented
Moon, developed chemotherapy, and discrimination than civilians. On June groups. It is a legacy that continues to
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this day with the Trump administra- We will get this right. Yet, year after cused on this very issue. It does not do
tion’s ban on transgender servicemem- year, thousands of servicemembers are enough to protect our servicemembers
bers. raped and sexually assaulted, and their from sexual assault in the ranks or to
That discriminatory ban is not only assailants are not held accountable. punish perpetrators who commit these
an insult to members of the In many of those cases, the assailant violent crimes.
transgender community who have is someone in the survivor’s chain of Just for a minute, imagine this is
served our country; it is an insult to command—the same chain of command your daughter or your son. Imagine
every LGBTQ person who has given that will decide the case, picking just for a minute that your children de-
their life to protect it. Arguments judge, jury, prosecutor, defense coun- cide to go into the military. Do you
against open transgender service have sel—all decided by a commander in think they will be protected?
no basis in experience or in science. that chain of command. My bill, the Military Justice Im-
Transgender individuals served open- There is no other judicial system in provement Act, is being offered as an
ly in the military for more than 21⁄2 America that would ever allow this to amendment to the NDAA. This amend-
years without any readiness or cohe- happen. This system is not delivering ment will professionalize how the mili-
sion issues. I know because I asked all justice. The chain of command is not tary prosecutes serious crimes like sex-
four service chiefs and the Chairman of delivering justice. These decisions— ual assault, and it will remove the sys-
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and they all these fundamental civil rights deci- temic fear that survivors have to re-
confirmed it. The Chairman of the sions—need to be made somewhere else. port these crimes. Survivors don’t re-
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, who They need to be made by trained, im- port these crimes because they fear the
was then Chief of Staff of the Army, partial military professionals, prosecu- retaliation against them.
told me that he had received ‘‘precisely tors, lawyers—people who are trained This bipartisan and commonsense re-
zero reports of issues of cohesion, dis- to make this very hard decision. form leaves the majority of uniquely
cipline, [or] morale’’ caused by We are asking survivors to come for- military crimes, as well as all crimes
transgender individuals in the service. ward in an environment where they punishable by less than 1 year of con-
The American Medical Association, know that there is less than a 10-per- finement, within the chain of com-
the American Psychiatric Association, cent chance that the chain of command mand. It would only move one deci-
and other experts agree: There is no will try their assailant for a crime sion—literally, one decision—that only
medically valid reason to exclude and—worse—that there is only a two in 3 percent of commanders actually have
transgender individuals from military three chance that they themselves— the right to make, and that decision
service. Anyone who can meet the mili- they themselves—will face retaliation. will be made by a trained military
tary standards should be allowed to Despite repeated efforts to stamp out prosecutor.
serve—and serve in an environment the scourge of retaliation against mili- These prosecutors, or military JAGS,
free from discrimination. It is that tary sexual assault survivors, the most are required to be licensed attorneys in
simple. recent Pentagon survey found that 64 good standing with their State bar as-
Our Armed Services should reflect percent of these survivors have experi- sociations and are subject to profes-
the best of what this country has to enced some form of retaliation for re- sional rules of ethics. Those are com-
offer—in their values and in their porting the crime. This figure is statis- monsense standards, but they are not
ranks. We cannot allow for laws that tically unchanged from 2016. It is unac- the standards that commanders have
unnecessarily limit their ability to re- ceptable. to meet. Commanders aren’t typically
cruit and retain the best person for the I ask you: Who is this system de- lawyers. They are not typically crimi-
job. signed for? nal lawyers. They are not trained in
I ask my colleagues to support our I think so often about a Marine vet- how to make this fundamental decision
troops with more than lip service. I ask eran who told me: about whether a crime has been com-
my colleagues to extend to them pro- When I reported the assault, my command mitted. So why wouldn’t you let mili-
tections from discrimination based on responded with retaliation . . . ostracism, tary police investigate the crime just
race, religion, or sex. These are people intimidation, and isolation. The humiliation as they do today?
who are willing to fight for our coun- of the retaliation was worse than the assault They take that investigation and, in-
try. These are people who are willing because it was sanctioned from those same stead of putting it on the commander’s
to die for our country. This body and leaders I once would have risked my life for. general counsel’s desk, they will put it
our country must be willing to fight The climate of retaliation comes on a military prosecutor’s desk. The
for them. My amendment will do ex- from the top. It comes from the chain military prosecutor gets to make a de-
actly that. I ask all of you to support of command. They should not be decid- cision: yes or no; I can prosecute or I
its inclusion in this year’s NDAA. ing these cases. They do not have the can’t. Then, that file goes right back to
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. COL- background or the impartiality nec- the commander. So when the com-
LINS). The Senator from New York. essary to deliver justice. This system is mander wants to do nonjudicial punish-
Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Presi- broken, and it is failing our service- ment, he gets to do it. Every time a
dent, I rise again to address another members. prosecutor says there is no case here,
issue. I rise because, according to the This Congress has passed and spent he gets to have the same authority he
Pentagon’s recent biannual survey, al- hundreds of millions of dollars on in- has today.
most 21,000 servicemembers were sexu- cremental reforms since 2013. During Under today’s standards, only 10 per-
ally assaulted in the year 2018. That this time, an estimated 137,000 service- cent of these cases go to trial. That
was a 38-percent increase from the year members have been assaulted. would mean the commanders don’t get
before. Let me say that again. During that to make that one decision that 3 per-
I rise because the current climate of time, 137,000 servicemembers have been cent of them get to make 10 percent of
retaliation in our armed services and sexually assaulted. the time because 90 percent of the time
the lack of justice provided by the What are we doing here? Can we not it comes right back to the commander
chain of command meant nearly three- hold the U.S. military accountable? to do whatever nonjudicial punishment
quarters of those assaults went unre- Can we not do our jobs? Can we not he or she thinks is appropriate.
ported, and less than 10 percent of stand up for the men and women who This is a very small but important
cases considered for command action risk their lives for us every day? change because when you make this
went to trial—less than 10 percent. Incremental change that leaves the change, the survivor sees that the deci-
I rise because I stood in this very power in the hands of the chain of com- sion isn’t being made within her chain
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Chamber in 2013 and shared essentially mand is not enough. We have the proof of command. She or he sees that the
the same statistics. and the evidence. decision is being made by somebody
Year after year, the leaders of our ‘‘We’ve got this ma’am; we’ve got trained to make the decision—someone
armed services come to Congress and this.’’ They say it every year. They who is actually a prosecutor. He or she
commit to making things better. They don’t have it, and they haven’t had it will then believe it is worth reporting
commit to us in hearing after hearing: for the last 7 years we have been fo- the crime.
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So many of these crimes don’t even thing, and do the right thing. It is our early April, it has provided $518 billion
get reported and, sadly, the percentage job. We are supposed to provide over- in forgivable loans to 4.8 million small
of those that are being reported is sight and accountability over the U.S. employers across the Nation.
going up—the percentage of those re- military. It is the Senate’s job, and According to an ongoing U.S. Census
ported confidentially. It doesn’t show every year that we don’t address this Survey, nearly three out of every four
that there is any faith in the system if fundamental scourge is another year small business respondents reported
people will only report if they don’t we fail. that they had received assistance
name their perpetrator. I am tired of this Chamber failing our under the PPP program. In Maine,
This reform is nothing new. This re- servicemembers. I am tired of our com- nearly 27,000 small businesses have re-
form has been done all across the world manders and our military failing our ceived forgivable loans, totaling more
by our allies. Our allies in the United servicemembers. We owe everything to than $2.2 billion. Just to give you an
Kingdom, Canada, Israel, Germany, them. idea of how much of a stimulus that is,
and Australia have all removed report- I yield the floor. that is equal to almost half of the en-
ing and prosecution of violent sex I suggest the absence of a quorum. tire State budget. That works out to an
crimes out of the chain of command. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. average loan size of $83,400, which
Leaders in those militaries have re- MCSALLY). The clerk will call the roll. translates into a small business with
The bill clerk proceeded to call the
ported that these changes have not di- approximately seven employees. All
roll.
minished their ability in any way. It Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I told, this program is helping to sustain
has not diminished their commanders’ ask unanimous consent that the order nearly 200,000 jobs in the State of
ability to maintain good order and dis- for the quorum call be rescinded. Maine.
cipline, to train their troops, and to do The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without As Treasury Secretary Steve
what they are there for. objection, it is so ordered. Mnuchin testified last month:
Congress owes our servicemembers a PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM The [Paycheck Protection Program] is sup-
debt of gratitude that can never be Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, last porting the employment of approximately 50
fully repaid. These brave men and million workers and more than 75 percent of
night, the Senate approved legislation small business payroll in all 50 states. This is
women who have experienced the un- to extended the Paycheck Protection
imaginable are counting on us this an extraordinary achievement.
Program, better known as PPP,
year to finally take real action. Until It is, indeed. It has made such a dif-
through August 8, while we continue
we do, we continue to fail in our re- ference to our small employers. It has
bipartisan negotiations on a bill to pro-
sponsibility to protect them. kept our small businesses afloat, pre-
vide additional assistance to our small
Madam President, this is something vented them from giving up and shut-
businesses that have been especially
we have worked on together for over 7 hard hit by COVID–19 mitigation meas- tering their doors forever, and provided
years. This is something that, on a bi- ures. paychecks to their employees.
partisan basis, this Chamber has I very much hope that the House of When we first drafted this program in
worked on for 7 years. We have been de- Representatives will act quickly to ex- early March, we did not know how long
nied a vote on this over the last 5 tend this important lifeline for our government-ordered closures would
years—denied a vote on this the last 5 small employers, as new PPP loans last. In fact, most of them had not even
years. The military has fought tooth cannot be issued until the bill that gone into effect at the time that we
and nail to not put in these funda- passed the Senate last night is enacted drafted the law. We also did not know
mental reforms. They ask us over and and signed into law, even though ap- how severe the impacts of these gov-
over: Trust us; we got this. Trust us; proximately $130 billion remains avail- ernment-ordered closures would be. We
we got this. able for the program. did not know how long the pandemic
They don’t have it. They haven’t had Let me, again, commend my partners would last. How I wish that we could
it, and they don’t focus on it. in this endeavor, Senators MARCO announce today that COVID–19 had
If you just look at the report from RUBIO, BEN CARDIN, and JEANNE SHA- been conquered; that America’s small
this year alone, we are up to 20,000— HEEN, for their continued work on this businesses were flourishing once again;
over 20,000—sexual assaults in the last vital program. and that the millions of jobs that they
year. The percentage of cases that are Back in March, the four of us formed provide had been fully restored. Unfor-
being reported confidentially is going a small business task force. We looked tunately, that is not the case, and we
up. The percentage of cases that are at ways that we could help our small have a long road ahead of us.
being reported openly is going down. employers and their employees survive According to a survey released last
The percentage of cases that are going this pandemic. We put forth a bold week by NFIB, an organization that is
to trial is going down. The percentage plan, the Paycheck Protection Pro- dedicated to providing a voice for
of cases ending in conviction is going gram, to help small employers and America’s small businesses, half of its
down. So under no measure today has their employees. Our concept was members anticipate needing additional
the military succeeded in this mission, straightforward: provide forgivable financial support in the next 12
under absolutely none. They say they loans to small employers to help them months.
got this. They don’t have it. They maintain that vital connection with I fear that, if Congress fails to act,
never have. And if we don’t do our job their employees, so that both could re- despite our good work to date, millions
this year, they never will. bound and thrive once the pandemic of our small businesses will be put at
This is not something new. This is passes. risk, and millions of jobs will be lost.
something that other countries that In some cases, that meant that a A case study of how the pandemic
are our allies have done. It profes- small business could retain an em- has threatened the viability of small
sionalizes the military. It gives hope to ployee who, otherwise, would have been businesses can be found in Maine’s
survivors. It creates permission for laid off. In others, it has meant that tourism sector. Tourism is one of our
them to report these crimes. If more the small business could recall workers State’s largest economic sectors. It
crimes are reported, more prosecutions who had already been laid off. And in supports 110,000 jobs. That is one out of
will be completed, and more cases will yet other cases, it allowed employers every six jobs in our State. In 2018,
end in conviction. to continue to send paychecks to em- total tourism expenditures exceeded
Send a message: Convict perpetra- ployees who had been furloughed so $6.2 billion. That is $7 million per day.
tors. Protect survivors. Honor the sac- that we could keep that link between In late March, there was the expecta-
rifice and legacy of every man and employers and their employees, so that tion that the 2020 tourism season would
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woman who serves in the military when the reopening occurred, they certainly be lower than the norm but
today who will give their life for this could be reunited quickly and the busi- active enough for the tourism busi-
country. That is our responsibility. ness could get up and running much nesses to survive. But, as the Fourth of
I urge everyone in this Chamber to more rapidly. July draws closer, near empty hotels,
stand with our troops. Stand with the The response to this program has inns, B&Bs, and restaurants portend a
men and women who sacrifice every- been phenomenal. Since its launch in long-lasting disaster, as many of our
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State’s seasonal businesses rely on the commonsense ways. For example, we COVID–19 emergency supplemental bill
busy summer season and fall season to should allow forgiveness for supplier and to do it now. The needs are real.
pay their major bills for the year, in- costs and investments in facility modi- They are immediate. In fact, when the
cluding their mortgage and property fications and personal protective House passed the Heroes Act, we should
taxes, not to mention their all-impor- equipment that employers are buying have begun those negotiations in the
tant employees. to protect their employees and their first week after it had passed it, but we
Two weeks ago, a Maine innkeeper in customers, such as plexiglass shields, didn’t. We should have begun the nego-
York County told me that her inn patio installations for outdoor dining, tiations in the second week after it had
would normally have a 94-percent occu- masks, gloves—that kind of equipment. passed it, but we didn’t. We should
pancy rate at this point in the summer. It is especially important to res- have begun the negotiations in the
She currently has an occupancy rate of taurants facing dining restrictions and third week after it had passed it, but
6 percent. those struggling to get the high-qual- we didn’t—and the fourth and the fifth
As one observer put it, the word ‘‘Va- ity food supply that they need. We and the sixth.
cationland,’’ which appears on our li- should also clarify that employer-pro- Every day, I talk with Vermonters,
cense plates in Maine, might well be vided group health benefits are in- sometimes hundreds at a time in state-
replaced with ‘‘Vacancy Land.’’ cluded in forgivable payroll costs. wide conference calls. From small busi-
I have heard from so many hotel Fourth, we should extend the PPP to nesses, to families, to schools, to hos-
owners throughout Maine, and their small 501(c)(6) organizations that are pitals, to Federal employees, I hear
stories all have a familiar theme: Res- not lobby organizations. I am talking their urgent needs. So I want to talk
ervations made months ago for July about local chambers of commerce, today about just one of those urgent
and August are being canceled, and business leagues, economic develop- needs—funding for the United States
cancelations for the fall are also start- ment associations, and boards of trade, Citizenship and Immigration Services,
ing to come in. In addition to putting which are doing a great job but are USCIS.
hotel staff at risk of losing their jobs, struggling to themselves survive. It plays an important role in our Na-
or having their hours cut drastically, Fifth, we should clarify in statute tion’s immigration system. It processes
or not being hired in the first place, that forgivable loan funds can be spent requests for immigration benefits,
the vendors that supply these estab- through December 31 and allow bor- American citizenship, and it screens
lishments are losing sales. Local retail- rowers to apply for loan forgiveness, at asylum seekers. The agency is staffed
ers and restaurants are losing summer the time of their choosing, after 8 by more than 19,000 dedicated men and
customers. Planned improvements and weeks from loan origination. women across the country, including
expansions are being postponed, caus- Finally, to ensure transparency in roughly 1,700 in my home State of
ing harm for local tradespeople. the PPP loan program, we should re- Vermont.
I talked to a restaurant owner who Last Friday, furlough notices were
quire the Small Business Administra-
operates a wonderful restaurant in sent out to 13,350 of the 19,000 USCIS
tion to comply with data and informa-
Portland. Right now, she has to depend employees. They are effective next
tion requests from the Government Ac-
on outside seating and lives in fear of a month, on August 3. That is just 4
countability Office or Federal inspec-
bad storm, where people won’t be able weeks from now. In Vermont, 1,111 men
tors general within 15 days.
to eat outside. Only slowly is Maine al- and women received this notice, which
There are many other ideas that the
lowing in-restaurant eating to resume is over 65 percent of the USCIS work-
four of us who are members of the
force in Vermont. These are men and
in the most populous parts of our Small Business Task Force are taking
women who, day after day, do impor-
State. All of us understand that we a look at, but today, I just wanted to
tant work for the Nation. They have
have to put the health of people first, outline for my colleagues some ideas
continued to do that work every day
but these restaurant owners are get- that I am particularly interested in in-
even during the COVID–19 pandemic.
ting desperate, and they are trying cluding in this bill. And they have been told, even though
very hard to comply with all the CDC As the shutdowns have grown longer, they have been doing the work loyally
regulations. it has become clear that millions of and effectively, after August 3, a
There is no doubt that similar dis- small employers need additional help if month from now, they can no longer do
ruptions are occurring across the coun- they are to keep their heads above their job; they will no longer receive a
try. That is why it is so important that water and survive. It also has been paycheck.
we reach bipartisan agreement to allow clear that many of these employers Nationwide these are 13,350 new and
those small businesses that have been must make substantial investments to urgent reasons why the Senate must
especially hard hit by the pandemic to modify their operations, to protect act on our Nation’s real and immediate
receive an additional forgivable loan. their employees and customers, to needs, and the Senate majority must
As we continue our bipartisan negotia- mitigate the spread of the COVID make that possible now. We have lost 6
tions on such a plan, I have come to virus. weeks since the House acted on this. It
the floor to outline some of my own Most of all, we need to always keep is time the Senate acts.
priorities for a second Paycheck Pro- in mind that we are talking about em- I have been ringing the alarm bells
tection Program loan. ployees. It is the small businesses of for more than a month on this issue.
First, I do believe that we will our country that employ the majority We know that due to declining revenue,
achieve bipartisan agreement to allow of the people who are working. immigration-related application fees
the hardest hit small business employ- We are close to reaching a bipartisan coming into USCIS, the agency is fac-
ers—those who have seen their reve- agreement, and I know we are going to ing a budget shortfall of $1.2 billion,
nues decline by 50 percent or more in be working very hard over the recess to and the furlough notices that were sud-
any quarter this year compared to the do so. I also know that, for small busi- denly sent out last week are the result
same quarter last year—to receive an nesses that are struggling, such an of this shortfall. USCIS is simply say-
additional PPP loan. This is absolutely agreement cannot come soon enough. ing they can’t pay employees with rev-
essential to the ability of these busi- Again, I want to thank my col- enues they do not have.
nesses to survive as the fight against leagues—Senator MARCO RUBIO, Sen- I would remind everybody the short-
COVID–19 continues. ator BEN CARDIN, Senator JEANNE SHA- fall is not entirely due to COVID–19.
Second, because we must stretch the HEEN—for their dedication and good- The agency has not lived within its
$130 billion that remains in the PPP faith efforts to reach an agreement. budget for the last 3 years of this ad-
funds as far as we possibly can, I sup- I yield the floor. ministration, and, frankly, the Trump
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port generally limiting eligibility to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- administration’s mismanagement and
entities that have 300, rather than 500 ator from Vermont. extreme immigration policies have
or fewer, employees with a special pro- Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I only worsened the situation.
vision for seasonal employers. came before the Chamber yesterday As part of the President’s efforts to
Third, I believe that we need to ex- and made the case as to why Congress erase our identity as a nation of immi-
pand forgivable PPP expenses in some needs to begin negotiations on another grants, he has not just tried to shut
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our Nation’s doors to asylum seekers I know, on the major COVID bill, my portant to take stock of where we are
and refugees, he has attempted to re- staff and I worked 7 days a week, some- and to see how we need to adjust fur-
strict almost all immigration to this times very late into the night, and we ther to, again, what we have learned by
country. are all in separate locations, but we hard experience.
He has created obstacles for immi- got it done, and we got an appropria- On Sunday, I traveled to Dallas, TX,
grant workers, created a wealth test tions bill through here that almost all with Vice President MIKE PENCE for a
for immigrants, even exploited the cur- Republicans and Democrats voted for briefing on the coronavirus response ef-
rent public health emergency to im- because people worked together. We forts, and we were joined by two of
pose additional immigration restric- worked together. We passed legislation those members—Dr. Deborah Birx and
tions that have nothing to do with pub- this country needed. HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson.
lic health. We showed it can be done, so we can On the flight down, I was able to
And because USCIS has not been able and we should begin bipartisan, bi- spend some time talking with Dr. Birx
to issue visas or process other immi- cameral negotiations. Do it during the about testing strategies and the ways
gration benefits as they normally do as next 2 weeks so that when the Senate we can more effectively identify posi-
a result of President Trump’s anti-im- is back in session, we have legislation tive cases and stop the spread, espe-
migrant policies, revenue, of course, to consider and debate. We can enact cially among asymptomatic individ-
has fallen. the bill into law expeditiously. uals who have no incentive, no motiva-
No matter the cause, the budget If there are amendments people want tion to request a test in the first place.
shortfall is real. We have to address it. or things they want to change, vote If I am feeling well, why would I go ask
Furloughs would not only disrupt the them up or vote them down. We should for a coronavirus test unless I am just
processing of immigration benefits and be willing to stand here and vote, and curious. That is the conundrum.
American citizenship and other critical then we can enact a bill into law and Dr. Birx talked about the concept of
services provided by USCIS, but it is do it expeditiously. pool testing, which is one of the most
going to cause unnecessary hardships The American people deserve no less. efficient ways to test large numbers of
on thousands of Federal employees and The dedicated men and women at people using the least amount of time
Federal contractors. It is going to USCIS deserve no less, but I would say and resources.
come at a time when our Nation is al- the men and women of every single one Let’s say, for example, that a number
ready dealing with record job losses. of our States deserve no less. of employees at a meat packing plant
The loss of these valuable jobs will There are 100 of us here. We have are tested simultaneously. Rather than
also cause hardship to the communities shown we can work together. We have running each sample individually to
across the Nation where these Federal done it before. We have done it with ap- see if any of the employees had the
workers live and work. These are com- propriations bills. We sat here, voted virus, you would pool the sample to-
munities already struggling with the for or against amendments, and then gether and run it as a group. If the pool
pandemic. They were dealing with peo- did what is best for the country. Let’s sample comes back negative, you know
ple who have skills that have been do it. Let’s not be afraid to vote. that each individual within that pool is
built up over years of experience. I see my distinguished friend from negative. And if it comes back positive,
So let’s craft a fair, responsible solu- Texas on the floor. each sample is run individually to
tion to this problem. That would re- I yield the floor. identify positive cases.
quire emergency appropriations and ac- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- But this is a way to magnify the
companying legislation to ensure ator from Texas. number of testing cases we can do by
transparency and accountability. Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I maybe as much as a factor of 10.
Time is of the essence. I know, as thank my friend from Vermont for his This pool-testing model makes it
vice chairman of the Appropriations courtesy. much easier to conduct repeated tests
Committee, we have agreement on the Yesterday, Texas reported almost for individuals in a single setting such
vast majority of the possible appropria- 7,000 new coronavirus cases, setting a as workplaces, schools, or nursing
tions bills. There has been a concern by new single-day record. homes.
the Republican majority not to bring As cases have climbed in recent This is exactly the kind of strategy
them up because they do not want weeks, it has become clear that we we are going to need as we contemplate
something on COVID. need to take what we have learned sending our children back to school.
Well, every Senator can go home and about this virus and adjust our strat- Dr. Birx was recently quoted as say-
talk to their people in their State. egy. ing: ‘‘If you look around the globe, the
They will hear, as I do every single day In the beginning, we were still learn- way people are doing a million tests or
in my calls from Vermonters, there is a ing about this novel virus and how it is 10 million tests is they’re doing pool-
need to do something regarding COVID. transmitted, while also trying to maxi- ing.’’
Now, there have been numerous calls mize scarce resources. I think the best So as we are seeing spikes in Texas
by myself and the Democratic leader- analogy I can think of—we were trying and a number of other States across
ship in the Senate, and despite those to design and build an airplane while the country, it is clear we need to
calls, the White House and the Repub- we were flying it. adapt to everything we have learned
lican majority have refused to move Because of that, only individuals and embrace a new and different strat-
forward on a fourth COVID–19 emer- with symptoms or who had been in con- egy. We need more efficient and effec-
gency appropriations bill where we tact with a person who had tested posi- tive ways to test broad swaths of peo-
could address this and other critical tive could be tested themselves, but we ple so we can identify positive cases as
issues caused by the coronavirus pan- know a lot has changed in the last few soon as possible.
demic. months. We have learned that individ- Now, we know this virus is particu-
We should not wait any longer. In uals can have the virus even if they larly deadly if you are over 80 years old
fact, we must not wait any longer. I aren’t showing symptoms. or if you have underlying health prob-
call on Majority Leader MCCONNELL to Recent studies in North Carolina and lems. For the rest of us, honestly, if
begin bipartisan negotiations on a New York have shown that somewhere you get symptoms, you are probably
COVID–19 emergency relief bill now so between 12 and 20 percent of people going to recover. Sadly, some will have
we can solve this problem before fur- could have the COVID–19 antibodies. In to be hospitalized, but, actually, the
loughs are necessary. other words, they have had the virus, level of fatalities we have seen from
The Senate is about to recess for 2 and they recovered, but they didn’t the coronavirus infection have re-
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weeks, but that doesn’t mean our work even know they were sick in the first mained remarkably low because our
stops. With millions of people working place, but the problem is they can still healthcare providers have discovered
from home due to the coronavirus, in- spread it to others. new treatments and new ways to save
cluding in the U.S. Senate, we have As our knowledge about the lives.
shown that we can do our job from coronavirus has increased, so have our A data scientist and associate pro-
wherever we are located. testing capacities, but I think it is im- fessor at Cornell University named
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Peter Frazier has said about pool test- can send our troops around the world everything from our cell phones, to
ing that ‘‘if you don’t test people with- with the confidence that they have the computers, to cell towers, to missile
out symptoms and focus only on symp- best equipment available. defense systems. Despite the pervasive-
tomatic people, then you miss the epi- I’m glad this legislation includes a ness of these devices in our everyday
demic and continue spreading.’’ provision I offered to increase the num- lives, we’re largely relying on other
We need to constantly reevaluate and ber of new F–35 aircraft. When we talk countries to manufacture them. Since
adapt our strategy to ensure that we about providing our servicemembers 2000, the U.S. has dropped from pro-
are identifying cases as soon as pos- with the best possible equipment, the ducing roughly a quarter of the world’s
sible to stop the spread and to protect F–35 is a prime example. This 5th gen- semiconductors to only 12 percent.
the most vulnerable among us. eration fighter gives our Meanwhile, China has gone from
I know the administration and the servicemembers an edge in stealth, sur- manufacturing zero chips to 16 percent
task force are working around the veillance, and weapons systems. of the world’s supply, and plans to in-
clock on this, but to be frank, we need Growing our F–35 fleet has been a pri- vest another $1.4 trillion in semicon-
to up our game, and I hope we will ority for a number of years, and this ductor technologies. America has lost
focus on developing a comprehensive legislation will continue moving us in ground to global competitors, and un-
testing strategy based on what we have the right direction. These aircraft will less the U.S. takes action, it’s esti-
learned from this hard experience to be made by hardworking Texans in mated that by 2030, 83 percent of global
combat the rise in cases and commu- Fort Worth, and provide our semiconductor manufacturing capacity
nity spread we are seeing in places like servicemembers around the world with will be in Asia. We need to bring back
Texas and elsewhere. the most advanced and capable aircraft some of the talent that was first cre-
S. 4049 to see them through their missions. ated here in the U.S.
Madam President, this week, the But maintaining a competitive edge 0f course, that’s much easier said
Senate is fulfilling one of our most requires much more than a fleet of top than done. Building a new foundry is a
of the line aircraft or a stockpile of in- very expensive undertaking, and it’s
basic responsibilities—and that is to
novative weapons. It also requires end going to require an investment from
support our common defense.
Passing the strong, strategic, and bi- to end security in our supply chains. the federal government.
The COVID–19 pandemic has really
partisan national defense authorization That’s why Senator WARNER and I in-
shone a light on the vulnerabilities
bill is something we have done for the troduced the CHIPS for America Act,
that come from a reliance on other
last 60 years. It is how this body has and I hope we can include a version of
countries for critical manufacturing.
ensured that generations of service- this bill as an amendment to the
We lean heavily on China and other
members would be paid, that they NDAA. This would create a federal in-
countries for masks, gloves, gowns,
would have the equipment and training centive program through the Depart-
ventilators—all the equipment we’ve
they need, as well as the weapons, the ment of Commerce to encourage semi-
needed over the past few months. That
planes, and the ships to bring them conductor manufacturing in the U.S.
reliance has led to a shortage of these
home safely. It is how we have taken In short, this would help stimulate
supplies at the most critical time, and
stock of the evolving threat landscape domestic advanced semiconductor
forced our medical workers to go into
and made adjustments to ensure that manufacturing, and boost both our na-
battle without their traditional armor.
our military remains the very best in It’s been a wake-up call on supply tional security and global competitive-
the world. It is a belief in peace chain vulnerabilities, and a reminder ness.
through strength. that we need to keep our most critical I mentioned, these devices are every-
We know our adversaries are con- supply chains right here at home. One where—military systems, tele-
stantly watching us to see whether we area where we need improvement is communications, healthcare, agri-
are hesitant or pulling back from our with 5G. For all the rewards that come culture, manufacturing. Virtually
world leadership or maybe we are not with this advanced technology, there every industry stands to benefit from a
investing like they are in modern are also a lot of risks, and we need to more secure semiconductor supply
weapons systems that can defeat our ensure we’re protecting this critical chain and our economy would reap the
defenses. asset. That’s why Senators BURR, WAR- benefits of bringing these manufac-
Well, we know for all the tech- NER, and I introduced the Secure 5G turing jobs back to the United States.
nologies and innovation that have and Beyond Act, which is now law. This legislation would serve as a
made our lives simpler and more effi- It requires the President to develop a boon to both our national security and
cient, that these changes in technology strategy to ensure the security of next our economy, and I’m hoping it will be
have made safeguarding our national generation telecom systems, and help included as part of the NDAA.
security that much more challenging. our allies protect their systems as well. I’d like to once again thank Chair-
We are seeing new technologies on But I believe we need to take this a man INHOFE and Ranking Member
the battlefield, and the race to develop step further, and safeguard not only REED for upholding the now 60-year
next-generation weapons, such as the networks themselves but the sup- tradition of a bipartisan process to get
hypersonic missiles, has allowed our ply chains that produce them. The re- this legislation over the finish line on
competitors to get a few steps ahead of ality is, a lack of domestic industry time. I’m glad this legislation
us. The bottom line is, unless we con- has caused the U.S. to fall behind our prioritizes advancements in the crit-
tinue our investment and our deter- foreign adversaries in developing 5G ical technologies that will modernize
mination to remain No. 1, we are going technologies. our national defense, and restore our
to be losing ground against our adver- I’m glad the NDAA includes an competitive edge.
saries. We no longer enjoy the across- amendment I offered to support these I yield the floor.
the-board strategic edge that we used critical supply chains. It would give The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
to have, and it is time for us to take the Department of Defense the flexi- ator from Oklahoma.
bold action to reverse the tide before it bility to partner with industry for Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, first
is too late. That is what I believe we commercial development and deploy- of all, I would make a comment in re-
can achieve with this year’s National ment of 5G technologies. This will en- action to the comments of our good
Defense Authorization bill. sure we’re investing in American com- friend from Texas. What he says is
I appreciate Chairman INHOFE and panies to strengthen and secure our true, and the American people are not
the members of the Senate Armed critical networks, which are vital not aware—and I don’t say this critically
Services Committee, which operates al- only to our national security, but to of the previous administration—but
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most entirely on a bipartisan basis. It our everyday lives. during the Obama administration, his
really is a great tradition and one we Beyond supporting 5G, another crit- top priority was not really defense. He
don’t want to break, passing the De- ical supply chain we need to support is had his own agenda, and, consequently,
fense authorization bill each year. for semiconductors. we suffered at that time.
It also provides funding to both mod- These devices are everywhere— In the last 5 years, which would have
ernize and grow our aging fleet, so we they’re the underlying technology in been from 2010 to 2015, he reduced the
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funding of our military by 25 percent. for our Members who are watching to on the DETER Act; and Schatz-Mur-
What people don’t realize is, during be aware of where they stand in line. kowski No. 2252 on the section 1033 pro-
that same timeframe, Russia increased I ask unanimous consent that the fol- gram?
theirs by 34 percent, and China in- lowing amendments be called up en I ask the Senator to modify his re-
creased the funding of their military bloc and the Senate vote on adoption of quest to add those amendments, and
by 83 percent. That put us in a situa- the amendments en bloc with no inter- then Members on our side who have se-
tion in which we have to do what we vening action or debate: Moran, No. rious concerns can have their amend-
are doing, and that is why this and the 1694; Hyde-Smith, No. 1881; Romney, ments considered.
last bills have been very important. No. 1883; Portman, No. 1891; Kennedy, Mr. INHOFE. First of all, let me re-
We are still working on the National No. 1987; Romney, No. 2018; Sullivan, spond by saying that this has been a
Defense Authorization Act. I consider No. 2391; Johnson, No. 2077; Wicker, No. long process, and it is one that has in-
it to be the most important bill of the 2178, Fischer, No. 2231; Risch, No. 2238; volved leadership on both sides, and we
year. I know my colleagues agree with Gardner, No. 2241; Portman, No. 2243; are attempting to do that. I think that
me that this is very significant, and Inhofe-Reed, No. 2248; Peters, No. 1753; by looking at the list I have read off,
this is something that we know is Warner, No. 1803; Coons, No. 1808; War- the Senator will see a lot of Democrats
eventually going to pass. This will be ner, No. 1907; Tester, No. 1968; Bennet, and a lot of Republicans there. For
the 60th consecutive year. No. 1977; Smith, No. 2058; Cortez Masto, that reason I think we have an ade-
Our military is the best in the world. No. 2186; King, No. 2215; Merkley, No. quate number that several of us have
This week, with this bill, we are going 2251; Cantwell, No. 2255; Cantwell, No. agreed on, so I would object to modi-
to make sure it stays that way. The 2256; Hirono, No. 2269; Menendez, No. fication of my amendment.
goal of having a strong military is de- 2270, and Peters, No. 2275. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec-
terrence—to make sure that we don’t The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there tion to the modification is heard.
have to use it—and to send a signal to objection? Is there objection to the original re-
our enemies that they can’t win The Democratic leader. quest?
against us. This is the message we need Mr. SCHUMER. Reserving the right Mr. SCHUMER. Reserving the right
to send today, tomorrow, and forever. to object, while I know the committee to object, I hope we can continue these
That is what the national defense is working hard and I know the Sen- discussions in a productive and fruitful
strategy tells us. ator from Oklahoma and the Senator way, but at this point I must object.
I don’t have the national defense from Rhode Island are working hard to- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec-
strategy book here, but we have been gether in a very good way, I know they tion is heard.
adhering to it. It is a strategy that was have been trying to work up an agree- Mr. INHOFE. I yield the floor.
put together a few years ago by 12 ment on three amendments to come, as The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Democrats, 12 Republicans, and all the well as a managers’ package, but there ator from Virginia.
experts in the field, and we have been are certain amendments that our side RUSSIA
using it as our model ever since. So we feels should be debated. Mr. KAINE. Madam President, I rise
want to make sure that we have In a moment I will ask the chairman to speak about the disturbing reporting
enough ships and planes and every- to modify his request to include rea- regarding Russian efforts to harm
thing in place. sonable numbers of amendments that Americans in Afghanistan through
China and Russia have caught up in we believe should have rollcall votes. payments to the Taliban and the
some areas, and I think it is important, None of these are ‘‘gotcha’’ amend- Haqqani network. This is deadly seri-
as the Senator from Texas said about ments. None of these are extraneous. ous and we—the Congress and the
the hypersonic weapons, that we are They are not dealing with impeach- American public—must get answers to
talking about offensive and defensive ment or the records of the President or a number of questions.
weapons; we are talking about some- anything like that. Every one of them When did the United States first re-
thing that is state of the art. They ac- is related to the NDAA bill, and there ceive information suggesting that Rus-
tually are ahead of us right now, but is sincere feeling on our side that these sia was providing financial support to
with this bill we are going to get amendments should be debated and Taliban or HQN operatives to kill
caught up. voted on. American troops?
Our superiority rests on our staying This is not an attempt to block or What investigation has been done by
ahead of our competition. We ceded obstruct; this is an attempt to come DOD or intel agencies to corroborate
that advantage under the last adminis- together. As we know, to make this the charge?
tration, and we are going to correct work, we need bipartisan agreement. What investigations have been done
that. That is where we are right now. All of them, as I said, are related to the into the deaths of U.S. troops in Af-
I see the minority leader is here, and NDAA bill. ghanistan during the relevant time pe-
I would like to propose a unanimous The modification I am asking for also riod to determine whether they might
consent request. includes the two Republican amend- be linked to Russian payments?
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—AMENDMENTS ments, one from Senator CORNYN and Was information about this allega-
EN BLOC one from Senator PAUL. tion contained in the President’s daily
Madam President, I ask unanimous I appreciate the chairman’s desire to briefing in late February? If so, why
consent that, at a time to be deter- start voting on these amendments, but are the President and the White House
mined by the majority leader in con- I hope he will modify his request so maintaining so strongly that the Presi-
sultation with the Democratic leader, that several more Members of the Sen- dent was never briefed?
the following amendments be made ate on both sides of the aisle can When did the United States first brief
pending en bloc and the Senate vote in amend the bill as well, and we can allies—specifically, the United King-
relation to the amendments in the move forward. dom—on the intelligence concerning
order listed without intervening action So I ask this question of my friend the Russian bounty allegations?
or debate: Paul amendment No. 2011; the chairman: Will the Senator modify What events led to an administrative
Sanders amendment No. 1790; third, his request to include the following interagency meeting on this topic in
Cornyn-Schumer-Cotton amendment amendments to be called up and voted late March?
No. 2244. on in relation to Sanders No. 1788, in What options were explored at that
I further ask unanimous consent that lieu of Sanders amendment No. 1790— meeting? Were any undertaken?
the following amendments be called up that is the 10 percent cut to the Pen- To the extent that there is a dif-
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en bloc and the Senate vote on adop- tagon; Tester No. 1972 on Agent Or- ference of opinion about the existence
tion of the amendments en bloc with ange; Shaheen No. 1729 on the PFAS of such a program among U.S. agen-
no intervening action or debate. study; Gillibrand No. 1755 on cies, what explains the differing con-
I hesitate to do this. It will take me transgender policy; Manchin No. 2361 clusions?
a minute to actually name all of the on NNSA; Menendez No. 2396 on the Did President Trump discuss the
amendments because it is important Bounty Act; Van Hollen-Rubio No. 1845 matter in any of the numerous phone
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calls he had with Russian President only major country on Earth not to In order to begin the process of ad-
Putin from late March through this guarantee healthcare to all people as a dressing some of the most important
month? human right, and enormous crises that issues facing our country, I have intro-
If the President knew of the concern, in Siberia last week, the temperature duced five amendments, all of which I
why did he persist in trying to get Rus- was 100 degrees, which is frightening think are important and all of which I
sia invited as a participant to the G7 the scientific community because they believe need to have a vote and a de-
meeting to be held in the United States understand this is the tip of the iceberg bate. Let me very briefly explain what
this fall? regarding climate change. We have all those amendments are and what they
Why hasn’t the President condemned these crises out there, and nothing would do.
the existence of any such program or much happens here in the Senate. The first amendment would reduce
at least pledged that there would be se- Well, I think maybe it might be a the military budget by 10 percent and
rious consequences if such a program good idea to start some real debate use that $74 billion in savings to invest
existed? right here. I have introduced six in distressed communities in every
That Russia might behave in a hos- amendments that are significant. I will State in this country that have been
tile manner toward U.S. troops in Af- discuss each of them. Other Members, ravaged by extreme poverty, mass in-
ghanistan would not be a surprise Democrats and Republicans, have also carceration, deindustrialization, and
based upon Russia’s track record of bad introduced significant amendments. decades of neglect.
behavior all over the globe, but what Given the fact we have done virtually It is no secret to anybody that the
has been surprising has been the ad- nothing over the last year, I think it is American people are hurting all across
ministration’s actions regarding this not inappropriate to have some serious this country. We have communities
explosive allegation, and I believe the debate on one of the very major pieces where unemployment today is 20, 25, 30
Senate must get to the bottom of it. of legislation we will be dealing with. percent, where people are sleeping out
I yield the floor. We are talking about a bill that will on the streets, where schools are un-
I suggest the absence of a quorum. spend some $740 billion. That is more derfunded, where decent-quality
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROM- money in terms of military spending childcare is virtually not available,
NEY). The clerk will call the roll. than the next 11 nations combined. and where air and water pollution is
The senior assistant legislative clerk Does anybody have a problem with rampant. It is time that we stop turn-
proceeded to call the roll. that? Some of us do. Maybe others ing our backs on those communities.
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I don’t. Let’s debate it. What we are doing right now is focus-
ask unanimous consent that the order We are talking about a bill that will ing attention on the fact that 40 mil-
for the quorum call be rescinded. be spending more money on the Pen- lion Americans are living in poverty.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. tagon than we did during the height of Half of our people are living paycheck
LOEFFLER). Without objection, it is so the Cold War and the height of the to paycheck. And maybe—just maybe—
ordered. wars in Vietnam and Korea. Does any- instead of investing more money in nu-
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST one have a problem with that? Well, I clear weapons and submarines and God
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, do. Maybe some other people do. Maybe knows what else, maybe we want to in-
since last week, the Senate—ostensibly you don’t. Tell me why you think we vest in our own people, in jobs and
one of the great deliberative bodies in should be spending more money on the healthcare and education, so that they
the world—supposedly has been ‘‘debat- military today in terms of inflation can live their lives with dignity and se-
ing’’ the $740 billion National Defense than we did during the war in Vietnam. curity.
Authorization Act. It has been a very, Let’s debate it. I believe right now, in the midst of
very silent debate because of the 700 We are talking about a bill that will all of the crises this country faces—the
amendments that have been filed to provide 53 percent of the entire discre- crisis of the pandemic, the crisis of the
this bill. There have been no rollcall tionary budget to the bloat and waste- economic meltdown, the crisis of racial
votes on any of them. I do understand ful Pentagon at a time when the De- injustice, the crisis of 100 million peo-
that in the managers’ amendment, fense Department cannot even pass an ple being uninsured or underinsured,
some of the noncontroversial, non- independent audit. We have a huge the crisis of climate change—I think
significant amendments have been ac- budget for the Pentagon. They cannot the American people want real trans-
cepted and absorbed, and that is fine. pass an independent audit, and the re- formation. They are tired of the status
We have had a vigorous debate, but no- sponse of the Senate is, well, let’s give quo. They want a government that rep-
body in the world has heard that de- them even more money. It may make resents all of us, not the 1 percent and
bate because there has not been one sense to some people. It doesn’t make wealthy campaign contributors.
amendment here on the floor. sense to me. I do understand that the people be-
Knowing the way the Senate does In my view, it would be rather dis- hind this military budget who love it
business, I worry very much—and I graceful for us to leave town, recess so much are the military-industrial
hope I am wrong, and I will do my best the Senate for 2 weeks without getting complex and the defense contractors.
to prevent it, but I worry very much a vote on a single amendment and then They are doing phenomenally well. It
that we are supposed to be getting out come back in a couple of weeks to pass is a great budget for them. Their CEOs
of here for the Fourth of July break to- a $740 billion Defense bill without any make tens of millions of dollars a year.
morrow night. Right now, it is a little opportunity to amend that bill. They make huge profits every single
after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, and we are If the horrific pandemic that we are year. It is a good budget for them. But
out of here on Thursday. now experiencing, where tens of thou- maybe we may want to get our prior-
Given the fact that we are talking sands of people are coming down with ities right and have a good budget for
about 53 percent of the discretionary the virus every single day—if the pan- working families and low-income fami-
budget of the U.S.A., I am just a little demic has taught us anything, it is lies in America. That is what my
bit worried about how many real that national security, the well-being amendment does.
amendments, significant amendments, of our people, and protecting our peo- This amendment is being cosponsored
are going to be offered. ple is a lot more than just building by Senators MARKEY and WARREN. It is
Let us be clear that over the last bombs and missiles and jet fighters and also being supported by over 60 organi-
year, we have been part of what I con- tanks and submarines. Our people are zations throughout this country rep-
sider to be the biggest do-nothing Sen- in trouble today in an unprecedented resenting millions and millions of peo-
ate in the modern history of this coun- way with the pandemic and with an ple, including organizations like Public
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try. This country faces enormous crises economic meltdown in which tens of Citizen, Union of Concerned Scientists,
in terms of the pandemic, faces enor- millions of people have lost their jobs Physicians for Social Responsibility,
mous crises in terms of an economic over the last couple of months. We and the Coalition on Human Needs.
meltdown, enormous crises in terms of have to focus on how we protect those These organizations are saying that
racial injustice and police brutality, people. It is not just spending money maybe—just maybe—instead of invest-
enormous crises in terms of being the on planes and guns and bombs. ing in weapons of destruction, instead
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of spending more money on the mili- So the question that we have to ask The last amendment that I have filed
tary than the next 11 nations com- ourselves is this: How does it happen would reduce the defense budget by
bined, maybe we should invest in our that, in the wealthiest country in the one-tenth of 1 percent—not a lot of
people. history of the world and with the money—and use that money to make
What this amendment would do is strongest economy in the world, we our Nation safer by reaching out to
provide funding, again, for 1,000 dis- have doctors and nurses today who are people throughout the world and ex-
tressed communities, from Vermont to dealing with people with COVID–19 and panding educational and cultural ex-
Oklahoma, which would receive Fed- don’t even have the personal protective change programs.
eral funding to hire more public school equipment that they need? How in In other words, the theory behind
teachers, provide nutritious meals to God’s name does that happen? this whole bill is that, by spending $740
children and parents, and offer free tui- We are spending 18 percent of our billion on the building of planes and
tion to public colleges, universities, or GDP on healthcare—twice as much as tanks and guns and the most sophisti-
trade schools. any other country. Yet we cannot pro- cated weapons of mass destruction in
At this pivotal moment in American vide a $1 mask to a doctor or to a nurse the history of the world, it will make
history, we have to make a funda- whose life is at stake. It is not only us safer. Well, I am not so sure. Maybe
mental decision that we want to con- doctors and nurses. what makes us safer is when we break
tinue spending billions on endless wars What a number of countries around down the fears and the hatred that
in the Middle East, on weapons of mass the world are doing, which is very exist between peoples all over the
destruction—of which we have more smart, is producing or acquiring large world. Maybe what makes us safer is
than enough—or do we provide decent numbers of high-quality masks, and when we get to know each other—that
jobs and education and healthcare for they are distributing those masks to is, as human beings—whether we are
millions of people in our country? all of the households in their countries. Chinese or Russians or Iranians or Bra-
Further, a major reason why there is We should be making sure that every zilians or Canadians. Maybe we all
so much waste, fraud, and abuse at the household in this country has the share the same human aspirations.
Pentagon is, in fact, that the Defense masks that each needs. That will save Throughout history, it has always
Department remains the only Federal lives. There is an estimate from the been easy to demonize people you don’t
agency in America that hasn’t been University of Washington that it could know—always easy. That is what
able to pass an independent audit, save 30,000 lives during this pandemic if demagogues have always done. We are
which deals with the second amend- 95 percent of the American people were fearful of Jews, of Blacks, of the Irish,
ment that I have introduced. to wear masks. It would also save us a of Italians, and of gay people. It is so
I don’t think it is too much to say substantial sum of money because it is easy to demonize people with whom we
that the largest agency of the Federal a lot cheaper to invest in masks than are not comfortable and don’t know.
Government has to pass an inde- in the hospitalizations for those who They are not in our communities, and
pendent audit. have the virus. I should mention that we don’t know anybody. Let’s demon-
There is nobody in the Senate who other countries that are not as wealthy ize the people of Iran, and let’s demon-
does not believe there is massive waste as we are—countries like South Korea, ize the people of China and Russia.
and fraud at the Pentagon. Defense France, Turkey, Austria, and others— This is not saying that I or anybody
contractor after defense contractor has are doing just that. else here is in agreement with their
pled guilty to fraud. We have massive Again, this is an idea that has won policies, but are weapons the only ap-
cost overruns. support from not only Dr. Fauci but proach we have toward them? Yes, we
In the second amendment that I am from other leading healthcare experts need a strong military, and I believe in
offering, which has been cosponsored who testified before the Committee on a strong military. Do you know what I
by Senator GRASSLEY, a longtime Re- Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- also believe? When we have kids from
publican leader here; Senator LEE, a sions yesterday. That is the third the United States who go to other
Republican from Utah; and Senator amendment—making sure that we uti- countries and when other countries
WYDEN, of Oregon, all that we are ask- lize the Defense Production Act to send their kids, their farmers, their
ing is that there be an independent produce the masks that our medical doctors, their nurses to America and
audit of the Defense Department and professionals and the American people when we get to know each other, we
that it be completed no later than fis- need. We can save tens of thousands of have a shot at breaking down the irra-
cal year 2025. It is not a very radical lives and hundreds of billions of dollars tional hatred which foments so many
idea. by doing it. problems throughout the world.
The third amendment I am offering is The fourth amendment I have filed As a former mayor, I can tell you—
one that, I would hope and expect, would prohibit funding for military aid and I am not alone—that this idea of
would have wide support right here. I and logistical support for the disas- sister cities is certainly not a radical
think it does have support among the trous, Saudi-led war in Yemen. I be- idea. I suspect that almost everybody
American people, and it certainly has lieve it is past time that we put an end here in the Senate comes from a State
widespread support among the medical to our unconstitutional and unauthor- in which a sister city program exists or
community and the epidemiologists of ized participation in this war. that you have programs with cities in
this country. On this issue, I am certainly not other countries. In Vermont, we have a
Just yesterday, I was participating in alone. A bipartisan majority of the number of them. I started several of
a hearing of the Committee on Health, U.S. Senate has already voted three them when I was the mayor of Bur-
Education, Labor, and Pensions. We times—not once, not twice, but three lington. It was a beautiful thing to
had the leading experts in this country, times—to halt all U.S. military sup- see—kids from another country coming
including several representatives of the port for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. It to our country and our people going to
Trump administration—Dr. Fauci and is time for us to do that again—this other countries and learning.
others—talking about the pandemic time, not just in words but in action. All I am asking for is one-tenth of 1
and what we could do about it. There We should have no money going toward percent—$7 billion—no, less than that.
was widespread consensus. Nobody, I U.S. participation in this horrible war, What am I talking about? All I am ask-
think, has any doubt anymore, except which is destroying a nation with some ing for is $700 million to encourage cul-
maybe Donald Trump, that masks are of the poorest, most desperate people tural and educational exchange pro-
a very, very important preventive on Earth. grams. By taking this tiny fraction
measure. They are not going to solve So that is the fourth amendment, from our defense budget—one-tenth of
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all of the problems, but the evidence is and I think it would be hard for any- 1 percent—and applying it to these ex-
overwhelming that the people who body here to deny that it is an impor- change programs, we will send a mes-
wear masks in public, when they are tant amendment. This has already sage about the critical role these ex-
around other people, are less likely to been, in one form or another, passed change programs play. They exist all
transmit the virus or to receive the three times. So let’s get some teeth over this country already, but I want
virus. Nobody doubts that anymore. into it. to see them grow, in supporting not
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only American security but our com- known each other for years and, I opposed to amendments. We are just
mon, global security. Therefore, I have think, respect each other. We have trying to—with the understanding and
listed and described five amendments. very, very different philosophical the realization that things are done in
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- leanings, but that does not mean we the Senate with unanimous consent
sent to set aside the pending amend- cannot respect each other. and that one person has a lot of power
ment and call up the following amend- All I would say to my friend from to stop a lot of other people, we don’t
ments en bloc: Senate amendment Nos. Oklahoma is that the function of the want that to happen. We want to en-
1788, 1920, 1789, 1919, and 1918; that they Senate is for 100 Members to determine courage amendments, and we are going
be reported by number; further, that what is important, not just a few. What to try to consider as many as we can.
there be 2 hours of debate on the may not be important to me may be Mr. SANDERS. I would simply say to
amendments, equally divided and con- important to you, and what may be im- my friend, he is quite right—unani-
trolled by me or by my designee and by portant to you may not be important mous consent gives every Member a lot
Senator INHOFE or his designee; and to me. Yet I think, especially on a bill of power, and I do not want to be objec-
that, following the use or yielding back of this significance, the Members— tionable, but I feel very strongly on
of that time, the Senate vote on the Democrats and Republicans—have a this issue, and I hope we can work on
adoption of the amendments, in the right to come forward and bring forth something.
order listed, without intervening ac- amendments. If I don’t like an amend- Mr. INHOFE. Thank you.
tion or debate. ment and you have brought forth the Mr. SANDERS. I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. amendment, it is likely I am going to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
ROUNDS). Is there objection? vote against it, and you are going to ator from Washington.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, reserv- vote against my amendment. I get it. S. 4049
ing the right to object. It is called democracy. It is the process Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we go through here. I just cannot un- come to the floor to continue this de-
ator from Oklahoma. derstand why we are not voting on bate about the Armed Services bill we
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I object; amendments. When we get back, I are considering on the floor today, and
although, I would like to have the op- would rather see a process take place I would just note for my colleagues
portunity to look at all five of these whereby dozens of amendments are that I know that it is a general prac-
amendments to see which ones would brought up and debated and voted up or tice, but my colleague from Vermont is
not be consistent with the negotiation voted down. That is what, I think, this bringing up a very big, important point
that is taking place right now. Senate is supposed to stand for. about amendments, and that is that
I would like to make sure that every- Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, if the the NDAA is marked up in a secret,
one understands that, at this very mo- Senator would yield for one more com- closed-door session. It is not like we all
ment, Democrats and Republicans are ment so I may address that, Senator have a bright light, and we know what
looking at a lot of amendments, as we REED and I are both in agreement. We is in there. In fact, they held the lan-
have done every year for 60 years, to have been wanting amendments. We guage for 3 weeks and then now, all of
make sure that we are getting the have been asking on a daily basis—now a sudden, thrust it onto the Senate
right amendments in order to make the for about 2 months—for Members to floor and then don’t want us to offer
bill the best we can. bring their amendments down so we any amendments.
Now, it will just take a few minutes can consider amendments. We are in In my case, I am objecting, along
for me to do this. Until then, I reserve the process now of seeing which amend- with the Senator from Vermont, as to
the right to object. If we have a timing ments we are able to bring up that we a major shift in policy that is in this
problem on this, I will object, but it might have reached an agreement on. proposal that shifts money away from
might be that there is one I would like We are doing that. It is not an easy the Department of Energy and onto nu-
to consider at this time. process, and it does take a little bit of clear weapons, where we didn’t even
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there time. Yet I am hopeful that we will vote on it. We didn’t vote on it, and
objection? have amendments. I anticipate we will. members of the Energy and Natural
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I object. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, if I Resources Committee are in disagree-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- may respond to my friend, JACK REED ment about this, the fact that we
tion is heard. is a good friend of mine, and I know weren’t consulted and that it is basi-
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I would that you and he are working hard and cally raiding jurisdiction.
like to be recognized in order to make well together. Yet you are two Sen- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
a comment. ators, and there are 98 others of us, and sent to have printed in the RECORD a
First of all, I have great respect for on what you two may agree to be im- letter signed by myself, Senator LAMAR
the Senator. I have worked with him portant or not to be important others ALEXANDER, Senator HEINRICH, Senator
many times, and we have really gotten may disagree. CASSIDY, Senator WYDEN, Senator BAR-
quite a bit accomplished. I know that All I am saying to the Senator is to RASSO, Senator RISCH, and Senator
my friend is sincere in the statements let people bring up their amendments. SANDERS from Vermont.
that he makes, but I find myself in a If the Senator doesn’t like it and I We object. We are members of the
different position. don’t like it, we will vote against it. I committee. We are very senior mem-
I see what has happened in previous just don’t know why we are restricting bers of the committee. We understand
administrations, and, during the last 5 amendments in a Senate which is sup- the DOE budget. We understand the
years of the Obama administration, I posed to be one of the great delibera- DOE responsibilities. We don’t think it
saw when, in his budget, the President tive bodies in the world. The world is is right for somebody to mark up, in a
reduced the military by 25 percent at supposed to look at us, but they are closed-door session, in the middle of
the same time that China was increas- not looking well at us when a few peo- the National Defense Act, a taking of
ing its by 83 percent and Russia was in- ple determine what is going to be voted money, basically neutering the Sec-
creasing its by 34 percent. I am sen- on or not. retary of Energy, basically saying: You
sitive to this, and it is one of the con- Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I would only have half of your budget because
siderations we make. respond by saying that I don’t take we are going to dictate over at the De-
I do object to this amendment, but I issue with that, but I will say that we partment of Defense exactly how you
am going to work with the Senator to all remember what happened a year are going to spend those dollars.
see which of these might be appro- ago when this bill was up. One of our So that is a big power grab by a very
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priate and can be sellable to a majority Members objected to all amendments few people and certainly deserves a
of the people in the Senate. coming up, and, as a result, no one got vote by the U.S. Senate. It certainly
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- an amendment up. deserves a bright light by the Amer-
ator from Vermont. That isn’t happening this year be- ican people because not only are we
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, Sen- cause the individuals who were opposed talking about this from the perspective
ator INHOFE is right. He and I have to amendments last year are no longer of the taking away DOE resources and
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focus from the Secretary of Energy, we 2020 letter to Chairman Inhofe and share his would probably love to know that the
are also talking about putting into the concerns that provisions in the Senate hydro system didn’t have to go through
hands of the Department of Defense NDAA bill undermine DOE’s ability to meet FERC relicensing, but they did have to
its mission goals and responsibility for main-
what has been civilian oversight—civil- go through FERC relicensing.
taining the viability of the nation’s nuclear
ian oversight of the production of our deterrent. And so the fact that that was in a
nuclear weapons. As currently written, the Senate NDAA panoply of things stuffed into NDAA,
So why is this so important, who is bill would strip the Secretary of Energy of in the final negotiation in the House,
in charge of DOE’s budget? Well, I the ability to manage some of the most sen- they couldn’t get it out. So we are
think the Secretary of Energy is. I sitive national security programs that ac- being held hostage one more time on
think he comes before Congress. I count for almost half of the Department’s the NDAA bill for bad policy that has
think he discusses with Congress what budget. Such changes could impede account-
ability and Congressional oversight, as well
not had the broad discussion of the
that budget is. I think he talks and we U.S. Senate.
as imperil future funding for other critical
talk and we review his nominees and DOE responsibilities such as promoting sci- So I would say to my colleagues: If
the work they do on this. entific and technological innovation, man- you care about nuclear waste cleanup,
For me, in the State of Washington, aging our National Laboratories, sponsoring if you care about the agenda of our na-
we have the largest nuclear cleanup basic research in the physical sciences, and tional laboratories—and I will tell you,
site in the entire world. So cleaning up ensuring cleanup of the nation’s nuclear
you think people are threatening you
Hanford from the plutonium produc- weapons complex.
Sweeping changes impacting civilian con- right now? People are threatening us
tion that was done for our efforts in
trol of our nation’s nuclear weapons pro- on cybersecurity. People don’t stick a
World War II is a massive, multibil-
grams should only be made in consultation sub into your waters anymore, taunt-
lion-dollar-a-year cleanup. I wish it
and coordination with the committee of ju- ing you or flying aircraft overhead;
wasn’t that much, but it is, and it has risdiction in an open and transparent man- they basically put software tools into
been for decades. ner. The changes included in the Senate
And people constantly look at that $2 your powerplants, into your military
NDAA bill have been met with opposition sites. We need our National Labora-
billion and think: We can shave some from the Trump Administration, former Sec-
of those dollars off. I am here to tell tories to do their job, not have the
retaries of Energy, recent NNSA Administra-
you, you can’t, not with leaky tanks tors, and the Congressional Advisory Panel money subverted by some agency that
leaking into the groundwater and mov- on the Governance of the Nuclear Security we don’t see, they don’t come to us—
ing toward the Columbia River—no. We Enterprise. they go to a few Members. They go to
cannot have people taking half of the We therefore request that the provisions be the Senator from Oklahoma, but they
removed from the pending bill or that the don’t come see us and talk about their
DOE budget and then basically decid- Senate be allowed to vote on the relevant
ing that the Department of Defense is agenda. They basically just want an in-
amendments filed by Ranking Member crease, and instead of going through
going to decide what to do with it. Manchin.
Hanford isn’t the only site. There are the normal legislative process, they ba-
Sincerely,
other cleanup sites—Paducah. There MARIA CANTWELL, MARTIN HEINRICH, RON sically are trying to short circuit both
are still things to do with Savannah WYDEN, MAZIE K. HIRONO, BERNIE SAND- appropriators and authorizers on this
River. There are cleanup sites all over ERS, LAMAR ALEXANDER, BILL CASSIDY, important issue.
the United States. JOHN BARRASSO, JAMES RISCH. So if people are proud of that lan-
To, in the NDAA bill, basically, pre- Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, what guage, if they think it stands, they
clude us from even discussing such a else is at stake? think it is the right policy, then they
major policy change that is not sup- Also, at stake are our National Lab- should let us have a vote. They should
ported by the Secretary of Energy, not oratories. Our National Laboratories let us have a discussion of who is in
supported by the chairwoman of the do incredibly hard work for us. I know charge of DOE’s budget because, I guar-
Energy and Natural Resources Com- what ours does in the Pacific North- antee you, most Americans think it is
mittee or the ranking member, Senator west because they are an expert on cy- the Secretary of Energy and not a
MANCHIN, whose amendment we would bersecurity. They are an expert on de- five-, seven-member subcabinet level
like to seek a vote on—so I submit to tection. They are an expert on ter- over at DOD.
the RECORD this letter from my col- rorism and fighting terrorism. This is appalling, and it has to stop.
leagues on the Energy and Natural Re- So now, all of a sudden, you are going TRIBUTE TO JOEL CONNELLY
sources Committee also objecting to to let the National Nuclear Security
this language. Agency decide what that budget looks Mr. President, if I could, while I am
There being no objection, the mate- like because they are going to take out here on the floor, pay tribute to
rial was ordered to be printed in the more money from it. one of the most iconic newspapers in
RECORD, as follows: Now is not the time to allow the De- the State of Washington, the Seattle P-
partment of Defense, without our over- I, and one of its noted journalists who
UNITED STATES SENATE,
Washington, DC, July 1, 2020. sight that we are sent here to give, to is retiring this week after 47 years
Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, decide what this budget should look writing for the organization.
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, like. That is not their role and respon- This newspaper, which was part of
Washington, DC. the Northwest history for decades, fi-
sibility.
Hon. CHARLES SCHUMER, nally stopped the print edition several
Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, So the fact that somebody thinks
they can stick this in, in a closed-door years ago, but it has still been online.
Washington, DC.
session, and then jam us, without a Joel Connelly has been an icon of the
Hon. JIM INHOFE,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, vote of this body to consider such a Northwest, writing about Presidents
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. major policy change, is appalling. for decades; writing about Northwest
Hon. JACK REED, Now, I know that people tried to do policy, such as the outdoors; writing
Ranking Member, Committee on Armed Services, this 2 years ago or a year and a half about the relationship, on inter-
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. national issues, particularly with Can-
DEAR MAJORITY LEADER MCCONNELL, MI-
ago and basically got taken out by the
House of Representatives, but that is ada.
NORITY LEADER SCHUMER, CHAIRMAN INHOFE,
AND RANKING MEMBER REED: As the Senate no excuse for doing it now. People jam Joel said it best. Once he said about
considers the Fiscal Year 2021 National De- so many things into this bill. Last his employer, the P-I: ‘‘We do our best
fense Authorization Act (NDAA), we write to time, they jammed in basically the re- to inform you, to intrigue you, amuse
express our opposition to the inclusion of licensing of a hydroelectric dam. Basi- you, and at times get under your skin.’’
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controversial and far reaching provisions cally, written into this for the chair- I miss those days of journalism
that would fundamentally alter the Depart- man was the revision that said they no today, where someone has so much
ment of Energy’s (DOE) responsibilities for
the nuclear weapons budget.
longer have to be regulated by the Fed- knowledge and information about our
As members of the Senate Committee on eral Energy Regulatory Commission. region, about politics in general, about
Energy and Natural Resources, we write in Well, I can tell you, there are lots of society that they help keep us in-
support of Secretary Brouillette’s June 29, people in the State of Washington who formed and engaged.
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Joel once interviewed Bill Clinton on The USMCA brings to bear, then, a With every trade issue that comes, it
Air Force One and obviously inter- trilateral trade agreement that will is always important to remember what
viewed many Presidents—both Bushes, lift prosperity across North America. President Kennedy said in his Presi-
Clinton, Obama. The USMCA paves the way for freer dency about trade legislation and the
He once was a Pulitzer Prize runner- markets and fairer trade. It replaces benefits of it—that if it benefits one
up for his coverage of the Washington NAFTA and puts America in a better country, it benefits the others. He said
Public Power Supply System, and obvi- position to expand market access for that ‘‘a rising tide lifts all boats.’’
ously he covered Hanford issues, which U.S. workers, farmers, and businesses. I am confident the USMCA will steer
I just talked about many times, and Specifically, the USMCA modernizes America’s workers, farmers, and busi-
many northern border issues. rules of origin for autos, sanitary and nesses to better days ahead.
He probably was best known in his phytosanitary standards, intellectual I yield the floor.
coverage of Idaho Governor Cecil property rules, digital trade, financial The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Andrus and wrote a book about him services, customs, labor, environment, ator from Florida.
and the many fights that happened in and more. f
the Northwest on land issues for many, Some of these issues I just mentioned NATIONAL BORINQUENEERS DAY
many years. weren’t even around 30 years ago when Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President,
So I can’t even begin to explain what NAFTA was negotiated. Modernizing I rise today to recognize and honor a
it will be like without Joel Connelly at NAFTA into the 21st century was the very important group of people in our
the helm of political national com- right thing to do. Nation’s history. The 65th Infantry
mentary for us in the Pacific North- As we enter into this agreement, the Regiment of the U.S. Army known as
west. world is navigating uncertain times, as the Borinqueneers was comprised of
Nobody sharper. Nobody keener. No- we know. The unprecedented public U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico.
body more experienced. Nobody who health crisis has turned the economy The Borinqueneers courageously
struck more fear in me when I had to upside down. Now, more than ever, our fought for decades to defend the free-
get on the phone with him because farmers, businesses, and workers need doms we enjoy today. They answered
chances were he knew the issue even and deserve certainty that they can the Nation’s call to serve, and they are
better than I did, and I had been pretty count on us to turn things around and the longest standing and only Active-
studied on it, but that is what you get accelerate economic recovery. Duty Latino military unit in U.S. his-
after 47 years in journalism. As chairman of the Senate Finance tory.
So I wish him all the best, but I also Committee, with jurisdiction over On April 13, 2016, Congress awarded
hope his retirement is a call for all of trade, I will be keeping a close eye on the Congressional Gold Medal to the
us to remember how important jour- the implementation of this historic 65th Infantry Regiment in recognition
nalism really is; that the tool and trade agreement. I want to ensure that of the Borinqueneers’ numerous con-
trade of people who basically cover any kinks that come up are ironed out tributions to American history and
these policies, understand them, and with appropriate flexibility, taking outstanding military service from
help give commentary in their columns into consideration unforeseen cir- World War I to the recent conflicts in
or in their journalism and oversight is cumstances from the pandemic, such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
what helps us keep our democracy here automakers and others who were shut Today, I am honored to join my col-
in the United States. down or repurposed operations to leagues in recognizing the bravery,
So, Joel, I know you will be up there produce medical equipment, and that is service, and sacrifice of the Puerto
on Whidbey Island and you will be just one example. I also will keep Rican soldiers of the 65th Infantry
watching us from afar. I know we are watch to hold accountable all stake- Regiment and to express deep gratitude
not done hearing the last of you, but I holders and ensure full compliance for the contributions to the Armed
know we have heard a great com- with the trade agreement. Forces that have been made by hun-
mentary for 47 years of the P-I and Now more than ever, North America dreds of thousands of patriotic U.S.
your comments, and we greatly appre- must work together to harvest the citizens from Puerto Rico.
ciate it. fruits of the USMCA. That is how we I am honored to designate April 13 as
I yield the floor. can foster investment, innovation, and National Borinqueneers Day to ensure
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- job creation for the 478 million people their legacy lives on. History will for-
ator from Iowa. who live in these 3 countries. ever pay tribute to the sacrifices these
UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE The U.S. International Trade Com- individuals and their families made to
AGREEMENT mission estimated that the USMCA defend our freedom.
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, within 5 years would raise U.S. GDP by Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
today the United States, Mexico, and $68 billion, forecasting 176,000 new jobs sent to address the Senate in Spanish.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
Canada launched a new chapter in our in the United States. That is music to
objection, it is so ordered.
historic partnership with entry into the ears for everyone in America who (The English translation of the state-
force of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agree- has been hard hit by the pandemic’s ment made in Spanish is as follows:)
ment—USMCA for short. economic fallout. Mr. SCOTT of Florida. It is my honor
Thanks to the decisive leadership of Farmers in my State have enjoyed to recognize the service of these brave
President Trump, the USMCA will open one of the best planting seasons in dec- American citizens from Puerto Rico
the door for robust economic growth. ades. However, our livestock, poultry, who fought for our Nation. Your legacy
At the same time, regarding his deci- and biofuels producers have faced cata- will live on. Thank you for your serv-
sive leadership as President, this isn’t strophic disruption to their operations ice.
an issue just now. This is something since the virus swept across the coun- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
the President said in 2016; that the try. Iowa is the Nation’s No. 1 producer sent that the Senate proceed to the
NAFTA was the worst trade agreement of pork, eggs, and corn. Our economy consideration of S. Res. 641, submitted
that we have had, and he was going to depends on exports to grow and for our earlier today.
get rid of it or revise it. Most Presi- economy to flourish. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
dents run on a platform. They may not American farmers depend on exports clerk will report.
serve on that platform. This President to pay their bills and earn a living. The senior assistant legislative clerk
is serving on that platform, and today Farmers simply want to grow and read as follows:
the USMCA going into force for the produce for the marketplace, not for A resolution (S. Res. 641) designating April
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first time is absolute proof of this government bailouts. 13, 2020, as ‘‘National Borinqueneers Day’’.
President keeping his promises and Today’s inauguration of the USMCA There being no objection, the Senate
getting the job done. offers a bright ray of hope for North proceeded to consider the resolution.
He also needs to compliment and America to plow forward and to plant Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President,
thank Ambassador Lighthizer, the ne- the seeds for a robust economic recov- I ask unanimous consent that the reso-
gotiator on this whole agreement. ery. lution be agreed to, the preamble be
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agreed to, and the motions to recon- It would improve transparency in po- this March in which the response to a
sider be considered made and laid upon lice departments by creating a national welfare check on Valente Acosta-
the table with no intervening action or police misconduct registry, requiring Bustillos, a man with documented be-
debate. accurate data reporting on misconduct havioral health challenges, ended with
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and use-of-force incidents and ensuring officers fatally shooting him after he
objection, it is so ordered. problematic officers cannot avoid ac- wielded a shovel that he had been using
The resolution (S. Res. 641) was countability by simply changing de- to do yard work.
agreed to. partments. This is not an isolated incident. The
The preamble was agreed to. It would also institute a real na- evidence is everywhere that systemic
(The resolution, with its preamble, is tional ban on choke holds and other reform is needed for law enforcement,
printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- deadly, restrictive airway holds. We not just in Albuquerque but all across
mitted Resolutions.’’) have seen this use of lethal force kill my State and all across this country.
f George Floyd and Eric Garner before Since the beginning of 2015, since the
him and earlier this year, in Las Nation reeled over the death of Mi-
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA-
Cruces, NM, when a police officer chael Brown in Ferguson, MO, there
TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR
killed Antonio Valenzuela with a vas- have been more than 5,000—5,000—fatal
2021—Continued
cular neck restraint. While I hope that police shootings. It pains me to say
Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I yield the that in that time period, New Mexico
justice will be served for Mr. Floyd’s
floor. has had the highest rate of these shoot-
I suggest the absence of a quorum. and Mr. Valenzuela’s families, I know
that these men should never have died ings in the entire country on a per cap-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ita basis.
clerk will call the roll. in the first place. This lethal and un-
necessary type of force should not be While our overall nationwide statis-
The senior assistant legislative clerk tics on deaths in police custody are in-
proceeded to call the roll. allowed anywhere in America.
The Justice in Policing Act would complete—which is a problem in and of
Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I ask itself—the data we do have makes it
unanimous consent that the order for put an end to the injudicious use of no-
knock warrants that led to the murder clear that police in the United States
the quorum call be rescinded and to are killing people at a rate much high-
speak as in morning business. of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY.
In order to prevent future er than our peer nations.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COT- A review of media-reported, arrest-
TON). Without objection, it is so or- extrajudicial killings like the murder
related deaths in the Bureau of Justice
dered. of Ahmaud Arbery earlier this year by
Statistics found that more than 1,300
JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT vigilantes in Georgia, the Justice in
people died in police custody in the 10
Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, Amer- Policing Act would also finally des-
months from June 2015 to March 2016.
icans are demanding an end to the per- ignate lynching as a Federal crime.
During that same period, only 13 people
sistent racial injustice and violence The legislation would also make
in the United Kingdom died in or after
that inflicts our country. broad improvements in training for po-
being in police custody.
Protestors have gathered outside of lice officers. That includes implicit While we are a much larger country,
the White House and the Capitol. New bias training to confront the prejudice even on a per capita basis, that means
Mexicans from our biggest city to our that contributes to racial profiling and that Americans are being killed at a
smallest communities are marching for confrontational treatment of people of rate of approximately six times higher
meaningful change. color. than in the UK. Many, if not most, of
I have joined these protests in Eman- We must also make deescalation and these deaths fall or are deemed ‘‘justi-
cipation Hall, in the streets of Wash- crisis intervention techniques standard fied’’ by law enforcement, but I want to
ington, DC, and now I am joining them operating procedures in encounters and say in the strongest possible terms: We
from the U.S. Senate floor. make the use of lethal force the abso- can’t keep accepting a system that jus-
The systemic racism being called out lute last resort. tifies this level of deadly violence.
is real, and it is all around us all of the In my State, we have seen far too The House of Representatives dem-
time. Within law enforcement, we have many incidents in which police have onstrated last week that we can take
seen it in the horrific videos docu- killed people of color with lethal tac- action to address this system. Answer-
menting the racist violence that took tics or responded to New Mexicans ex- ing the calls of Americans all across
the lives of Black men and women at periencing mental illness or addiction our country, the House voted to pass
the hands of police officers and with unnecessary force that resulted in the Justice in Policing Act. The Senate
extrajudicial killers. death. Nearly a decade ago, the Depart- needs to do the same because no one
As a father raising two sons, my ment of Justice began an investigation should be above the law—no one, in-
heart aches for the parents whose sons’ into the Albuquerque Police Depart- cluding those in law enforcement.
and daughters’ names we now chant ment after numerous such fatal police While I believe these last weeks and
loudly in the streets. encounters. months of Americans calling for jus-
It is unacceptable for any American In 2014, the Department of Justice re- tice have changed many hearts and
to live in fear of violent encounters leased its report that cited chronic minds, I am not naive enough to be-
when they enter public spaces or retail abuses of civil rights, widespread com- lieve the current administration is ei-
stores or just go out for a walk. The munity distrust, and a pattern of ex- ther willing or capable of bringing the
very fact that painful experiences with cessive force across the department. level of change that Americans are de-
law enforcement are ubiquitous among For these past 6 years, the Albu- manding.
so many in our Nation should be evi- querque Police Department has been Unfortunately, in the last 31⁄2 years,
dence enough that our current model of under a federally enforced consent de- President Trump and his Justice De-
policing is not working. That is why I cree that has brought much needed partment have either turned a blind
am proud to support my colleagues changes in hiring, training, and use-of- eye, excused, or even openly encour-
Senator BOOKER and Senator HARRIS to force policies. aged a more violent police culture.
cosponsor the Justice in Policing Act. This ongoing process of changing just Starting under Attorney General Jeff
This sweeping legislation reforms the this one police department’s culture is Sessions and certainly continuing
police system as Americans across the far from complete. Court hearings con- under Attorney General Bill Barr
country demand an end to police vio- tinue, and a federally appointed mon- today, this administration has spent
lence that is disproportionately tar- itor continues to oversee the yearslong much more time and Department of
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geting communities of color. It would process of completing all of the re- Justice resources aiding the Presi-
address qualified immunity standards forms in the federally mandated, court- dent’s own political battles and imple-
in Federal law which currently stand approved settlement agreement. menting even harsher penalties on
in the way of police officers being held We have still seen multiple fatal po- Americans than on holding police de-
accountable in court when they violate lice shootings each year since reforms partments accountable for guaran-
constitutional rights. began. That includes one case from just teeing equal justice under the law.
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None of this excuses us in the U.S. Now, I want to be careful to empha- months and years ahead. Let’s rebuild
Senate from our own responsibility to size that the responsibility for chang- our country to create an America that
lead. We have a moral obligation, as ing this mentality must not fall en- includes all of us. Let’s rebuild our
Senators, to grapple with how we can tirely on the shoulders of our law en- country in a way that respects the
bring about necessary Federal changes forcement officers because we also rec- human dignity of Black lives and pro-
with better Federal policies. That ognize that our law enforcement offi- vides safety and opportunity to all of
should start with passing the account- cers, too, are being impacted and us. Let’s rebuild America to become
ability measures, the meaningful im- harmed by this broken system. We, as the place we all want it to be: a nation
provements to police training, and the a society, have asked them to treat the where we see each other as fellow
bans on excessive lethal force tactics symptoms and respond to the defi- human beings, equally deserving of life
that are in the Justice in Policing Act. ciencies that all of us have allowed to and liberty.
We also need to encourage the persist in education, in healthcare, in There is still so much more hard
changes that will necessarily need to addiction treatment, and in housing. work ahead of us. Passing the Justice
come at the local government level. On a daily basis, police officers ad- in Policing Act is a first meaningful
Advocates are calling on local govern- dress the most acute impacts of our step on a long path forward.
ments to reassess their budgets and not solving those other issues. I would I suggest the absence of a quorum.
how much they have prioritized polic- argue that this is because the same The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
ing and prisons over education and wrongheaded ‘‘us versus them’’ warrior clerk will call the roll.
housing. They are also calling on their mentality that I have been describing The legislative clerk proceeded to
local leaders to reimagine a world has long resided within this very insti- call the roll.
where armed police officers are not the tution and has been baked into our Mrs. BLACKBURN. I ask unanimous
responders dispatched to all crisis situ- country as a whole. consent that the order for the quorum
ations. It is the same warrior mentality that call be rescinded.
Last week, the mayor of Albu- has fueled the Federal Government’s The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
querque, Tim Keller, announced a pro- ineffective and racist War on Drugs and objection, it is so ordered.
posal to create an entirely new public War on Crime over the course of the FREE SPEECH
safety department that would dispatch last 50 years. Intentionally or not, Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President,
social workers, housing and homeless- these policies helped build what advo- over the past few months, we have all
ness specialists, and violence preven- cates label the ‘‘school-to-prison pipe- watched the power that the digital
tion and diversion program experts in- line’’ and the ‘‘New Jim Crow.’’ ‘‘New community has to make someone’s
stead of police officers to homeless- Jim Crow’’ may sound harsh, but in my passing thought go viral and the power
ness, so-called down-and-out calls, and estimation, it is an astonishingly accu- that the digital mob has to make con-
behavioral health crises. rate way to describe the unequal soci- troversial voices completely disappear.
This is the scale of systemic change Well, who is the ‘‘digital mob’’ ex-
ety we have created across our entire
that we need to be thinking about and actly, because right now we are hear-
country.
devoting real resources toward imple- More than half a century since the ing a lot about mob rule. Sometimes it
menting in all of our communities. We marchers in the civil rights movement is hard to tell who the mob actually is.
all need to carefully assess the effec- Is it the millions of users who swarm
called on us to create an America
tiveness of continuing a status quo in social media platforms at the very first
where we were all judged by the con-
law enforcement that is clearly not hint of a controversy, or is it the pro-
tent of our character rather than the
keeping all of us safe. fessional activists who provoke many
It will not be easy to dismantle the color of our skin, we find ourselves fac-
ing the same challenges as 50 years of these attacks? They seem to know
‘‘us versus them’’ warrior mentality
ago, with implicit bias and structural just when to pitch a thought, a word,
that is so pervasive in far too many of
our law enforcement agencies. If you inequities ravaging our communities of or an idea. Could it be the platforms
treat the communities that you police color. That is what you get after com- themselves that cave to the pressure
like they are war zones, you create a bining militarized policing with overly and police speech when they don’t
relationship that dehumanizes the very harsh sentencing laws, mass incarcer- agree with that speech?
people you are charged to protect, and ation, private prisons, continued insti- So let’s drill down on this just a lit-
you fuel more of the very violence and tutional racial discrimination, and a tle bit. Today I want to focus on the
crime that you are supposed to pre- decades-long disinvestment in public Googles and the Facebooks of the
vent. education, affordable housing, food as- world because, when it comes down to
Our streets in American communities sistance, addiction treatment, and it, they are the ones that are in the
should never be treated like battle- healthcare resources. driver’s seat. They are the ones that
fields. Our local law enforcement offi- That is the system we are talking end up calling the shots.
cers should not be armed with mili- about when we talk about systemic For years, tech companies have
tary-grade equipment or AR–15s or racism. It will take more than nice waged a very public war against plat-
MRAP armored vehicles. They should words and kind wishes in a fleeting pe- form users who speak out against the
not be meeting peaceful protesters or riod of weeks to dismantle that system popular narrative, and the executives
demonstrators with teargas, flash gre- that has been built up in the 400 years charged with defending these calls rou-
nades, or rubber bullets. Police officers since the first slaves were brought to tinely struggle to explain the arbitrary
should not be treating any of us—what- our shores and in the last 50 years of nature of their content-moderation
ever our race and regardless of the rea- rapidly growing mass incarceration. policies.
son we are encountering them—as if we The sooner we finally recognize this, Every time moderators remove a post
are enemy combatants. the sooner we can try to envision and for what is called shocking content or
This militarized version of policing is implement effective, comprehensive re- cause a moral panic by placing a warn-
simply not the way to keep the peace forms on the scale necessary to create ing label on satire, Big Tech asks us to
or create a sense of public safety in our institutions that look out for all of us. just, oh, write it off: It was a mistake.
communities. It has created a distrust Over the last months, as we have all We really didn’t mean to do it. Move
in police and perpetuated trauma and confronted the health and economic on.
inequities in communities across our crises brought on by the COVID–19 pan- But we haven’t moved on because the
country. demic, I have often heard that we need platforms themselves have provided
I believe that we must transform this to get back to normal. But that version plenty of evidence to confirm that Big
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dangerous warrior mentality into a of normal was not working for all of us. Tech’s employees bring their bias to
guardian and neighborhood support Rather than hoping to get back to the workplace. Bear in mind, all of
mentality that looks to serve all mem- that unequal and unjust normal of be- these employees who are developing
bers of our communities. We should re- fore, I would offer this challenge to all the search models—the algorithms that
member that police officers are sup- of us. We have an opportunity—an op- are prioritizing your search, that are
posed to be officers of the peace. portunity to rebuild our country in the mining your data, that are policing
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your speech—are bringing their bias percent of the time. The dynamic be- how information is prioritized through
and their prejudice to the workplace. tween users and platforms has changed. your search engine. We are not going
These fears were confirmed back in And now, Congress must change the to allow Big Tech and their political
2017 when the New York Times re- law that guides that dynamic. bias to data-mine every email, every
ported that a Twitter employee inten- Here is the problem. This country text, and every search, and then use
tionally—intentionally—deleted Presi- has become so polarized, I am not sure that to access your information online.
dent Trump’s account, not because of Big Tech understands what a healthy Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
any violation but because the employee dynamic would actually look like. No sent to have printed in the RECORD the
had an ax to grind. They did not like longer do their choices seem to make previously referenced articles from the
President Donald Trump. sense to many Americans. The compul- New York Times and the Wall Street
This May, the Wall Street Journal sion to flag and report and threaten Journal.
revealed that Facebook set up a has become a reflex. When the digital There being no objection, the mate-
multistep approval process for changes mob chooses to attack on any given rial was ordered to be printed in the
to its ‘‘integrity ranking initiative’’ day, then, their choices are going to RECORD, as follows:
due to ‘‘reasonable concerns that over- change with every news cycle. As we [Nov. 2, 2017]
zealous engineers might let their poli- have seen, this heavily influences how ROGUE TWITTER EMPLOYEE BRIEFLY SHUTS
tics influence the platform.’’ Big Tech chooses to police content on DOWN TRUMP’S ACCOUNT
Think about that. Facebook set up a their platforms. (By Maggie Astor)
multistep approval process for changes You may have been saying or posting This is the way the world ends: not with a
to its integrity ranking initiative due something for years—no problem. But bang but a deleted Twitter account.
to reasonable concerns that over- then one day, that digital mob—be- At least, so it appeared for 11 minutes
zealous engineers might let their poli- cause of the news cycle—will choose to Thursday evening, when visitors to Presi-
tics influence the platform. Do you attack you. dent Trump’s personal account,
think? Of course they were. Of course Conservatives have suffered under @realDonaldTrump, were informed that
there was no such thing.
they were. The problem: They have this mob rule. There is no denying it.
The error message on some devices was
been doing it all along and trying to There is no denying that there is a dig- even more dire: ‘‘@realDonaldTrump does
say it is just your imagination when, ital mob. But reform can happen with- not exist.’’
actually, it is not. out overextending the heavy hand of Amid a presidency that has seemed, at
I don’t think anyone anticipated that Federal regulation over the entire tech times, to be conducted primarily in 140-char-
digital platforms would become power- industry. As someone who knows what acter pieces, this was a seismic event—and
ful enough to act as judge and jury it feels like to be censored, I get it. I what was left of Twitter erupted. It was a
over what information Americans absolutely understand why we need raucous, modern-day town-square gathering
of the sort not seen since . . . well, since five
should be allowed to access online. these reforms and why Congress needs months ago, when Mr. Trump coined a new
Congress certainly didn’t anticipate it to act now, this year. But I also know word in the middle of the night.
when drafting legislation to keep those that the more you rely on threats to It was just before 7 p.m. Thursday, and the
companies in check. But they have motivate good corporate behavior, the internet was in an uproar. Time stopped. The
overstepped their bounds. They con- more likely you will be to find reasons sun rose in the west and set in the east.
tinue to misbehave until we come to follow through on them. What, the watchers wondered, was going on?
along and slap their hand, and then We must find stronger ways to rein Had Twitter closed the president’s account?
they try to act as if they are going to in tech firms seeking to become the Had a White House aide snatched the phone
from Mr. Trump’s tweeting hands? Had Rob-
solve their problems, which leads us to new speech police. We know for a fact
ert Mueller chosen this moment to rifle
our current debate over section 230 re- that Big Tech’s biases are the problem. through the president’s direct messages? Had
form. But when did more government become Mr. Trump himself—could it be?—decided
Big Tech relies on section 230 of the the solution? We already tried that ap- he’d had enough of his favorite medium?
Communications Decency Act to shield proach. We called it the fairness doc- The answer, revealed three hours later,
themselves from content-based litiga- trine. Guess what. It did not work. In- was something straight out of ‘‘Office
tion. The statute also acts as a sword stead of encouraging free and fair dis- Space.’’ After saying in an initial statement
that platforms can engage to remove course, powerful parties use those rigid that the account had been ‘‘inadvertently de-
content they judge to be obscene, vio- activated due to human error by a Twitter
standards as leverage to control
employee,’’ Twitter announced that a rogue
lent, harassing, or otherwise objection- speech. customer support worker had done it on his
able. And, I will tell you, I can think of or her last day at the company.
In the section 230 world, then, the few things more dangerous than allow- Many of Mr. Trump’s supporters were in-
users—the users—are responsible for ing lawmakers and bureaucrats to censed, with some saying the incident
what they post, not the platform that weaponize the full force of the Federal showed a disregard for free speech. His oppo-
hosts the content. Government against the private ex- nents, on the other hand, were gleeful.
The platforms, however, have the change of information. ‘‘America: Hire this person,’’ former Rep-
right to set their own content guide- What we do know is this. Big Tech’s resentative John Dingell of Michigan
tweeted.
lines within limits without being sued. era of self-regulation is over. It no Even before Twitter confirmed that the de-
That sounds reasonable. Section 230 is longer works. Big Tech is not a group activation had been deliberate, some were
important, specifically, because of of infant companies. They are referred speculating about it.
what it doesn’t do. It does not force to as Big Tech because they have In the tech world, the statement raised
companies to choose between moder- grown. more questions than it answered. Twitter
ating every piece of content they host This self-regulation is over. It is time has never said how many employees have ac-
and letting their websites turn into the for Congress to take an action. But pu- cess to Mr. Trump’s account, or described
Wild West. nitive, one-size-fits-all standards will the safeguards it has in place for its highest-
profile users. And the company is already
But, as I said, no legislation could put these tech companies in a strait- under the microscope in Washington, where
have anticipated our current digital jacket. It would hamper innovation, Congress is investigating how technology gi-
landscape. Big Tech companies like and, eventually, it would collapse the ants might have shaped the outcome of the
Google and Facebook now have the industry. 2016 presidential election.
power to ruin content creators who Instead, we should set up and give Mr. Trump was locked out for just 11 min-
step out of line. And it is their line. Big Tech guidance that will encourage utes, and then, just as suddenly, he was
Even if those creators manage to stay growth and will encourage innovation, back. Those watching found themselves un-
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on the right side of the moderators, while also making it abundantly clear scathed—though some could not quite shake
a sense of dread.
they know their online presence—and that Congress will not allow Big Tech’s
The president himself got back to business
many times this is also their liveli- political bias to determine what infor- as if nothing had happened, tweeting at 8:05
hood—lives or dies at the hands of em- mation Americans are allowed to ac- p.m.: ‘‘Great Tax Cut rollout today. The lob-
ployees given the near-impossible task cess online. We will not allow Big Tech byists are storming Capital Hill, but the Re-
of remaining completely neutral 100 and their political bias to determine publicans will hold strong and do what is
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right for America!’’ He then fired off four ation of social media, decades of Pew Re- employees said weren’t unique to Germany
more tweets, denouncing the Democratic Na- search Center surveys have shown. But 60% or the Groups product. In a presentation at
tional Committee and James B. Comey be- of Americans think the country’s biggest an international security conference in Feb-
fore inviting viewers to watch his interview tech companies are helping further divide ruary, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company
with Laura Ingraham on Fox News. the country, while only 11% believe they are tries not to recommend groups that break its
And so, back in the offices and homes of uniting it, according to a Gallup-Knight sur- rules or are polarizing.
the nation, the people of Twitter could only vey in March. ‘‘We’ve learned a lot since 2016 and are not
sit back and reflect. At Facebook, ‘‘There was this soul-search- the same company today,’’ a Facebook
For better or for worse, the world seemed ing period after 2016 that seemed to me this spokeswoman said. ‘‘We’ve built a robust in-
predictable again, and one user made his pre- period of really sincere, ‘Oh man, what if we tegrity team, strengthened our policies and
diction bold. ‘‘Man,’’ Alex Zalben wrote, ‘‘in really did mess up the world?’ ’’ said Eli practices to limit harmful content, and used
like nine months there’s gonna be a ton of Pariser, co-director of Civic Signals, a research to understand our platform’s im-
Trump Twitter blackout babies.’’ project that aims to build healthier digital pact on society so we continue to improve.’’
spaces, and who has spoken to Facebook offi- Facebook in February announced $2 million
[May 26, 2020] cials about polarization. in funding for independent research pro-
FACEBOOK EXECUTIVES SHUT DOWN EFFORTS Mr. Pariser said that started to change posals on polarization.
TO MAKE THE SITE LESS DIVISIVE after March 2018, when Facebook got in hot The Common Ground team sought to tack-
water after disclosing that Cambridge le the polarization problem directly, said
(By Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman) people familiar with the team. Data sci-
Analytica, the political-analytics startup,
A Facebook Inc. FB 0.35% team had a blunt improperly obtained Facebook data about entists involved with the effort found some
message for senior executives. The com- tens of millions of people. The shift has interest groups—often hobby-based groups
pany’s algorithms weren’t bringing people gained momentum since, he said: ‘‘The inter- with no explicit ideological alignment—
together. They were driving people apart. nal pendulum swung really hard to ‘the brought people from different backgrounds
‘‘Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s media hates us no matter what we do, so together constructively. Other groups ap-
attraction to divisiveness,’’ read a slide from let’s just batten down the hatches.’ ’’ peared to incubate impulses to fight, spread
a 2018 presentation. ‘‘If left unchecked,’’ it In a sign of how far the company has falsehoods or demonize a population of out-
warned, Facebook would feed users ‘‘more moved, Mr. Zuckerberg in January said he siders.
and more divisive content in an effort to would stand up ‘‘against those who say that In keeping with Facebook’s commitment
gain user attention & increase time on the new types of communities forming on social to neutrality, the teams decided Facebook
platform.’’ media are dividing us.’’ People who have shouldn’t police people’s opinions, stop con-
That presentation went to the heart of a heard him speak privately said he argues so- flict on the platform, or prevent people from
question dogging Facebook almost since its cial media bears little responsibility for po- forming communities. The vilification of
founding: Does its platform aggravate polar- larization. one’s opponents was the problem, according
ization and tribal behavior? He argues the platform is in fact a guard- to one internal document from the team.
The answer it found, in some cases, was ian of free speech, even when the content is ‘‘We’re explicitly not going to build prod-
yes. objectionable—a position that drove ucts that attempt to change people’s be-
Facebook had kicked off an internal effort liefs,’’ one 2018 document states. ‘‘We’re fo-
Facebook’s decision not to fact-check polit-
to understand how its platform shaped user cused on products that increase empathy,
ical advertising ahead of the 2020 election.
behavior and how the company might ad- understanding, and humanization of the
dress potential harms. Chief Executive Mark INTEGRITY TEAMS
‘other side.’ ’’
Zuckerberg had in public and private ex- Facebook launched its research on divisive HOT-BUTTON ISSUES
pressed concern about ‘‘sensationalism and content and behavior at a moment when it
One proposal sought to salvage conversa-
polarization.’’ was grappling with whether its mission to
tions in groups derailed by hot-button issues,
But in the end, Facebook’s interest was ‘‘connect the world’’ was good for society.
according to the people familiar with the
fleeting. Mr. Zuckerberg and other senior ex- Fixing the polarization problem would be
team and internal documents. If two mem-
ecutives largely shelved the basic research, difficult, requiring Facebook to rethink
bers of a Facebook group devoted to par-
according to previously unreported internal some of its core products. Most notably, the
enting fought about vaccinations, the mod-
documents and people familiar with the ef- project forced Facebook to consider how it
erators could establish a temporary sub-
fort, and weakened or blocked efforts to prioritized ‘‘user engagement’’—a metric in-
group to host the argument or limit the fre-
apply its conclusions to Facebook products. volving time spent, likes, shares and com-
quency of posting on the topic to avoid a
Facebook policy chief Joel Kaplan, who ments that for years had been the lodestar of
public flame war.
played a central role in vetting—proposed its system. Another idea, documents show, was to
changes, argued at the time that efforts to Championed by Chris Cox, Facebook’s
tweak recommendation algorithms to sug-
make conversations on the platform more chief product officer at the time and a top
gest a wider range of Facebook groups than
civil were ‘‘paternalistic,’’ said people famil- deputy to Mr. Zuckerberg, the work was car-
people would ordinarily encounter.
iar with his comments. ried out over much of 2017 and 2018 by engi- Building these features and combating po-
Another concern, they and others said, was neers and researchers assigned to a cross-ju- larization might come at a cost of lower en-
that some proposed changes would have dis- risdictional task force dubbed ‘‘Common gagement, the Common Ground team warned
proportionately affected conservative users Ground’’ and employees in newly created in a mid–2018 document, describing some of
and publishers, at a time when the company ‘‘Integrity Teams’’ embedded around the its own proposals as ‘‘antigrowth’’ and re-
faced accusations from the right of political company. quiring Facebook to ‘‘take a moral stance.’’
bias. Even before the teams’ 2017 creation, Taking action would require Facebook to
Facebook revealed few details about the ef- Facebook researchers had found signs of form partnerships with academics and non-
fort and has divulged little about what be- trouble. A 2016 presentation that names as profits to give credibility to changes affect-
came of it. In 2020, the questions the effort author a Facebook researcher and sociolo- ing public conversation, the document says.
sought to address are even more acute, as a gist, Monica Lee, found extremist content This was becoming difficult as the company
charged presidential election looms and thriving in more than one-third of large Ger- slogged through controversies after the 2016
Facebook has been a conduit for conspiracy man political groups on the platform. presidential election.
theories and partisan sparring about the Swamped with racist, conspiracy-minded and ‘‘People don’t trust us,’’ said a presen-
coronavirus pandemic. pro-Russian content, the groups were dis- tation created in the summer of 2018.
In essence, Facebook is under fire for mak- proportionately influenced by a subset of hy- The engineers and data scientists on
ing the world more divided. Many of its own peractive users, the presentation notes. Most Facebook’s Integrity Teams—chief among
experts appeared to agree—and to believe of them were private or secret. them, scientists who worked on newsfeed,
Facebook could mitigate many of the prob- The high number of extremist groups was the stream of posts and photos that greet
lems. The company chose not to. concerning, the presentation says. Worse was users when they visit Facebook—arrived at
Mr. Kaplan in a recent interview said he Facebook’s realization that its algorithms the polarization problem indirectly, accord-
and other executives had approved certain were responsible for their growth. The 2016 ing to people familiar with the teams. Asked
changes meant to improve civic discussion. presentation states that ‘‘64% of all extrem- to combat fake news, spam, clickbait and
In other cases where proposals were blocked, ist group joins are due to our recommenda- inauthentic users, the employees looked for
he said, he was trying to ‘‘instill some dis- tion tools’’ and that most of the activity ways to diminish the reach of such ills. One
cipline, rigor and responsibility into the came from the platform’s ‘‘Groups You early discovery: Bad behavior came dis-
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process’’ as he vetted the effectiveness and Should Join’’ and ‘‘Discover’’ algorithms: proportionately from a small pool of
potential unintended consequences of ‘‘Our recommendation systems grow the hyperpartisan users.
changes to how the platform operated. problem.’’ A second finding in the U.S. saw a larger
Internally, the vetting process earned a Ms. Lee, who remains at Facebook, didn’t infrastructure of accounts and publishers on
nickname: ‘‘Eat Your Veggies.’’ respond to inquiries. Facebook declined to the far right than on the far left. Outside ob-
Americans were drifting apart on funda- respond to questions about how it addressed servers were documenting the same phe-
mental societal issues well before the cre- the problem in the presentation, which other nomenon. The gap meant even seemingly
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apolitical actions such as reducing the became Facebook super-sharers to promote ators. Once passed, the law will double
spread of clickbait headlines—along the lines cookies? Mitigating the reach of the plat- the length of time we require tech
of ‘‘You Won’t Believe What Happened form’s most dedicated users would unfairly firms like Facebook and Snapchat to
Next’’—affected conservative speech more thwart them, he said.
Mr. Kaplan in the recent interview said he
preserve evidence and reports of online
than liberal content in aggregate.
That was a tough sell to Mr. Kaplan, said didn’t remember raising the Girl Scout ex- child exploitation.
people who heard him discuss Common ample but was concerned about the effect on In 2018, tech companies reported over
Ground and Integrity proposals. A former publishers who happened to have enthusi- 45 million—45 million—photos and vid-
deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush, Mr. astic followings. eos of children being sexually abused.
Kaplan became more involved in content- The debate got kicked up to Mr. Unfortunately, that was double the
ranking decisions after 2016 allegations Zuckerberg, who heard out both sides in a number of reports in 2017. This legisla-
Facebook had suppressed trending news sto- short meeting, said people briefed on it. His
tion will give the police more time to
ries from conservative outlets. An internal response: Do it, but cut the weighting by
80%. Mr. Zuckerberg also signaled he was investigate these horrific crimes. It
review didn’t substantiate the claims of bias,
Facebook’s then-general counsel Colin losing interest in the effort to recalibrate will put child predators in jail where
Stretch told Congress, but the damage to the platform in the name of social good, they they belong.
Facebook’s reputation among conservatives said, asking that they not bring him some- I yield the floor.
had been done. thing like that again. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Every significant new integrity-ranking Mr. Uribe left Facebook and the tech in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
initiative had to seek the approval of not dustry within the year. He declined to dis- clerk will call the roll.
just engineering managers but also rep- cuss his work at Facebook in detail but con- The bill clerk proceeded to call the
resentatives of the public policy, legal, mar- firmed his advocacy for the Sparing Sharing roll.
keting and public-relations departments. proposal. He said he left Facebook because of
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I
Lindsey Shepard, a former Facebook prod- his frustration with company executives and
uct-marketing director who helped set up their narrow focus on how integrity changes ask unanimous consent that the order
the Eat Your Veggies process, said it arose would affect American politics. While pro- for the quorum call be rescinded.
from what she believed were reasonable con- posals like his did disproportionately affect The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs.
cerns that overzealous engineers might let conservatives in the U.S., he said, in other BLACKBURN). Without objection, it is so
their politics influence the platform. countries the opposite was true. ordered.
‘‘Engineers that were used to having au- Other projects met Sparing Sharing’s fate: UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3685
tonomy maybe over-rotated a bit’’ after the weakened, not killed. Partial victories in-
cluded efforts to promote news stories gar-
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President,
2016 election to address Facebook’s perceived
flaws, she said. The meetings helped keep nering engagement from a broad user base, today is July 1. For millions of Ameri-
that in check. ‘‘At the end of the day, if we not just partisans, and penalties for pub- cans, the rent is due. Utility bills don’t
didn’t reach consensus, we’d frame up the lishers that repeatedly shared false news or stop, either. But too many New York
different points of view, and then they’d be directed users to ad-choked pages. families and too many American fami-
raised up to Mark.’’ The tug of war was resolved in part by the lies will be unable to make the pay-
SCUTTLED PROJECTS
growing furor over the Cambridge Analytica ments amid the pandemic that has al-
scandal. In a September 2018 reorganization
Disapproval from Mr. Kaplan’s team or ready hurt my city and its people.
of Facebook’s newsfeed team, managers told
Facebook’s communications department employees the company’s priorities were
The first of the month should not be
could scuttle a project, said people familiar shifting ‘‘away from societal good to indi- the end of the financial line for work-
with the effort. Negative policy-team re- vidual value,’’ said people present for the dis- ing families, and that is why we are
views killed efforts to build a classification cussion. If users wanted to routinely view or here. We must continue to put real
system for hyperpolarized content. Likewise, post hostile content about groups they didn’t pressure on Leader MCCONNELL to pass
the Eat Your Veggies process shut down ef- like, Facebook wouldn’t suppress it if the
forts to suppress clickbait about politics
the COVID 4 legislation that would in-
content didn’t specifically violate the com- clude critical rent relief to families
more than on other topics. pany’s rules.
Initiatives that survived were often weak- who desperately need the help.
Mr. Cox left the company several months
ened. Mr. Cox wooed Carlos Gomez Uribe, later after disagreements regarding
Our working families—many of color
former head of Netflix Inc.’s recommenda- Facebook’s pivot toward private encrypted and other minority groups—are in des-
tion system, to lead the newsfeed Integrity messaging. He hadn’t won most fights he had perate need of this basic assistance so
Team in January 2017. Within a few months, engaged in on integrity ranking and Com- they can continue working, feeding
Mr. Uribe began pushing to reduce the mon Ground product changes, people in- their families, making ends meet. That
outsize impact hyperactive users had. volved in the effort said, and his departure
Under Facebook’s engagement-based
is our push today.
left the remaining staffers working on such Enact the Emergency Rental Assist-
metrics, a user who likes, shares or com- projects without a high-level advocate.
ments on 1,500 pieces of content has more in- ance and Rental Market Stabilization
The Common Ground team disbanded. The
fluence on the platform and its algorithms Integrity Teams still exist, though many
Act—which has a $100 billion promise
than one who interacts with just 15 posts, al- senior staffers left the company or headed to to renters across the country—and the
lowing ‘‘super-sharers’’ to drown out less-ac- Facebook’s Instagram platform. promise is real help during the real and
tive users. Accounts with hyperactive en- Mr. Zuckerberg announced in 2019 that unprecedented crisis.
gagement were far more partisan on average Facebook would take down content violating Let me give you some background.
than normal Facebook users, and they were specific standards but where possible take a The Heroes Act would authorize $100
more likely to behave suspiciously, some- hands-off approach to policing material not
times appearing on the platform as much as
billion for the Emergency Rental As-
clearly violating its standards. sistance Program led by SHERROD
20 hours a day and engaging in spam-like be- ‘‘You can’t impose tolerance top-down,’’ he
havior. The behavior suggested some were ei- said in an October speech at Georgetown BROWN, the ranking member of the
ther people working in shifts or bots. University. ‘‘It has to come from people Banking and Housing Committee, who
One proposal Mr. Uribe’s team cham- opening up, sharing experiences, and devel- has just done a great job letting people
pioned, called ‘‘Sparing Sharing,’’ would oping a shared story for society that we all know the crisis and now acting on it.
have reduced the spread of content dis- feel we’re a part of. That’s how we make What it does is it helps families and in-
proportionately favored by hyperactive progress together.’’ dividuals pay their rent and utility
users, according to people familiar with it.
Its effects would be heaviest on content fa-
END CHILD EXPLOITATION ACT bills and remain in their homes during
vored by users on the far right and left. Mid- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I and after the COVID–19 crisis.
dle-of-the road users would gain influence. want to take a moment to thank Sen- The bill was already included in the
Mr. Uribe called it ‘‘the happy face,’’ said ate Judiciary Committee Chairman House-passed and bipartisan Heroes
some of the people. Facebook’s data sci- LINDSEY GRAHAM for adding the bipar- Act, but, unfortunately, once again—as
entists believed it could bolster the plat- tisan and critically important END Ex- he does with so many other important
form’s defenses against spam and coordi- ploitation Act to the EARN It Act, issues—Senate Majority Leader MITCH
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nated manipulation efforts of the sort Russia which is set for markup on Thursday. MCCONNELL has refused to bring it to
undertook during the 2016 election.
This bill, which I introduced with the floor, so Senator BROWN has come
Mr. Kaplan and other senior Facebook ex-
ecutives pushed back on the grounds it Senator CORTEZ MASTO, would lengthen to ask the unanimous consent.
might harm a hypothetical Girl Scout troop, evidence preservation time in online Without basic assistance, even those
said people familiar with his comments. Sup- child exploitation cases and assist law renters who are currently shielded by
pose, Mr. Kaplan asked them, that the girls enforcement in prosecuting child pred- temporary Federal and local eviction
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bans may still face eviction. Let me unlike anything any of us have ever The ones they had before, many people
tell you, once someone is evicted and lived through. That goes without say- have now. Millions have them all at
homeless, they regress. The kids can’t ing. Every single day we hear about once. They face impossible choices be-
go to school. Healthcare becomes even hundreds and hundreds more Ameri- tween rent and groceries, or prescrip-
more remote. Getting to a job through cans dying. tions, or draining their savings, or
public transportation is so difficult. Back in March, South Korea had 90 going to a payday lender, and you
This actually is a stitch in time that cases. We had 90 cases. The capital of never go to a payday lender once. You
saves nine. If people can stay in their South Korea is 800 miles from Wuhan keep going back and back, and the in-
homes because they can’t pay the rent where this virus started. They have terest you pay is more than you origi-
through no fault of their own, they had fewer than 300 people die. We have nally borrowed. In essence, they have
have a better chance of reestablishing had 120,000. They don’t have better doc- no choice at all. It is not a choice be-
their lives and maybe even climbing up tors. They don’t have better public tween prescriptions and groceries and
that American ladder. If they are health. They don’t have better medical draining their savings. It is no choice
kicked out of their homes because they scientists. They have better leaders at all. Far too often, it ends up being
can’t pay the rent, through no fault of than we do, obviously. Their unemploy- eviction.
their own, it is very, very difficult. ment rate is under 4 percent and fewer In the CARES Act, we passed emer-
They are in a deep, deep hole. than 300 people have died. The people gency expansion of unemployment in-
We must, must do something for who have died are our sisters, our surance. I appreciate my friend Sen-
them. Senator BROWN, with his persist- brothers, our parents, our friends, and ator CRAPO, chairman of this com-
ence and passion, has put together the neighbors. mittee, who supported that and so
right plan. We talk about numbers, The President of the United States much of what is in this package. We
sure, but behind those numbers are the and the Republican leader down the provided funding for the most imme-
faces of countless New Yorkers we see hall—who occasionally goes in and out diate needs of housing and organiza-
each and every day on mass transit, of his office—have stopped pretending tions that put a temporary morato-
walking the streets, working among us. to care. They rarely talk about the rium on evictions and foreclosures for
These folks are fine, hard-working peo- coronavirus. The President rarely ex- some—not all renters and not nearly
ple. All they want is a little dignity in tends any sympathy to our brothers all homeowners. It is an important step
their lives and ability to keep a roof and our sisters and our parents and our but not enough.
over their heads. They need help now friends and our neighbors who have We face two huge cliffs. This is July
more than ever. been sick and who have died. It is not 1. On July 31, the $600 a month that has
We need action on this now, and that the President’s rich friends who are kept people in their homes and kept
is the message to our friends on the dying; it is our grandparents. They are food on their table and kept clothes on
other side of the aisle. the people in nursing homes. They are the backs of their kids—that $600 a
I yield the floor. disproportionately the Black and month ends come July 31. At the end,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Brown workers who caught the virus in many cases, the eviction morato-
ator from Ohio. on the job. rium ends.
Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I The Trump administration and Sen- The President and Leader MCCON-
thank the Democratic leader. ator MCCONNELL, essentially, have just NELL don’t seem to notice. They don’t
I have a prepared speech I want to given up. We can’t. We have to do our seem to care. For all those renters who
make, but I heard Senator SCHUMER jobs. We need to show leadership where have been protected, back rent will
talk about this. These are human the President has failed and where the suddenly be due. You may have gotten
beings. We in this body are Senators. majority leader—the most powerful a moratorium on your rent for 3
We go back and forth to our States. We person in this body, the top elected of- months, but now you will owe for 4
have the privilege of working pretty ficial in the Senate, says: ‘‘I see no ur- months. The same goes for millions
safe. We are paid. We aren’t exposed to gency.’’ He sees no urgency because he who aren’t protected under the CARES
the virus all that much, mostly be- is not out talking to people who are Act but got relief from a temporary
cause we are pretty careful because we about to be foreclosed on or evicted State or local moratorium or because
can be, and we have jobs where we can from their home. Imagine being evicted their eviction courts were closed in
be. in the middle of a pandemic. Imagine many States.
Think about this. You work in a gro- the fear and anxiety a family have With tens of millions of people filing
cery store, and you are exposed to the when they are in that position. for unemployment, the President is
coronavirus. A grocery store worker We need to fight the health crisis and still refusing to lead and do something
told me one day: They tell me I am es- economic crisis. We can’t do one with- about this virus to get it under control.
sential, but I feel expendable because I out the other. Millions of Americans We know people still need help. They
am not very safe in this job, and they are in danger of being evicted and hav- still need help paying the rent. They
don’t pay me much. ing their homes foreclosed on. The last still need help making mortgage pay-
What if she gets laid off—that thing we need to do is turn them out on ments. They still need help protecting
wouldn’t happen so much in a grocery the streets. themselves from evictions and fore-
store because they are hiring—but in We have a housing crisis. Many know closures. Forty percent of Black and
another job, they get laid off. They this. Senator MENENDEZ has joined us, Latinx renters report they are unlikely
have to worry about potential eviction. who is one of the best advocates for able to make their next payment—40
Their unemployment will run out at these issues of anybody in the Senate. percent. It is not because they are not
the end of July. We have done nothing We knew there was a housing crisis be- working hard. They got laid off and are
to help them. fore the coronavirus set. in low-wage jobs.
What happens with all these people We know that one-fourth of renters That is why Senator MENENDEZ and I
who get evicted? They end up on the in this country, before the coronavirus, and Senator SCHUMER and others co-
streets or they go to homeless shelters paid more than half of their income in sponsored and introduced—39 of my fel-
that are too crowded. They go to live housing. One thing happens in their low colleagues—introduced the Emer-
on their cousin’s couch in the base- life, just one thing. Their car breaks gency Rental Assistance Stabilization
ment. What are the chances of them down. Their child gets sick. They get Act. It would provide $100 billion for
getting coronavirus? These are human in a car accident, and they are out of emergency rental assistance, including
beings in New York and Ohio and Idaho work for a week. They get evicted. help with missed rent and utility bills.
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and Tennessee and all over. I can’t be- They don’t have any kind of margin It already passed the House twice.
lieve we are not about to do something there. It is included in the Heroes Act that
about this. We know that professions we are rec- they passed a month ago, but it is sit-
I thank the leader for his involve- ognizing as essential don’t pay enough ting on the majority leader’s desk be-
ment on this issue that is so impor- to afford housing. We are seeing mil- cause he doesn’t seem to notice. For
tant. We are in the middle of a crisis, lions of people have these emergencies. millions of families, the bills keep
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coming and the clock keeps ticking en, and support Americans in all walks ance is needed for renters, home-
and the stress keeps mounting. of life, to fight the COVID–19 pandemic owners, and others in our society, I am
Now a second round of layoffs are and to stabilize the infrastructure and not willing to simply bypass the proc-
starting because this President refuses our economic system. ess in the Senate—ignore the consider-
to lead and get this virus under con- Senator BROWN and I worked on a big ations that our leadership has called
trol. part of that package together on a for as we look to see how our current
Two weeks ago, they reopened evic- team which was put together by Sen- support programs are playing out—and
tion courts in Columbus. They opened ator MCCONNELL to try to make sure simply jam the House bill through the
the Convention Center to process evic- we addressed, in a bipartisan fashion, Senate without having any debate or
tions. Think of the heartache in that the way to respond to this pandemic. process.
building. People go to court and find The CARES Act has been central to This was the biggest rescue package
out they are evicted. The judge brings the effort and includes measures to in the history of Congress, and we in-
down a gavel, and their lives turn up- help families directly, to provide aid to cluded a variety of oversight mecha-
side down. Reflect on that. Tens of mil- small businesses, to assist those in the nisms in the legislation to ensure that
lions of people lose their jobs. We are medical field and on the frontlines of the dollars and programs associated
not using arenas to play basketball or our response effort, and to stabilize our with it reached their intended marks.
to play indoor soccer. We are not doing markets. Many of the provisions in the CARES
that now. We are using arenas as evic- Soon after, Congress passed the Act and those appropriated dollars are
tion courts. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic still making their way to these individ-
Before this pandemic, President Security Act—or CARES Act—codi- uals and families and businesses and
Trump and his wealthy Cabinet Mem- fying and extending these protections markets across the country.
bers didn’t realize or didn’t care that and providing financial relief to rent- So we must work together to address
behind the rosy stock market data this ers—yes, to renters. these critical issues rather than simply
economy was already broken for mil- Title IV of the CARES Act contains try to jam one party’s or one side of
lions of workers—especially for Black three housing provisions. Section 4022 this Congress’s approach to the solu-
imposes a 60-day eviction and fore- tion without going through regular
and Brown workers for whom it never
closure moratorium for single-family order.
worked to begin. Now the Trump ad-
borrowers with federally backed mort- I would say the arguments that are
ministration—sort of like what hap-
gage loans. It allows struggling home- being made that we or any of us are
pened with the Russians paying to kill
owners 1 year of loan forbearance. somehow turning a blind eye to the
American troops—the administration Section 4023 extends similar relief to
either doesn’t know it or doesn’t care problems that exist could not be fur-
multifamily borrowers who are current ther from the truth. As I said earlier,
that the bottom is falling out for these on their mortgage payments. They can the reality is that we passed the larg-
families. request up to 90-days forbearance as
Without emergency rental assist- est relief program in the history of this
long as they do not evict the tenant or country. We are working to provide li-
ance, these families find themselves on charge late fees during the pandemic.
the street with their lives turned up- quidity, as well as actual dollar relief,
Section 4024 imposes a 120-day mora- in the amount of trillions of dollars,
side down in the middle of a pandemic. torium on evictions, fees, and pen-
People are tired of the lack of action and those programs are still playing
alties. That moratorium will not expire out.
and lack of accountability. They are until August 31. We need to work together rather
tired of being betrayed by a leader who As with much of the CARES Act, the than, by unanimous consent request
is supposed to look out for them. They provisions dealing with stabilizing our after unanimous consent request after
are tired of feeling like no one is on economy and helping to support and unanimous consent request, try to jam
their side. We are the greatest country sustain workers, small business own- down one side’s approach without look-
on the Earth, and we should act like it. ers, homeowners, and home renters are ing to find the cooperative solutions
American people should not always all playing out right now as we speak. that I know we can.
have to fend for themselves because we Yet the real objection here is that Like I said, I am open to working on
have an indifferent majority leader and Senator MCCONNELL and the Repub- these very issues, but the way to do it
a President who doesn’t know or licans have said we want to work on is not to come to the floor with a unan-
doesn’t care in the middle of this once- looking at the next package of support, imous consent request—take it or leave
in-a-generation crisis. but we want to see how this one is it. We need to let proper, regular work-
It is time to step up. It is time to playing out first and identify those ing order operate in the Senate, and we
lead. It is time to think about what it places where we need to target the re- have time to do so.
would be like to face an eviction, lief most. For that reason, I object.
knowing your two small children and The objection is that there is a de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec-
you don’t know where you are going to sire, once again, to go rapidly into tion is heard.
live. It is probably going to be in a passing the House bill and not having The Senator from Ohio.
homeless shelter or in a cousin’s base- regular order follow in the Senate as Mr. BROWN. Madam President, be-
ment. You know your chances of get- we work to approach this issue as the fore turning to Senators MENENDEZ,
ting infected with the coronavirus go existing CARES Act plays out. CORTEZ MASTO, WYDEN, KLOBUCHAR,
up. Just think about those people when All of our housing agencies have ex- REED, SCHATZ, and VAN HOLLEN, who
we make these decisions. tended this eviction and foreclosure all want to speak, I appreciate the
Madam President, I ask unanimous moratorium and are working to help comments from my friend—and he real-
consent that the Senate proceed to the address the issues relating to tenants. ly is my friend—from Idaho. We work
immediate consideration of S. 3685, the HUD has expanded issuer assistance to well together.
Emergency Rental Assistance and include Pass-Through Assistance Pro- We want to do regular order. This
Rental Market Stabilization Act of gram support, which allows servicers last bill was passed in March. Then
2020. I ask that the bill be considered to apply for assistance in meeting prin- there was April, May, June. Now we are
read three times and passed and that cipal and interest payments, and the in July. It is not a question of regular
the motion to reconsider be considered FHFA has announced that no mortgage order. We would love to sit down with
made and laid upon the table with no servicer will be responsible for advanc- Senator MCCONNELL and start negoti-
intervening action or debate. ing more than 4 months of missed prin- ating as to what is next. We have want-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there cipal and interest payments on a loan. ed that really from about April 1. No
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objection? All of these things have been done to April Fools’ joke there; we really want-
The Senator from Idaho. stabilize the housing markets and to ed to do that. Instead, Senator MCCON-
Mr. CRAPO. Madam President, re- assist low-income home ownership and NELL just seemed to ignore this.
serving the right to object. home construction and assistance. I mean, go back to the human side.
To date, Congress has appropriated While I am open to looking at the What happens when somebody is unem-
nearly $3 trillion to protect, strength- question of whether additional assist- ployed? We will be leaving now for 2
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weeks. That is why we are doing these economy like the airline industry and one safe place in the middle of a pan-
unanimous consent requests now. It is others. demic, further exposing themselves and
because we want to see action. We have What we are talking about goes to others to the virus.
asked and asked and begged and begged the very essence of what it is to have a The Senate can stop this if it wants
and pleaded and pleaded. So what hap- home. ‘‘Home’’ is one of the most im- to. We can make sure that every Amer-
pens? We will go back home for 2 more portant American concepts. It is where ican has a safe and healthy place to
weeks. Right now, if you can’t find a we are taken when we are born. It is call home. That is why I joined my
job, if you are unemployed and are get- where we are nurtured while we are Democratic colleagues on the Com-
ting that $600 a week, you start paying young. It is where we are schooled. It is mittee on Banking, Housing, and
attention online or you read the papers where good times and bad times take Urban Affairs in introducing two bills
or however you get your information, place. Ultimately, it is where we build last month that will provide assistance
and you find out that this is going to a life around our families if we are for- to homeowners and renters.
expire at the end of July. You don’t tunate to have a home. Then, in a pan- The Housing Assistance Fund, led by
know what you are going to do, but demic, we have learned that it is also a Senator REED, provides $75 billion in
you know that you haven’t paid rent in place in which to shelter. targeted assistance to keep people in
3 months because you have had an evic- I come to the floor today to warn of their homes while they search for new
tion moratorium. an impending storm that is brewing, employment or a way to get back to
Senator CRAPO talked about the mor- and it is headed our way. work. This money can go toward mort-
atorium. Only half of the people who When the funds for the PPP—for the gage payments or utilities or as other
pay mortgages are subject to that mor- business program—ran out, we didn’t support to prevent eviction, delin-
atorium and are protected, and only a have regular order to see if the PPP quency, or foreclosure.
third of people who rent are. So, for had been working well. No. There was a The Emergency Rental Assistance
most people, that is simply not the rush to put more billions in it. It was and Rental Market Stabilization Act,
case. only when we said ‘‘Wait a minute, this led by Senator BROWN, would provide
Now that the eviction courts are isn’t working so well for small and $100 billion in rental assistance to help
open and the evictions are starting, midsized businesses’’ that we made families pay rent and help property
what happens to those people? Are we some reforms. So there was a rush owners maintain safe and healthy
just going to say: Well, let’s see it play then. There was no regular order. housing. It will help the economic re-
out. We know what will happen. If you We have a storm that is brewing and covery by stabilizing the rental market
don’t have rental assistance, if you lose is headed our way. It will bring with it overall.
your unemployment and don’t get that enormous financial pain. It will threat- We also have to empower Americans
$1,200 check, which is basically 1 en public safety. It will make fighting to make informed financial decisions—
month’s rent for most people, we know the pandemic that much harder, and it to help them navigate the maze of
what is going to happen to you. Your will set back our Nation’s economic re- lenders, landlords, government agen-
life is going to turn upside down. That covery. If the Senate fails to respond to cies—to find a sustainable path to stay
is why we need to move. That is why this looming crisis, Americans will in their homes.
we need to pass this. needlessly suffer; families will be dis- We all know there is a housing af-
I am disappointed that Senator placed; personal fortunes will be wiped fordability crisis in this country that
MCCONNELL has shown no interest in out; and the scars will run so deep that jeopardizes the aspirations of millions
doing anything on this other than just it could take decades to heal the of Americans who hope to join the mid-
sitting tight and hoping that the wounds. dle class, and just as they have borne
money he raises from special inter- As the COVID–19 pandemic took hold, the brunt of the COVID–19 pandemic,
ests—from tobacco, the gun lobby, the one saving grace most of us had— low-income and minority Americans
banks, and insurance companies—can the one place we could take refuge to will disproportionately suffer during
help his candidates get reelected and protect ourselves and our families—was economic downturns.
he can be majority leader again. our home. Our leading medical experts The provisions that the chairman
I yield the floor to Senator MENEN- all urged us to stay home. If you are talked about in the law that we passed
DEZ. sick, stay home. If you have an under- in order to help are going to be expir-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lying condition or are ing. To the extent that you know about
ator from New Jersey. immunocompromised, stay home. If it, you might invoke it to protect your-
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, you are elderly or otherwise at risk, self against an eviction or a mortgage
let me thank my colleague, the rank- stay home. If you can, work from foreclosure, but if you don’t know
ing Democrat—the senior Democrat— home. If you are a student, go online about it and either the financial insti-
on the Committee on Banking, Hous- and learn from home. If we have tution or your landlord looks the other
ing, and Urban Affairs, for his passion learned anything from this pandemic, way and doesn’t follow the law, well
and his commitment. He has really ele- it is that staying home can help to con- then, you won’t get the protection.
vated housing within the jurisdiction tain the virus, flatten the curve, and That is why I and 19 of my Demo-
of the committee, which is something I save lives. cratic colleagues introduced a bill on
am passionate about. Very often, ev- What if you don’t have a home? As Monday to provide $700 million in hous-
eryone refers to the committee as the we speak, millions of our fellow Ameri- ing counseling assistance. Research
Banking Committee, but housing is a cans are asking themselves that very shows that homeowners who receive
critical element of what it does. He has same question. housing counseling have better out-
elevated it, and I really appreciate his At a time when COVID–19 cases are comes than those who don’t, and that
passion on behalf of the millions who spiking across the country, the provi- evidence is overwhelming. Their risk of
rent or who are fortunate enough to sions that we passed in the CARES Act default goes down, and they are more
own homes and want to keep them to to help renters and homeowners stay in likely to see their credit scores rise
try to be able to do so. their homes are about to run out. If we and their debt levels fall.
I would just say to my distinguished do nothing, we could face a foreclosure In rough times like we are in right
chairman of the committee that I do and eviction crisis far greater than now, these borrowers are more likely
have the highest respect for him. that which we encountered during the to get sustainable mortgage modifica-
Look, with the CARES package, we great recession. tions and are less likely to end up in
lumped in trillions of dollars, but over- There is a storm on the horizon. default. The benefits of housing coun-
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whelmingly that money went to busi- Americans shouldn’t have to fear being seling flow to the community at large
nesses. Of course, I support that, but it thrown out on the street if they miss because when a family is able to buy a
went to businesses. It went to sustain their next rent or mortgage payments home, pay their mortgage, build eq-
businesses. It went to ultimately help through, really, no fault of their own. uity, and ultimately achieve the Amer-
small, midsized, and even large busi- They shouldn’t have to fear losing ican dream, our towns and cities
nesses. It went to sustain sectors of our their greatest personal assets or that thrive. And during a pandemic, having
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a safe and affordable place to live could ator BROWN—whether it is super- If they are home all August long, in
mean the difference between life and charged unemployment benefits, the heat with families, and they are
death. whether it is housing, whether it is going to have nowhere to turn in terms
It is also especially important for taking on the big pharmaceutical com- of paying for a roof over their heads
senior citizens, who are more suscep- panies—is there again and again and and groceries, this is going to be a
tible to COVID–19. So tomorrow I will again to stand up for people who don’t long, long, hot summer that will never
introduce legislation to provide $1.2 have power and don’t have clout, and I be forgotten.
billion in aid for older adults living in want to thank him especially for giv- So let’s be clear what is at stake.
federally assisted housing. ing us this opportunity to focus on the Long before the pandemic hit, housing
This bill provides additional rental avalanche of evictions that I believe cost too much. Homelessness was way
assistance for senior housing, personal will be headed in our direction in too common, and, in my view, the rate
protective gear, and staffing to help weeks if the Senate doesn’t act. of homelessness among children is a
maintain a healthy community. Yesterday, Dr. Fauci talked about true national scandal.
So the forecasts are in. The storm is soon possibly seeing as many as 100,000 In the wealthiest Nation on Earth, no
coming. The question is, What are we new coronavirus cases a day. You sim- child should be without a home. But
going to do about it? ply cannot have a healthy economy in even before the COVID crisis, 1.5 mil-
The Fourth of July is Independence a country suffering from mass illness lion children were experiencing home-
Day. It is nice to have independence and death. lessness—1.5 million youngsters living
from the fear that I will lose the place There are already tens of millions of outside, living in cars, sleeping on
that I call home. That would be a tre- Americans out of work as a result of a floors, sleeping on the ground.
mendous gift on the Fourth of July. pandemic that is only continuing to Colleagues, in my home State, they
Are we going to help our most vul- spread, and it has hit the whole afford- have said that school buses have had to
nerable citizens during this pandemic ability of rent for millions of Ameri- go to the parks. They have had to go to
or are we going to just watch them suf- cans like a powerful storm. the parks to pick up kids who are liv-
fer, lose everything, and exacerbate According to the Census Bureau, 40 ing outside with their families.
this public health crisis? percent of Black and Latino renters are It rains once in a while in Oregon. It
Today is July 1. The rent is due. worried they will not be able to make is cold in Oregon. And to think that
Mortgage payments are due. The Sen- the rent this summer due to the pan- kids in the richest country on Earth
ate’s work is due. demic. That in and of itself is an out- are spending the night in the parks and
I remember—and I will close with rage and an injustice. the school buses have to come and get
this personal anecdote—when I was My question for our Republican col- them while we have huge tax cuts for
growing up poor in a tenement in New leagues today involves this frightening those who are powerful and have lobby-
Jersey, the son of an itinerant car- day at the beginning of the month—the ists shows that things are really out of
penter and a seamstress, there wasn’t frightening day when families sit whack.
around a kitchen table, all across the What I describe as it relates to those
always work, which meant that some-
country, and you can see the anguish kids living in the parks—those kinds of
times paying the rent was a real tough
in their faces when you talk to them conditions exist for youngsters all over
choice. And it was a choice of paying
because, around that kitchen table, America, and that was before the job-
the rent or putting food on the table. I lessness crisis hit and threw so many
they are saying to themselves: What
saw the anxiety in my mother’s eyes. I more working families into economic
am I going to spend our scarce dollars
saw the fear in my siblings not know- hardship.
on this month? Is it going to be the
ing whether that apartment in that If the Senate doesn’t step up to help
rent? Is it going to be groceries? What
tenement was something we were even families stay in their homes, it is going
about that big pile of medical bills that
going to be able to keep. That wasn’t to get much, much worse because there
is off in the corner that we have to
in a pandemic. That was just in normal pay? are hundreds of thousands, if not mil-
times. Imagine in a pandemic, you are It is July 1, and the rent is due. Our lions, of kids facing this recipe for dis-
told to stay home, and there is no place question for our Republican colleagues aster. They are out of school. They are
to call home. We can do much better is, What is your plan? isolated, and they are more exposed to
than that. We can do much better than Senator BROWN has been leading us neglect and abuse. I am so pleased that
that. every day—day in, day out—with a set my friend from Nevada has been talk-
July 1, the rent is due. The mortgage of sensible policies that respond to ing about those families and talking
payment is due. The Senate’s work is what those families are saying around about those kids.
due. Let’s pass this bill today and their kitchen tables. We fought for the They are hungry. Their families are
make sure every American can weather moratorium on evictions that was in- facing the threat of eviction. If the
the pandemic in a safe and affordable cluded in the CARES Act, but it goes Senate just sits back and allows these
place to call home. poof in a few weeks. children to fall into homelessness, they
I yield the floor. Already this week my Republican may never have a chance to get ahead.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- colleagues have blocked funding for So what it comes down to is that the
ator from Oregon. State and local governments that could Senate has an obligation to help, and
Mr. WYDEN. Because a lot of my col- have been used to help people who are Senator BROWN is on target in saying
leagues have been so thoughtful, I will walking that economic tightrope. that this is the time to pass his Emer-
have some brief remarks, and then I This morning, Leader SCHUMER and I gency Rental Assistance Act. I am with
would ask unanimous consent that laid out a plan that I think is a path to him. I think we have a lot of colleagues
Senator CORTEZ MASTO could follow me a dependable safety net in America here in the queue because they, too,
because she is facing a tight schedule and, specifically, an extension of super- want to speak up for the radical idea—
as well. I know all of my colleagues charged unemployment benefits, which what a radical proposition—that in the
are. ties the benefit to economic conditions richest country on Earth, the vulner-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on the ground. It will be a financial able ought to have a roof over their
objection, it is so ordered. lifeline for millions and millions of head.
Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I join people. Republicans have been opposed Senator BROWN’s proposal is a vital
my colleagues this afternoon in appre- to that. Those benefits are going to ex- step forward. I think we all agree that
ciation of Senator BROWN, who has pire in a matter of weeks, and as I said much more needs to be done. I am very
been relentless—absolutely relentless— to colleagues: Better know what you interested in the proposal I call the
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in prosecuting this cause of trying to are going to be looking at when you go DASH Act, the Decent, Affordable and
get a fair shake for millions of Ameri- home in August if there hasn’t been ac- Safe Housing for All Act. I hope we will
cans who are walking on an economic tion on our legislation to make sure be able to get serious about that in
tightrope. Every single month, they that there are supercharged unemploy- 2021.
balance the food bill against the rent ment benefits so that people can pay The step to take today is to pass Sen-
bill against the energy bill, and Sen- the rent and buy groceries. ator BROWN’s bill, and I look forward to
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being back with our colleagues day in, Eviction isn’t just a matter of spend- package, and it must include addi-
day out, focusing on this crisis and ing a few days scrambling to find a new tional help for families and commu-
making sure that nobody thinks we are place. The financial consequences can nities including eviction and fore-
going to skip away until the Repub- follow families for years, and as for the closure prevention assistance, as well
licans act. effects on children’s physical and men- as additional help for State and local
This country faces a truly horrific tal health, well, there is no way to governments.
eviction nightmare if action is not undo that. Last night the Senate unanimously
taken soon, and I am very pleased that Believe me. I know. The foreclosure extended the PPP application window.
my friend from Nevada is here. crisis hit Nevada in 2008, and I saw up This was a tiny but needed step in rec-
I yield the floor to her. close the pain that caused throughout ognizing the depth of the economic cri-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- my State when people were evicted sis Americans are facing. Now the
ator from Nevada. from their homes. Lenders took the question before us is, will Republican
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam Presi- homes of more than 219,000 Nevada leaders allow this body to work its will
dent, I am here today to support my families during that period of time. and provide needed, targeted, and effec-
colleagues and our cause to keep Amer- That is why it is so vital that we pass tive rescue assistance, or will it con-
icans in their homes. It is very simple. legislation now to help Nevadans and tinue to delay and deny assistance
The House has already passed a number people all across the country pay their which will only prolong the pandemic,
of bills to do just that, and the Senate rent and utility bills when they cannot deepen the financial hole, and make
needs to do the same thing. safely go to work. the remedy costlier and recovery steep-
In this pandemic, housing is I support Senator BROWN’s Emer- er?
healthcare. I know that a lot of Ameri- gency Rental Assistance and Rental Strong State and local governments
cans have had their lives upended by Market Stabilization Act, as well as are critical to our economy. Indeed, ac-
this coronavirus pandemic, but I would other bills introduced by my colleagues cording to the Center on Budget and
like you to imagine for a moment how to keep homeowners in their homes. Policy Priorities, State and local gov-
much more chaotic your life would feel These bills provide essential stability ernments provide about 20 million jobs
if you found out that tomorrow you are to the rental and mortgage market. and contributed 8.5 percent to the na-
going to be evicted. Imagine trying to We can’t expect landlords to keep tional GDP in 2019. They did so by not
make sure you are washing your hands shouldering the burden of missed pay- only serving as customers and clients
while you are living in your car. ments. Landlords have bills to pay, as for our local and national businesses,
We are in the middle of a public well—mortgages, taxes, insurance, and but also by providing the essential
health crisis where we need people to staff. Without assistance from us, services, such as public infrastructure,
be socially distancing, and that means many of them may go bankrupt or can a strong education system, and other
they simply must have a safe, stable be forced to sell their properties. necessary functions that provide the
place to be at the end of the day. Experts estimate that Nevada is business certainty that make our coun-
We realized this months ago in my going to need nearly $1 billion in rental try attractive to businesses and inves-
State, and that is why Governor assistance to keep families housed this tors throughout the world. We should
Sisolak put a hold on evicting resi- year. Landlords can’t lift the load and do everything possible to maintain our
dents through August 31 of this year. neither can State budgets that are al- country’s comparative advantage rel-
And Congress? Well, we passed the ready stretched too thin. ative to other countries.
CARES Act to provide unemployment So let’s focus here on the essentials, But today, as a result of the tremen-
benefits and one-time relief. Those the basic need for things like shelter. dous economic shock created by the
funds, plus the ban on evictions, were Let’s keep people safe and off the coronavirus and the lack of a coherent
intended to help keep families in their streets. Let’s pass Senator BROWN’s public health strategy from the Trump
homes. rental assistance bill, Senator REED’s administration, estimated State rev-
We are 60 days away from resuming housing assistance fund bill to help enue shortfalls will total about $615 bil-
evictions in Nevada. In my State and homeowners avoid foreclosure, and lion over the next 3 fiscal years, not in-
across the country, the wave of evic- Senator MENENDEZ’s housing coun- cluding the added costs of fighting
tions we have been holding off for a seling bill, and the others we need to COVID–19. This is just for the States—
month is going to come crashing down prevent an epidemic of homelessness. $615 billion.
if we do not act now. Across the Nation people are re- This is why I initially fought for $750
Nevada has the highest unemploy- sponding to the pandemic by staying at billion in the Coronavirus Relief Fund
ment rate in the entire country. In home because we asked them to do so. when negotiating the CARES Act and
May, it was over 25 percent—as high as Now the Senate needs to do its part by introduced S. 3671, the State & Local
the national rate during the worst of making sure those homes are safe and Emergency Stabilization Fund Act,
the Great Depression. On top of that, stable so that Nevadans can continue which would provide an additional $600
some Nevadans haven’t yet received to teach their children, care for loved billion to State and local governments
their unemployment benefits or their ones who are ill, and avoid spreading to supplement the $150 billion in
pandemic unemployment benefits. coronavirus to others. In the midst of a coronavirus relief funds I secured in
Across the country, almost half of global pandemic, housing is healthcare, the CARES Act.
workers earning under $40,000 a year and we owe this to each other. So let’s Madam President, would it surprise
have lost income. Some people just act now on behalf of the American pub- you to learn that the Trump Treasury
don’t have the ability to fully pay for lic and American families. Department has needlessly created a
the rent or mortgage, particularly I yield the floor. bureaucratic regulation that makes it
when we are asking them to shelter in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- difficult for States to use these
place. ator from Rhode Island. coronavirus relief funds? And that this
The thing is, in Nevada, we were al- Mr. REED. Madam President, I rise regulation is standing in the way of
ready in the midst of a housing crisis to support efforts by my Democratic what should have been an immediate
even before this pandemic hit us. Al- colleagues to pass much needed and de- $150 billion boost to our economy,
most half of Nevadans are renters. layed economic measures by unani- which even the Chamber of Commerce
That is 45 percent. Of those renters, mous consent. thinks is burdensome. Because of this
half are cost-burdened in some way, It is painfully obvious that the econ- onerous Trump rule, States can’t use
meaning that they pay more than 30 omy is in bad shape. Families and the coronavirus relief funds to replace
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percent of their income in rent. small businesses continue to struggle lost or delayed tax revenues in order to
Now, the Silver State has the biggest and there is a real need for further Fed- maintain public services.
shortage in the country of affordable eral assistance. In order to get our That is what Neil Bradley, the U.S.
housing for the very lowest income Ne- economy back on track, this body must Chamber’s chief policy officer said in
vadans. We have just 19 units for every take action in crafting another com- an interview, ‘‘Part of our conversation
100 that we need. prehensive, bipartisan COVID relief with Republicans on Capitol Hill is
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that, ironically, if your concern is big June, meaning that they had missed ployment at their companies to de-
State government, then the last thing last month’s rent or mortgage payment crease in the next 6 months?
you need to do is force States to re- or had slight or no confidence that We don’t need to inflict any further
place one-time lost revenue with per- their household could pay next month’s unnecessary economic pain and suf-
manent tax increases.’’ rent or mortgage on time. fering. I would also urge my colleagues
As the primary author of the We know that behind each one of to consider the costs of inaction.
Coronavirus Relief Fund, I can tell you these numbers is a family that can be Indeed, during an April 29, 2020, press
that it is fully within the Treasury homeless at the worst possible time in conference, Federal Reserve Chairman
Secretary’s authority and the intent of the middle of a public health emer- Powell stated:
the CARES Act for these funds to be gency. I have long-time been an advocate for the
used to replace lost or delayed tax rev- For some, given their current health need for the United States to return to a sus-
enues and maintain public services. To situations and age, there will be an ad- tainable path from a fiscal perspective at the
prevent the flexible use of these relief ditional human toll that we surely Federal level. We have not been on such a
funds is a choice that is neither re- should strive to avoid. We implore our path for some time, which . . . just means
colleagues on the other side of the aisle that the debt is growing faster than the
quired nor intended by law.
to work with us to keep our constitu- economy.
Unfortunately, this completely un- This is not the time to act on those con-
necessary choice has already created ents in their homes so that they too
cerns. This is the time to use the great fiscal
avoidable economic harm. can make it to the other side of this power of the United States to do what we can
Since February, State and local gov- public health emergency. to support the economy and try to get
ernments have cut a total of 1.5 million In that spirit, I draw your attention through this with as little damage to the
jobs, an 8-percent drop that is twice to S. 3620, the Housing Assistance longer-run productive capacity of the econ-
the decline seen during and after the Fund. This legislation expands the ex- omy as possible.
2007–2009 recession. In addition, the isting ‘‘Hardest Hit Fund’’ model and This week we are also considering
Center for Economic and Policy Re- provides it with additional resources the National Defense Authorization
search reports that ‘‘job losses forced for each State to keep families in their Act, and every year for the last 59
on State and local governments by homes, the utilities on, the internet years, Democrats and Republicans have
pandemic-related shortfalls will dis- connected, and the property taxes paid. come together to strengthen our na-
proportionately impact the African As a result, landlords who are also tional security and to help all Ameri-
American workforce . . . 14 percent of struggling to pay their own bills would cans. We have proven that we are more
state and local employees were African receive some assistance. than capable of working together pro-
Madam President, it is not every day
American compared to 11.7 percent of ductively on the most complex and
that the Independent Community
private sector employees, a margin of controversial issues in service of our
Bankers of America and the Credit
20 percent.’’ constituents, and we would like to con-
As the Wall Street Journal reported Union National Association support
tinue that not just in the context of
the same legislation with consumer
in a May 24, 2020, article titled ‘‘State national defense but in the context of
rights and affordable housing organiza-
and Local Budget Woes Create Drag for economic prosperity and security.
tions, such as the National Housing
Economic Recovery Prospects″: One final point. We also need to ex-
Conference, the National Low Income
Based on evidence from the last recession, tend unemployment compensation in-
Mr. Chodorow-Reich, a Harvard economics
Housing Coalition, the Center for Re-
surance because we know it will run
professor, estimates that every dollar in cuts sponsible Lending, and the National
out, and everyone has told us that un-
costs the economy $1.50 to $2. He also said Consumer Law Center, among others.
employment rates will not drop dra-
every additional dollar in spending adds $1.50 As we work toward this next fiscal re-
lief package, I hope you and our col- matically. They will stay persistently
to $2 to the economy.
leagues will consider joining with us in high. People will need this assistance
Of all the regulations that this ad- going forward.
ministration seeks to cut, it should enacting S. 3620, the Housing Assist-
ance Fund. We must do more, and I hope we can
start with this one if it really wants a do much more going forward.
healthy economy. With just one stroke But we can’t stop there. We must
also immediately, among other needs, I yield the floor.
of the Treasury Secretary’s pen, our The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
economy can receive a direct multibil- increase SNAP benefits to help the al-
most 150,000 Rhode Islanders who are CRAMER). The Senator from Oklahoma.
lion dollar jolt today. Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I have a
But to be clear, this administrative food insecure during this crisis; boost
public health efforts to help keep the motion to be made, but before making
fix is by no means sufficient because of it, I yield 3 minutes each to Senator
the massive revenue shortfalls our virus at bay, from more testing and
contact tracing to supporting our KLOBUCHAR from Minnesota and Sen-
State and local governments are fac- ator SCHATZ from Hawaii.
ing. Congress still needs to provide ad- healthcare providers, to developing ef-
fective vaccine deployment systems; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
ditional and flexible fiscal relief to our objection, it is so ordered.
State and local governments as part of help childcare centers, public schools,
and college campuses to safely reopen The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
its next fiscal package, and it is my ator from Minnesota.
hope that S. 3671, the State & Local and support libraries in keeping our
communities connected; provide relief Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I
Stabilization Fund Act, is included. thank Senator INHOFE so much for his
As I indicated earlier in my remarks, for the hardest hit small and mid-sized
businesses, many of which will con- allowing me to say a few words. I know
keeping families in their homes also it is his time. And I thank my friend
must be included in the next package. tinue to be shut down for the foresee-
able future; and safeguard our election JACK REED.
According to Nicholas Chiumenti, Today is July 1, which means that
with the New England Public Policy infrastructure, as Russia and other for-
eign actors seek again to use voter sup- rent and mortgage payments are due,
Center in the research department at and as I speak today, so many families
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: pression, hacking, and disinformation
in the 2020 elections. across this country are being forced to
If current economic activity does not im- make the difficult decision about how
prove substantially, without an extension of
What exactly are we waiting for? Is it
not enough that, according to a June 29 they will make this month’s payment
the CARES Act, unemployment insurance or
additional stimulus money or other fiscal re- CNBC article, ‘‘the employment-popu- to stay in their homes.
lief, up to 13 percent of homeowners and 33 lation ratio—the number of employed Even before the pandemic began, al-
percent of renters in Rhode Island are at the people as a percentage of the U.S. adult most one-fourth of all renters, or 11
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risk of being unable to pay their mortgage or population—plunged to 52.8 percent in million households, were forced to pay
rent payments. This represents over 80,000 May, meaning 47.2 percent of Ameri- more than half of their income for
Rhode Island households. cans are jobless, according to the Bu- housing—half of their income. Accord-
Nationally, according to census sur- reau of Labor Statistics? ing to the National Low Income Hous-
vey data, 23 percent of all adults re- Is it not enough that 46 percent of ing Coalition, more than half a million
ported being housing insecure in mid- Business Roundtable CEOs expect em- people experienced homelessness on a
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given night before the pandemic, and will intervene in July and incorporate (6) An October 2018 poll found that 57 per-
that has just gotten worse. the legislation Senator BROWN is lead- cent of Americans, including 69 percent of
That is why I am a strong supporter ing because the rent is going to be due, United States veterans, believe that all
of Senator BROWN’s Emergency Rental United States troops should be removed from
and we are going to—just as we faced
Afghanistan.
Assistance and Rental Market Sta- this pandemic square in the eyes, we (7) In June 2018, the Department of Defense
bilization Act, which will provide $100 are going to be facing a massive evic- reported, ‘‘The al-Qa’ida threat to the United
billion in emergency funding. I am also tion crisis. We have to take action. States and its allies and partners has de-
proud to support Senator REED’s bill as I yield the floor. creased and the few remaining al-Qa’ida core
well as the work of Senator MENENDEZ. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- members are focused on their own survival’’.
The pandemic, as we know, has wide ator from Oklahoma. (b) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 45 days
and longstanding racial disparities in Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, while we after the date of the enactment of this Act,
housing. We had a 30-percent gap in continue negotiating an agreement on the Secretary of Defense, or designee, in co-
Black and White ownership rates be- operation with the heads of all other rel-
amendments, I think we need to move evant Federal agencies involved in the con-
fore the pandemic due to discrimina- forward and start voting on some of flict in Afghanistan shall—
tory practices, and it has only made it the amendments we know need votes. (1)(A) formulate a plan for the orderly
worse. Therefore, in just a minute, I will drawdown and withdrawal of all soldiers,
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, a lead- call up the Paul amendment regarding sailors, airmen, and Marines from Afghani-
er and a good friend, has repeatedly re- the withdrawing of troops from Af- stan who were involved in operations in-
minded us that this means investing in ghanistan. While I disagree with the tended to provide security to the people of
programs like section 8 housing, which substance of the amendment, I think Afghanistan, including policing action, or
still remains unavailable to so many military actions against paramilitary orga-
the Senate should vote on it. So, at 5:30
families. nizations inside Afghanistan, excluding
today, I will move to table the amend- members of the military assigned to support
Yes, we need to address this shortage ment. We have talked to Senator
of affordable housing. We need to take United States embassies or consulates, or in-
PAUL’s office about this. telligence operations authorized by Con-
action now. I thank my colleagues. We gress; and
AMENDMENT NO. 2011
have an opportunity. The Fourth of (B) appear before the relevant congres-
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up
July is at the beginning of July, but by sional committees to explain the proposed
the end of July, we had better have the Paul amendment No. 2011 to the
implementation of the plan formulated
gotten something done, and that means text proposed to be stricken. under subparagraph (A); and
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (2)(A) formulate a framework for political
help our State and local governments;
clerk will report. reconciliation and popular democratic elec-
that means funding for elections; and
The senior assistant legislative clerk tions independent of United States involve-
that means making sure we are re-
read as follows: ment in Afghanistan, which may be used by
sponding to the crisis in housing.
The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. the Government of Afghanistan to ensure
I yield the floor.
INHOFE], for Mr. PAUL, proposes an amend- that any political party that meets the re-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
ment numbered 2011. quirements under Article 35 of the Constitu-
ator from Hawaii. tion of Afghanistan is permitted to partici-
Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, today is Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask
pate in general elections; and
the 1st of the month, and that means unanimous consent that the reading be (B) appear before the relevant congres-
the rent is due, but for the 9 million dispensed with. sional committees to explain the proposed
renters who have lost their jobs, they The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without implementation of the framework formu-
may not be able to pay. objection, it is so ordered. lated under subparagraph (A).
Now, in March, we made sure that The amendment is as follows: (c) REMOVAL AND BONUSES.—Not later than
the CARES Act included cash assist- (Purpose: To withdraw all United States 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
ance, unemployment benefits, and sus- Armed Forces from Afghanistan) Act—
(1) all United States Armed Forces in Af-
pensions on evictions and mortgage At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add
ghanistan as of such date of enactment shall
forbearance to help the people who the following:
be withdrawn and removed from Afghani-
have been hurt the most by this pan- SEC. 1216. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES
ARMED FORCES FROM AFGHANI-
stan; and
demic. Lots of States and counties STAN. (2) the Secretary of Defense shall provide
have set up their own programs, either (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- all members of the United States Armed
subsidies or prohibitions on evictions lowing findings: Forces who were deployed in support of the
themselves, but we are now 3 months (1) The Joint Resolution to authorize the Global War on Terror with a $2,500 bonus to
later, and unemployment benefits use of United States Armed Forces against recognize that these Americans have served
stand to expire at the end of this those responsible for the attacks launched in the Global War On Terrorism exclusively
against the United States (Public Law 107– on a volunteer basis and to demonstrate the
month and moratoriums that allowed heartfelt gratitude of our Nation.
families to stay in their homes are end- 40) states, ‘‘That the President is authorized
to use all necessary and appropriate force (d) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF
ing. Eviction courts are reopening. MILITARY FORCE.—The Authorization for Use
against those nations, organizations, or per-
Think about that. Eviction courts are sons he determines planned, authorized,
of Military Force (Public Law 107–40) is re-
reopening. pealed effective on the earlier of—
committed, or aided the terrorist attacks
So what we are facing is a ticking (1) the date that is 395 days after the date
that occurred on September 11, 2001’’.
timebomb. We are facing the fact that of the enactment of this Act: or
(2) Since 2001, more than 3,002,635 men and
it is true that people got forbearance (2) the date on which the Secretary of De-
women of the United States Armed Forces
fense certifies that all United States Armed
on their rent or forbearance on their have deployed in support of the Global War
Forces involved in operations or military ac-
mortgage, but I remember very well in on Terrorism, with more than 1,400,000 of
tions in Afghanistan (as described in sub-
March and April, as I explained to the them deploying more than once, and these
section (b)(1)(A)) have departed from Afghan-
Americans who volunteered in a time of war
people of Hawaii, you are getting for- istan.
have served their country honorably and
bearance not forgiveness, which means with distinction. Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, as I said
you just simply don’t have to pay your (3) In November 2009 there were fewer than earlier, I will move to table the Paul
mortgage or your rent this month. You 100 Al-Qaeda members remaining in Afghani- amendment at 5:30 today, and Senators
do have to eventually pay your mort- stan. should expect a rollcall vote at that
gage or your rent. (4) On May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden, the time.
So what is going to happen is, for the founder of Al-Qaeda, was killed by United I yield the floor.
most economically challenged among States Armed Forces in Pakistan. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
us in the United States, they are going (5) United States Armed Forces have suc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
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cessfully routed Al-Qaeda from the battle-
to face a huge backpayment at the be- clerk will call the roll.
field in Afghanistan, thus fulfilling the origi-
ginning of August or the beginning of nal intent of Public Law 107–40 and the jus-
The senior assistant legislative clerk
September, and they are going to lose tification for the invasion of Afghanistan, proceeded to call the roll.
the place they live in. but public support for United States contin- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask
Now, I am very, very hopeful that ued presence in Afghanistan has waned in re- unanimous consent that the order for
cooler heads will prevail and that we cent years. the quorum call be rescinded.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cording to most people asking for more in direct relief. People haven’t
objection, it is so ordered. more, is that the direct aid for States been very careful, though, in reading
CORONAVIRUS and localities in the CARES Act is too the Moody’s reports that are the basis
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, Con- restrictive and cannot be used to re- of their arguments.
gress has taken action in response to place lost revenue. I am sympathetic to Moody’s Analytics, which makes
the coronavirus pandemic and its sig- the idea of giving States and localities very clear in the report that it is not
nificant effects on workers, families, more flexibility in how to use $150 bil- an arm of Moody’s that rates bonds—
and the economy. It is because the lion of direct relief provided in the though, I am not sure everyone is clear
State, Federal, and local governments CARES Act if it is not needed for the on that—Moody’s Analytics said in
shut down the U.S. economy for the virus health issues. Beyond that, I April that under their most severely
first time in the 240-year history of our want you to know I am more skeptical, adverse assumptions about the future,
country. until we get more solid numbers on un- State and local governments would
We enacted four laws in March and realized State and local revenue and have a budget shortfall of around $172
April, which CBO says has increased the impact of the CARES dollars not billion over the next 15 months and
the deficit by at least $2.4 trillion, but yet allowed. more than $450 billion if you extend out
that doesn’t measure the entirety of I recently heard the minority leader to cover the years 2022.
the relief. If you add in support from here on the floor attempting to scold Again, this is all based on shaky fore-
programs initiated by the Fed and the us Republicans for not doing exactly casts, and it is not at all clear that the
Treasury, you would add trillions more what he wants, exactly when he wants ratings on municipal bonds done by the
of relief. it, and saying we need to immediately Moody’s ratings agency align with the
One of the recent pieces of legisla- spend more, including more direct aid forecasts of Moody’s Analytics.
tion, the CARES Act, devoted $150 bil- to States. Of course, in his partisan po- More recently, Moody’s Analytics’
lion of direct Federal relief to govern- litical analysis, Republicans are chief economist, Mark Zandi, who is a
ments of the States, localities, terri- blamed for not wanting massive regular proponent of Keynesian stim-
tories, the District of Columbia, and amounts of additional aid for State and ulus for the Democratic Party, upped
Tribes. That is around 16 percent of the the estimate of the needs to about $500
local governments because what he be-
total fiscal year 2020 State general fund billion. That number remarkably
lieves is ideological opposition to gov-
expenditures enacted prior to the pub- matches what we heard from the Na-
ernment in general.
Now, that is quite a stretch, even for tional Governors Association about 6
lic emergency.
In addition to the $150 billion, CBO the minority leader. Republicans sup- weeks ago. Dr. Zandi promises so-
has identified hundreds of billions called bang-for-the-buck magic to save
ported four pieces of legislation in re-
more from the various relief programs States and localities, but the govern-
cent months providing hundreds of bil-
that are directed to State and local ment will have to pony up perhaps a
lions of dollars in relief to State and
governments. From the $340 billion of half a trillion more just to start that
local governments in various ways.
emergency funding in the CARES Act I heard the Governor of California in- magic. So I am skeptical, to put it
mildly.
alone, the Senate appropriators have struct Congress on moral and ethical
If you remember, it was that kind of
told me that more than 80 percent, or grounds, saying that it is our duty to
reasoning that led to the Obama stim-
roughly $275 billion, goes to States and give more funding to States and local- ulus promising vague and relatively
localities. ities or else first responders will be the quick unemployment deductions fol-
So, you can see, the CARES Act first ones laid off by cities and coun- lowing the financial crisis but failed to
alone provided $150 billion of direct aid ties. It is almost like the first argu- come even close to these promised re-
to State and local governments, and ment when we were just about ready to sults.
the emergency funding added $275 bil- shut down the Federal Government, if Finally, regarding funding requests,
lion. That means that $425 billion in we don’t finance everything, first thing there is the Heroes Act over at the
the CARES Act is directed to govern- we are going to do is shut down the House. State and local aid in that act
ments of the States, localities, terri- Washington Monument. provides nearly $1 trillion to States
tories, Tribes, and the District of Co- While that may have been a subtle and localities inside a liberal wish list
lumbia. That happens to be 47 percent threat from the Governor of California in their bill.
of the total State general revenue ex- to use as leverage to pressure Congress That, along with what we have al-
penditures enacted prior to the public to provide more funds to California, it ready done, would put State and local
emergency for fiscal year 2020 and is unfortunate that State and local relief at more than 75 percent of all
about the same percentage of enacted governments laid off so many of their combined State and local tax collec-
total State revenue. workers in recent months. That doesn’t tions for a year, depending how you
On top of that, the Fed has allowed seem to be much dedication by govern- measure things. That is more of a Fed-
use of municipal securities as collat- ment to its workforce. eral bailout than the partnership that
eral for bank lending to help ease bor- I heard from associations of Gov- we are asked to finance.
rowing costs for local and State gov- ernors, associations of counties, cities, I have heard a lot of calls for massive
ernments. Treasury and the Fed also and other municipal governments that amounts of additional direct aid to our
established a Municipal Liquidity Fa- they need between a half a trillion and States, funded by Federal debt. Yet
cility. The purpose of it is to ‘‘help a trillion more in direct aid from the there still is a lot of money in the pipe-
state and local governments better Federal Government. Usually, they line that hasn’t even been used yet.
manage cash flow pressures.’’ cite a need to ‘‘replace lost revenue.’’ And future needs of States and local-
The Fed will buy up to $500 billion of Many have asked for funds to cover ities are highly uncertain—too uncer-
debt from State, counties, and cities. lost revenue as far out as two addi- tain, in my view—to commit the Fed-
As others have noted here on this very tional fiscal years beyond fiscal year eral Government today to half a tril-
floor, a significant amount of the fund- 2020. Most of those requests are based lion dollars or $1 trillion more to
ing directed to States and localities on forecasts of what the pandemic and States and localities, on top of the $425
and the like are still in the pipeline the economy will look like for the rest billion or more of funding already in
and remain unspent or even of the year and even in coming years. play and up to $500 billion of credit
unallocated. Some States, as I under- I think you have to take those fore- support.
stand it, have not even allocated any casts with a grain of salt. Just look at I am highly skeptical of schemes to
money downstream to their own local what the last employment report index future aid to measures of the in-
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governments from the $150 billion of di- looked like relative to the forecasts, cidence of COVID–19 cases, since we al-
rect aid provided under the CARES and you can tell how cloudy people’s ready have had controversies sur-
Act. crystal balls are right now. rounding those measures, and some of
Despite all that, we have heard a I heard from some here on the floor them are political controversies.
number of calls for massive amounts of that Moody’s thinks States and local- Of course, I do understand budget
additional spending. The reason, ac- ities may need hundreds of billions rules that States and localities operate
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under. They do provide constraints. I the responsible or prudent action to station has been abandoned—$43 mil-
also believe that proponents of massive take. lion.
amounts of additional Federal aid to I yield the floor. We spent nearly $80 million on a lux-
States and localities overstate the se- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ury hotel. Why is the American tax-
verity of those constraints. I think ator from Kentucky. payer building luxury hotels in Kabul?
State budgets are more flexible and Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I ask unan- Guess what. A contractor ran off with
fungible, for example, than some would imous consent that I be allowed to the money. It is a skeleton. The
have us believe. complete my remarks. Taliban are now said to climb up into
We have seen that flexibility re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the structure and shoot down at our
cently in legislators’ consideration of objection, it is so ordered. Embassy. What kind of foolhardy na-
altering police funding or using tax- AMENDMENT NO. 2011 ture of government are we that we con-
payers’ funds to erect barriers in occu- Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, Senator tinue to stay there?
pied zones of lawlessness as just one ex- UDALL and I are pleased to present a bi- These are just a few of the many ex-
ample of that flexibility. partisan amendment that will finally amples that have had us spend more
There are also many issues about in- end America’s longest war. Our amend- than we spent in Europe on the Mar-
centives associated with massive new ment will finally and completely end shall Plan.
amounts of direct Federal funding of the war in Afghanistan. We continue to pour good money
State and local governments. Sending Over 4,000 Americans have died in Af- after bad into Afghanistan, hoping that
massive amounts of additional Federal ghanistan, and over 20,000 have been the outcome will somehow change,
funds to States that were responsible wounded. It is time to bring our sol- hoping that maybe the first 20 years
in good times and built up rainy day diers home. will produce better results than the
funds means that they are treated the I supported going into Afghanistan last 20 years did.
same as States that didn’t build much, originally. Had I been in Congress at This NDAA, this defense authoriza-
if any, in rainy day funds, as I said, Il- that time, I would have voted in favor tion that we are debating here in the
linois and New Jersey, for examples. of it. But the people who attacked us Senate, even has the sense of the Sen-
Those States that acted irresponsibly on 9/11 have all been killed or captured. ate in it opposing a precipitous with-
then get rewarded. Most of the people fighting us today drawal from Afghanistan. We have been
Since funds in State and local gov- are their successors or children or the there for 20 years. How can we charac-
ernments are fungible, sending massive children of their children. In fact, we terize withdrawal after 20 years, after
amounts of additional Federal dollars now have soldiers who were born after we defeated the enemy, as precipitous?
to States and localities means that 9/11 serving in Afghanistan. It is crazy. The American people say
hard-earned Federal tax dollars coming The cycle shows no sign of ending.
‘‘Come home,’’ and this is your chance.
from Iowa, as an example, can end up The war shows no sign of ending. It is
Many people have said that we
helping financially unsustainable pen- not sustainable to keep fighting in Af-
should end the war. Today, you get to
sion promises of fiscally irresponsible ghanistan generation after generation.
vote. Are you for staying in Afghani-
States, and it means that Federal tax We have been fighting in Afghanistan
stan for another generation? Are you
revenues get channeled to States run for so long that our youngest soldiers
for continuing a war that has lost its
by politicians who will not even en- fighting there weren’t even born at the
purpose? Today, we get to vote up or
force existing Federal laws and who use time.
We have spent about $1 trillion to es- down: Are you for the war or against
taxpayer resources on lawless occupied the war? Does the war still have a mis-
zones or sanctuary cities to provide tablish an Afghan Government—a gov-
ernment that is rife with corruption sion?
benefits to undocumented residents.
and dysfunction. We spent more to re- The American people know better.
There are many of my constituents in
build Afghanistan than the Marshall They are ready to declare victory and
Iowa who do not support those uses of
Plan to rebuild Europe after World War come home. It is why President
Federal funds.
II. We have built infrastructure in Af- Trump’s message resonated with so
So, as I wind down here, I am highly
ghanistan and then watched it deterio- many. He said ‘‘It is time to come
skeptical of sending massive amounts
rate and watched the Afghans be un- home,’’ and the people agreed.
of additional funds to States and local-
ities, since future needs are so highly able to even maintain the infrastruc- Not only is it time to end the war
uncertain and there is still unspent ture we built for them, and then they and focus on our needs at home, but it
money in the pipelines. ask us for more money to maintain the is time to reward those who fought the
I am, however, sympathetic to pro- structure. Meanwhile, our roads and battle. We are spending $50 billion a
viding additional flexibility for funds our bridges crumble here at home as we year over there.
we have already provided in the rebuild the infrastructure in Afghani- From the savings in the first year, in
CARES Act so that State and local stan. our amendment, Senator UDALL and I
communities can make broader uses of One example is, several years ago, we will provide a $2,500 bonus for anyone
those funds. And I believe that if the reportedly hired a local security con- who has been deployed in the long War
pandemic and the economy worsens, sultant to help secure the roads at a on Terror. That is a pretty good bonus.
under those circumstances, future cost of $1 million per year. But accord- Our soldiers deserve it, and they also
needs can be addressed when needed. ing to the report by the Special Inspec- deserve to come home because there is
I understand that there are a range of tor General for Afghanistan Recon- no military mission left.
views regarding additional funds for struction, American officials came to Instead of spending another $50 bil-
States and localities. At this point, I suspect that the money was being fun- lion in Afghanistan next year, let’s
believe it may be useful to entertain neled to insurgents to stage attacks on give some of that money to our soldiers
more flexibility in what has already our infrastructure to justify the secu- who fought the war, and let’s begin
been approved, and there may be a need rity contract. So our money was going saving some money from the massive
to make sure that States get shares of to a guy who was paying insurgents to deficit we face here at home.
money they have received to counties pretend to attack him so he could pro- This is the Senate’s chance to show
and cities. There may even be a rea- vide security for their infrastructure. that it is time to declare victory. It is
soned case for limited additional fund- It is crazy. time to come home.
ing to States and localities in the near We spent $43 million on a natural gas I urge support for my amendment,
term, although, as I said, I am a bit gas station. Guess how many vehicles and I also remind Senators this is your
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skeptical. in Afghanistan run on natural gas. chance to vote to end a war.
But approving half a trillion dollars Zero. You can’t even find the gas sta- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
to $1 trillion of additional funds for un- tion. My staff went there to see if the ator from New Mexico.
certain future needs right now to cover money had been spent, and they Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I thank
unknown State and local needs as far couldn’t go there because it was too you for the recognition, and I thank
out as 2 years down the road just isn’t unsafe. Now the report is that the gas Senator INHOFE. I talked to him.
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I would ask unanimous consent, as way, with a yearlong timeframe. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
Senator PAUL did, to complete my re- also sunsets the 9/11 AUMF, which has sufficient second?
marks and unanimous consent to com- been stretched beyond recognition to There appears to be a sufficient sec-
plete my remarks right here on the justify wars we never considered. ond.
floor before we have the vote. Even to this day, some in this admin- The question is on agreeing to the
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without istration envision using the 2001 AUMF motion.
objection, it is so ordered. to justify a war with Iran rather than The clerk will call the roll.
Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I am a actually standing on the floor and in- The legislative clerk called the roll.
strong supporter of the AFGHAN Serv- troducing a proposal, as required by Mr. THUNE. The following Senators
ice Act, which I introduced with Sen- the Constitution to get in a war, as is are necessarily absent: the Senator
ator PAUL. Congress’s authority. from Missouri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator
It has been nearly 19 years since the On the AUMF, this isn’t something from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), the
United States entered this war in Af- sudden either; it would give Congress a Senator from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the
ghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, and we year to consider a new AUMF, if need- Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-
have had several Presidents—one a ed. SMITH), and the Senator from Alaska
Democrat, one a Republican—say they It is long past time for Congress to
(Ms. MURKOWSKI).
want to end this war. They announced: make the difficult decision and stop
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the
ducking the votes on whether to send
We don’t want endless wars. We want Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. MAR-
our troops into harm’s way.
to end this war. KEY), and the Senator from Washington
Finally, this amendment rewards the
Our current President has said he (Mrs. MURRAY) are necessarily absent.
veterans of these wars. We owe a lot
wanted to do this for the last 31⁄2 years. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there
more to them, but this is a start.
He hasn’t gotten it done. President I hope you will join me in supporting any other Senators in the Chamber de-
Obama wanted to end it. the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan siring to vote or change their vote?
This is the way—the responsible and support the restoration of congres- The result was announced—yeas 60,
way—to end this war. We give a year sional war-making authority and vote nays 33, as follows:
timeframe. We make absolutely clear against tabling this amendment. This [Rollcall Vote No. 129 Leg.]
we are not against our American sol- amendment deserves an up-or-down YEAS—60
diers. We give them a bonus, and we vote, not a tabling vote, so vote no to Alexander Grassley Risch
say: You have done a good job. tabling this amendment. I say this in Barrasso Hassan Roberts
So don’t listen to the distortions that great respect to Senator INHOFE, and I Blackburn Hawley Romney
will be talked about what this amend- Blumenthal Hoeven Rosen
know that Senator INHOFE has been Boozman Inhofe Rounds
ment is about. very courteous in terms of the time. Capito Johnson Rubio
We have soldiers who are heading to At this point, I yield the floor. Carper Jones Sasse
fight in this war who weren’t even born The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cassidy Kennedy Scott (FL)
when it began, and most of the soldiers ator from Oklahoma. Collins King Scott (SC)
Coons Lankford Shaheen
I have talked to who have come home MOTION TO TABLE Cornyn Loeffler Shelby
from Afghanistan believe we should be Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, there is Cotton Manchin Sinema
out of there. That is one of the most another side to this story, and I think, Cramer McConnell Sullivan
Crapo McSally Thune
persuasive things I have seen. Several when you hear those promoting this Cruz Menendez Tillis
of those soldiers have been elected to particular amendment, it is one we all Ernst Moran Toomey
the U.S. Congress and have spoken up agree—we want an end to the war. We Feinstein Murphy Warner
very, very strongly about continuing want this to happen. But there are Fischer Perdue Whitehouse
Gardner Portman Wicker
our war in Afghanistan. some other reasons that this probably Graham Reed Young
It has been nearly 10 years since I is not the best way to do it.
First of all, the amendment directs a NAYS—33
first came to the Senate floor in 2010 to
call for the withdrawal of U.S. combat calendar-based withdrawal from Af- Baldwin Durbin Peters
ghanistan rather than a conditions- Bennet Gillibrand Sanders
forces from Afghanistan. We have ac- Booker Harris Schatz
complished our goal of routing al- based. We have talked about this quite Braun Heinrich Schumer
Qaida and killing Osama Bin Laden. often. It is something that you can’t Brown Hirono Smith
Those were two of the big things that just say ‘‘It is going to happen by this Cantwell Kaine Stabenow
Cardin Klobuchar Tester
were talked about originally when date’’ but, rather, under these certain Casey Leahy Udall
President Bush went in and basically circumstances. Cortez Masto Lee Van Hollen
said: We have these short-term objec- It undermines peace negotiations and Daines Merkley Warren
tives, we are going to get them the Trump administration’s Afghan Duckworth Paul Wyden
achieved, and then we are going to be strategy. He has talked about that pub- NOT VOTING—7
licly. I think a lot of people agree with
out. Blunt Hyde-Smith Murray
We have achieved those objectives. that. I do. Burr Markey
It would also undermine the Feb- Enzi Murkowski
There is no reason for delay and to con-
ruary 2020 U.S. agreement with the The motion to table was agreed to;
tinue this endless war. The longer we Taliban that tries to map out a path to
stay with an ill-defined mission, the the amendment was tabled.
peace. According to the plan, U.S. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
greater the risk of a wider war in the forces’ reductions must be tied to
region. Believe me, I listen to people ator from New Jersey.
Taliban counterterrorism commit-
back home. They don’t want a wider ments. That is part of the plan. COVID–19 INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AND
war. They want us to bring our troops Repealing it—the 2001 authorization RECOVERY ACT OF 2020
home. for use of military force—would under- Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I
The recent news that has gripped the mine the authority of the President of rise to speak to S. 3669, the COVID–19
Capitol only underscores that our men the United States for countering ter- International Response and Recovery
and women in Afghanistan remain in rorists in Afghanistan but also would Act of 2020.
harm’s way. They should be brought undermine the GITMO detention and As of this weekend, there are an esti-
home and focus on our core national other global counterterrorist efforts. mated 10 million confirmed cases of
security. The DOD and the White House would COVID–19 worldwide. More than 2.5
After 19 years of war, peace in Af- oppose this because it removes an au- million of those cases are right here in
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ghanistan will need to come from nego- thority for using military force and the United States. The disease has
tiation, and the United States can and would significantly undermine coun- claimed over 125,000 American lives.
should continue to play a role in those terterrorism authority. For anyone who questioned why we
diplomatic efforts. So I move to table the Paul amend- should care about what happens else-
This legislation ends the U.S. in- ment No. 2011, and I ask for the yeas where in the world, this pandemic has
volvement in the war in a responsible and nays. certainly been most assuredly a wake-
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up call. The virus didn’t start here, but In May, the administration an- a clear strategy to confront the ongo-
it came here and Americans are now nounced a 30-day plan to review the or- ing pandemic—the ongoing pandemic—
suffering from the effects of an epi- ganization’s handling of the pandemic and prepare the United States to deal
demic that shows no signs of stopping. response. But less than 2 weeks after it with the next.
Even if we bring it under control in announced that sham review, the It compels the Trump administration
the United States, in the absence of President said he was going to with- to constructively engage with other
U.S. leadership for a truly global re- draw from the organization—so much countries, international organizations,
sponse, the virus can and will return. for the 30-day review. and multilateral fora to stop the
We cannot safeguard American lives Next, the administration doubled spread of the coronavirus.
without one, but we cannot lead or down on blaming China. The President, Specifically, our bill authorizes an
even meaningfully participate in a the Secretary of State, and the Deputy additional $9 billion in funding to fight
global response when we don’t have a Administrator of USAID have all used the COVID–19 pandemic through con-
coherent and effective domestic strat- racially stigmatizing language to de- tributions toward vaccine research at
egy. scribe COVID–19, in direct contradic- the Coalition for Preparedness and In-
The President’s desperate denial, his tion to guidance issued by our own novations; a contribution to the Global
refusal to take this pandemic seri- Centers for Disease Control and Pre- Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis, and Ma-
ously, and his seeming inability to care vention. And the insistence that the laria, for its COVID–19 response mecha-
about the health and well-being of all rest of the world agree to use such lan- nism; additional funding for emergency
Americans are as shocking as they are guage has prevented us from reaching overseas humanitarian assistance in
dangerous. consensus on statements at the G–7 and response to the pandemic, ensuring
As opposed to a pandemic response in the U.N. Security Council and seri- that these funds are provided both to
strategy, the White House seems to ously weakened our standing. the U.N. for its global response plan, as
have a dangerous public relations If this administration is truly con- well as directly to NGOs working on
strategy focused on perpetuating a cerned about China’s malign intent at the frontlines; and a new surge financ-
false narrative that insists the pan- the WHO and elsewhere, there is a sim- ing authority at the U.S. International
demic is almost over, blames China and ple answer: Take action. If the United Development Finance Corporation, or
the World Health Organization for its States leads, others will follow. If we DFC, that will allow the DFC to expe-
own preparedness and response fail- leave the field open, others, like China, dite decisions and make strategic in-
ures, overstates the administration’s will step into the vacuum. vestments quickly to aid in COVID–19
domestic and international response, Isolationist, go-it-alone tactics are reconstruction efforts.
and refuses to be candid with Congress not the way to end a pandemic. At a CIRRA also puts in place mecha-
and the American people about the time when the United States should be nisms to help us prepare for the next
consequences of its irresponsible ac- leading the global response to one of pandemic. It requires an annual na-
tions. the greatest threats we face in the 21st tional intelligence estimate on pan-
Make no mistake, contrary to what century—and this pandemic will, most demic threats, and it establishes a
the White House would have us believe, certainly, not be our last—I have to White House adviser for global health
the COVID–19 threat is far from over. wonder if, instead, what we are wit- security to coordinate a whole-of-gov-
As Dr. Anthony Fauci testified, it is a nessing is the death of American lead- ernment U.S. response to global health
lack of serious response—not as some ership and the end of American security emergencies, aimed at improv-
in the White House would have us be- exceptionalism, brought about by the ing both domestic and international
lieve, more tests—that is leading to the inattention and ineptitude of the capacity to prevent, respond, and de-
skyrocketing case numbers and hos- Trump administration, both here and tect epidemic and pandemic threats.
pitalization rates we are seeing today. abroad. It clearly delineates the roles for the
Unfortunately, the haphazardness Meanwhile, the rest of the world is State Department, USAID, and the
that has characterized the White stepping up and stepping past us. For Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
House’s response at home has also example, when Chinese President Xi vention in responding to pandemic
shaped its response abroad. Jinping addressed the World Health As- threats, and it directs the U.S. Execu-
Secretary Pompeo is right. The sembly in May, he pledged $2 billion tive Director at the World Bank to
American people are the most generous over 2 years to combat COVID–19. Sec- begin negotiations to establish a trust
on the planet, but that belies this ad- retary Azar used the opportunity to at- fund at the World Bank designed not to
ministration’s actual response. The re- tack the WHO and cast blame on China compete with or supplant the World
ality is that when it comes to discus- for the pandemic. Health Organization but to work in
sions about what it is doing to end the The European Union held a pledging tandem with the WHO on incentivizing
pandemic globally, the administration conference on vaccines in May, at countries to mobilize their own re-
is trumpeting programs it has spent 3 which $8.2 billion was raised. The sources for epidemic and pandemic pre-
years consistently and aggressively United States was invited to partici- paredness.
cutting, which explains perfectly why pate, but the White House declined the Now, my Republican colleague on the
Secretary Pompeo, to this day, refuses invitation. Is this what the President Foreign Relations Committee finally
to come before the Senate Foreign Re- means by ‘‘America first’’? did introduce a modest bill in response
lations Committee to defend his pro- Well, if this EU consortium comes up to the pandemic. In keeping with the
posed fiscal year 2021 budget. with a vaccine before we do, it will Republican effort to pretend that the
America, the world needs a strategy mean America last, as we wait for pandemic is over, it completely ignores
to end this pandemic, not a PR blitz to them to share it with us. the current crisis.
cover inaction. The blame game will This approach is not only isola- Instead, it focuses on giving legisla-
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