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116th Congress
1st Session
H. Res. __
H.R. 3055 – Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment,
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of
Rules Committee Print 116-18, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the
report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as
read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
6. Provides that clause 2(e) of Rule XXI shall not apply during consideration of the bill.
7. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in Part B of the Rules
Committee report not considered as part of amendments en bloc, amendments en bloc
described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in section 4. Each
amendment printed in the report not considered as part of amendments en bloc may
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon,
shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by Section 4, and shall not be
subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in Part B of the report or
against amendments en bloc described in section 3.
9. Section 3 provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee
may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report not
earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be
debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be
subject to amendment except as provided by section 4, and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question.
10. Section 4 provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations or their designees may offer up to 15 pro forma amendments each at
any point for the purpose of debate.
11. Provides that at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further
amendments as may have been adopted. The question of such further amendments'
adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without division of the question.
12. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
13. Provides that during consideration of H.R. 3055, it shall not be in order to use a
decrease in Overseas Contingency Operations funds to offset an amendment that
increases an appropriation not designated as Overseas Contingency Operations funds
or vice versa, but does not apply to amendments between the Houses.
14. Provides that during the further consideration of H.R. 2740 the amendment printed
in part C of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted in the House
and in the Committee of the Whole. The question of the adoption of further
amendments to H.R. 2740 reported from the Committee of the Whole shall be put to
the House en gros and without division of the question.
15. Provides that during consideration of H.R. 3055 or during the further consideration of
H.R. 2740, the Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered
by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee. The Chair may not
entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill.
16. Section 9 provides that on any legislative day during the period from June 28, 2019,
through July 8, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be
considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned
to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
17. Provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair
for the duration of the period addressed by section 9 of the resolution.
18. Provides that each day during the period addressed by section 9 of this resolution
shall not constitute a legislative day for the purposes of clause 7 of rule XV
(Consensus Calendar).
19. Provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for
adjournment during the month of July, 2019.
20. Provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of June 27, 2019,
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules and that the
Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the
designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section.
RESOLUTION
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may,
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the
bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee
on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under
the five-minute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of
Rules Committee Print 116-18, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in
the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as
the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall
be considered as read. Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Clause 2(e) of rule XXI shall not apply
during consideration of the bill.
Sec. 2.(a) No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except
those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution considered pursuant to subsection (b), amendments en bloc described in section 3
of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this resolution.
(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on
Rules not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 of this
resolution shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for
the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not
be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole.
(c) All points of order against further amendments printed in part B of the report of
the Committee on Rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this
resolution are waived.
Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on
Appropriations or her designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further
amendments printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations
or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by
section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
Sec. 4. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may
offer up to 15 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
Sec. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee
shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments as
may have been adopted. In the case of sundry further amendments reported from the
Committee, the question of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without
division of the question. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
Sec. 6. During consideration of H.R. 3055 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to
this resolution, it shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing both a decrease
in an appropriation designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase in an appropriation not so
designated, or vice versa.
Sec. 7. During the further consideration of H.R. 2740--
(a) the amendment printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the
Committee of the Whole; and
(b) the question of the adoption of further sundry amendments reported from the
Committee of the Whole shall be put to the House en gros and without division of the
question.
Sec. 8. During consideration of H.R. 3055 or during the further consideration of H.R.
2740, the Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by the chair
of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion
to strike out the enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII).
Sec. 9. On any legislative day during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8,
2019--
(a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as
approved; and
(b) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and
time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced
by the Chair in declaring the adjournment.
Sec. 10. The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for
the duration of the period addressed by section 9 of this resolution as though under clause
8(a) of rule I.
Sec. 11. Each day during the period addressed by section 9 of this resolution shall
not constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XV.
Sec. 12. It shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider
concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of July, 2019.
Sec. 13. It shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of June 27, 2019, for
the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though under clause
1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his
designee on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3055 IN PART A PROPOSED TO BE
CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Sponsor # Description Debate
Time
1. Lowey (NY) #2 (LATE) (MANAGER’S) Allows agencies to
employ people who have employment
authorization under DACA, notwithstanding any
other restrictions on employment of non-citizens
by Federal agencies.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3055 IN PART B PROPOSED TO BE
MADE IN ORDER
(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)
Division A – Commerce, Justice, Science
Sponsor # Description Debate
Time
1. Burgess (TX),
Brooks, Susan
(IN), DeGette
(CO), Kuster
(NH)
#47 (REVISED) Increases funding for the Keep
Young Athletes Safe Act grant program by $2.5
million and reduces funding for salaries and
expenses at the Department of Commerce by $2.5
million.
(10
minutes)
2. Scanlon (PA) #112 (REVISED) Increases the funding for Title II
and Title V of Juvenile Justice Programs by $2
million and offsets with decreases to the general
administration fund.
(10
minutes)
3. Rutherford
(FL)
#87 (REVISED) Increases the NOAA Operations,
Research, and Facilities account by $3.5 million
for third party data collection of reef fish in the
South Atlantic. It is offset by decreasing the
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), Salaries and Expenses
account to FY19 levels.
(10
minutes)
4. Norton (DC) #113 Prohibits the Federal Bureau of Prisons from
using funds to impose subsistence fees on
individuals in halfway houses or on home
confinement.
(10
minutes)
5. Scalise (LA),
Richmond (LA),
Graves, Garret
(LA)
#157 (LATE) Increases and decreases by $1 million
from the NASA Exploration account to highlight
the importance of addressing the facilities and
maintenance backlog on NASA facilities that
(10
minutes)
have a direct manufacturing responsibility
related to the SLS/Orion mission.
6. Waters (CA) #141 (LATE) (REVISED) Adds $2 million to the legal
assistance for victims fund, which increases the
availability of legal assistance for victims of
domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault.
(10
minutes)
7. Waters (CA) #145 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases funding for the
National Science Foundation’s HBCU
Undergraduate Program by $5,000,000 in order
to stimulate sustainable improvement in HBCU
research and development capacity and
competitiveness, offset by $5 million from the
National Science Foundation research and
related activities account.
(10
minutes)
8. Waters (CA) #146 (LATE) (REVISED) Transfers $1 million from
the Department of Justice general administration
account towards the grants to prevent trafficking
of girls.
(10
minutes)
9. King, Steve
(IA)
#149 (LATE) Strikes lines 14-18 (Section 534, pg.
107), which states that none of the funds made
available in this Act or any other Act may be
used by the Department of Commerce to
incorporate into the 2020 Decennial Census any
question that was not included in the 2018 End-
to- End Census Test in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
(10
minutes)
10. Rush (IL) #132 (REVISED) Transfers $2,000,000 from the
Department of Justice general operating account
to the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant
Program.
(10
minutes)
11. Posey (FL),
Wilson,
Frederica (FL),
Murphy (FL),
Wasserman
Schultz (FL),
Mast (FL)
#49 Adds and removes $1,969 from NASA’s
Exploration account to highlight the 50th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon
and back, which launched from Kennedy Space
Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
(10
minutes)
12. Scott, Bobby
(VA), Foxx (NC)
#105 (REVISED) Transfers $13 million from federal
prisoner detention to Youth PROMISE local
delinquency prevention grants.
(10
minutes)
13. Walberg
(MI), Rush (IL),
Raskin (MD),
Cárdenas (CA),
McClintock
(CA), Amash
(MI), Gabbard
#97 Prohibits use of funds for "adoptive seizures,"
wherein law enforcement evades stricter state
laws governing civil asset forfeiture by seizing
property and referring it to federal authorities.
(10
minutes)
(HI)
14. Velázquez
(NY), Espaillat
(NY), Garcia,
Jesús (IL),
Omar (MN),
Tlaib (MI),
Pressley (MA)
#46 (REVISED) Decreases and increases funding by
$1 for Federal Prison System Salaries and
Expenses to oppose the use of contracted private
prison facilities for BOP detention purposes,
including the use of such facilities for
immigration enforcement.
(10
minutes)
15. Gosar (AZ),
Duncan (SC)
#84 (REVISED) Prohibits grants for Paleo
Perspectives on Climate Change.
(10
minutes)
16. Blumenauer
(OR), Haaland
(NM)
#118 (REVISED) Prohibits the Department of Justice
from interfering with tribal cannabis programs.
(10
minutes)
17. Blumenauer
(OR), Norton
(DC),
McClintock
(CA)
#115 (REVISED) Prohibits the Department of Justice
from interfering with state cannabis programs.
The term “state” includes the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and
Puerto Rico.
(10
minutes)
18. McKinley
(WV),
Perlmutter
(CO)
#79 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the
Salaries and Expenses account within the
Federal Prison System budget by $2 million in
order to direct that $2 million within the account
to be used for recruitment and retention
incentive programs at short-staffed facilities.
(10
minutes)
19. Jackson Lee
(TX)
#35 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$2,000,000 funding for the Office of Justice
Programs grant in order to support programs to
engage adult men and young persons to reduce
and prevent domestic violence against children.
(10
minutes)
20. Hudson
(NC)
#28 Increases funding for research to study the root
causes of school violence by $1 million.
(10
minutes)
21. Pascrell
(NJ),
Fitzpatrick
(PA), King,
Peter (NY),
Gottheimer
(NJ), Zeldin
(NY)
#59 Increases funding for the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership (BVP) Grant Program by $5,000,000,
to bring funding for the program to its fully
authorized level. It offsets this increase by
decreasing funding for the Department of Justice,
General Administration, Salaries and Expenses
account by $5,000,000.
(10
minutes)
22. Walorski
(IN), Sewell
(AL), Ferguson
(GA), Kind (WI)
#72 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding for
the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) by
$1,000,000 to encourage transparency in the
Section 232 investigation into imports of
automobiles and automobile parts by releasing
the report to the public.
(10
minutes)
23. Langevin
(RI), King,
Peter (NY)
#109 (REVISED) Increases funding for Regional
Information Sharing Systems, part of the
Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Program,
by $2.7 million.
(10
minutes)
24. Yoho (FL) #62 Decreases and increases funds by $2,000,000 for
the International Trade Administration to
support trade promotion programs in Taiwan.
(10
minutes)
25. Yoho (FL) #65 Increases and decreases the NASA science and
research fund by $1,000,000 with the intention of
funding embryology experiments to further
understanding of development in space in
regards to sending people to Mars.
(10
minutes)
26. Lipinski
(IL), Lujan
(NM)
#38 Increases and decreases by $1,200,000 funding
within the National Science Foundation Research
and Related Activities account to support a
National Academy of Sciences study on
Revitalizing the Historical University-
Government-Industry Partnership.
(10
minutes)
27. Babin (TX) #43 Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 to the
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
section for targeted violence prevention training
and support programs.
(10
minutes)
28. Babin (TX) #125 (REVISED) Transfers $3.6 million to the
Department of Commerce Management account
from NOAA’s Operations, Research, and
Facilities account to facilitate the transfer of the
Office of Space Commerce and the Office of
Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs
back to where they are authorized by statute,
thereby advancing U.S. leadership in space
commerce and commercial remote sensing.
(10
minutes)
29. Moore (WI),
Haaland (NM),
Davids (KS)
#15 (REVISED) Increases funding for tribal
governments to exercise jurisdiction over
domestic violence by $5 million.
(10
minutes)
30. Bost (IL) #107 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by $3
million funding for International Trade
Administration Enforcement and Compliance to
promote Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty
Trade Remedy Investigations and provide
resources for the agency to self-initiate
investigations against illegal trade practices.
(10
minutes)
31. Clarke,
Yvette (NY),
Cisneros (CA)
#86 (REVISED) States that no Census Bureau funds
may be used in violation of the Bureau's
confidentiality policies.
(10
minutes)
32. Graves,
Garret (LA)
#121 (REVISED) States that none of the funds made
available in this act may be used in contravention
of the national standards for fishery conservation
(10
minutes)
and management as set out in section 301 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
33. Cohen (TN),
Raskin (MD)
#48 Prohibits the use of funds to enter into any new
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with
any Trump related business listed in the
President Trump’s Annual Financial Disclosure
Report submitted to the Office of Government
Ethics as well as certain Trump related
properties listed on the Trump Organization’s
website. The specific properties are listed in the
amendment.
(10
minutes)
34. Grothman
(WI)
#50 Reduces funds made available to division A by
13.3 percent.
(10
minutes)
35. Courtney
(CT), Larson,
John (CT),
DeLauro (CT),
Himes (CT),
Hayes (CT)
#68 Increases and decreases $4 million from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's
general operations fund to support research on
the effects of the mineral pyrrhotite on concrete
aggregate. NIST is the leading federal expert in
cement and concrete standards.
(10
minutes)
36. Banks (IN) #9 (REVISED) Reduces amounts made available in
Division A, other than amounts made available to
the Department of Defense, by 14 percent.
(10
minutes)
37. McNerney
(CA)
#25 Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 the
National Science Foundation’s Research and
Related Activities budget to support a research
program to study optimal approaches and
procedures for implementing partisan symmetry
and compactness criteria for congressional
district selection.
(10
minutes)
38. Estes (KS) #81 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by $1
million funding for the U.S. Trade Representative
to establish that funds are not to be expended to
enact future 301 tariffs in a manner that is not
consistent with the currently established
exclusion process for articles subject to such
tariffs.
(10
minutes)
39. Foster (IL) #13 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the Nuclear
Thermal Propulsion account by $1 in order to
direct that NASA work towards the development
of a low enriched uranium (LEU) space power
reactor.
(10
minutes)
40. Foster (IL) #14 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the Space
Technology account by $6.5 million in order to
direct that $6.5 million within the account be
used for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts
(NIAC) Program.
(10
minutes)
41. Spano (FL) #40 Increases funding for the International Trade
Administration by $2 million with the intent to
provide additional funding for enforcement and
compliance. Reduces funding by $2 million for
Department of Commerce Salaries and Expenses
account.
(10
minutes)
42. Adams (NC) #135 (REVISED) Increases funding for Byrne-JAG by
$1 million. Increases prosecutorial decision-
making line-item by $1 million.
(10
minutes)
43. Adams (NC) #136 (REVISED) Increases funding for the
transitional housing program for domestic
violence victims by $1 million.
(10
minutes)
44. Huffman
(CA), Rooney
(FL),
Cunningham
(SC), Carbajal
(CA)
#45 (REVISED) States that none of the funds can be
used by NOAA to implement any changes to the
regulations that govern the federal consistency
and appeals process under the Coastal Zone
Management Act. This process provides states
the authority to review activities proposed in
federal waters to ensure they are consistent with
a state’s coastal management plan developed
pursuant to the CZMA.
(10
minutes)
45. Bera (CA) #44 (REVISED) Increases VAWA funding by $2
million to support grants enhancing culturally
specific services for domestic violence survivors.
(10
minutes)
46. Gonzalez,
Vicente (TX),
Stivers (OH)
#142 Increases and decreases by one $1 the Executive
Office for Immigration Review Account in order
to direct the Executive Office of Immigration
Reform to prioritize the efficient hiring of judges,
without reducing the quality of the hires.
(10
minutes)
47. Castro (TX) #24 (REVISED) Increases the Department of Justice
body-worn camera partnership initiative by $2.5
million (from $25 million to $27.5 million), with a
corresponding reduction to the Department of
Justice Salaries and Expenses account.
(10
minutes)
48. Murphy
(FL), Mast (FL),
Soto (FL),
Kaptur (OH),
Posey (FL),
Bonamici (OR),
Crist (FL)
#5 (REVISED) Increases National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (NOAA); Operations,
Research, and Facilities by $2,000,000, with the
additional funding intended for Coastal Science
Assessment; Competitive External Research, for
research on Harmful Algal Blooms. Reduces
Department of Commerce; Departmental
Management; Salaries and Expenses by
$2,000,000.
(10
minutes)
49. Jeffries (NY) #36 Transfers $914,000 from the Department of
Commerce’s Departmental Management, Salaries
and Expenses account to the Office of the
Inspector General’s account.
(10
minutes)
50. Panetta
(CA),
Sensenbrenner
(WI)
#129 Increases and decreases the State and Local Law
Enforcement account by $15 million to support,
deploy, and implement gun and gunshot
detection and mitigation technologies.
(10
minutes)
51. Panetta
(CA)
#144 Increases and decreases NOAA Procurement,
Acquisition, and Construction account by $9
million to support collocation of NOAA facilities
and public institutions of higher education for the
purposes of collaborative research, education,
workforce development, and diversity.
(10
minutes)
52. Ruiz (CA),
Rose, Max (NY)
#20 Provides an additional $2 million for training,
peer mentoring, and mental health programs for
law enforcement officers.
(10
minutes)
53.
Cunningham
(SC), Murphy
(FL), Rose, Max
(NY), Soto (FL),
Levin, Mike
(CA), Luria
(VA), Cisneros
(CA), Gonzalez,
Anthony (OH)
#1 (REVISED) Transfers $2 million from the
Department of Justice general administration
account towards Veterans Treatment Courts.
(10
minutes)
54.
Cunningham
(SC), Rooney
(FL),
Rutherford
(FL),
Fitzpatrick
(PA), Mast (FL),
Huffman (CA),
McEachin (VA),
Lowenthal
(CA),
Blumenauer
(OR),
Wasserman
Schultz (FL),
Van Drew (NJ),
Beyer (VA),
Pappas (NH),
Soto (FL),
Pallone (NJ),
Crist (FL),
Clyburn (SC)
#29 (REVISED) Blocks funding for NOAA to approve
oil and gas exploration, including seismic airgun
blasting, in the Atlantic.
(10
minutes)
55. Takano (CA) #143 (LATE) (REVISED) Decreases and increases
funding by $1 million for the Office of Civil
(10
minutes)
Rights to oppose any efforts to limit or eliminate
protections under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
through rulemaking.
56. Beyer (VA) #133 Increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000
from the National Science Foundation research
and related activities account to direct the
National Science Foundation to provide Congress
with a report on its efforts to incorporate social
impact assessments into the artificial intelligence
research it funds.
(10
minutes)
57. Beyer (VA) #159 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$20 million funding for Aeronautics Research
Mission Directorate 3 into ultra efficient flight,
including electric flight.
(10
minutes)
58. Moulton
(MA)
#111 (REVISED) Increases National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Operations,
Research, and Facilities funding by $1,500,000,
with the additional funding intended for North
Atlantic Right Whale research and monitoring.
Reduces funding for Department of Justice
General Administration by $1,500,000.
(10
minutes)
59. Plaskett (VI) #26 (REVISED) Includes the Virgin Islands as a
jurisdiction where federal interference with local
law allowing the use, distribution, possession, or
cultivation of medical marijuana is prohibited.
(10
minutes)
60. Plaskett (VI) #123 (REVISED) Provides for inclusion of the insular
territories of the United States within the
meaning of the term “persistent poverty
counties”.
(10
minutes)
61. Blunt
Rochester (DE),
Kuster (NH)
#154 (LATE) Increases and decreases by $1,000,000
on for the Office on Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs to prioritize the
importance of these funds for victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual
assault.
(10
minutes)
62. Gottheimer
(NJ)
#55 (REVISED) Increases funding by $1 million for
the National Sex Offender Public Website, the
only government website that links public state,
territorial, and tribal sex offender registries into
one national search site.
(10
minutes)
63. Jayapal
(WA)
#94 (REVISED) Transfers $2 million in funding from
the Department of Justice general administration
account to a national center for restorative
justice.
(10
minutes)
64. Jayapal
(WA)
#139 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$4,000,000 in support of the creation and funding
(10
minutes)
of programs utilizing the Permanent Supportive
Housing model.
65. Crow (CO),
Escobar (TX)
#71 Ensures that the U.S. Census Bureau follow
existing law and not share data or information
gathered, especially through data sharing
agreements, with any department, bureau, or
agency and penalizes disclosure of information by
Census employees.
(10
minutes)
66. Dean (PA),
Scanlon (PA),
Cartwright
(PA)
#69 (REVISED) Increases funding for the John R.
Justice Program by $2,000,000, to provide
student loan repayment assistance for public
defenders and prosecutors. This program is
intended to serve as an incentive for qualified
individuals to enter and continue employment as
public defenders or prosecutors- without this
vital funding, the program will continue to fall
short of its mission.
(10
minutes)
67. Delgado
(NY),
Finkenauer (IA)
#92 States that none of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be used by the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration to update a broadband
availability map using only Form 477 data from
the Federal Communications Commission.
(10
minutes)
68. Escobar
(TX)
#27 (REVISED) Prohibits funds from being used to
enforce the zero-tolerance prosecution policy at
the Department of Justice.
(10
minutes)
69. Fletcher
(TX)
#110 Increases and decreases by $1,500,000 funding
for the NOAA operations, research and facilities
fund in order to have the Administrator of NOAA
to charge and contract with the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
to undertake the inaugural decadal survey of the
US weather enterprise, to be completed not later
than December 15, 2020. The survey shall
provide policymakers with the relevant
information to prioritize investments in weather
forecasting, modeling, and data assimilation over
the next ten years; assess the current US
weather enterprise and how it has performed
over the previous five years; and evaluate future
potential federal investments in science,
satellites, radars, and other observation
technologies.
(10
minutes)
70. Golden
(ME), Pingree
(ME)
#103 (REVISED) States that none of the funds may
be used for NOAA to utilize a North Atlantic
right whale Risk Reduction Decision Support
Tool.
(10
minutes)
71. Horn (OK) #6 (REVISED) Decreases and increases funding by
$2.5 million for Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
Memorial funding dedicated to training to
improve police responses to people with
developmental disabilities or mental illnesses.
(10
minutes)
72. Kim (NJ),
Brownley (CA),
Kuster (NH),
Cisneros (CA)
#52 (REVISED) Increases funding for the veterans
treatment courts program by $1,000,000.
(10
minutes)
73. Malinowski
(NJ)
#101 (REVISED) Increases funding for the National
Security Division by $1,000,000 to be directed
towards the Domestic Terrorism Counsel.
(10
minutes)
74. McAdams
(UT)
#22 (REVISED) Provides additional funding to
Victims of Child Abuse Act programs to support
Child Advocacy Centers that provide services to
child survivors of abuse.
(10
minutes)
75. Neguse (CO) #89 (REVISED) Increases funding by $1 million for
the NASA Office of Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics Engagement, for
the purposes of supporting the NASA Space
Grant College and Fellowship Program.
(10
minutes)
76. Neguse (CO) #90 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding for
the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) by $5 million in order to
encourage states to continue to improve their
criminal and mental records for the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System.
(10
minutes)
77. Neguse (CO) #91 (REVISED) Increases funding for Juvenile
Justice Programs by $1,000,000.
(10
minutes)
78. Ocasio-
Cortez (NY)
#127 (REVISED) Moves $5 million from the DEA
(enforcement) to the Comprehensive Opioid
Abuse Program (treatment) in keeping with the
growing consensus to treat drug addiction as a
public health issue. This still leaves the DEA
with the $84.9 million more than FY19 and $72.7
million more than the president's request.
(10
minutes)
79. Omar (MN),
Pressley (MA)
#19 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding for
the Federal Prison System by $1 million to
express concern with the use of solitary
confinement within the Federal Bureau of
Prisons or the United States Marshals Service.
(10
minutes)
80. Pappas (NH) #57 (REVISED) Provides an additional $2,000,000
for the comprehensive opioid abuse program and
reduces $2,000,000 from general administration
funds for the Department of Justice.
(10
minutes)
81. Porter (CA), #30 (REVISED) Increases funding for the court- (10
Tlaib (MI) appointed special advocate and guardian ad litem
program to $12,500,000.
minutes)
82. Porter (CA),
Tlaib (MI)
#31 (REVISED) Increases funding to reduce the
sexual assault kit backlog to $50,000,000.
(10
minutes)
83. Pressley
(MA)
#137 Directs an additional $3,000,000 to DOJ's
Children of Incarcerated Parents program to
support reentry services and family reunification
upon release.
(10
minutes)
84. Pressley
(MA)
#138 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$2,000,000 for Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
Memorial funding to support community-based
violence prevention programs.
(10
minutes)
85. Stevens
(MI), Gaetz
(FL), Neguse
(CO),
Fitzpatrick
(PA), McAdams
(UT), King,
Peter (NY),
Dean (PA),
Buchanan (FL),
Axne (IA)
#70 Removes and adds $2,000,000 from the Legal
Activities account at the Department of Justice
for the purpose of instructing the Environment
and Natural Resources Division to allocate more
resources to the enforcement of animal cruelty
laws.
(10
minutes)
86. Torres
Small, Xochitl
(NM)
#128 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) by $1 million in order to
direct that $1 million within the account be used
for improving broadband mapping.
(10
minutes)
87. Trone (MD) #99 (REVISED) Increases funding by $1,500,000 for
mental health courts and adult and juvenile
collaboration program grants that improve
mental health services and provide diversion for
justice-impacted individuals.
(10
minutes)
88. Trone (MD),
Neguse (CO)
#98 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding for
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) by $120,000,000 to encourage
modernization of NIST's aging infrastructure.
(10
minutes)
89. Underwood
(IL), Jeffries
(NY)
#100 (REVISED) Prevents the Department of Justice
from using federal funds for litigation that
undermines the Affordable Care Act.
(10
minutes)
90. Collins,
Doug (GA)
#130 (REVISED) Provides $20 million to restore
funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods
program, the cornerstone of DOJ’s anti-gun
violence and anti-gang efforts.
(10
minutes)
Division B - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration
Sponsor # Description Debate
Time
91. Jackson Lee (TX) #16 Increases funding by $2,000,000 for the USDA
agency that provides grant research funding for
“1890s Land Grant Universities,” which are 28
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
(10 minutes)
92. Yoho (FL) #33 Decreases and increases funds by $5,000,000 to
support the research and development of an
African Swine Fever vaccine at the Agricultural
Research Service.
(10 minutes)
93. McNerney (CA) #12 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$100,000 for FDA to undertake a process to
make lawful a safe level for conventional foods
and dietary supplements containing
Cannabidiol (CBD) so long as the products are
compliant with all other FDA rules and
regulations.
(10 minutes)
94. Davis, Rodney
(IL), Panetta (CA),
DelBene (WA),
Gabbard (HI),
Yoho (FL), Cox
(CA), Carbajal
(CA), Larsen, Rick
(WA), Marshall
(KS), Van Drew
(NJ), DeFazio
(OR), Bost (IL),
Guest (MS),
Kinzinger (IL),
Loebsack (IA)
#47 Increases and decreases funds by $5,000,000 for
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
(10 minutes)
95. Welch (VT) #52 (REVISED) Increases funding for Dairy
Business Innovation Initiatives by $10 million.
Reduces funding for USDA Office of the Chief
Information Officer by a corresponding amount.
(10 minutes)
96. Welch (VT) #53 (REVISED) Increases funding for the Acer
Access Program by $1 million. Reduces funding
from USDA Agriculture Marketing Services by a
corresponding amount.
(10 minutes)
97. Grothman (WI) #15 Reduces funds made available to division B by
3.7 percent.
(10 minutes)
98. Sablan (MP),
Gabbard (HI)
#19 Increases and decreases reserve funding in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by
$10,000,000 to allow the Food and Nutrition
Service to maintain the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands Nutritional
Assistance Program at FY19 eligibility and
benefit standards.
(10 minutes)
99. Banks (IN) #3 Reduces spending for each amount in Division B
by 14 percent.
(10 minutes)
100. Sewell (AL) #67 (LATE) Adds and removes funding from the
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program
Account within USDA’s Rural Utilities Service
to prioritize the ongoing efforts to address
inadequate wastewater infrastructure in rural
and unincorporated communities, specifically
those where families or individuals have
straight-pipe septic systems or failing
decentralized sewage treatment systems.
(10 minutes)
101. Biggs (AZ) #5 Prevents funds from being used to finalize,
implement, or enforce the draft guidance issued
by the Food and Drug Administration in
December of 2017 titled “Drug Products Labeled
as Homeopathic: Guidance for FDA Staff and
Industry.”
(10 minutes)
102. Bera (CA) #25 Increases and decreases the Child Nutrition
Programs account by $2,000,000 to support
funding for School Breakfast Expansion Grants
that help increase participation through
programs such as Breakfast after the Bell.
(10 minutes)
103. González-Colón,
Jenniffer (PR),
Radewagen (AS),
Plaskett (VI),
Gabbard (HI)
#29 (REVISED) Provides $1.996 million to carry
out the Reimbursement Transportation Cost
Payment Program (RTCP) for Geographically
Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers, which
reimburses producers in the non-contiguous
states and territories for a portion of the cost to
transport agricultural commodities or inputs
used to produce an agricultural commodity that
is offset by a corresponding reduction in the
Office of Communications.
(10 minutes)
104. Maloney, Sean
(NY)
#68 (LATE) Decreases funding for the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture by $5 million
and increases the funding for the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture to increase
funding for the Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education program.
(10 minutes)
105. Pence (IN), Bost
(IL)
#1 (REVISED) Increases funding for the rural
broadband Distance Learning and Telemedicine
(10 minutes)
Grant Program by $25,000,000, offset by an
equal decrease in the Department of
Agriculture’s Buildings and Facilities funding.
106. Veasey (TX), Kind
(WI), Gosar (AZ),
Abraham (LA)
#69 (LATE) Increases and decreases funding by
$12,000,000 for Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) distributed to states
for the purposes of combating Chronic Wasting
Disease (CWD).
(10 minutes)
107. Steil (WI), Duffy
(WI), Gallagher
(WI)
#21 Increases and decreased by $1,500,000 to
express the Congressional intent that the Dairy
Business Innovation Initiatives should be
funded at that level.
(10 minutes)
108. Plaskett (VI),
Gabbard (HI)
#4 Provides for funding of the micro-grants for food
security program at the authorized level of $10
million.
(10 minutes)
109. Plaskett (VI) #54 Provides for inclusion of the insular territories
of the United States within the meaning of the
term “persistent poverty counties”.
(10 minutes)
110. Joyce, John (PA) #45 Increases and decreases account by $15,000,000
to support a study on preventing the spread of
Chronic Wasting Disease.
(10 minutes)
111. Lamb (PA) #76 (LATE) Provides an additional $200,000 for
school nutrition programs and directs those
resources to Technical Assistance for the Farm-
to-School program.
(10 minutes)
112. Panetta (CA),
Newhouse (WA)
#42 Adds and removes $1 from the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and
Economics for the purpose of instructing the
REE Office to finalize a review, as required by
the FY19 Farm Bill (Public Law 115-334), of the
programs of the Department of Agriculture that
may be more effectively used to accelerate the
development and use of automation or
mechanization in the production or processing of
specialty crops.
(10 minutes)
113. Cox (CA) #31 Strikes "1980, 1990", and insert "1990" to
expand the time range for 10-20-30 funding, a
formula to fight persistent poverty.
(10 minutes)
114. Spanberger (VA),
Welch (VT), Kind
(WI), Axne (IA),
Scott, Bobby (VA),
Pappas (NH),
Craig (MN), Lee,
Susie (NV), Golden
(ME), Van Drew
(NJ), Cleaver
#39 (REVISED) Increases funding for USDA’s
Rural E-Connectivity (ReConnect) program,
which makes loans and grants for broadband
deployment in rural communities by $55
million. Offsets are split between Departmental
Administration ($12.5 million), the Office of the
CIO ($12.5 million), and the Office of the
General Counsel ($30 million). XXX: Increases
funding for USDA’s Rural E-Connectivity
(10 minutes)
(MO), Riggleman
(VA), Finkenauer
(IA)
(ReConnect) program – which makes loans and
grants for broadband deployment in rural
communities – by $55 million. Offsets are split
between Departmental Administration
($12.5M), the Office of the CIO ($12.5M), and
the Office of the General Counsel ($30M).
115. Underwood (IL) #49 Prevents funds from being used to remove
existing information about climate change from
official publications.
(10 minutes)
116. Neguse (CO), King,
Peter (NY),
Fitzpatrick (PA),
Marshall (KS),
McAdams (UT),
Dean (PA), Cohen
(TN), Estes (KS)
#48 Transfers $1 million in funding to the USDA
Office of the Inspector General for expenses
necessary for the enforcement of anti-animal
fighting statutes (7 U.S.C. § 2156 and 18 U.S.C.
§ 49).
(10 minutes)
117. Craig (MN),
Spanberger (VA)
#50 (REVISED) Increases by $353,000 the Rural
Energy for American Program to spur rural
renewable energy investment.
(10 minutes)
118. Craig (MN) #51 Strikes and adds $1,000,000 to express the
importance of broadband access to rural
communities, schools, and small businesses.
(10 minutes)
119. Trone (MD),
Riggleman (VA)
#43 (REVISED) Increases funding for Community
Connect Grants by $5 million to expand
broadband deployment into rural communities
that are underserved by private sector
investment.
(10 minutes)
120. Trone (MD),
Riggleman (VA)
#44 (REVISED) Increases funding for Rural Health
and Safety Education Program by $1 million to
combat the opioid epidemic in rural
communities.
(10 minutes)
121. Ocasio-Cortez
(NY)
#61 Strikes [“Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000
shall be used for the construction, acquisition,
design and engineering or improvement of fossil
fueled electric generating plants (whether new
or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface
utilization and storage systems.”]
(10 minutes)
122. Axne (IA), Deutch
(FL)
#62 Increases and decreases by $1 funds to support
the Economic Research Service submit a report
to Congress on the impacts of tariffs on U.S.
soybean farmers in light of Russian efforts to
expand agricultural exports to China.
(10 minutes)
123. Lee, Susie (NV) #64 (REVISED) Provides an additional $500,000 to
Team Nutrition of the Child Nutrition Programs
Account to encourage peer to peer learning
among school nutrition staff to create healthy
school environments. Makes a corresponding
(10 minutes)
reduction in the Departmental Administration
sub-account of the Office of the Secretary.
124. Pressley (MA),
Lamb (PA), Tlaib
(MI)
#66 (REVISED) Increases by $1,000,000 funding
for the Farm-to-School Grant Program.
(10 minutes)
125. Slotkin (MI) #74 (LATE) Increases and decreases the Farm and
Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN)
program by $10 million to fund this critically
important program that provides vital mental
health resources for farmers and ranchers.
(10 minutes)
Division C – Interior, Environment
Sponsor # Description Debate Time
126. Scanlon (PA) #121 (REVISED) Decreases and increases funding
by $2 million from the Environmental Programs
and Management fund for purposes of EPA
enforcement authority over Clean Air Act
regulations related to waste-to-energy
incinerators.
(10 minutes)
127. Burgess (TX) #46 Places a funding limitation on the EPA's ability
to utilize the Title 42 special pay authority.
(10 minutes)
128. Wasserman
Schultz (FL),
Crist (FL),
Frankel (FL),
Castor (FL),
Mucarsel-
Powell (FL),
Gaetz (FL),
Diaz-Balart
(FL), Hastings
(FL), Shalala
(FL), Deutch
(FL), Wilson,
Frederica (FL),
Murphy (FL),
Buchanan (FL),
Mast (FL),
Bilirakis (FL),
Soto (FL),
Lawson (FL),
Rutherford
(FL), Demings
#95 Prohibits any funds from being expended by the
Department of the Interior to conduct oil and
gas pre-leasing, leasing, and related activities in
outer continental shelf planning areas around
Florida.
(10 minutes)
(FL), Spano
(FL), Webster
(FL), Rooney
(FL), Posey (FL)
129. Young (AK) #30 (REVISED) States that none of the funds made
available by this Act may be used for the EPA’s
rule on emissions form small remote
incinerators in Alaska.
(10 minutes)
130. Young (AK) #132 (REVISED) Prohibits funds from being used to
designate new wild and scenic rivers in National
Parks in Northwestern California.
(10 minutes)
131. Young (AK) #150 (LATE) Bars the use of funds to designate new
wilderness areas in National Forests in
Northwestern California.
(10 minutes)
132. . Pallone (NJ),
Payne, Jr. (NJ),
Golden (ME),
Van Drew (NJ),
Kim (NJ),
Cunningham
(SC), King,
Peter (NY),
Rutherford
(FL), Smith,
Christopher
(NJ), Cicilline
(RI), Langevin
(RI), Luria (VA),
Pappas (NH),
Rice, Tom (SC),
Price (NC)
#88 Establishes a Department of Interior
moratorium on oil and gas drilling and related
activities in the Atlantic, including the North
Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, and the South Atlantic
Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas.
(10 minutes)
133. . Buchanan
(FL), Huffman
(CA),
Blumenauer
(OR), Lieu (CA)
#50 (REVISED) Prevents funds from being used by
USFWS to issue permits for the importation of
elephant or lion trophies from Zimbabwe,
Zambia or Tanzania.
(10 minutes)
134. Scott, Bobby
(VA), Lee,
Barbara (CA),
Lewis (GA),
Tlaib (MI)
#68 Increases funding for the 400 Years of African-
American History Commission in order for them
to carry out their mandate.
(10 minutes)
135. Duncan (SC),
Gosar (AZ),
Joyce, John
(PA), Gaetz
(FL), Cloud
(TX), Lesko (AZ)
#12 States that none of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to enforce the final Clean
Power Plan rules entitled, “Carbon Pollution
Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units”; and
“Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas
(10 minutes)
Emissions From New Modified, and
Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric
Utility Generating Units".
136. Blumenauer
(OR), Gallego
(AZ)
#64 Prevents any funds in this bill from being used
to plan, design, study, or construct, for the
purpose of harvesting timber by private entities
or individuals, a forest development road in the
Tongass National Forest.
(10 minutes)
137. Schweikert
(AZ)
#33 Increases funding in the Environmental
Programs and Management account by $1
million for Air Quality Management and
decreases funding in the Department of Interior
Office of the Secretary account by $1 million.
(10 minutes)
138. DeGette (CO),
Porter (CA)
#13 Removes and adds $3,000,000 from the
Environmental Programs and Management
fund to instruct EPA to advance environmental
justice by implementing environmental
enforcement strategies in 100 communities
overburdened by serious environmental non-
compliance problems and instruct EPA to
research the cumulative risks posed by multiple
sources of pollution, and to incorporate this
information into EPA health assessments.
(10 minutes)
139. Gosar (AZ) #80 Prohibits funds for carrying out EPA’s
Endangerment Finding.
(10 minutes)
140. . Gosar (AZ),
Abraham (LA)
#81 Increases and decreases by $1,720,000 for
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) research in
wild and captive populations of cervids.
(10 minutes)
141. Grijalva (AZ) #65 Prohibits the Department of the Interior from
transferring jurisdictions of National Parks,
Wildlife Refuges, and other public lands along
the border pursuant to President Trump’s
declaration of a national emergency to build a
wall along the southern border in contravention
of Congress.
(10 minutes)
142. Grijalva (AZ),
Haaland (NM),
Lowenthal (CA)
#66 States that none of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to implement Executive
Order 13817, which treats uranium as a critical
mineral for the purposes of expedited permitting
under the administration’s critical mineral
strategy.
(10 minutes)
143. Duncan (SC),
Young (AK),
Gosar (AZ)
#130 (LATE) Strikes section 118 from the bill that
prevents energy leases in ANWR.
(10 minutes)
144. Green, Al (TX) #110 Increases EPA Science and Technology Account
by $2 million and decreases it by the same
amount to underscore the importance of EPA’s
(10 minutes)
assessment of Chromium-6.
145. Hudson (NC) #16 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the
Capital Maintenance and Improvement account
to highlight the need for improvements to roads
within the Uwharrie National Forest.
(10 minutes)
146. Matsui (CA),
Long (MO)
#120 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act program by $5 million.
(10 minutes)
147. Mullin (OK),
Duncan (SC)
#39 Prohibits funds from being used to enforce the
Obama Administration's Methane Rule, entitled
“Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission
Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified
Sources.”
(10 minutes)
148. Mullin (OK),
Kelly, Mike
(PA), Duncan
(SC)
#40 Prohibits the use of funds to prepare, propose, or
promulgate any regulation or guidance that
references or relies on analysis of the cost of
social carbon under certain Technical Support
Documents published by the Interagency
Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon.
(10 minutes)
149. Moore (WI) #5 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$5 million to express support for increased
funding for the lead reduction projects grant
program which helps low-income homeowners
replace lead pipes.
(10 minutes)
150. Moore (WI) #8 Increases funding by $1 million for the Indian
Health Services Domestic Violence Prevention
Program to allow for additional grants and
decreases $1 million from the Office of the
Secretary Departmental Operations account.
(10 minutes)
151. Smith, Jason
(MO)
#84 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the
Environmental Program and Management
account by $500,000 in order to direct EPA to
produce reports on how much environmental
measures have improved preceding enactment
of USMCA.
(10 minutes)
152. Lujan (NM) #125 (LATE) (REVISED) Prevents any of the funds
made available by this act to be used for further
mineral development around the Chaco Culture
National Historical Park on federal lands. This
amendment does not affect the mineral rights of
an Indian Tribe or member of an Indian Tribe to
trust land or allotment land.
(10 minutes)
153. Lujan (NM) #126 (LATE) Increases and decreases $1,500,000 for
the Rio Puerco Watershed Management
Program, as authorized in S.47, the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and
Recreation Act. The Rio Puerco Basin is the one
of the largest tributaries in the Rio Grande
(10 minutes)
Basin and this amendment would help restore
and manage this critical watershed which
currently deposits large amounts of damaging
excess sediment to the Rio Grande system which
results in alarming levels of erosion and
flooding.
154. LaMalfa (CA) #134 Increases and decreases $10,000,000 from the
Forest Service Recreation, Heritage and
Wilderness account to the Forest Service Forest
Products account to increase timber production
on federal land.
(10 minutes)
155. Bonamici (OR),
Tonko (NY),
Sherrill (NJ),
Fletcher (TX)
#31 (REVISED) Increases funding for the EPA
Science Advisory Board by $500,000, and
decreases funding for the EPA Executive
Management and Operations program by
$500,000 to support the SAB review of the
Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory
Science proposed rule.
(10 minutes)
156. Newhouse
(WA), DeFazio
(OR), Gianforte
(MT), Schrader
(OR), Schrier
(WA), Bishop,
Rob (UT),
O'Halleran
(AZ), Bonamici
(OR), Rogers,
Harold (KY),
McMorris
Rodgers (WA)
#145 (LATE) (REVISED) Prohibits any funds in the
bill from being used to either alter or terminate
the Interagency Agreement between the U.S.
Departments of Labor and Agriculture that
governs the Job Corps Civilian Conservation
Center (CCC) program, and prohibits any funds
in the bill from being used to close any of the 25
CCCs that are currently operating.
(10 minutes)
157. Brownley (CA),
Cisneros (CA)
#44 (REVISED) Increases funding for the Wildland
fire management account by $1 million, with the
intent it be spent on the Joint Fire Science
program, offset with a reduction of $1 million
from the Office of the Secretary of Interior’s
administrative account.
(10 minutes)
158. Graves, Garret
(LA)
#100 Strikes section 117 of division C which prohibits
funds for a new Proposed Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice
of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement Plan.
(10 minutes)
159. Jeffries (NY) #28 (REVISED) States that none of the funds made
available by this Act to the National Park
Service may be used to increase the sales of
plastic bottles.
(10 minutes)
160. Jeffries (NY), #59 Prohibits funds made available to the National (10 minutes)
Cunningham
(SC)
Park Service to be used for the purchase or
display of a confederate flag with the exception
of specific circumstances where the flags provide
historical context.
161. Hice (GA) #117 Decreases each amount made available by this
Act (other than an amount required to be made
available by a provision of law) by 23.6 percent
to match the President's budget request.
(10 minutes)
162. Kuster (NH),
Tipton (CO)
#92 (REVISED) Increases and decreases $1 million
in the National Forest System account to
highlight the National Avalanche Center which
provides training and support to prevent snow
avalanche casualties.
(10 minutes)
163. Banks (IN) #6 Reduces spending for each amount available in
Division C by 14 percent.
(10 minutes)
164. Lowenthal
(CA)
#20 States that none of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to issue a proposed or final
rule to replace the Consolidated Federal Oil &
Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation
Reform final rule.
(10 minutes)
165. Biggs (AZ) #17 States that none of the funds made available by
this Act can be used for the Integrated Risk
Information System of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(10 minutes)
166. Ruiz (CA) #7 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$2 million from the State and Private Forestry
account for the purposes of highlighting
Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants.
(10 minutes)
167. Cunningham
(SC), Rooney
(FL),
Rutherford
(FL),
Fitzpatrick
(PA), Mast (FL),
Huffman (CA),
McEachin (VA),
Lowenthal
(CA),
Blumenauer
(OR),
Wasserman
Schultz (FL),
Van Drew (NJ),
Beyer (VA),
Pappas (NH),
Soto (FL),
#18 States that none of the funds in this Act can be
used by BOEM to issue permits for oil and gas
exploration, including for seismic airgun
blasting, in the Atlantic.
(10 minutes)
Pallone (NJ),
Crist (FL),
Clyburn (SC)
168. Cunningham
(SC), Torres
Small, Xochitl
(NM), Neguse
(CO)
#19 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$5,000,000 to prioritize the Land and Water
Conservation Fund.
(10 minutes)
169. Vargas (CA),
Levin, Mike
(CA), Davis,
Susan (CA),
Peters (CA)
#83 Increases and decreases by $10,000,000 in order
to direct the Environmental Protection Agency
to prioritize projects that will drastically reduce
pollution flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border.
(10 minutes)
170. Beyer (VA) #104 (REVISED) Prohibits funds to eliminate the
requirement that newly built coal power plants
capture carbon dioxide emissions.
(10 minutes)
171. Beyer (VA),
Norton (DC)
#69 Increases and decreases $5,000,000 from the
Office of the Secretary account for the purpose of
maintaining the Interior Department's body
camera pilot program.
(10 minutes)
172. Dingell (MI),
Tlaib (MI)
#131 (LATE) (REVISED) Prohibits the use of funds
in this bill to close or relocate any EPA office
that houses emergency responders or a criminal
investigation unit.
(10 minutes)
173. Lieu (CA) #113 Increases and decreases $200,000 to support the
Wildlife Detector Dog Program in the Office of
Law Enforcement at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
(10 minutes)
174. Plaskett (VI) #102 Provides for inclusion of the insular territories
of the United States within the meaning of the
term “persistent poverty counties”.
(10 minutes)
175. Schneider (IL),
Underwood
(IL), Lipinski
(IL), Casten
(IL), Foster (IL),
Quigley (IL)
#85 Increases and decreases $25,000 in funding for
the EPA’s Environmental Programs and
Management account to support EPA public
forums and outreach on ethylene oxide to
communities identified in the National Air Toxic
Assessment to face dangerous emissions levels
of this known carcinogen.
(10 minutes)
176. Carbajal (CA),
Cisneros (CA),
Rouda (CA),
Hill, Katie (CA),
Huffman (CA),
Porter (CA),
Kilmer (WA),
Levin, Mike
(CA)
#26 (REVISED) States that none of the funds made
available by this Act may be used on offshore oil
and gas leasing off the Washington/Oregon,
Northern California, Central California, and
Southern California Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Planning Areas for FY2020.
(10 minutes)
177. Horsford (NV) #116 Increases and decreases the National Park
Service Construction account by $1,000,000 in
order to fund the construction of a Visitor’s
Center at Tule Springs National Monument in
Nevada.
(10 minutes)
178. McEachin (VA),
Huffman (CA)
#43 (REVISED) Withholds funds for the
Department of the Interior’s Executive
Resources Board unless it is comprised of fifty
percent career Senior Executive Service
members.
(10 minutes)
179. O'Halleran (AZ) #3 Increases by $7 million and decreases by $7
million funding for Indian Health Service
Facilities, to highlight the importance of
completing the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project,
to provide safe drinking water to the Hopi.
(10 minutes)
180. O'Halleran (AZ) #4 Increases by $1 million and decreases by $1
million funding for CFLRP, to highlight the
importance of CFLRP to forest restoration,
wildfire risk reduction, and rural economic
development.
(10 minutes)
181. O'Halleran (AZ) #53 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$1 million in the EPA's Superfund Account to
highlight the need to increase EPA staffing to
meaningfully address over 500 abandoned
uranium mines on and near the Navajo Nation.
(10 minutes)
182. Casten (IL) #32 (REVISED) Prohibits the United States
Geological Survey from using funds to limit the
use of climate modeling tools.
(10 minutes)
183. Casten (IL) #151 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases
funding for Geographic Programs by $1 for the
purposes of maintaining the Great Lakes
Advisory Board within the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative.
(10 minutes)
184. Craig (MN) #114 Increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000
for the Clean Water Act Section 319 Non-Point
Source Pollution Program that is designed to
give local and state governments the flexibility
to decrease water pollutants through
community-based conservation projects.
(10 minutes)
185. Haaland (NM) #86 Increases and decreases funding by $35,000,000
in the Indian Health Service account to support
urban Indian health.
(10 minutes)
186. Haaland (NM) #87 Increases and decreases funding by
$176,000,000 in the Operation of Indian
Programs account to support tribal courts and
law enforcement.
(10 minutes)
187. Hill, Katie (CA) #147 (LATE) Increases DOI and Forest Service
accounts for wildfire preparedness, wildfire
suppression operations, emergency
rehabilitation, and hazardous fuels
management by $7 million, offset with a
reduction in the increase to the Working Capital
Fund.
(10 minutes)
188. Levin, Andy
(MI)
#24 Increases and decreases funding by $10 million
to support Sewer Overflow Control Grants and
prioritize improvements to the Chapaton
Retention Basin, a Macomb County, Michigan
combined sewer overflow facility, and other
projects that protect the Great Lakes and
freshwater sources.
(10 minutes)
189. McAdams (UT) #61 Increases and decreases the Wildland Fire
Management account by $1 for the purposes of
recognizing the important needs of rural
counties to be able to properly rehabilitate and
remediate burned areas after severe wildfire
burn, to ensure our rural communities are
prepared for wildfires.
(10 minutes)
190. Schrier (WA),
Castor (FL),
Schakowsky
(IL), Barragán
(CA), Doyle
(PA), Cox (CA)
#62 Prohibits funds to be used for undermining the
EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS),
which has been implemented by the power
sector and has protected children and
communities from mercury, lead, arsenic and
other air toxics from power plants. The MATS
standard prevents up to 11,000 fatalities and
130,000 asthma attacks each year.
(10 minutes)
191. Sherrill (NJ) #139 (LATE) Increases and decreases $8,000,000
funding from the Science and Technology
Account with the purpose of instructing the EPA
to fund the Children’s Environmental Health
and Disease Prevention Research Centers.
These centers have made profound contributions
to the scientific understanding on how
exposures to chemicals and pollutants uniquely
impact children and pregnant women.
(10 minutes)
192. Stevens (MI),
Schrier (WA)
#58 Adds and removes $2,000,000 from the
Environmental Programs and Management
account for the purpose of instructing the
Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize
funding to develop a national recycling strategy
to ensure the long-term economic and
environmental viability of local recycling
programs.
(10 minutes)
193. Tlaib (MI), #118 (REVISED) States that none of the funds made (10 minutes)
Dingell (MI) available by this Act may be used for the closure
of EPA offices in regions that have designated
Sulfur Dioxide (2010) Nonattainment Areas.
194. Van Drew (NJ),
Graves, Garret
(LA), Rouzer
(NC)
#94 States that none of the funds made available by
this act may be used to implement the
Department of Interior Solicitor’s opinion
(FWS.CW.0380) issued in 1994, to advance life-
saving coastal storm reduction and community
resiliency projects at less cost to local and state
taxpayers while also improving ecological
productivity.
(10 minutes)
Division D – Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
Sponsor # Description Debate Time
195. Raskin (MD) #29 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding by
$1,000,000 for Military Construction, Navy and
Marine Corps in order to support construction
projects on military facilities and facilities that
serve the military community where health and
safety are at risk.
(10 minutes)
196. Lesko (AZ) #53 (LATE) Increases and decreases the Veterans
Health Administration account by $3,000,000 to
be directed towards female only inpatient
clinics.
(10 minutes)
197. McCarthy (CA) #54 (LATE) Increases and decreases funding for the
Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA)
Construction, Major Projects account by $39.732
million to support the timely completion of
construction of VA facilities authorized by
Public Law 111-82.
(10 minutes)
198. Blumenauer
(OR)
#33 (REVISED) Prohibits the Department of
Veterans Affairs from interfering with a
veteran’s participation in a state medical
cannabis program, denying a veteran who
participates in a state medical cannabis
program from being denied VA services, and
interfering with the ability of VA health care
providers to recommend participation in state
medical cannabis programs.
(10 minutes)
199. Walberg (MI),
Rutherford
(FL)
#2 Prohibits the use of funds to implement,
administer, or enforce proposed rules limiting
veterans’ ability to access care from a
(10 minutes)
prosthetist of their choice.
200. Lynch (MA) #38 (REVISED) Increases funding for Medical
Services by $1 million, with the intention of it
being directed to Public-Private Partnerships to
reduce veteran suicides. It will be offset by a
reduction to the General Administration
Account.
(10 minutes)
201. Barr (KY) #23 (REVISED) Transfers $5,000,000 from the
VHA’s Medical Community of Care Account to
the VHA’s Medical Services account for the
explicit use for the VA’s Adaptive Sports Grant
(ASG) Program equine assisted therapy, given
the promising results reported using equine
assisted therapy for veterans with post-
traumatic stress disorder.
(10 minutes)
202. Welch (VT) #37 Increases and decreases funding for the VA
medical services account by $1 million for the
purpose of encouraging the VA to collaborate
with states on their efforts to conduct
educational outreach and help veterans enroll in
the burn pits registry.
(10 minutes)
203. Allen (GA), Hice
(GA)
#12 (REVISED) Increases and decreases Military
Construction, Army by $37,000,000 to fulfill the
President’s budget request for construction of
the Cyber Instructional Facility at Fort Gordon
(10 minutes)
204. Connolly (VA) #28 (REVISED) Increases and decreases VAOIG
funding by $1,000,000 to encourage the
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of
Inspector General to devote sufficient resources
to oversight of the Washington DC VA Medical
Center.
(10 minutes)
205. Bost (IL) #31 Increases and decreases by $1,000,000 to
emphasize the positive pro-bono legal services
done by public university law schools to help
veterans and their dependents in underserved
areas.
(10 minutes)
206. Bost (IL),
Lipinski (IL)
#32 None of the funds in this bill can be used in
contravention of the Executive Order titled
"Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for
Infrastructure Projects."
(10 minutes)
207. Sewell (AL) #42 Adds and subtracts funding from the Medical
Community Care account to instruct the
Veterans Health Administration to prioritize
funding for the modernization of medical
transportation programs for Veterans,
particularly those who are rural, underserved or
female.
(10 minutes)
208. Grothman (WI) #8 (WITHDRAWN) Reduces funds made available
to division D by 8.2 percent.
(10 minutes)
209. Ruiz (CA),
Welch (VT)
#3 Increases and decreases funding to VA Medical
Services account by $1,000,000 to conduct
educational outreach to veterans to enroll in the
burn pits registry, additional research using the
registry, and other activities concerning the
maintenance of the registry.
(10 minutes)
210. Johnson, Mike
(LA), Abraham
(LA)
#47 (LATE) Increases and decreases funds by $1 to
show Congressional intent for the Army to
prioritize modernization funding for its Combat
Development Centers (CDC) in order to properly
prepare and equip the Army for training
scenarios.
(10 minutes)
211. Johnson, Mike
(LA), Abraham
(LA)
#48 (LATE) Increases and decreases funds by $1 to
show Congressional intent to ensure the Air
Force continues to follow its revised plan for
construction and upgrades to the Weapons
Generation Facility enterprise and its critical
function to the national security interests of the
United States.
(10 minutes)
212. Gottheimer
(NJ)
#18 Increases and decrease funding for the General
Administration Fund at the VA by $1 million to
address staffing shortages across the board at
the VA.
(10 minutes)
213. Gottheimer
(NJ), Rose, Max
(NY)
#19 (REVISED) Increases funding by $5 million for
the Veterans Health Administration to hire
more mental health professionals, the most-
needed occupation according to the VA's
Inspector General.
(10 minutes)
214. Steil (WI) #14 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$1,000,000 to express the Congressional intent
that the VA suicide prevention and treatment
programs should be adequately funded.
(10 minutes)
215. Blunt
Rochester (DE)
#41 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$1,000,000 the Veterans Health Administration
medical services account for the purpose of
expressing concern over uncompensated care for
veterans under a certain service-connected
disability rating at State veterans nursing
homes. This includes uncompensated dental
care for veterans without a 100% disability
rating and pharmacy co-pay for veterans with
less than a 70% rating.
(10 minutes)
216. Hill, French
(AR)
#39 (REVISED) Transfers $1.5 million from the
General Administration account to programs
within the Medical Services account, including
(10 minutes)
homeless assistance programs and suicide
prevention outreach.
217. Carbajal (CA) #44 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases
funding by $5,000,000 to direct the Secretary to
change the phone system to have local
Community Based Outpatient Center answer
calls rather than having all calls routed to the
major VA Medical Centers in an effort to reduce
wait times for veterans on the phone and to
provide more timely health services.
(10 minutes)
218. Carbajal (CA) #45 (LATE) (REVISED) Provides $3 million for the
Veterans Transportation Program to assist
veterans in attending to all their medical
appointments in a timely manner.
(10 minutes)
219. Cunningham
(SC), Ratcliffe
(TX)
#1 Prevents any military construction funding from
being used towards a new Base Realignment
and Closure (BRAC) round.
(10 minutes)
220. Golden (ME),
Fulcher (ID)
#5 (REVISED) Increases funds for the VA Medical
Facilities account by $5 million.
(10 minutes)
221. McAdams (UT),
Axne (IA),
Stivers (OH),
Barr (KY),
Allred (TX),
Gonzalez,
Anthony (OH)
#6 Increases and decreases by $1 with the intent to
instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate an
implementation plan, including expected
timeline and resource requirements, for the
Department of Veterans Affairs to complete the
requirements of Section 302 of Public Law 115-
174.
(10 minutes)
222. Porter (CA),
Gosar (AZ)
#40 (REVISED) Increases funding by $1,000,000
for the Veterans Crisis Line.
(10 minutes)
223. Porter (CA),
Kuster (NH),
Adams (NC)
#7 (REVISED) Increases funding by $2,000,000
for VA homeless assistance programs to combat
Veteran homelessness.
(10 minutes)
224. Pappas (NH) #15 Increases and decreases by $10 million to
specify improvements to the environment of care
for women veterans in VA facilities should be
made.
(10 minutes)
225. Kim (NJ),
Norcross (NJ)
#17 (REVISED) Increases and decreases the Air
Force account by $7,000,000 to address road
safety issues at military bases.
(10 minutes)
226. Cunningham
(SC)
#22 Prohibits funds to future defense projects that
do not conform with military resilience
standards.
(10 minutes)
227. Houlahan (PA),
Adams (NC),
Luria (VA)
#30 (REVISED) Increases the Veterans Health
Administration Medical Services’ account by
$1.7 million in order to increase the minimum
(10 minutes)
amount that must spent on gender-specific care
for women at the VA with an appropriate offset.
228. Kim (NJ),
Norcross (NJ)
#46 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases
the Army Reserve account by $7,000,000 to
address road safety issues at military bases.
(10 minutes)
Division E – Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Sponsor # Description Debate Time
229. Woodall (GA) #121 (LATE) Strikes section 193. (10 minutes)
230. DeSaulnier
(CA)
#46 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding
for the Research and Technology account at the
Department of Transportation by $2 million to
support a study on the impacts climate change
has already had and will continue to have on all
modes of transportation.
(10 minutes)
231. Burgess (TX) #47 Reduces funding for the Essential Air Service by
$50 million to match the President's request.
(10 minutes)
232. Lesko (AZ) #25 Strikes language in section 236, which prohibits
funds from being used to implement,
administer, or enforce a rule that would change
HUD’s, “Equal Access in Accordance With an
Individual’s Gender Identity in Community
Planning and Development Programs” rule.
(10 minutes)
233. DeFazio (OR) #9 (REVISED) Prohibits authorizing the
transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail
tank car and prohibits the Secretary of
Transportation from using funds to authorize
transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail
tank car by issuance of a special permit or
approval.
(10 minutes)
234. Duncan (SC),
Hartzler (MO),
Meadows (NC),
Babin (TX),
Gaetz (FL),
Timmons (SC)
#15 Strikes section 236 which prohibits funds from
being used to implement, administer, or enforce
the HUD “Equal Access in Accordance With an
Individual’s Gender Identity in Community
Planning and Development Programs” rule.
(10 minutes)
235. Duncan (SC),
Hartzler (MO),
Meadows (NC),
Babin (TX),
Gaetz (FL),
#16 Strikes section 237 which prohibits the HUD
notice “Appropriate Placement for Transgender
Persons in Single-Sex Emergency Shelters and
Other Facilities” from having the force and
effect of law.
(10 minutes)
Cloud (TX),
Timmons (SC),
Norman (SC)
236. Norton (DC),
Beyer (VA),
Schakowsky
(IL), Suozzi
(NY), Gallego
(AZ), Khanna
(CA), Panetta
(CA), Peters
(CA), Quigley
(IL), Raskin
(MD), Sherman
(CA)
#110 (LATE) Increases and decreases by $1 the FAA
Operations budget with the intent to urge the
FAA to prioritize efforts to combat airplane and
helicopter noise.
(10 minutes)
237. Perry (PA) #51 Strikes the bill’s prohibition on the FTA
requirement that applicants for the Capital
Investment Grant provide a reasonable cost
estimate that exceeds a 50 percent probability of
on-budget completion.
(10 minutes)
238. Waters (CA) #114 (LATE) (REVISED) Transfers $5 million from
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development administrative and support offices
account to the Homeless Assistance Grants
program for technical assistance to improve
system responses to youth homelessness and
improve data collection on youth homelessness.
(10 minutes)
239. Meadows (NC) #109 (LATE) Increases and decreases funding for the
Department of Transportation to study economic
authority certification to facilitate the operation
of U.S.-based unmanned aircraft manufacturers
and operators who receive venture capital and
who carry cargo within U.S. airspace.
(10 minutes)
240. Doggett (TX) #57 Increases funding for aviation safety activities
at FAA by $7.5 million in order to ensure the
implementation of second-class medical
certificates for commercial balloon operators. It
offsets this increase by reducing finance and
management activities at the FAA by $7.5M.
(10 minutes)
241. Heck (WA),
Young (AK),
Moore (WI),
Huffman (CA),
Gabbard (HI),
Haaland (NM)
#17 Provides additional funding for the Indian
Community Development Block Grant Program.
(10 minutes)
242. Jackson Lee
(TX)
#103 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases
the National Infrastructure Investments
(10 minutes)
account by $10,000,000 to support urban bicycle
and pedestrian safety programs.
243. Jackson Lee
(TX)
#104 (LATE) (REVISED) Increases and decreases
by $2,000,000 funds for the Office of Inspector
General account to investigate the Department’s
delay in releasing over $5 billion in Hurricane
Harvey Disaster Community Block Grant funds.
(10 minutes)
244. Grothman (WI) #37 Reduces funds made available to division E by
4.6 percent.
(10 minutes)
245. Langevin (RI) #31 Provides $800,000 for the Access Board to study
in-cabin wheelchair restraint systems as
described in the FAA Reauthorization Act of
2018.
(10 minutes)
246. Graves, Garret
(LA)
#85 Prohibits funding from being used to issue rules
or guidance in contravention of Sec. 1210 of the
FAA Reauthorization Act or Sec. 312 of the
Stafford Act with regards to duplication of
benefits.
(10 minutes)
247. Lipinski (IL) #38 (REVISED) Removes and adds $1,000,000 from
the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety
Improvement (CRISI) program for the purpose
of instructing the Federal Railroad
Administration to include preventive
maintenance as an eligible capital expense for
grants awarded to projects deploying Positive
Train Control (PTC).
(10 minutes)
248. Bost (IL), Duffy
(WI)
#119 (LATE) Seeks to ensure that United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) continue to work with the HUD Office of
Inspector General (OIG) to incorporate findings
and recommendations of the OIG investigation,
“Final Evaluation Report – HUD’s Oversight of
Alexander County Public Housing Authority in
Cairo, IL,” and “Alexander County Housing
Authority’s improper usage of HUD subsidized
Asset Management Project Funds,” for the
purposes of protecting public housing residents
and improving agency oversight and
enforcement of public housing regulations.
(10 minutes)
249. Bost (IL),
Lipinski (IL)
#113 (LATE) Prohibits the use of funds in
contravention of Executive Order 13858,
“Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for
Infrastructure Projects” issued on January 31,
2019.
(10 minutes)
250. Foster (IL) #33 Add and remove $1 from capital investments in
surface transportation infrastructure to
highlight the disparity between State
(10 minutes)
apportionments.
251. Banks (IN) #6 (REVISED) Reduces amounts made available
in Division E, other than amounts made
available to the Department of Defense, by 14
percent.
(10 minutes)
252. Keating (MA) #88 (REVISED) Increases and decreases by
$5,000,000 funding to support the design of
projects to replace federally owned bridge
infrastructure that is designated as an
evacuation route.
(10 minutes)
253. Mitchell (MI) #26 Creates a 3% across the board spending
reduction to Division E.
(10 minutes)
254. Sewell (AL) #99 (REVISED) Adds and removes $1 from the
Office of the Secretary of Transportation to
instruct the Department to prioritize funding
and resources for the modernization and
expansion of non-emergency medical
transportation programs. The Secretary should
submit to Congress an analysis on how the
Department can better address transportation
barriers, which is a critical social determinant of
health.
(10 minutes)
255. Burchett (TN) #14 (REVISED) Transfers $12,000,000 from the
Department of Transportation’s Office of the
Secretary to the Highway Trust Fund.
(10 minutes)
256. Bera (CA),
Cisneros (CA)
#41 (REVISED) Increases funding for DoT Low or
No Emission Vehicle Program by $2 million
offset by a cut to the Office of the Secretary.
(10 minutes)
257. Spano (FL) #96 (REVISED) Increases funding for the
commercial space transportation activities
account by $8 million to the fiscal year 2019
authorized level. Reduces funding by $8 million
for the finance and management activities
account.
(10 minutes)
258. Vargas (CA),
Aguilar (CA)
#67 (REVISED) Prohibits any funds from being
used to bar or limit DACA recipients from
receiving mortgage loans backed by FHA, solely
on the basis of their status as DACA recipients.
(10 minutes)
259. Takano (CA),
Calvert (CA),
Boyle (PA),
Cook (CA)
#29 Prohibits the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation from using funding under this Act
in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
(10 minutes)
260. Adams (NC) #100 (REVISED) Transfers $2 million from the
Department of Transportation, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology, to the Federal Aviation
(10 minutes)
Administration’s Facilities and Equipment
account (Terminal Programs) for the purpose
increasing availability of funds for replacing
Terminal Air Traffic Control Facilities.
261. Adams (NC),
Pressley (MA)
#101 (REVISED) Increases funding for senior
housing by $1 million through the Section 202
Supportive Housing for the Elderly program.
(10 minutes)
262. Adams (NC) #102 (REVISED) Increases funding by $2 million for
the tenant-based rental assistance program.
(10 minutes)
263. Kuster (NH),
Green, Al (TX),
Smith,
Christopher
(NJ), Levin,
Mike (CA),
Pappas (NH),
Hill, Katie (CA),
Rouda (CA),
Porter (CA),
Armstrong
(ND), Rose, Max
(NY), Brindisi
(NY), Cisneros
(CA)
#39 (REVISED) Increases funding for the HUD-
Veterans Affairs and Supportive Housing
program, which provides rental assistance and
wrap around support services to help homeless
veterans transition into permanent housing, by
$2,000,000.
(10 minutes)
264. Maloney, Sean
(NY)
#107 (LATE) Decreases and then increases funding
for Transportation Planning, Research, and
Development by $1 million for the purposes of
encouraging the Department of Transportation
to research implementing connected vehicle and
autonomous vehicle technologies at Highway-
Rail Grade Crossings.
(10 minutes)
265. Rice, Kathleen
(NY), Sherman
(CA)
#24 Increases and decreases funding to the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund by $1 million in order to
support the research and development of
aircraft technologies that reduce aviation noise.
(10 minutes)
266. Plaskett (VI) #87 (REVISED) Provides for inclusion of the
insular territories of the United States within
the meaning of the term “areas of persistent
poverty”.
(10 minutes)
267. Krishnamoorthi
(IL), Rouda
(CA),
DeSaulnier
(CA), Clay
(MO),
Blumenauer
(OR), Bustos
#32 Forbids funds from being used in violation of
section 2635.702 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(10 minutes)
(IL), Payne, Jr.
(NJ), Beyer
(VA), Dean
(PA), Sherrill
(NJ)
268. Jayapal (WA) #78 (REVISED) Reallocates $1,000,000 to fund
transitional housing and homelessness services.
(10 minutes)
269. Jayapal (WA) #82 (REVISED) Removes and replaces $2 million
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to
support the Airport Noise And Environmental
Streamlining subtitle of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018.
(10 minutes)
270. Jayapal (WA) #83 Transfers $1 million from the Office of the
Secretary of Transportation to the Office of the
Inspector General to support the FAA safety
certification process audit.
(10 minutes)
271. Blunt
Rochester (DE)
#95 (REVISED) Increase and decrease by
$1,000,000 to the Homeless Grants Account
under Housing and Urban Development title
which funds HUD’s continuum of care for the
purpose of expressing concern over
consideration of transitional family housing
grants under competitive grant assessments,
especially regarding populations with special
needs such as survivors of violence and those
with substance use disorders. HUD should
submit a study on the impact of awarding
transitional family housing grants via
competitive assessments and the effectiveness of
these programs versus alternative programs in
achieving long-term housing stability.
(10 minutes)
272. Carbajal (CA) #106 (LATE) Increases and decreases the DoT office
of Research and Technology account by $500,000
for the Secretary of Transportation and the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine to conduct a study on effective
ways to measure the resilience of transportation
systems and services to withstand natural
disasters, natural hazards, and other potential
disruptions.
(10 minutes)
273. Wexton (VA) #1 (REVISED) Removes and adds $7,000,000 for
the purpose of instructing the Federal Aviation
Administration to continue the Remote Tower
Pilot Program.
(10 minutes)
274. Garcia, Jesús
(IL)
#2 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding
for technical assistance and training for front
line bus and rail transit workers by $1 million.
(10 minutes)
275. Levin, Mike
(CA), Pressley
(MA)
#11 Increases and decreases by $1,5000,000 to
support funding to study alternative methods
for calculating Fair Market Rents in rental
markets with rapidly rising rents.
(10 minutes)
276. Omar (MN),
Tlaib (MI),
Kuster (NH),
Khanna (CA)
#13 Increases funding for the Department of
Housing and Urban Development’s
Manufactured Housing Program by $500,000, in
order to protect the quality, safety and
affordability of manufactured homes and to
make homeownership more accessible.
(10 minutes)
277. Schrier (WA) #19 Increases and decreases funding to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration by
$1,000,000 to support state efforts aimed at
reducing distracted driving, properly securing
vehicle loads, and other highways safety
programs.
(10 minutes)
278. Escobar (TX) #22 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding
for the Small Community Air Service
Development Program by $5 million to help
small airports compete for air service.
(10 minutes)
279. Escobar (TX) #23 (REVISED) Increases and decreases funding
for Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage
Development (BUILD) planning grants by $5
million to be allocated to low-income
communities.
(10 minutes)
280. Porter (CA) #30 (REVISED) Increases funding within the
Highway Infrastructure Program for the
construction of electric vehicle charging and
hydrogen fueling stations by $10,000,000.
(10 minutes)
281. Phillips (MN) #42 Increases and decreases funding supporting
capital investment grants by $1,000,000. These
funds are used to invest in critical transit
projects.
(10 minutes)
282. Garcia, Jesús
(IL), Cisneros
(CA)
#59 (REVISED) Increases the existing set aside of
$15M for planning, preparation, or design of
transit, transit-oriented development, and
multimodal projects funds to $20M.
(10 minutes)
283. Malinowski
(NJ)
#72 Codifies Congress’s intent that the Department
of Transportation follow the law when
determining a projects eligibility for Capital
Investment Grants.
(10 minutes)
284. Malinowski
(NJ)
#73 (REVISED) Increases funding for the Low or
No Emission Grant Program by $6 million to
promote state emission responsibility. Reduces
funding for Buses and Bus Facilities
Competitive Grants by $6 million.
(10 minutes)
285. Malinowski
(NJ)
#74 Increases and decreases funding for the Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) by $1,000,000 to enhance PHMSA’s
Community Liaison Services’ ability to respond
to pipeline-related inquiries from community
members.
(10 minutes)
286. Malinowski
(NJ)
#75 Increases funding for the Department of
Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General
by $1,000,000. Decreases funding for the Office
of the Secretary by $1,000,000.
(10 minutes)
287. Craig (MN) #94 Strikes and restore funding to address the
concerns of communities affected by aircraft
noise to urge the FAA to respond fully and
completely to the requirements in the FAA
Reauthorization Act pertaining to noise
reduction.
(10 minutes)
288. Pressley (MA),
Tlaib (MI)
#98 (REVISED) Provides a $5 million increase to
the Family Self Sufficiency Program and
reduces funds from the Office of the Secretary at
HUD.
(10 minutes)
289. Pressley (MA) #105 Increases and decreases by $1,000,000 funding
for the National Infrastructure Investments
(BUILD grants) in order to reinforce the
importance of robust investments in safe, reliant
and efficient transit options including commuter
rails, subway, buses, bike and pedestrian paths.
(10 minutes)
290. Finkenauer (IA) #112 Increases funding for the National Surface
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau
(Build America Bureau) to ensure rural
communities can get technical assistance when
seeking federal transportation infrastructure
financing opportunities.
(10 minutes)
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2740 IN PART C PROPOSED TO BE
CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Sponsor Description
1. DeLauro (CT) (MANAGER’S) Provides for increases across multiple
accounts in Division A, including to the National
Institutes of Health—National Institute on Aging;
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration—Substance Abuse Treatment; Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration—
Health Surveillance and Program Support; Administration
for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant
Assistance; and Department of Education—Safe Schools
and Citizenship Education accounts.