[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H4151-H4172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 567, I call up
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the bill (H.R. 4346) making appropriations for Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, and
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 567, the
amendment printed in part A of House Report 117-110 is adopted, and the
bill, as amended, is considered read.
The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:
H.R. 4346
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$1,714,996,045, as follows:
House Leadership Offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$34,949,640, including: Office of the Speaker, $10,036,950,
including $35,000 for official expenses of the Speaker;
Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $3,565,870, including
$15,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office
of the Minority Floor Leader, $10,036,950, including $17,500
for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$2,962,080, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $2,684,990, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican
Conference, $2,831,400; Democratic Caucus, $2,831,400:
Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall
remain available from January 3, 2022 until January 2, 2023.
Members' Representational Allowances
including members' clerk hire, official expenses of members, and
official mail
For Members' representational allowances, including
Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$774,400,000.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices
For the allowance established under section 120 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a)
for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of
Members of the House of Representatives, $15,435,000, to
remain available through January 2, 2023: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, an office of a
Member of the House of Representatives may use not more than
$35,000 of the allowance available under this heading during
legislative year 2022.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices
For the allowance established under section 113 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C. 5106)
for the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership
offices, $438,000, to remain available through January 2,
2023: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $240,500 shall be available for the compensation of
interns who serve in offices of the majority, to be allocated
among such offices by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and $197,500 shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the minority,
to be allocated among such offices by the Minority Floor
Leader.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Standing, Special and
Select Committee Offices
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1) of
this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in offices
of standing, special, and select committees (other than the
Committee on Appropriations), $1,943,910, to remain available
through January 2, 2023: Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $971,955 shall be available for
the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the
majority, and $971,955 shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the minority,
to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in
consultation with the ranking minority member, of the
Committee on House Administration.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Appropriations Committee
Offices
For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2) of
this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in offices
of the Committee on Appropriations, $345,584, to remain
available through January 2, 2023: Provided, That of the
amount provided under this heading, $172,792 shall be
available for the compensation of interns who serve in
offices of the majority, and $172,792 shall be available for
the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in
consultation with the ranking minority member, of the
Committee on Appropriations.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $167,101,000:
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2022, except that
$3,100,000 of such amount shall remain available until
expended for committee room upgrading.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on
Appropriations, $29,917,250, including studies and
examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal
services for such committee, to be expended in accordance
with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for
services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31,
2022.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $288,480,800, including: for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions
of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more
than $25,000 for official representation and reception
expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family
Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office of the
Chaplain, $36,500,000, of which $9,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of
Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for official
representation and reception expenses, $27,695,000, of which
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for
official representation and reception expenses, $193,187,800,
of which $30,000,000 shall remain available until expended;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion, $3,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
$5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
General Counsel, $1,912,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian,
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses,
$2,134,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,600,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the
House, $12,625,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $934,000; for other
authorized employees, $624,000.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $399,984,861, including: supplies,
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices,
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Government
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,
contractor support for actuarial projections, and other
applicable employee benefits, $356,000,000, to remain
available until March 31, 2023, except that $25,000,000 of
such amount shall remain available until expended; salaries
and expenses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery,
$23,812,861, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until
expended; transition activities for new members and staff,
$5,895,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded
Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold Star Family
Fellowship Program, $9,294,000, to remain available until
expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,738,000; and
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange,
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of
deceased employees of the House, $1,500,000.
House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account
(including transfer of funds)
For the House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives
Account established under section 115 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), $2,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That
disbursement from this account is subject to approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives:
Provided further, That funds provided in this account shall
only be used for initiatives recommended by the Select
Committee on Modernization or approved by the Committee on
House Administration.
Administrative Provisions
requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to
be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt
Sec. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--members'
representational allowances'' shall be available only for
fiscal year 2022. Any amount remaining after all payments are
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2022 shall be
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or,
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term ``Member of the House
of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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limitation on amount available to lease vehicles
Sec. 111. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives to make any payments from any Members'
Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle,
excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate amount
that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.
cybersecurity assistance for house of representatives
Sec. 112. The head of any Federal entity that provides
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House's
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate
cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the
information systems of the House shall take all necessary
steps to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate
branches of the government at all stages of providing the
assistance, including applying minimization procedures to
limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Member
information.
allowances for compensation of interns in house committee offices
Sec. 113. (a) Establishment of Allowances.--There are
established for the House of Representatives the following
allowances:
(1) An allowance which shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in offices of a standing,
special, or select committee of the House (other than the
Committee on Appropriations).
(2) An allowance which shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the Committee
on Appropriations.
(b) Benefit Exclusion.--Section 104(b) of the House of
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with respect to an intern
who is compensated under an allowance under this section in
the same manner as such section applies with respect to an
intern who is compensated under the Members' Representational
Allowance.
(c) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``intern'',
with respect to a committee of the House, has the meaning
given such term with respect to a Member of the House of
Representatives in section 104(c)(2) of the House of
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)).
(d) Conforming Amendment Relating to Transfer of Amounts.--
Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)) is amended by inserting after
`` `Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member
Offices','' the following: `` `Allowance for Compensation of
Interns in House Appropriations Committee Offices',
`Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Standing,
Special and Select Committee Offices',''.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal
year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $12,059,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his
assistants, including:
(1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the Attending
Physician;
(2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Senior Medical
Officer;
(3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending
Physician;
(4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assistants and $900
per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis
heretofore provided for such assistants; and
(5) $2,880,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned
to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be
advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or
appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and
other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the
purposes thereof, $4,063,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
Accessibility Services, $1,580,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions
for health, retirement, social security, professional
liability insurance, and other applicable employee benefits,
$480,454,000 of which overtime shall not exceed $52,970,000
unless the Committee on Appropriations of the House and
Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the
Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee.
General Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies,
materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
stenographic services, personal and professional services,
the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage,
communication services, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol
Police in connection with official representation and
reception expenses, $123,514,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2022
shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from
funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.
Administrative Provision
flsa overtime compensation included as basic pay of members of capitol
police
Sec. 114. (a) In General.--Section 8331(3) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
``(J) with respect to a member of the Capitol Police,
overtime pay received on or after the date of enactment of
this subparagraph for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) by operation of section
102(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2
U.S.C. 1302(a)(1)), for up to an amount equal to 50 percent
of any annual statutory maximum in overtime pay for customs
officers set pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of the Act of
February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1));''; and
(4) in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (J)
(as added by paragraph (3)), by striking ``subparagraphs (B)
through (I) of this paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraphs
(B) through (J) of this paragraph,''.
(b) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--Section 8415 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o)(1) No part of overtime pay (as described in section
8331(3)(J)) paid to a member of the Capitol Police shall be
treated as basic pay for purposes of any computation of an
annuity under this section, unless, before the date of the
separation on which entitlement to annuity is based, the
separating individual has completed at least 15 years of
service (whether performed before, on, or after the date of
the enactment of this subsection).
``(2) If the condition under paragraph (1) is met, then any
amounts received by the individual in the form of such
overtime pay shall (for the purposes referred to in paragraph
(1)) be treated as basic pay, but only to the extent that
such amounts are attributable to service performed on or
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and only
to the extent of the percentage allowable, which shall be
determined as follows:
``If the total amount of service performed, on or after the date of
enactment of this subsection: Then, the percentage allowable is:
Less than 4 years.................................................50
At least 4 but less than 8 years..................................75
At least 8 years.................................................100.
``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subsection, 100 percent of all amounts received as overtime
pay (as described in section 8331(3)(J)) shall, to the extent
attributable to service performed on or after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, be treated as basic pay for
purposes of computing--
``(A) an annuity under section 8452; and
``(B) a survivor annuity under subchapter IV, if based on
the service of an individual who dies before separating from
service.''.
(2) Information.--Not less than once every year following
the date of enactment of this section, the United States
Capitol Police shall provide information to the Office of
Personnel Management for the purposes of carrying out this
section and the amendments made by this section, including
information used to determine the normal-cost percentage (as
that term is defined in section 8401 of title 5, United
States Code).
(c) Technical Amendment.--The second instance of subsection
(s) (relating to physician comparability allowance) of
section 8339 of title 5, United States Code, is redesignated
as subsection (t).
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation of
the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $8,000,000, of
which $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2023, and of which not more than $1,000 may be expended on
the certification of the Executive Director in connection
with official representation and reception expenses.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000
to be expended on the certification of the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office in connection with official
representation and reception expenses, $60,953,000:
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than $500,000
of the amount made available under this heading for (1)
improving
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technical systems, processes, and models for the purpose of
improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects
to Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and
the public, and (2) to increase the availability of models,
economic assumptions, and data for Members of Congress,
employees of Members of Congress, and the public.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capital Construction and Operations
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction,
operation, and general and administrative support in
connection with facilities and activities under the care of
the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden;
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House
office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction
of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and
office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or
exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle, $154,915,000, of which $8,527,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2026.
Capitol Building
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol, $43,397,000, of which $12,899,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2026.
Capitol Grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $15,437,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026.
House Office Buildings
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the House office buildings, $193,407,000, of
which $27,900,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2026, and of which $93,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for the restoration and renovation of the Cannon
House Office Building: Provided, That of the amount made
available under this heading, $9,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the House Office Building Fund established
under section 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act,
2017, as added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001
note).
Capitol Power Plant
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating,
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water
and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office
buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds
about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air
conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of
such buildings; heating the Government Publishing Office and
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water
for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the
Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal
Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library,
expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon
request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so
received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit
of this appropriation, $119,601,000, of which $29,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided,
That not more than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be
available for obligation during fiscal year 2022.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $103,578,000, of which $70,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2026.
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of
the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the
Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Capitol
security operations, $62,031,000, of which $32,800,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2026.
Botanic Garden
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings,
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange,
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on
the Library, $28,824,000, of which $14,100,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That, of the
amount made available under this heading, the Architect of
the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be
necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the
National Garden established under section 307E of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146),
upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a
duly authorized designee.
Capitol Visitor Center
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol
Visitor Center, $26,094,000.
Administrative Provision
no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget
Sec. 115. None of the funds made available in this Act for
the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or
award payments to contractors for work on contracts or
programs for which the contractor is behind schedule or over
budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-
employed designee, determines that any such deviations are
due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes,
or are not significant within the overall scope of the
project and/or program.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance
of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the
Library buildings; information technology services provided
centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair
of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody
of the Library; operation and maintenance of the American
Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution
of catalog records and other publications of the Library;
hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly
chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
$548,317,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2022 under the Act of June
28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Library
of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not more than $18,000 may be expended,
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in
connection with official representation and reception
expenses, including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $9,661,000
shall remain available until expended for the Teaching with
Primary Sources program: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,419,000 shall remain available until
expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial
Management System: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until
expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the program
and facilitate a greater number of donations to eligible
entities across the United States: Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $3,831,000 shall remain
available until expended for the Veterans History Project to
continue digitization efforts of already collected materials,
reach a greater number of veterans to record their stories,
and promote public access to the Project: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for the Library's Visitor
Experience project, and may be obligated and expended only
upon approval by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the Legislative
Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate:
Provided further, That of the total amount made available
under this heading, $1,500,000 (in addition to funds
previously appropriated for de-acidification) shall remain
available until September 30, 2024, for the continued phase-
out and retirement of the de-acidification preservation
program.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$98,038,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2022 under
sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States Code:
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or
expend any funds derived from collections under such section
in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That
not more than $6,969,000 shall be derived from collections
during fiscal year 2022 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3),
803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, That the
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the
amount by which collections are less than $44,974,000:
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for modernization
initiatives, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That not more
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the
maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in
the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection
with official representation and reception expenses for
activities of the International Copyright Institute and for
copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of
title 17, United States Code, any amounts made available
under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used
for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright
Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of
salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and
staff under section 802(e).
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated
Constitution of the United States of America, $131,770,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used
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to pay any salary or expense in connection with any
publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the
Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library
of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior
approval of either the Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confidential
Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Provided
further, That a non-confidential CRS product includes any
written product containing research or analysis that is
currently available for general congressional access on the
CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made available
on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal course of
business and does not include material prepared in response
to Congressional requests for confidential analysis or
research.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3,
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),
$61,227,000: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to
provide newspapers to blind and print disabled residents at
no cost to the individual.
Administrative Provisions
reimbursable and revolving fund activities
Sec. 116. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2022, the
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed
$292,430,000.
(b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection
(a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are
funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library
in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
gifts
Sec. 117. (a) Revising Authorities of Librarian to Accept
Gifts.--The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of the
Act entitled ``An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust
Fund Board, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1925
(2 U.S.C. 160), is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``and'' before ``(3) gifts or bequests of
money for immediate disbursement''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``; and (4) gifts or bequests of securities or
other personal property.'';
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``of money'' after
``bequests'';
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ``enter them'' and
inserting ``enter the gift, bequest, or proceeds''; and
(4) by inserting after the second sentence the following
new sentence: ``In the case of a gift of securities, the
Librarian shall sell the gift and provide the donor with such
acknowledgment as needed for the donor to substantiate the
gift.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
library of congress orders under task and delivery order contracts
Sec. 118. (a) Contract Modifications.--An order issued
under a task order contract or a delivery order contract (as
such terms are defined in section 4101 of title 41, United
States Code) entered into by the Librarian of Congress may
not increase the scope, period, or maximum value of the
contract under which the order is issued. The scope, period,
or maximum value of the contract may be increased only by
modification of the contract.
(b) Exceptions From Advertising Requirement.--Section 6102
of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(j) Librarian of Congress.--Section 6101 of this title
does not apply to a procurement made against an order placed
under a task order contract or a delivery order contract (as
such terms are defined in section 4101 of this title) entered
into by the Librarian of Congress.''.
(c) Protests.--
(1) Protest not authorized.--A protest to an order
described in subsection (a) filed pursuant to the procedures
in subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code, is not authorized unless such protest--
(A) is an objection on the basis that the order is in
violation of subsection (a); or
(B) concerns an order valued in excess of $10,000,000.
(2) Jurisdiction over protests.--Notwithstanding section
3556 of title 31, United States Code, the Comptroller General
shall have exclusive jurisdiction of a protest authorized
under paragraph (1)(B).
(d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 and
each succeeding fiscal year.
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
Congressional Publishing
(including transfer of funds)
For authorized publishing of congressional information and
the distribution of congressional information in any format;
publishing of Government publications authorized by law to be
distributed to Members of Congress; and publishing, and
distribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be distributed without charge to the recipient, $80,184,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for
paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners
or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United
States Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for the payment of obligations incurred under
the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal
years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year
limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
none of the funds appropriated or made available under this
Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related
services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44,
United States Code, may be expended to print a document,
report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on
the date that such document, report, or publication is
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress
reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That
unobligated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary
funds made available under this heading in this Act for this
fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds
under the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business
Operations Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of the
fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such
funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated,
to be available for carrying out the purposes of this
heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901,
902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this
appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the
Congressional Record on only a monthly and session basis.
Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the public information programs of the
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications in
any format, and their distribution to the public, Members of
Congress, other Government agencies, and designated
depository and international exchange libraries as authorized
by law, $34,020,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized
for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and
other related publications for the preceding two fiscal years
to depository and other designated libraries: Provided
further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired
discretionary funds made available under this heading in this
Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged
with, funds under the heading ``Government Publishing Office
Business Operations Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of
the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which
such funds are available for the purposes for which
appropriated, to be available for carrying out the purposes
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund
For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business
Operations Revolving Fund, $11,345,000, to remain available
until expended, for information technology development and
facilities repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing
Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out
the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the
current fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office
Business Operations Revolving Fund: Provided further, That
not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of
the Director of the Government Publishing Office in
connection with official representation and reception
expenses: Provided further, That the Business Operations
Revolving Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of
not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further,
That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the
advisory councils to the Director of the Government
Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the
provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be
available for temporary or intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further,
That activities financed through the Business Operations
Revolving Fund may provide information in any format:
Provided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund
and the funds provided under the heading ``Public Information
Programs of the Superintendent of Documents'' may not be used
for contracted security services at Government Publishing
Office's passport facility in the District of Columbia.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States
in connection with official representation and reception
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and
(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5),
(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the
Comptroller General of the United
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States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,
$729,262,000: Provided, That, in addition, $38,900,000 of
payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses
of any other department or agency which is a member of the
National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional
Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance
an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to
any appropriation from which costs involved are initially
financed.
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership
Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,000,000:
Provided, That funds made available to support Russian
participants shall only be used for those engaging in free
market development, humanitarian activities, and civic
engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the
central government of Russia.
Administrative Provision
conversion of open world leadership center to congressional office for
international leadership
Sec. 119. (a) Conversion.--
(1) Establishment of office.--Section 313 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151)
is amended--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Open World Leadership
Center'' and inserting ``Congressional Office for
International Leadership'';
(B) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to read as
follows:
``(1) In general.--There is established in the legislative
branch of the Government an office to be known as the
`Congressional Office for International Leadership' (the
`Office').''; and
(C) in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by striking ``The
Center'' and inserting ``The Office''.
(2) Purpose; grant program; application.--Section 313(b) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 1151(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Center'' and
inserting ``the Office'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Center'' each place
it appears and inserting ``the Office'';
(C) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking ``the Center''
and inserting ``the Office'';
(D) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``the Center'' each
place it appears and inserting ``the Office''; and
(E) in paragraph (4)(B)(iv), by striking ``the Center'' and
inserting ``the Office''.
(3) Trust fund.--Section 313(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
1151(c)) is amended--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a trust fund to be known as the
`Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund' (the
`Fund'), which shall consist of amounts which may be
appropriated, credited, or transferred to it under this
section.''; and
(B) by striking ``the Center'' each place it appears in
paragraphs (2) and (3)(B) and inserting ``the Office''.
(4) Executive director.--Section 313(d) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended by striking ``the Center'' each
place it appears and inserting ``the Office''.
(5) Administrative provisions.--Section 313(e) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 1151(e)) is amended by striking ``the Center'' each
place it appears and inserting ``the Office''.
(b) Participation of Emerging Civic Leaders of Eligible
Foreign States.--Section 313(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
1151(b)) is amended by striking ``political leaders'' each
place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting
``political and civic leaders''.
(c) References in Law.--Any reference in any law, rule, or
regulation--
(1) to the Open World Leadership Center shall be deemed to
refer to the Congressional Office for International
Leadership; and
(2) to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund shall be
deemed to refer to the Congressional Office for International
Leadership Fund.
(d) Effective Date; Transition.--
(1) Effective date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on or after the later of
October 1, 2021, or the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Service of current executive director.--The individual
serving as the Executive Director of the Open World
Leadership Center as of the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed
by the Librarian of Congress to serve as the Executive
Director of the Congressional Office for International
Leadership.
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116
of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.
TITLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
maintenance and care of private vehicles
Sec. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may
be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities
for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on
House Administration and for the Senate issued by the
Committee on Rules and Administration.
fiscal year limitation
Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2022
unless expressly so provided in this Act.
rates of compensation and designation
Sec. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929
(46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of
compensation or designation of any office or position
appropriated for is different from that specifically
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the
designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act
for the various items of official expenses of Members,
officers, and committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with
respect thereto.
consulting services
Sec. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract,
under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be
limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued under existing law.
costs of legislative branch financial managers council
Sec. 205. Amounts available for administrative expenses of
any legislative branch entity which participates in the
Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC)
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available
to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined
by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared
among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine)
may not exceed $2,000.
limitation on transfers
Sec. 206. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act
or any other appropriation Act.
guided tours of the capitol
Sec. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of
the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in
this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of
the United States Capitol which are led by employees and
interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices
of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless through
regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol
Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval
of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United
States Capitol which are led by employees and interns
described in subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or
otherwise subject to restriction for security or related
reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United
States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
limitation on telecommunications equipment procurement
Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be used to acquire
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies
Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or moderate impact
information system, as defined for security categorization in
the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST)
Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199,
``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal
Information and Information Systems'' unless the agency,
office, or other entity acquiring the equipment or system
has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information
systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform
acquisition decisions for high or moderate impact information
systems within the Federal Government;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive
awardee against available and relevant threat information
provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other
appropriate agencies; and
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted
an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage
associated with the acquisition of such telecommunications
equipment for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system,
including any risk associated with such system being
produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities
identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber
threat, including but not limited to, those that may be
owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high or
moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed
under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity
described in subsection (a) has--
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain
risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any
identified risks;
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(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such
telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or
moderate impact system is in the vital national security
interest of the United States; and
(3) reported that determination to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
in a manner that identifies the telecommunications equipment
for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system intended
for acquisition and a detailed description of the mitigation
strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that such
report may include a classified annex as necessary.
prohibition on certain operational expenses
Sec. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and
exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities or
other official government activities.
plastic waste reduction
Sec. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act that
contract with a food service provider or providers shall
confer and coordinate with such food service provider or
providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups,
to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from
plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and
increase recycling and composting opportunities.
limitation on cost of living adjustments for members
Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501)
(relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of
Congress) during fiscal year 2022.
authority to hire individuals covered by the deferred action for
childhood arrivals program
Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act to pay the compensation of an
officer or employee without regard to the officer's or
employee's immigration status if the officer or employee has
been issued an employment authorization document under the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the
Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the
memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled
``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to
Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children'',
dated June 15, 2012.
annual rate of pay for personnel of certain legislative branch offices
Sec. 213. (a) Office of the Architect of the Capitol.--
(1) Architect of the capitol.--Section 1 of the Act
entitled ``An Act to fix the annual rates of pay for the
Architect of the Capitol and the Assistant Architect of the
Capitol'' (2 U.S.C. 1802) is amended to read as follows:
``SECTION 1. COMPENSATION.
``The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol shall be
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
level II of the Executive Schedule.''.
(2) Deputy architect of the capitol.--Section 1203(b) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C.
1805(b)), as redesignated by section 701(b) of Public Law
116-260 (134 Stat. 2154), is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Compensation.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol
shall be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to the highest
total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service under
subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
for the locality involved.''.
(3) Chief executive officer for visitor services .--Section
202(d) the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C.
2212(d)) is amended by striking ``the annual rate of pay of
the Deputy Architect of the Capitol'' and inserting ``an
annual rate of pay equal to the highest total rate of pay for
the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter
53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality
involved''.
(b) Chief of the Capitol Police.--Subsection (c) of the
first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish by
law the position of Chief of the Capitol Police, and for
other purposes'' (2 U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as
follows:
``(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Capitol
Police shall be equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
level II of the Executive Schedule.''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall apply with respect to pay periods
beginning on or after the later of October 1, 2021, or the
date of enactment of this Act.
removal of offensive united states capitol statuary
Sec. 214. (a) Removal and Storage.--Not later than 45 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Architect of
the Capitol--
(1) shall remove all Confederate statues and Confederate
busts from any area of the United States Capitol which is
accessible to the public; and
(2) shall remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney; the statue
of Charles Brantley Aycock; the statue of John Caldwell
Calhoun; and the statue of James Paul Clarke from any area of
the United States Capitol, which is accessible to the public.
(b) Storage of Statues.--In the case of any statue removed
under subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall keep
such statue in storage until the Architect and the State
which provided the statue arrange for the return of the
statue to the State.
(c) Definitions.--
(1) Confederate statue.--In this section, the term
``Confederate statue'' means a statue which was provided by a
State for display in the United States Capitol under section
1814 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), including a
replacement statue provided by a State under section 311 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C.
2132), which depicts--
(A) any individual who served voluntarily at any time as a
member of the armed forces of the Confederate States of
America or of the military forces of a State while the State
was in rebellion against the United States; or
(B) any individual who served as an official in the
government of the Confederate States of America or of a State
while the State was in rebellion against the United States.
(2) Confederate bust.--In this section, the term
``Confederate bust'' means a bust which depicts an individual
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).
Sec. 215. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the
Congress that the United States owes its deepest gratitude to
those United States Capitol Police and Washington, DC,
Metropolitan Police Department officers who valiantly
protected the United States Capitol, Members of Congress, and
staff on January 6, 2021.
(b) Plaque.--The Architect of the Capitol shall obtain an
honorific plaque listing the names of all of the United
States Capitol Police and Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police
Department officers who served at the United States Capitol
in response to the attack on January 6, 2021, and shall place
the plaque at a permanent location on the western front of
the United States Capitol.
(c) Compilation of List of Names.--
(1) Compilation.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate shall jointly compile a list of
the United States Capitol Police and Washington, DC,
Metropolitan Police Department officers whose names should be
included on the plaque under this section.
(2) Specific individuals included.--The list compiled under
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following
individuals:
(A) Metropolitan police department commanders.--Commander
Robert Glover; Commander Ramey Kyle.
(B) Metropolitan police department first district.--
Lieutenant George Donigian; Sergeant Nicholas Imbrenda;
Sergeant Kyle Kimball; Sergeant Jayson Cropper; Sergeant
Gavin Nelson; Sergeant Bernard Grimsley; Officer Michael
Fanone; Officer James Albright; Officer Katherine Lieto;
Officer Steven Cobb; Officer Vincent Biscoe; Officer Bikram
Rajbanshi; Officer Tyler Haines; Officer Isreal Deschaine;
Officer Antonio Gould; Officer Laschon Harvell; Officer
Terrance Watford; Officer Reinard Naves; Officer Owais
Akhtar; Officer Gregory Crittendon; Officer Sarah Beaver;
Officer Jerin Rutherford; Officer Mustafa Ak; Officer Arthur
Davis; Officer Isaiah Ross; Officer Anothony Boone; Officer
Brian Green; Officer Bobby Tabron; Officer Brian Sullivan;
Officer Kevin Hines.
(C) Metropolitan police department fourth district.--
Lieutenant William Hackerman; Sergeant Brian Peake; Sergeant
Joseph Austin; Sergeant Jin Park; Sergeant Jason Mastony;
Officer Brandon Bryan; Officer Bronson Spooner; Officer Jesse
Leasure; Officer Carlton Wilhoit; Officer Rodgers Shipmon;
Officer David Pitt; Officer Christopher Boyle; Officer
Jonathon Chen; Officer Daniel Hodges; Officer Alphonso Gbatu;
Officer Abdulkadir Abdi.
(D) Metropolitan police department fifth district.--
Lieutenant Ryan Small; Officer Aleksander De'Plour; Officer
Tyrone Toran; Officer Omar Forrester; Officer Davon Todd;
Officer Jonathan Merrill.
(E) Metropolitan police department sixth district.--
Lieutenant Justin Roth; Sergeant Isaac Huff; Sergeant Fabian
Ferrera; Sergeant Derek Washington; Sergeant Calvin Johnson;
Officer Steven Sajumon; Officer Daniel Houng; Officer Brayden
Dyer; Officer Pria Smith; Officer Jerrita Millington; Officer
Jonathan Gonzales; Officer Epshane Porter; Officer Kathryn
Preibe; Officer Bryan Lligui; Officer Frantz Fulcher; Officer
Jason Medina; Officer Andre Williams; Officer Juan Gonzalez;
Officer Louis Manzan; Officer Divonnie Powell; Officer Jason
Sterling; Officer Marc D'Avignon; Officer Michael Beel;
Officer Robert Murphy; Officer Ian French; Officer Lila
Morris; Officer David Eley; Officer Kevin Peralta; Officer
Aaron Smith; Officer Angelica Krumnow.
(F) Metropolitan police department seventh district.--
Lieutenant Valerie Patete; Sergeant Myo Kyaw; Sergeant Hokly
Sarin; Sergeant Matthew Romeo; Sergeant Stephen Sharp;
Officer Andi Zogo; Officer Joenika Laney; Officer Evan
Douglas; Officer Henry Foulds; Officer Erika Magnuson;
Officer Rudolph Tyson.
(G) Metropolitan police department mpa.--Sergeant Paul
Riley; Sergeant William Bogner.
(H) Metropolitan police department special liaison
branch.--Officer Anthony Walsh.
(I) Metropolitan police department special operations
division.--Lieutenant Ronald Wilkins; Lieutenant Jason
Bagshaw; Sergeant Terry Thorne; Detective Jeffrey Bruce;
Detective Phuson Nguyen; Detective Willis Mitchell; Detective
Damion Johnson; Detective Victor DePeralta; Officer Tina
Ramadhan; Officer Christina Laury; Officer Christopher
Cartwright; Officer Steven Chih; Officer Eric Watson; Officer
Michael Dowling; Officer Christopher Wickham; Officer Shawn
Caldwell.
(J) Metropolitan police department youth division.--
Sergeant Johnnie Barnes; Detective Janine Leftwich; SPO
Jannique Spriggs.
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(K) United states capitol police.--Officer Michael Garner;
Officer David Callaghan; Officer Christopher Wilkerson;
Officer Zhen Yuan; Officer Jonathan Collins; Officer Ryan
Campbell; Officer Dynasty Lancaster; Officer Kenrick Ellis;
Officer John Caldarella; Officer Bruno Felberg-Borges;
Officer Joshua Dopson; Officer Justin Nixon; Officer Kimberly
Norton; Officer Kiara Waller; Officer Perry Howe; Officer
Edwards Gaskins; Officer Devan Gowdy; Officer Mark Ode;
Officer Sarah Sherman; Officer Christopher Hines; Officer
Edyta Zak; Officer Brett M. Sorrell; Officer Shauni R.
Kerkhoff; Sergeant A. Aquilino Gonell; Sergeant Marilyn C.
Guzman; Sergeant Kevin Alde; Lieutenant Rani Brooks;
Lieutenant Shawn A. Walton; Lieutenant Dennis J. Kelly;
Sergeant Nicholas G. Simons; Sergeant Joseph A. Breen;
Sergeant Christopher T. Sprifke; Sergeant Adam Descamp.
(3) Confirmation of names.--The Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall
work with the United States Capitol Police and the
Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department to confirm the
accuracy of the list compiled under paragraph (1).
plaque to honor law enforcement agencies responding to attack on
capitol
Sec. 216. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the
Congress that the United States owes its deepest gratitude to
those United States Capitol Police and Washington, DC,
Metropolitan Police Department officers, as well as officers
from multiple Federal, State, and local law enforcement
agencies, who valiantly protected the United States Capitol,
Members of Congress, and staff on January 6, 2021.
(b) Plaque.--The Architect of the Capitol shall obtain an
honorific plaque that commends the examples of bravery and
service-above-self demonstrated by officers of the United
States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of
the District of Columbia, and the multiple Federal, State,
and local law enforcement agencies and protective entities on
the list compiled under subsection (c) that joined alongside
of them during the January 6, 2021 attack on the United
States Capitol, and shall place the plaque at a permanent
location on the western front of the United States Capitol.
(c) List of Agencies.--
(1) Compilation.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate shall jointly compile a list of
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and
protective entities whose names should be included on the
plaque under subsection (b).
(2) Specific federal agencies and entities included.--The
list compiled under paragraph (1) shall include each of the
following Federal law enforcement agencies and protective
entities:
(A) The United States Capitol Police.
(B) The National Guard Bureau, Department of Defense.
(C) The Department of Homeland Security.
(D) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives.
(E) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(F) The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Department of
Defense.
(G) The United States Secret Service.
(H) The United States Park Police.
(I) The United States Marshals Service.
(J) The Department of Health and Human Services.
(3) Specific state and local law agencies included.--The
list compiled under paragraph (1) shall include each of the
following State and local law enforcement agencies:
(A) Metropolitan Police Department of the District of
Columbia.
(B) Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
(C) Metro Transit Police Department, Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
(D) Virginia State Police.
(E) Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department.
(F) Prince William County, Virginia, Police Department.
(G) Arlington County, Virginia, Police Department.
(H) Maryland Department of State Police.
(I) Prince George's County, Maryland, Police Department.
(J) Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Police.
(K) New Jersey State Police.
(4) Confirmation.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate shall work with the agencies and
entities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) to confirm the
accuracy of the list compiled under this section.
(d) Presentation of Matching Plaques to Agencies and
Entities.--For each of the law enforcement agencies and
protective entities whose name is included on the plaque
under subsection (b), the Architect of the Capitol shall
obtain and present a plaque which matches the plaque under
subsection (b).
Sec. 217. (a) In General.--The appropriate security
official of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall
submit a report (in the appropriate format) to the Committee
on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act
on the procedures in place for evacuating the Membership,
staff, workforce, and visitors of the Capitol, the House
Office Buildings and the Senate Office buildings.
(b) Requirements of Report.--The report referenced in
subsection (a) shall include an assessment of previous
evacuations, plans for evacuations involving civil
disturbances, emergency management and emergency preparedness
training and existing emergency action response plans and
policies.
(c) Classification of Report.--The report accompanying this
section shall be submitted in unclassified form but may be
accompanied by a classified annex.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2022''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, as amended, is debatable for 1
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective
designees.
The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Diaz-Balart) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
General Leave
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and
include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Ohio?
There was no objection.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act.
While this subcommittee may be small, it has a very important role. I
very much appreciate the hard work and collegial attitude of all the
members of this subcommittee, particularly the contributions and
cooperation of our ranking member, Ms. Herrera Beutler.
This is a good bill. I am proud of this bill and I am proud that it
makes a substantial investment to expand recruitment and retention of
staff, prioritizes funding to expand diversity and inclusion campus-
wide, and funds needed investments to support the day-to-day operations
of the House so that we can support our constituents.
Included within this bill is a 21 percent increase for the Members'
Representational Allowance, which covers staff, district office space,
and day-to-day operations for lawmakers to best serve our constituents.
This has been a priority for me as I recognize the important role of
expanding pay and benefits for our staff as we strive to recruit a more
diverse workforce in our offices, and then to retain these staff,
instead of losing them to the private sector.
Additionally, this year's bill makes important steps in exploring
other areas where we can expand benefits for staff to compete with the
private sector. And so, this year's report directs the Chief
Administrative Officer to conduct a benefit and retention study to look
at possibilities such as tuition credits, the creation of 529 accounts,
a House-wide leave policy, and childcare subsidies so that we can
continue to meet the needs of existing and future staff.
It is vital that we prioritize initiatives to expand a diverse and
talented workforce here on Capitol Hill. The report provides an
additional $350,000 to establish a task force within CAO to include the
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Congressional
Workplace Rights, and any other House office as may be necessary, to
develop a methodology for regularly surveying the House workforce on
pay and benefit issues, to provide guidance and support for the content
and development of a centralized human resources hub and to make policy
recommendations.
Additionally, while the bill continues the prohibition of cost-of-
living adjustment increases for Members, in order to ascertain all the
facts on this issue we also require the CAO to provide a report
comparing Members' pay with executive and managers' pay in the private
sector who have similar levels of experience and responsibility.
In a year full of trauma and hurt, with the apex being the
insurrection on January 6, our human resources entities within the
Capitol complex have adapted to the evolving and increasing mental
health needs of our campus. The bill includes $2.3 million, a $635,000
increase for the Office of Employee Assistance, and a $1.7 million
allocation for the Office of Well-Being to ensure that people here on
Capitol Hill have the resources to support the needs of our community
and to fund culturally
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sensitive mental health services so everyone feels comfortable seeking
the support they need.
We have also included $2 million for the House Modernization
Initiatives account to build off last year's efforts to make Congress
more effective, efficient, and transparent on behalf of the American
people.
Second, the bill provides $15.4 million to expand the paid internship
program. This will increase the amount to $35,000 per Member office to
pay interns. We have also extended this funding to committees, and
continue to support these funds being used for interns both in D.C. and
in district offices.
We want to make sure that any citizen in this country, any young
person in this country who wants to come to Washington, D.C., is able
to do that. We are trying to eliminate those economic barriers so that
people can come here and get the experience they need to improve their
lot in life, and to serve their country.
But we also recognize the ongoing inequities in congressional
internships, so we included language directing the Office of Diversity
and Inclusion working in conjunction with the Chief Administrative
Office to conduct a feasibility study on recreating a centralized House
internship program--similar to the old LBJ intern program from many
years ago--which could provide various support services, such as
housing, training, professional development, and focus outreach on
students attending historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal
colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other
minority-serving institutions. I believe this is a vital step for us to
create a pipeline for students from all backgrounds, all economic
areas, to come and work on Capitol Hill.
The bill also includes $3 million for the Office of Diversity and
Inclusion and directs the CAO to increase their staff cap from 7 to 10
staffers to allow them the additional workers that they need.
Additionally, once again, this year's bill includes language to
permit DACA recipients, Dreamers, to be able to work for Congress and
other legislative branch agencies.
Turning to other legislative branch agencies, the bill provides
strong support for the security and operational needs of the House and
surrounding Capitol complex.
H.R. 4346 includes $600 million for the Capitol Police, which is an
almost $90 million increase above the fiscal year 2021 bill. This
provides vital resources for training, recruitment, retention, and
readiness efforts. This funding will provide for a total of 2,112 sworn
officers.
Additionally, this continues to build off previous efforts in
ensuring a robust trauma and resiliency program for our sworn and
civilian officers. This is an extremely important investment as they
continue to heal from the events of January 6 and Good Friday. And we
saw further testimonials yesterday in the hearing as to why exactly
this investment is needed.
The bill includes an increase of $37 million from 2021 for the
Library of Congress, as it is this subcommittee's duty to protect the
valuable collections and preserve the Library's ability to chronicle
this great Nation and provide access to our history for generations to
come.
And it includes $3.8 million to continue the Library's work on the
Veterans History Project to collect and preserve the personal accounts
of American war veterans.
The bill also increases funding for the Architect of the Capitol over
2021 by $152 million to address necessary construction activities, such
as the Cannon Office Building renovation. Also included are various
other provisions to ensure the Capitol Visitor Center and Capitol
complex are accessible for individuals with disabilities and all
visitors who wish to tour the Capitol or meet with their Members of
Congress.
And, finally, the bill includes language for the removal of statues
or busts in the Capitol of those who tried to overthrow the Government
of the United States or were white supremacists.
Before I finish, I would like to recognize the staff for all their
hard work and time they have put into this bill. From the majority
committee staff, I would like to thank my clerk, Steve Marchese and
Rachel Jenkins from my personal office. From the minority committee
staff, I would like to thank Michelle Reinshuttle. And, again, to the
Chair of the full committee, Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member Kay Granger,
and Ms. Herrera Beutler. This was a great team effort to put this thing
together, and we are proud to submit it to the body today.
I reserve the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Herrera
Beutler) controls the time and is recognized.
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Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, first, let me commend Chairman Ryan for his
cooperation on this bill. He has worked in good faith with me and my
staff to include requests in this bill every step of the way, and I
really appreciate it. I think it is a good model for the rest of how
Congress should work, and I would work with him anytime. I want to say
thank you to his staff and to the staff under Chairwoman DeLauro, Steve
Marchese. I want to thank my staff, Michelle Reinshuttle for getting us
to this point, although, I don't believe we are quite there yet. I am
going to explain why.
Madam Speaker, I have to rise in opposition to H.R. 4346, the fiscal
year 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. This bill does include
some provisions that I support, including critically needed funding to
address the requirements of the Capitol complex.
It provides funding that allows Members and our staff to better serve
our constituents by providing better software to improve the
accessibility of casework forms that our offices use to help
constituents resolve problems and issues with Federal agencies. It
implements measures to increase staff retention, and it allows offices
to acquire new technologies to strengthen the protection and
productivity of our IT infrastructure.
This bill also supports the critical mission of the Capitol Police by
providing funding for additional personnel to replenish their really
depleted ranks, new leadership training initiatives, and additional
resources so they can continue to protect Members, staff, and visitors
who come and occupy the Halls of Congress on a daily basis.
In the aftermath of an incredibly difficult and challenging year for
the men and women of the Capitol Police, these measures are really an
important step toward improving the police force.
However, Madam Speaker, while there are many parts of this bill that
I do support, this bill, like the others that the majority has put
forward, is based on what I believe is a flawed fiscal foundation. The
majority is forging ahead with massive increases to nondefense
spending. The bill we are considering today includes a nearly 13
percent increase over current levels. I am going to explain why that in
context creates some problems. At a time of record high deficits and
debt, we need, I believe, a more measured fiscal response.
In addition, the majority has also included controversial policy
riders that our side of the aisle opposes. With the approach that the
majority is taking with this bill--and really all of them in the
appropriations packages we are considering here today--we are on the
path to yet another continuing resolution. If we are to break this
cycle, our majority counterparts need to be more willing to work with
the minority on all the bills to create a more bipartisan support that
garners more of a bipartisan thumbs up.
Furthermore, the majority has not put forward any of the Capitol
Police reforms to the board that governs the Capitol Police or its
leadership structure, and that is a real sticking point, Madam Speaker.
Including funding to hire more officers and to get more equipment is a
necessary step. I would go to bat for that any day of the week. We will
never see lasting improvement to the operation of the force or officer
morale without these necessary reforms. We are going to continue to see
the erosion of the force until those changes are made.
As we grapple with the trillions in new spending that the majority
has passed and is proposing already 6
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months into this year, I want to emphasize this point, we must course
correct now rather than wait until our Nation has passed the point of
no return. The Democrat majority got out of the gates by pushing
through a $1.9 trillion package that includes bailouts for States like
California that were already raking in billions more in State revenue
than was previously forecast.
My colleagues across the aisle and this administration are insisting
on using reconciliation to force through $4 trillion more on a gigantic
wish list.
For perspective, the spending I outlined is above and beyond the
normal congressional appropriations. Specifically, it is nearly four
times what the Democrats are proposing to spend on this and these
appropriations bills that we are considering.
Last year when the entire Nation was grappling with COVID-related
shutdowns, when hospitals were down to their last box of surgical
gloves, and Congress had to step in to make sure that our health system
and our communities didn't collapse, those were needed dollars. But we
should not make the mistake that national emergencies like the COVID
pandemic should green-light and invite further spending that is going
to usher in record inflation, trillions more in debt, and, honestly, a
reckless increase in spending.
I fear that some here are simply not aware of how spiking the prices
are of food, of gas, and of other everyday items impacting families.
Unbridled spending brings on the kind of inflation that increases
prices exponentially. When we talk about saddling the next generation
with crushing debt, we are talking about your kids, Madam Speaker, my
kids, and their grandkids, and they are going to have to pay for these
decisions.
I believe that we can do better. The funding increases in this bill I
think are going to fuel that fire. I think we need to recalibrate.
Madam Speaker, for all these reasons I urge my colleagues to join me
in opposing this bill at this time, and I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), who is the chair of the full Committee on
Appropriations.
Ms. DeLAURO. I thank the gentleman, Madam Speaker, for yielding. I
just might say that just as this is his first time in chairing the
subcommittee--and congratulations--it is my first time chairing the
full committee. So we are on the same page. I want to thank both the
chair and the ranking member for their work on this bill.
Madam Speaker, as the oldest modern democracy in the world, the
United States exemplifies the success and long-term sustainability of
democratic governance and of the great American experiment. If we fail
in this experiment, then we fail to honor our sacred duty not only to
our own citizens, but to America as an ideal.
The events of January 6 threatened that ideal. The brutal, violent
assault on our Capitol was an attack on the cradle of our democracy and
against liberty. It was a determined and violent insurrection aimed at
stopping the peaceful transfer of power; something that the United
States has exemplified in its history. It was an attack not just
against this building, but on America's example to the world.
This bill also honors the sacrifices of the brave women and men in
uniform who risked their lives defending this institution shockingly on
display at the first hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. It gives these heroes the
funding, the resources, and the training they need to ensure what
happened on January 6 never happens again. It also says: We respect
what you do.
It includes measures to provide more transparency, diversity, and
leadership training for the Capitol Police to standardize vetting and
routinely review staff for employment suitability, to provide for the
wellness and the well-being of our Capitol Police.
While securing the Capitol Police must be our top priority, we must
also ensure the institution within these walls remains strong. I am
proud that this bill provides increased funding for the Members'
Representational Allowance, for standing committees, for select
committees, and for leadership offices to help retain and recruit a
talented and a diverse workforce. To grow opportunity and create a
diverse hiring pipeline, it expands paid internship opportunities while
providing the authorization for Dreamers to work in congressional
offices.
Together, Madam Speaker, the initiatives in this bill will not only
protect the Congress and our democracy, they also strengthen and
sustain it. I urge support for the bill.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), who is the distinguished ranking
member.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R.
4346, the fiscal year 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. I
wish I could support this important piece of legislation, but
unfortunately, it has too many flaws, and it does not reflect the type
of bipartisan agreement that we must have to complete the
appropriations process this year.
At a time of record-high deficits and debt, now is not the time to
double down on increasing domestic spending. This bill alone includes a
nearly 13 percent increase over current levels.
The bill also includes riders that are more appropriately addressed
by authorizing committees specifically related to immigration policy.
In addition, the committee report is loaded with unnecessary partisan
requirements for the Capitol Police that will make it more difficult
for them to carry out their missions. The committee report also expands
data collection efforts on individuals working in the Capitol and
testifying before Congress, including sensitive payroll and financial
information. That is not the way to do business if we want to enact
full-year appropriations bills this year.
We must develop top-line spending levels that both sides can support,
and we also must agree to drop controversial policy provisions. If we
want to avoid a long-term continuing resolution or worse, a government
shutdown, we must get serious and do the work our constituents sent us
here to do.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Pelosi).
Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am
pleased to come to the floor to salute him for his leadership as chair
of this very important subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations
that makes things happen for us in the Capitol to do the people's
business.
The United States Capitol has always been a beacon of freedom,
liberty, and justice to America and to the entire world. Here,
lawmakers and staff, institutional workers, the Capitol Police, and
members of the press enable the functioning of our very democracy. It
is vital that we ensure that this institution has the funding and
resources needed to serve the people.
The most exciting part of it is when children come to the Capitol
safely and curiously and excited about seeing where laws are made and
what our Founders' vision was and what our men and women in uniform
fight for as we see in their eyes their aspirations to the future which
is our charge for the children.
That is why today I am proud to rise in support of the Legislative
Branch appropriations bill which meets these needs. I thank the
committee chairwoman, Ms. DeLauro, and subcommittee chair, Tim Ryan,
for their leadership. This takes a lot of attention and a lot of
specificity and meticulous attention to detail, and I thank the
distinguished chair of the committee for his brilliant attention to all
of that.
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This funding bill not only funds the legislative branch, it
strengthens it. It does so by advancing a more diverse and inclusive
congressional workforce. It has long been a priority for many of us to
ensure that the Halls of the Capitol reflect the beautiful diversity of
our Nation at every level.
The bill provides for strong funding for paid internships to support
more hardworking interns from middle-class families. This has been such
a priority
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for many of us because these internships are an opportunity for young
people. But if they are unpaid, they already self-select as to who can
participate. We have seen this over time, where that opportunity cannot
be taken advantage of unless there is funding for it.
It also provides funding for the Wounded Warrior program, which gives
our heroes who served in uniform an opportunity to serve in
congressional offices.
Proudly, it allows Dreamers to work in the legislative branch. Our
Dreamers make America more American, and it is vital that their voices
are heard here in the Capitol.
Most importantly, this bill is about security, and that is a moral
imperative, funding and supporting our United States Capitol Police
force, the heroes. In this legislation, we secured strong increases in
funding for the Capitol Police force, which will provide for the hiring
of over 2,100 sworn officers and 450 civilian members of the Capitol
Police.
It also improves training and bolsters wellness support for the
Capitol Police, many of whom are still suffering from the January 6
domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol complex.
Just yesterday, we heard from four heroic members of law enforcement
who suffered horrible injuries and trauma that day. That trauma
continues, not just among the Capitol Police, not just among Members of
Congress, not just among Capitol staff, congressional staff, but those
people who maintain the Capitol, who make it all work for us, custodial
and maintenance people in the Capitol.
Every hero of that day needs and deserves our support. Now that the
Senate has announced their agreement on a security supplemental, we
will work to ensure that the need of the Capitol and congressional
community, as completed in the Honore report, and included here, are
met. I thank the chairman for the work that was done on that
supplemental.
Of course, what we sent to the Senate is much stronger than the
response we will get from them, but we must start, and we must
continue.
This legislation honors our heroes. It respects our values. It
directs removal of statues or busts in the Capitol of Confederate
traitors, as well as statues of white supremacists.
As I have said many times, the Halls of Congress are the very heart
of our democracy. The statues on display should embody our highest
ideals as Americans, expressing who we are and who we aspire to be as a
Nation.
Removal of these statues is long overdue. That is why, as Speaker, I
have led the passage of legislation now twice to do so. In fact, I took
down the pictures in the Speaker's Lobby months ago as an example.
At the same time, this afternoon, we are considering the foreign ops
bill. I call it the foreign ops bill. When I was the ranking member it
was called foreign ops. Now it has a bigger name and a Democratic
chairman.
The bill makes important investments to strengthen Congress and,
therefore, strengthen America, and it should be passed.
In that spirit, I also support another appropriations bill to
strengthen America, H.R. 4373, which advances our leadership in the
world, as it defends our values.
As a former ranking member of the State and Foreign Operations
Appropriations Subcommittee, I am proud of this bill, and I salute the
chair, Barbara Lee, a lifelong champion of global health and human
rights, including through her leadership on PEPFAR and the Global Fund
to Fight Aids.
This funding bill makes clear that, as President Biden has said,
``America is back.'' It is a strong statement of America's leadership
in the world.
With this legislation, America is once again taking the lead in the
climate fight, with over $3 billion to address the climate crisis,
including through first-ever appropriations to the Green Climate Fund.
We are setting an example for the world on public health, providing
over $10 billion to support families' health around the world and
prevent future pandemics, focusing on surveillance, detection, and
response capabilities.
Also, in terms of public health, we are proud to be permanently
repealing the global gag rule, a dangerous rule that deprives the
poorest families in the world of basic healthcare and family planning
services.
We are investing billions in initiatives for maternal and child
health and fighting infectious diseases, including, still, HIV/AIDS
through PEPFAR.
This funding honors our values by investing in human rights with the
Global Equality Fund and other initiatives to support the LGBTQ
community and support for disability rights, gender equality, and
protecting persecuted religious minorities; humanitarian assistance,
with billions for migration and refugee initiatives and disaster
assistance; and protecting democracy and the rule of law around the
globe. It contains billions in security and economic support to
partners and allies to advance peace, prosperity, and stability.
We are proud of its strong support for Israel, which is in our
national security interests.
We are also proud that this legislation helps implement the ALLIES
Act, passed last week by the House to expedite Afghan Special Immigrant
Visas.
The local Afghan partners who have worked shoulder to shoulder with
the American military and our diplomatic personnel are heroes. They
have been vital to the safety of American lives and the success of our
mission. We made a promise, and now we are keeping it. We must be there
for them as they were for us.
These two funding bills demonstrate and defend American leadership at
home and around the world. I urge a strong bipartisan ``aye'' vote for
both.
I thank the leadership of Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, and Tim Ryan.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman
from Arkansas (Mr. Womack).
Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include the text
of the amendment in the Record immediately prior to the vote on the
motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Blumenauer). Is there objection to the
request of the gentleman from Arkansas?
There was no objection.
Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, I offer this motion to recommit for one
simple reason: so our defenders, the National Guard and the Capitol
Police, can have the funding they need to continue protecting Americans
day in and day out.
This motion does what Congress has been unable to do for months, and
that is support our guardsmen and our Capitol Police.
Each and every one of these brave men and women have voluntarily
raised their hands and sworn an oath to protect our institution and our
country. And we can't do our most basic duty of providing funding for
them to complete this sacred task.
For both the Guard and the Capitol Police, this funding is essential
to maintaining operations. We are talking about something as basic as
keeping the lights on.
These gaps were caused by the Capitol security mission. They came
here to protect us, and it should be this Congress, through the
Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, which foots the bill.
Without this funding, the National Guard will be forced to cancel
annual training and drill weekends through the end of the fiscal year.
They will have to defer 75 armory and training site upgrades. The Air
National Guard will see an 8-flying day standdown, and there is much,
much more.
This imperils unit readiness. That is obvious. It is also a pretty
grave outcome. But individual soldiers and airmen, and their families,
will see the dire impacts as well. These training cancelations will
take an expected check out of their monthly budgets. Unlike Congress,
these families have to operate within their means. There is no option
for them to raise their debt ceiling.
These guardsmen and -women are in your States, in your districts, in
your hometowns. They volunteered to serve our country, and they did so
with only a single expectation in mind, that Congress will have their
backs. We need to live up to that commitment, just as they have for us.
My MTR will also ensure the Capitol Police have the resources they
need after the valiant efforts on January 6 and in the days since.
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It also provides targeted, necessary funding to enhance the physical
security of the Capitol. Without this funding, they, too, will see
training delays and furloughs.
Like the National Guard, the Capitol Police are always ready and
always there. They stand watch for us whenever we need them.
Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged by the progress Senators Leahy and
Shelby have made. I hope we vote on their supplemental before we leave
for the week.
But let me be crystal clear: This should have been accomplished the
day after we learned of the Guard and Capitol Police budget shortfalls.
Instead, we have let silly partisan games and unrelated provisions
leave our defenders high and dry.
To my colleagues, when you come to the floor later to vote on this
MTR, and you put your voting cards in the machine, I want you to think
about the guardsmen in your hometown, the cop, the teacher, the small
business man who put on the uniform to defend us and protect us at home
and abroad. I want you to think about that person and commit to
supporting them and to supporting their family.
Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of my motion to recommit.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. Just a quick
response, Mr. Speaker.
We have passed a bill, the rescue package, that sent billions of
dollars to the local communities to pay for police, fire, and first
responders, State support for teachers. We passed a supplemental bill
out of this Chamber that reimbursed the National Guard and made huge
investments into the Capitol Police. In both instances, we didn't get
one Republican vote.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Hoyer), our distinguished leader.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for making that point,
although I am somewhat sorry because I was going to make the same
point. But I am going to make another point.
First of all, let me say to those who may be watching, the gentleman
who just spoke from Arkansas is one of my best friends in the Congress.
He is a wonderful, wonderful person. He is dead flat wrong, however, in
this assertion.
His motion will not give a single cent to the National Guard, not a
single cent to the police, not a single cent to anybody.
All it will do is send the bill back to committee. It will delay this
bill to do all the other things that it does from being enacted.
It is sad that the Republicans in the Senate haven't passed a single
appropriation bill. And, golly day, it took a long time to get them to
some agreement on the supplemental, and then, when they agreed on the
supplemental, they left the money for the National Guard out.
So, I say to my friend from Arkansas, who is my dear, dear friend and
a wonderful person, your amendment, with all due respect, first of all,
as you know, is not going to go anywhere. All you will do is return the
bill to committee and slow this process down and not give a single cent
to the National Guard or policemen, either Capitol Police or any other
police. That is the reality.
Now, I wanted to rise and speak on behalf of this bill. I want to
thank the chairman, Mr. Ryan, and I want to thank my good friend, who
is also another dear friend of mine. Unfortunately, sometimes people
think everybody dislikes one another. I happen to like the gentlewoman
who is the ranking member, who is, I think, one of our best Members in
the House on your side of the aisle.
I know that this is a difficult bill in some cases for your side of
the aisle.
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I have been here a long time. We just honored Jerry Lewis, who was
the gentleman from California who had your position and had the
chairman's position. He was back and forth. They came to this House in
a bipartisan way to say, let's build this institution into the kind of
institution that Americans want.
That is what this bill does. This bill gives us the opportunity to
hire, retain, and pay competitively our staff, who are extraordinary
people. The American people are getting more than their money's worth
with our staff, because they are extraordinarily able people, well-
educated people, experienced people, who make a difference for America.
This bill seeks to compensate them, not as much as they get in the
private sector, but competitively, at least with the executive
departments, so the executive departments are not taking all of our
people. That is reason enough to be for this bill.
Now, there is something in this bill I don't like, and no other
Member probably will come to this floor and say it. Members of the
Congress of the United States have not received a cost of living
adjustment--forget about a raise--a cost of living adjustment since, I
believe, 2009, for 11 or 12 years. And this bill says, oh, we are not
going to take one this year either.
Now, let me tell you something. The result of this irresponsible
demagogic action--and I don't say any personal aspersions on anybody--
is that only rich people will be able to serve in the House of
Representatives.
Now, very frankly, I live alone. My wife died. I am in good shape. I
don't need the COLA. It will make no difference in my life. But there
are a lot of people who come to this Congress with three or four
children, and they have got to open a second residence, either rent or
buy here, and keep a residence at home, and they are struggling.
I know it doesn't sound like you are going to struggle at $174,000. I
don't blame people who are making $60,000, $80,000 who say: What do you
mean you are struggling?
But the fact of the matter is, all I ask is, keep us even. Don't give
us a raise. Just keep us even. As the cost of living goes up, just keep
us even in terms of our purchasing power.
I am going to vote for this bill, but I sure don't like that
provision. Now, we Democrats have put it in; the Republicans have put
it in. I get it. I get the politics of it.
But I will tell you, for a long period of time I worked with Trent
Lott, with Tom DeLay, with Roy Blunt, and with other Republican
leaders--I seem to be the one that has been here consistently working
on this--to make sure that at least 50 percent of us on each side voted
to give us a COLA, to keep us even, so that we did not expect people
who had their housing costs go up, their healthcare costs go up, their
educational costs for children go up, to be frozen.
It is tough on families. It is not tough on me, so I am not arguing
from a personal standpoint. Very frankly, I am just fine.
But I say this because I want the public to know that there is at
least someone who is saying: Look, the job is worth it. You may not
think we are worth it, but the job is worth at least keeping even.
But this is a good bill. I am going to vote for it. There are
provisions in other bills that I don't like, but I vote for them,
because on the whole, I think this is an excellent bill for this
institution and for the American people.
I urge everybody to vote ``yes.''
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, I wanted to speak on the motion to recommit that the
gentleman from Arkansas offered. I know it sounds like, with the
majority, we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this.
I think that there are a lot of good things in this bill that I
support. But the biggest challenge for me, having spent this year, like
the rest of us, trying to help our families, our constituents move on
through COVID, help our small businesses survive, and then starting off
this year in the manner that we did and recognizing the impact on not
just the Capitol campus, but the men and women who protect us, the
Capitol Police, I really feel like in this bill, the Legislative Branch
appropriations, there needed to be some significant reforms to some of
the failures in response that we experienced.
Now, I know that there are other efforts, not related to this bill,
that are looking at other actors, other players. I am setting all of
that aside because I don't have control over that. But I do have a say
here, with my voting card, on the Legislative Branch appropriations
bill.
What is frustrating to me--and I heard, you know, my good friend from
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Ohio and the Speaker mention: Well, we did this supplemental and put
all of this other stuff in here for the Capitol Police. Well, there are
things that were left out of that supplemental that are so crucially
significant to reforms that will help prevent another January 6, and
they are in the motion to recommit.
Let me explain a couple of those. One of those that we have in the
Republican motion to recommit is a reform to the Capitol Police Board.
We know that there was a major failure and breakdown in communication
on the Capitol Police Board, which inhibited the response, the
coordinated, collective response of the law enforcement here.
Talk to any police officer who bravely defended us, and they will
tell you that they weren't getting clear directives in their
headpieces. They will tell you that the coordination effort from the
leadership broke down, and they were doing everything they could on the
front lines themselves. So a rational response to that would be: Why
did that break down and what can we do to fix it?
One of those things is to provide oversight, congressional oversight,
over that Capitol Police Board by requiring that board, who made those
decisions, who left a lot of our police officers on their own, to meet
together in front of congressional committees, the committees of
oversight.
As it stands now, we can't get the entire police board together in
one room for a hearing. The gentleman and I--on Legislative Branch
appropriations--we got to meet with different members of the police
board in different hearings at different times. It was helpful. But to
really correct the problem--and when you ask each of them: Where was
your failing on January 6? They all do this--or they did this. There
are now new actors in there.
But I look at the function of that board, and I think, okay, common
sense would be to put the Architect of the Capitol, the two Sergeants
at Arms, and the Capitol Police chief all on a witness panel in front
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee or the House
Administration Committee or the Senate Rules Committee.
That wasn't in your supplemental, that is not in this Legislative
Branch appropriations bill, or in any of President Biden's rescue
plans. We do throw a lot of money at it, but we are not fixing a
structural, fundamental problem that helped complicate our response.
Our motion to recommit fixes that. It simply changes the language,
and it requires them to come before the committees of jurisdiction
together and answer questions of oversight capacity from Members of
Congress. That is a simple fix. It shouldn't be partisan. It is not in
the underlying bill, and it should be. Our motion to recommit does
that.
Another thing that we do in our motion to recommit to improve the
underlying bill is, we require an improved and streamlined response,
and we give that authority to the Capitol Police chief to call in the
National Guard on a quick, developing emergency.
One of the things that we heard in the aftermath of January 6 was he
said, she said. I called them in, they said they couldn't come. This
person said they couldn't come. I mean, we just got very convoluted
responses into why the National Guard wasn't here quickly.
Again, I recognize there are other efforts looking into other actors
on that front. I am not getting into that. What I am talking about is
what we have control over right here.
The underlying Legislative Branch bill does not improve that
streamline process. In fact, it leaves in place the process whereby the
chief of police has to go through this bureaucratic, arcane process to
get permission from every member of that board before they can respond
to an immediate emergency and request the National Guard. Well, that
was part of the problem on January 6.
Our motion to recommit fixes that. It says that the Capitol Police
chief, in an emergency, a quick, developing emergency, can call in the
National Guard and have the authority to request them to come. It also
has a failsafe in there that says, if the Capitol Police Board gets
their act together and meets quickly and sees the issue differently,
they can rescind that authority. But what it does, it is an opt-in.
Automatically, the police chief has authority to call in the reserves
when there is an emergency.
Just like you see where a chief in a major metropolitan area has the
authority to call in things, and then they are accountable to the mayor
or to the city council, but they have that authority. Right now the
Capitol Police chief doesn't have that authority, that was a problem on
January 6. Unfortunately, if this bill passes as it is, it will still
be a problem today, 7 months later.
Again, there are things in the underlying bill that I like and
support, but it is like having the salt for your steak, but you don't
actually have the beef. You have got to have that sizzling steak and
you add the salt to it and it is a wonderful meal. That is how I look
at this.
We do want to put the money forward to make sure that we are adding
to the force and we are putting in training programs and that is in
this underlying bill. Those are good things. But we have to change the
fundamental flaws with how the Capitol Police Board operates.
This is the Legislative Branch appropriations bill. This is the
appropriate place. I would have yielded if the House Administration
Committee wanted to do that. Had they done it, you wouldn't hear me
piping up about it, but they haven't. It needs to be done so that we
are taking responsibility for failures here on our campus that we can
correct. So I urge adoption of the motion to recommit.
One more thing that I think is really significant, and this is where
I differ from the gentleman from Maryland, who I also have great
respect for, is the underlying bill talks about pay and making sure
that we are adding more police officers to the force. I am there every
day of the week and twice on Sunday. The problem is, they are going to
hit a cap.
So when a police officer, which we saw in January, February, March,
they would work their regular hours, and then because they were short-
staffed and there weren't enough officers on the force, they would be
called to work overtime. They are accruing that overtime, and at some
point, they will have earned too much money to get paid all of it
because there is a cap in law that says they can only make so much.
The underlying bill does not fix that cap. However, our motion to
recommit does. Our motion to recommit removes that cap so that those
officers who are owed that overtime, because they worked their tails
off weeks on end, will be able to get that pay and not risk being
furloughed as we get to the end of the year.
Again, there are good things in the underlying bill, but it is not
quite good enough. We can make it better. We can make it better by
adopting the motion to recommit.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume for the purpose of closing.
Again, I just want to say it has been a privilege to be in this
process.
You know, it is ironic to me, because the Legislative Branch
appropriations bill is generally one that significantly only impacts
the Capitol community. I serve an amazing district in southwest
Washington, 2,500-plus miles away from this campus. Generally, the
Legislative Branch appropriations bill isn't high on their radar, until
this year, until we saw that there are events and there are actors who
we are going to have to protect against.
We are going to have to protect the guests and the visitors. This is
the people's House, and I want the people from my district to have the
right and the trust to come here and feel safe, to be able to have
their voices heard. That is why this bill went from kind of being one
that most people didn't pay attention to, to a lot more attention, a
lot more front and center.
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It is such an honor and privilege to get to work on this because I
believe, in a very strong spirit of bipartisanship, we can make sure
that we are lifting up and girding up the Capitol Police force, making
sure that the Sergeant at Arms is working together
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with the Architect of the Capitol to ensure the safety and continuity
of the work of the people's House.
This is the Constitution in action. It is a privilege to get to work
on this. I think that we can improve this underlying bill. I think that
we need to adopt the motion to recommit. I think we need to introduce
some of these ideas so that we can stave off a continuing resolution in
the eleventh hour.
Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the motion to recommit, and in its
absence, I do believe we need to send this bill back in order to get it
completely right. I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to
close.
This is a good bill, and we have put a lot of work into this bill.
The essence of the Legislative Branch appropriations bill is an
understanding that everybody that works on Capitol Hill is a public
servant.
The Capitol Police, those on the dais, the people who clean the
offices, the people who do all of the construction, the young staffers,
the middle-age staffers, the older staffers have spent sometimes
decades trying to make this government run and help this government
run.
This bill is an opportunity for us to continue to invest into those
people, making sure that they can stay here, they can work here, they
have competitive wages, competitive benefits compared to the executive
branch, compared to the judicial branch, compared to the private
sector; and also knowing and understanding that we have an obligation
to protect this Capitol.
That is what we have done in this bill. We have made increases to
Members' allowances so that they can maintain their staff and the
talent that they have. We are making sure that we have a paid
internship program here so that some young person from Youngstown,
Ohio, or some small town or city across the United States can actually
take advantage of the opportunity to stay for a summer or semester in
one of the most expensive housing markets in the whole United States.
I am very proud of the investments we are making in this bill. I am
proud of all of the efforts to protect this Capitol, the first branch
of our democracy, and I am very much looking forward to voting on this.
This will provide the needed funding for the day-to-day operations of
the House. I urge all Members of this body to support this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Each further amendment printed in part B of House Report 117-110 not
earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3
of House Resolution 567, 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
the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
It shall be in order at any time after debate 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 House Report 117-
110 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 respective designees, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question.
Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 567, I rise as
the designee of the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) to offer
amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en
bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 1 consisting of amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
9, and 11, printed in part B of House Report 117-110, offered by Mr.
Ryan of Ohio:
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Bowman of New York
Page 20, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $250,000)''.
Page 24, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $250,000)''.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Bowman of New York
Page 14, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $250,000)''.
Page 20, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $250,000)''.
Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Escobar of Texas
Page 6, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000)(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Foster of Illinois
Page 37, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,000,000)(increased by $6,000,000)''.
Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey
Page 20, line 19, insert after the first dollar amount the
following: ``(increased by $100,000) (reduced by $100,000)''.
Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Kelly of Illinois
Page 37, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $4,200,000) (increased by $4,200,000)''.
Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Norton of the District of Columbia
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. 2__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used by the United States
Capitol Police to enforce the prohibition on the use of
scooters on the United States Capitol Grounds.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 567, the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
Herrera Beutler) each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 45 seconds.
The amendments en bloc include a number of proposals offered by my
Democratic colleagues. It reflects our shared values of investing in a
more diverse congressional workforce, strengthening the legislative
branch, and providing for the day-to-day operations of the House.
I urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in
this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in opposition, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Illinois (Ms. Kelly).
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the
Center for Audit Excellence and its mission in supporting and assisting
auditing organizations domestically and internationally.
A part of the Government Accountability Office, the Center for Audit
Excellence provides training and assistance to auditing organizations,
fostering accountability from local governments in the United States
and foreign governments across the globe.
One of the Center's most essential missions is aiding supreme audit
institutions of nations that receive U.S. foreign assistance. This
helps instill good governance and ensures that U.S. tax dollars are
being used efficiently.
Currently, the Center for Audit Excellence is funded almost
exclusively by fees. They do not have dedicated funding and must rely
on USAID missions or local and foreign governments approaching them for
their services. Providing dedicated funding will allow for the Center
to have more predictable budget cycles and will expand their reach in
helping governments establish sound audit practices.
Not only is there a need for dedicated funding, but there is also a
need for more funding at the Center for Audit Excellence. Providing
more funding will expand the Center's global footprint and reach more
countries' supreme audit institutions. This critical funding would help
ensure that governments around the globe and here at home in the United
States have the training and assistance to strengthen oversight
capacity and reduce government waste.
Helping to build auditing capacity cuts down on government corruption
and promotes good governance. Within the U.S., enhanced auditing
capacity
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strengthens local government practices so they better respond to their
citizens' needs. Internationally, greater auditing capacity helps low-
income and developing nations increase accountability and the
responsible use of public funds.
The United States provides billions of dollars of foreign assistance
each year, and even more is sent to State and local governments.
Providing dedicated funding for the Center for Audit Excellence will
help ensure that U.S. tax dollars are spent wisely and as intended.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman
from California (Mr. McCarthy), the minority leader.
Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendments and
to this bill.
Mr. Speaker, earlier today the Speaker of the House said that people
who are fully vaccinated but don't support wearing a mask are morons.
She went on to say that the House should follow the science.
Madam Speaker, you don't know the facts nor the science, so let's
talk about it.
The Speaker is referring to the CDC current recommendation. I just
left speaking with Dr. Monahan from the House. He said he used the CDC
recommendation on a report that hasn't been printed yet. He did not
know that the report is based upon India, about a vaccine that is not
approved in America. And now he did not know that it didn't even pass
peer review.
That is why vaccinated people in this House now have to wear a mask.
There is no science. But I guess the Speaker must have not known that.
Why wouldn't the Speaker know the facts? Do you know what frustrates
Americans the most? Hypocrisy. They hate the idea that you tell people
if you get vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask. First, they tell
us don't wear a mask, wear a mask, wear two masks, then take the mask
off.
They said if Americans got vaccinated, we would get our lives back.
And we did, thanks to Operation Warp Speed and the past administration.
But what they also hate about hypocrisy is when you break your own
rules. It is kind of like telling America you can't go get your hair
cut, but you get caught on camera because you do it. Or you tell people
you can't go out to dinner, but in my same State, the State that the
individual got the haircut, that Governor went out to dinner with a lot
of people.
Today the Speaker, who didn't know her own science and said names to
people, broke her own rules. Twice today I saw the Speaker in a crowded
room without a mask, less than 24 hours after imposing the mask
mandate, which, again, is not based upon a study. It is based upon a
study in India, based upon a vaccine that isn't approved in America,
and it didn't pass peer review.
Could this be a plan to try to keep our schools closed?
Worst of all, this administration and now this House has broken the
country's trust. One size fits all.
You know, if you read the CDC recommendation, it said you only should
wear the mask for the hot spots. I am sure the gentleman on the other
side knows which States and which cities are hot spots, because those
are the facts. You can see the facts. You can read the facts. You can
understand the facts.
So what is Washington? The vaccination rate for the Members of
Congress is over 85 percent, and as of today the transmission rate on
the Capitol campus is less than 1 percent. Well, the facts will tell us
this isn't a hot spot, so the CDC recommendation doesn't apply to us.
Meanwhile, the hospitalization rate for the people who are vaccinated
is 0.003. As Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen points out, you are
more likely to get struck by lightning than be hospitalized with the
vaccine. It must be a stormy day in the House.
You know what is interesting? We serve in this Chamber, we represent
our districts, and we have Senators who represent our States just down
the hall. The science based upon the Speaker of this House changes
somewhere around the rotunda.
You see, you have to wear your mask here, otherwise you are fined;
because that is what government should do, they should punish people.
You get vaccinated. But if you walk across the hall, you get somewhere
around the rotunda, you don't have to wear it anymore. Somehow the
science is different.
One thing we do know about COVID, it affects older people different
than younger. Facts tell us people who serve in the Senate on average
are older than the people in the House. But the science and the health
over there is different than in here.
It is interesting, too, because I remember a short time ago when we
had the mask mandate during one of the impeachments the Democrats
brought up, the managers wore their masks here, but as they walked to
the Senate, they were able to take them off.
I am not quite sure how much COVID lives on this side of the
building. That must be science. That must be what the Speaker was
talking about.
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The past administration worked hard for Operation Warp Speed. I am
proud of the fact of what we voted for. When we brought up bills on
this floor that talked about working toward a vaccine, that is where
the money went, not the trillions of dollars that were wasted that now
gave us inflation.
Americans want to get back to work, back to school, and back to
health. But we now have a majority that doesn't want to base anything
on science. They want to base something on a report that is not
printed, that can't pass peer review, based upon the country of India,
based upon a vaccine that is not even approved in America, because the
facts and the science are that the vaccines in America work. They are
effective. They are free.
I got a vaccine in December. I recommend all Americans get a vaccine.
It is a concern we all have. We go every day trying to get more
people vaccinated. What do you think the message is today? Those who
run this side of this building believe now if you are vaccinated, you
have to wear a mask even though the science doesn't say you should. I
am not sure how many more people are going to rush to get vaccinated.
But it is just like their philosophy. They want to mandate. They want
to impose. They want to tell you when you can go to school, when you
can eat.
Do you know what they are going to do if you walk into this building
without a mask? They are going to charge you $500. Why? Because they
have the power to do it.
You walk across the hall, not quite sure where they morph it into a
different science, you don't have to.
Mark my words, this is just the beginning. In a few weeks, schools
are supposed to open again. We know what the science says about COVID
with children. I think you are going to start seeing new reports. They
won't be printed, but they will try to keep the schools closed.
Maybe if I whisper, the President will listen. He tries it.
Then, they will try to shut our businesses down one more time.
Operation Warp Speed provided vaccines that were tested, that worked,
that are effective. The study, the science, proves it so. The
hospitalization rates prove it so.
I don't know of one person in this Chamber that is going to get
struck by lightning today. But I do know, even though the odds are
better you get struck by lightning than being hospitalized if you are
vaccinated, we are all going to have to wear a mask, or we have to pay
$500.
I don't know, the gentleman over there is going to run for the
Senate. Maybe he wants to do that so he doesn't have to wear a mask.
The science over there is better.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Takano), the distinguished chairman of the Veterans'
Affairs Committee.
Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Ohio for
yielding. I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting this en
bloc, which includes a symbolic amendment in support of the Office of
Technology Assessment, otherwise known as OTA.
The reestablishment of OTA has been a top priority of mine since I
first came to Congress in 2013. Since then, debates around emerging
technologies and concepts have caught this Congress by surprise as we
struggle to legislate on
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complex issues of technological and societal importance.
Before OTA was defunded in 1995, the office served a critical role in
providing Members of Congress and staff with nonpartisan and expert
advice on complex scientific and technical issues. OTA served as a
model of good governance and innovation in government, and believe me,
we could use OTA now in this environment of dissembling and shading of
the truth around vaccines.
Today, OTA would be invaluable as we debate issues related to
cryptocurrencies; nonfungible tokens, or NTFs; cybersecurity;
artificial intelligence; and other developing technologies throughout
our society.
We understand the importance and value of CRS and GAO when it comes
to researching and understanding complex issues. That is not up for
debate. Yet, OTA is necessary to ensure Congress is informed and
knowledgeable on some of the most complex issues facing our society
today.
Staff who will work alongside CRS and GAO to provide this expertise
will help this legislature not only catch up with the rest of our
economy but truly understand how these new forms of technology affect
our economy in everyday life.
The foundation of good policy is accurate and objective analysis, and
the reestablishment of the Office Technology Assessment is how we will
pass new and forward-thinking laws for our country.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time I have remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
I am prepared to close on this bill, but since my name was invoked, I
want to make a couple of comments to what the minority leader was
saying, maybe much to the chagrin of staff who is here.
Fear, fear, fear. The Attending Physician of the United States
Capitol, the top doctor for Congress, asked us to put on masks when we
come to a Chamber with 435 people. I hate these things. It is
absolutely terrible having to put this back on. We do it because the
top doctor for all of us asked us to.
I may not be from a hotspot. The Speaker may not be from a hotspot.
Speaker Pelosi may not be from a hotspot. Somebody in this Chamber is
coming from a hotspot. Somebody represents the hotspots. They get in a
plane, and they fly here, and they interact with all of us. Then, we
leave here, and we go home to our families. Some take care of their
sick parents. Some take care of kids who may have an autoimmune
disorder.
I find it absolutely immature and appalling to somehow diminish it to
try to score cheap, political points. That is exactly what we saw a few
minutes ago. That is beneath a minority leader of one of the major
political parties in the United States of America, saying we should
take no caution that someone from a hotspot is working in this Chamber
and could potentially get someone infected that could go home to a sick
parent or an immunocompromised kid.
That is beneath us, and it is certainly beneath leadership here in
Washington, D.C.
I am sorry, I had to comment on that because it is very frustrating.
We are dealing with a complicated pandemic, a new strain, and we are
trying to figure everything out.
The Attending Physician says, since you are a group from all over the
country, be a little bit cautious. And he gets mocked. This is the
doctor we all go to. You are denigrating the Attending Physician? Has
it gotten this bad here? We will be the first ones to go down there
when we are sick, need an antibiotic, or to get a checkup.
I mean, come on. Stop. Just stop with this craziness. We are trying
to be safe. We are trying to protect our family members, our kids, our
parents, close relatives.
The minority leader mocks that and mocks the top doctor, who has a
very distinguished record and a very distinguished career and spends
his life making sure we are healthy. It is shameful.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendments en bloc, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 567, the
previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
The question is on the amendments en bloc.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
are postponed.
Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 567, I rise as
the designee of the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) to offer
amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en
bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 2 consisting of amendment Nos. 6, 10, and 12,
printed in part B of House Report 117-110, offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio:
Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana
Page 7, line 1, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased
by $100,000) (reduced by $100,000)''.
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Langevin of Rhode Island
Page 20, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $3,504,000)''.
Page 20, line 13, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,504,000)''.
Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Raskin of Maryland
Page 6, line 22, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $100,000)(reduced by $100,000)''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 567, the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
Herrera Beutler) each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 45 seconds.
The amendments en bloc include a number of proposals by my
colleagues. This is a bipartisan amendment.
It includes funding to prioritize the removal of accessibility
barriers on the Capitol complex, conduct a study on security risks and
technical limitations of the Capitol switchboard system, and provides
for a collaborative drafting program to help Members' offices work
better with the House Office of Legislative Counsel.
I urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in
this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak to the
amendments.
Madam Speaker, I specifically call out the gentleman from Rhode
Island's amendment. It increases funding by $3.5 million for the
Capitol Grounds account, and it is offset within the bill. The intent
of these funds is to be used to prioritize the removal of accessibility
barriers on the Capitol complex.
I am thrilled about this amendment. Parts of this building and the
surrounding complex were built over 100 years ago, so, obviously, there
are accessibility issues that today we are saying we are going to
remove those barriers.
I commend both of the bipartisan amendments in the amendments en
bloc. I urge Members to please support it. I think this does good work.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the en bloc
which includes my amendment, #10, to increase funding for the Capitol
Grounds account to prioritize the removal of accessibility barriers.
Madam Chair, the Capitol Complex was not built with accessibility in
mind, and as the first quadriplegic to serve in Congress, I'm reminded
of this every day.
For the past two decades, I've worked closely with the Architect of
the Capitol to address these barriers, and I'm grateful for the
progress we've made so far. Yet many physical barriers still remain,
and we need to remove them proactively so that all Members of
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Congress, our staff, and visitors from across the nation can navigate
the Capitol with ease.
I thank Chairman Ryan and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee for
including report language under the Capitol Grounds account directing
the Architect of the Capitol to prioritize the removal of accessibility
barriers.
Yet the reality is, proactively achieving this requires dedicated
funding, which is what my amendment provides. l thank the Chair and
Ranking Member for supporting it, and I urge my colleagues to support
the en bloc and the underlying bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). Pursuant to House Resolution
567, the previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered
by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
The question is on the amendments en bloc.
The en bloc amendments were agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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Amendments En Bloc No. 3 Offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 567, I rise as
the designee of the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) to offer
amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en
bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 3 consisting of amendment Nos. 7 and 8,
printed in part B of House Report 117-110, offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio:
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Grothman of Wisconsin
Page 2, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,500,000)''.
Page 6, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,500,000)''.
Page 7, line 4, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,500,000)''.
Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Grothman of Wisconsin
Page 48, strike lines 13 through 26.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 567, the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
Herrera Beutler) each will control 10 minutes.
=========================== NOTE ===========================
July 28, 2021, on page H4167, the following appeared: Page 7,
line 4, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by
$1,500,000)''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant
The online version has been corrected to read: Page 7, line 4,
after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,500,000)''.
AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. GROTHMAN OF WISCONSIN Page 48,
strike lines 13 through 26. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant
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The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I have offered this en bloc for purposes of
legislative efficiency. I strongly oppose it.
This amendments en bloc makes severe and harmful changes to the bill
under consideration. This amendment would strike language that will
enable noncitizens who meet requirements under DACA to be employed by
the United States Congress and to cut funding from the Office of
Diversity and Inclusion.
Let's address the first point around DACA.
This is allowing Dreamers to work for the legislative branch. I can't
figure out for the life of me why the minority would like to refuse the
American Dream to people who came to the United States as children, for
people who are, for all intents and purposes, Americans.
I have met these recipients, these Dreamers, and they have personally
told me their stories. I encourage each of my colleagues on both sides
of the aisle to talk with a Dreamer, to listen to their stories. It is
absolutely heartbreaking. They have done absolutely nothing wrong.
They were brought to this country by no choice of their own. Their
parents brought them here. The United States is their home. They have
built their lives here, whether that means getting an education,
raising a family, or contributing to our economy.
We are a generous and compassionate Nation always looking to form a
more perfect Union, a country that has empathy for a struggling family
in a new country, in a country that lifts up our younger generation so
that they can have a better future.
The vast majority of Americans overwhelmingly support allowing these
young people to continue their relentless pursuit of the American Dream
because they knew in their hearts that they are American. As Americans,
there is no better place for them to continue to serve their country
than here in the United States House of Representatives, the people's
House. To deny them this opportunity is about the most un-American
thing we could do here today.
Madam Speaker, again, their parents brought them here, and they have
been here for years and years and years. They should have an
opportunity to give back to this country.
Madam Speaker, I am opposed, on the second point, to decreasing
funding for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion by $1.5 million.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is committed to maintaining a
diverse and inclusive workforce in the House of Representatives. Their
mission is to assist in developing practices to recruit and retain a
diverse workforce.
I am proud of this year's bill. It provides $3 million for the office
in fiscal year 2022 and increases their staff cap from 7 to 10. The
$1.5 million in additional funding for 2022 and expanding staff cap
would give them the needed funding to support ongoing operations while
providing additional flexibility to expand their work.
Additionally, this increase in funding will enable ODI to implement
various other provisions that are included in the Legislative Branch
bill, such as assisting the Chief Administrative Officer in the Office
of Congressional Workplace Rights to establish a task force about the
workforce in the House.
As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this task force will develop a
methodology for regularly serving the House workforce on pay and
benefits issues and provide guidance to us on how we could create a
centralized human resources hub to improve human resource management
practices throughout the House.
Finally, this increase in funds will allow the Office of Diversity
and Inclusion to conduct a feasibility study on re-creating a
centralized House internship program. We have citizens in this country,
young students--White, Black, Brown--who can't afford to come here to
work. They can't afford to get an internship here. They work hard, do
everything right, try to climb the ladder. We want to provide
opportunity.
This money will help reach out to those people and bring them into
the legislative branch to give them the experience they need, the
contacts they need to develop, the education that they need to move
forward.
Madam Speaker, I am proud of what we have in this bill, and I will
oppose this amendment. It is vital we prioritize initiatives to promote
diversity and the opportunity for people from all over the country to
come work in the legislative branch and intern in the legislative
branch.
Madam Speaker, I oppose this amendments en bloc, and I urge my
colleagues to vote ``no.''
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may
consume to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).
Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, as part of this en bloc, we have two
separate amendments. I will address them separately.
The one amendment that was just addressed concerns DACA recipients
and whether they should be hired here.
In 2018, we had 830,000 Americans sworn in to be new citizens. I
don't think anybody can accuse the United States of being shy about
letting other people in this country.
Obviously, if we make permanent the policy that any young person who
is brought here automatically can work their way to be a United States
citizen, we will have what we currently see at the southern border. We
will have, again and again and again, parents coming here either asking
for asylum or sending their children here by themselves, knowing that
we are not going to enforce the immigration laws.
Now, I think everybody here knows that the day will probably come
where something is done with some DACA recipients, but it shouldn't be
all DACA recipients. The idea of establishing right now that if you
came here, you automatically are--I think the inference is you are
going to become a citizen by saying that you can work in the Capitol
when these jobs are highly in demand for many of our own citizens is a
little ridiculous.
One of my amendments removes the provision that says that people who
are still in this country illegally can wind up working for the
legislature.
The second amendment concerns the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
I think the gentleman from Ohio kind of mischaracterized the amendment.
We
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are not cutting anything here. We are leaving things in the same place
they were in the last budget.
We have spent money in the last 12, 14 months of this institution
like never before. We went through trillions of dollars. That is one of
the reasons why we have such high inflation, one of the reasons why
young people are going to find it so difficult to buy a house compared
to the older generation, one of the reasons why the cost of food is up.
We cannot, as we go line by line through this budget, create a
situation in which we are doubling lines in the budget. That is what we
are doing here.
The other things that are particularly irritating about this, if you
go through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, almost all the things
they purport to do are done somewhere else in the legislative branch.
They are really not adding a lot.
Obviously, it is one of these groups that I think is going to train
people to view themselves not as individuals but more as a group, which
I don't think is helpful for America as a whole. But, again, after
going so overwhelmingly in debt, we have a Legislative Branch budget
that is up 13 percent.
It would be interesting to ask how many Americans out there, how many
of their individual salaries or compensation went up by 13 percent in
the last year. But for Congress, no big deal.
Legislative Branch is up 13 percent, House Office of Diversity and
Inclusion doubled. On its face, preposterous. I bet if you polled the
American public, I wonder if there are any lines in this budget they
want doubled, but particularly in an agency that, like I said, their
function can be dealt with by other groups.
Madam Speaker, in any event, I encourage passage of this en bloc and
the two amendments.
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my
time.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``no'' vote, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendments en bloc
offered by the gentleman from Ohio.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
are postponed.
Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the
unfinished business is the question on the adoption of amendments en
bloc No. 1, printed in part B of House Report 117-110, on which further
proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendments en bloc
offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220,
nays 207, not voting 3, as follows:
[Roll No. 236]
YEAS--220
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--207
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carl
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--3
Carter (GA)
Hagedorn
Higgins (LA)
{time} 1748
Mr. CRAWFORD changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Ms. LOFGREN changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Aderholt (Moolenaar)
Carson (Butterfield)
Carter (TX) (Nehls)
DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
Fulcher (Meuser)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Horsford (Jeffries)
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Kelly (PA) (Keller)
Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Maloney, Carolyn (Velazquez)
McEachin (Wexton)
Meng (Jeffries)
Napolitano (Correa)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Rush (Underwood)
Sires (Pallone)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wild (Axne)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
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Amendments En Bloc No. 3 Offered by Mr. Ryan of Ohio
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the
unfinished business is the question on the adoption of amendments en
bloc No. 3, printed in part B of House Report 117-110, on which further
proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendments en bloc
offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 180,
nays 243, not voting 7 as follows:
[Roll No. 237]
YEAS--180
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carl
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
DesJarlais
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gohmert
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Pfluger
Posey
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NAYS--243
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Bacon
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garbarino
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gimenez
Golden
Gomez
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hinson
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (CA)
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kinzinger
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meijer
Meng
Mfume
Miller-Meeks
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Salazar
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simpson
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Stansbury
Stanton
Steel
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young
NOT VOTING--7
Bishop (GA)
Carter (GA)
Franklin, C. Scott
Hagedorn
Higgins (LA)
Perry
Speier
{time} 1810
Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. BIGGS, LaTURNER, and STEIL changed their vote from ``nay'' to
``yea.''
So the en bloc amendments were rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and missed the
vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No.
237.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Aderholt (Moolenaar)
Carson (Butterfield)
Carter (TX) (Nehls)
DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
Fulcher (Meuser)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Horsford (Jeffries)
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Kelly (PA) (Keller)
Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Maloney, Carolyn (Velazquez)
McEachin (Wexton)
Meng (Jeffries)
Napolitano (Correa)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Rush (Underwood)
Sires (Pallone)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wild (Axne)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question is ordered on the
bill, as amended.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. WOMACK. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Womack of Arkansas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4346
to the Committee on Appropriations.
The material previously referred to by Mr. Womack is as follows:
Page 1, insert before line 1 the following:
DIVISION A--FY 2022 APPROPRIATIONS
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to carry out section 4 of House Resolution 38, One
Hundred Seventeenth Congress.
DIVISION B--FY 2021 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Military Personnel
national guard personnel, army
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel,
Army'', $231,000,000, to respond to the events at the United
States Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, and for related
purposes: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
national guard personnel, air force
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel,
Air Force'', $28,900,000, to respond to the events at the
United States Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, and for
related purposes: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Operation and Maintenance
operation and maintenance, army national guard
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army National Guard'', $218,500,000 to respond to the events
at the
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United States Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, and for
related purposes: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
operation and maintenance, air national guard
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance,
Air National Guard'', $42,500,000 to respond to the events at
the United States Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, and for
related purposes: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
TITLE II
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries
For an additional amount for ``Salaries'', $37,495,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2022, to respond to the
events at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and
for related purposes: Provided, That of such amount,
$3,600,000 may remain available until expended for retention
bonuses: Provided further, That of such amount, up to
$6,900,000 shall be made available for hazard pay for
employees of the Capitol Police: Provided further, That of
such amount, $1,361,300 shall be made available for the
wellness program for the United States Capitol Police:
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
General Expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``General Expenses'',
$33,169,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to
respond to the events at the United States Capitol on January
6, 2021, and for related purposes: Provided, That of such
amount, $2,628,000 shall remain available until expended for
physical protection barriers and various civil disturbance
unit equipment: Provided further, That amounts provided under
this heading in this chapter for physical protection barriers
may be transferred to and merged with the Capitol Police
Building and Grounds Account of the Architect of the Capitol:
Provided further, That of such amount, not less than
$5,000,000 shall be made available for reimbursable
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies and
not less than $4,800,000 shall be available for protective
details for Members of Congress, including Delegates and the
Resident Commissioner to the Congress: Provided further, That
of such amount, up to $2,500,000 may be transferred to
``Department of Justice--United States Marshals Service--
Salaries and Expenses'' for the purpose of reimbursements for
providing peer-to-peer and group counseling services to the
Capitol Police and training and technical and related
assistance necessary to establish a peer-to-peer and group
counseling program within the Capitol Police: Provided
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
united states capitol police mutual aid reimbursements
For an additional amount for United States Capitol Police
``General Expenses'', $26,300,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2026, for reimbursements for mutual aid and
related training, including mutual aid and training provided
under the agreements described in section 7302 of Public Law
108-458: Provided, That obligation of the funds made
available in the preceding proviso be subject to notification
to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, the Senate
Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Committee on
House Administration of the amount and purpose of the expense
within 15 days of obligation: Provided further, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.
Administrative Provisions
capitol police salary cap adjustment
Sec. 201. For the purposes of administering pay during
calendar year 2021, the limitation on the maximum rate of
gross compensation for any member or civilian employee of the
Capitol Police whose compensation includes overtime pay under
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)
shall be limited to Executive Schedule II at $199,300.
Excluded from this limitation for calendar year 2021 shall be
retention bonuses and hazard bonuses related to the events of
January 6th.
emergency assistance for the capitol police
Sec. 202. (a) Assistance by Executive Departments and
Agencies.--Section 911(a) of division B of the Department of
Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or in accordance with
paragraph (4)'' before ``and on a permanent'';
(2) in paragraph (4)(B)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``advance''; and
(B) in clause (ii)--
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' after the
semicolon;
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon and inserting ``or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(III) the Chief of the Capitol Police, if the Chief of
the Capitol Police has determined that the provision of
assistance is necessary to prevent the significant disruption
of governmental function and public order within the United
States Capitol Buildings and Grounds, as described in section
9 of the Act entitled `An Act to define the area of the
United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof,
and for other purposes', approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C.
1961); and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Revocation.--The Capitol Police Board may revoke a
request for assistance provided under paragraph
(4)(B)(ii)(III) upon consultation with appropriate Members of
the Senate and House of Representatives in leadership
positions.''.
(b) Capitol Police Special Officers.--Section 1017 of
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution,
2003 (2 U.S.C. 1974) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
``or as determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police in
accordance with section 911(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) of division B
of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist
Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C.
1970(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III)),'' after ``Congress,''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``An appointment under this section due to an emergency
determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police under paragraph
(4)(B)(ii)(III) of section 911(a) of division B of the
Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist
Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a))
shall be in effect for the period of the emergency, unless
and until the Capitol Police Board revokes the request for
assistance under paragraph (5) of such section.'';
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (e);
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and (g) as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of
this subsection, by striking ``President pro tempore'' and
inserting ``Majority Leader''.
(c)(1) Joint Oversight Hearings.--The Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives (referred to
in this section as the ``Committees'') are authorized to
jointly conduct oversight hearings regarding the Capitol
Police Board and may request the attendance of all members of
the Capitol Police Board at any such hearing. Members of the
Capitol Police Board shall attend a joint hearing under this
section, as requested and under such rules or procedures as
may be adopted by the Committees.
(2) Timing.--The Committees may conduct oversight hearings
under this section as determined appropriate by the
Committees, but shall conduct not less than one oversight
hearing under this section during each Congress.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on October 1, 2021.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capital Construction and Operations
For an additional amount for ``Capital Construction and
Operations'', $15,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2022, to respond to the events at the United
States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by securing
vulnerabilities of windows and doors in the United States
Capitol Building: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION
Sec. 301. Each amount appropriated or made available by
this division is in addition to amounts otherwise
appropriated for the fiscal year involved.
Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this
division shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 303. Unless otherwise provided for by this division,
the additional amounts appropriated by this division to
appropriations accounts shall be available under the
authorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations
accounts for fiscal year 2021.
Sec. 304. Each amount appropriated in this division may be
made available to restore amounts, either directly or through
reimbursement, for obligations incurred for the purposes
provided herein for such appropriation prior to the date of
the enactment of this division.
Sec. 305. Each amount designated in this division by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded
or transferred, if applicable) only if the President
subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits
such designations to the Congress.
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Sec. 306. Any amount appropriated by this division,
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subsequently so
designated by the President, and transferred pursuant to
transfer authorities provided by this division shall retain
such designation.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX the
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. WOMACK. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 202,
nays 218, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 238]
YEAS--202
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Calvert
Cammack
Carl
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kustoff
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rodgers (WA)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Young
Zeldin
NAYS--218
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown
Brownley
Bush
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOT VOTING--10
Bass
Buck
Carter (GA)
Comer
Dunn
Hagedorn
Higgins (LA)
Kinzinger
LaHood
Rice (SC)
{time} 1833
Mr. Pence changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress
Aderholt (Moolenaar)
Carson (Butterfield)
Carter (TX) (Nehls)
DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
Fulcher (Meuser)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Horsford (Jeffries)
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Kelly (PA) (Keller)
Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Maloney, Carolyn (Velaquez)
McEachin (Wexton)
Meng (Jeffries)
Napolitano (Correa)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Rush (Underwood)
Sires (Pallone)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wild (Axne)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 215,
nays 207, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 239]
YEAS--215
Adams
Aguilar
Allred
Auchincloss
Axne
Barragan
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bourdeaux
Bowman
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brown
Brownley
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson
Carter (LA)
Cartwright
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis, Danny K.
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel, Lois
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez, Vicente
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jacobs (CA)
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Jones
Kahele
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim (NJ)
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Leger Fernandez
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Manning
Matsui
McBath
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Moulton
Mrvan
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newman
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Ross
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Suozzi
Swalwell
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Vargas
Veasey
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Vela
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young
NAYS--207
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bentz
Bergman
Bice (OK)
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (NC)
Boebert
Bost
Brady
Brooks
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Bush
Calvert
Cammack
Carl
Carter (TX)
Cawthorn
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Comer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Fallon
Feenstra
Ferguson
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franklin, C. Scott
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garbarino
Garcia (CA)
Gibbs
Gimenez
Gohmert
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez (OH)
Good (VA)
Gooden (TX)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Harris
Harshbarger
Hartzler
Hern
Herrell
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Hill
Hinson
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Issa
Jackson
Jacobs (NY)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Keller
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kim (CA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
LaTurner
Lesko
Letlow
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Mace
Malliotakis
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meijer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Moore (UT)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Obernolte
Owens
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Pfluger
Posey
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rosendale
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Steel
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Tlaib
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Wagner
Walberg
Walorski
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--8
Bass
Blumenauer
Carter (GA)
Cole
Hagedorn
Higgins (LA)
Luria
Rodgers (WA)
{time} 1854
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress
Aderholt (Moolenaar)
Carson (Butterfield)
Carter (TX) (Nehls)
DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
Fulcher (Meuser)
Grijalva (Stanton)
Horsford (Jeffries)
Katko (Joyce (OH))
Kelly (PA) (Keller)
Kirkpatrick (Stanton)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Maloney, Carolyn (Velazquez)
McEachin (Wexton)
Meng (Jeffries)
Napolitano (Correa)
O'Halleran (Stanton)
Payne (Pallone)
Porter (Wexton)
Rush (Underwood)
Sires (Pallone)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Wild (Axne)
Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
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