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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–712 

PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5895) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 

RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 

2019, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3) TO RESCIND CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY 

PROPOSED TO BE RESCINDED IN SPECIAL MESSAGES TRANSMITTED TO 

THE CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT ON MAY 8, 2018, IN ACCORDANCE 

WITH TITLE X OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT 

CONTROL ACT 1974 

JUNE 6, 2018.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 923] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 923, by a record vote of 9 to 2, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for further consideration of H.R. 5895, 

the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2019, under a structured rule. The resolution provides that no further general debate shall be in order. The resolution provides that the further amendment printed in part A of this 

report shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed in part B of this report, and available pro 

forma amendments described in section 4 of House Resolution 918. 

Each further amendment printed in part B of this report may be 

offered only in the order printed in this report, may be offered only 

by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, 

shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be 

withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 

shall not be subject to amendment except amendments described in 

section 4 of House Resolution 918, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the committee 

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ther amendments printed in part B of this report. The resolution 

provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3, 

the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, 

under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate 

equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. The resolution waives 

all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 

provides that the amendment printed in part C of this report shall 

be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution provides one motion 

to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that provisions of section 

1017 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 shall not apply to 

a bill or joint resolution introduced with respect to the special message transmitted under section 1012 of that Act on May 8, 2018. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against the amendments printed 

in part B of this report includes a waiver of clause 2(c) of rule XXI, 

which requires that limitation amendments are to be offered at the 

end of the bill. The waiver is necessary because the limitation 

amendments printed in this report will be offered at the end of 

each division. It should be noted that sponsors of such amendments 

complied with Rules Committee guidance when drafting amendments to the end of divisions rather than the end of the bill. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 230 

Motion by Rep. McGovern to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #53, by Rep. Crowley (NY) to division A, which states that none of the funds made available by this 

Act may be used to reject any application in response to a funding 

opportunity announcement because of the use of the term ‘‘global 

warming’’ or the term ‘‘climate change’’ in the application. Defeated: 2–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay Mr. Torres ......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 231 

Motion by Rep. Torres to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #9 by Rep. Cohen (TN) to division A, 

which prohibits the use of funds to enter into any new contract, 

grant, or cooperative agreement with any Trump related businesses 

listed on the Trump Organization’s website. The specific properties 

are listed in the amendment. Defeated: 2–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay Mr. Torres ......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 232 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9–2 

Majority Members Vote Minority Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Yea 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT IN TO H.R. 5895 PART A CONSIDERED

AS ADOPTED

1. Carter, John (TX): Provides $1,138,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 

for programs and activities authorized under the VA Mission Act 

of 2018, including the new Veterans Community Care Program and 

the Family Caregivers Program. The funding level is equal to the 

CBO estimate for FY19 costs of the VA Mission Act. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5895 IN PART B MADE IN

ORDER

DIVISION A (ENERGY & WATER) 

1. Nolan (MN): Boosts the Army Corps’ Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program by $1 million. (10 minutes) 

2. Abraham (LA): Increases Corps of Engineers Operations and Maintenance Account by $5,150,000 and reduces DOE Departmental Administration by $6,500,000. (10 minutes) 

3. Eshoo (CA), Stivers (OH): Increases funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $1,000,000, with the 

increase intended to support the development and deployment of 


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high-efficiency linear generator power plant technology which, for 

purposes of stationary electric power production, is equivalent to 

fuel cell power plant technology. Decreases funding for Departmental Administration by $1,000,000. (10 minutes) 

4. Perlmutter (CO): Increases funding for EERE’s Facilities and Infrastructure account by $5 million offset by a $5 million reduction to DOE’s Departmental Administration account. (10 minutes) 

5. Hastings, Alcee (FL): Increases funding for cybersecurity of the 

electric power grid, offset by funding for fossil energy research and 

development. (10 minutes) 

6. Kuster, Ann (NH), Welch (VT), Pingree (ME): Increases funding for the Northern Border Regional Commission to further rural 

economic development and infrastructure initiatives along the 

Northern Border. (10 minutes) 

7. Rogers (AL): Provides $24 million for construction of critical 

infrastructure in NNSA, with an offset from NNSA Federal Salaries and Expenses. (10 minutes) 8. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $100 million for 

Army Corps of Engineers construction projects related to flood control. (10 minutes) 

9. LaMalfa (CA): Prohibits the use of funds for enforcing the 

EPA’s abandonment criteria for prior converted cropland. (10 minutes) 

10. Gohmert (TX), Gosar (AZ), Duncan (SC), McKinley (WV): Prohibits the use of funds to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance related to the social cost of carbon. (10 minutes) 

11. Smith, Jason (MO), Gohmert (TX), Estes, Ron (KS), Gosar 

(AZ): Prohibits the Army Corps of Engineers from closing or prohibiting recreational access. (10 minutes) 

DIVISION B (LEG BRANCH) 

12. Kildee (MI), Murphy, Stephanie (FL), Gabbard (HI), Mast (FL): Increases funding by $250,000 for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Wounded Warrior Program, which provides employment opportunities within the U.S. House for veterans with service-connected disabilities. Decreases funding for the Architect of the 

Capitol, Capital Construction and Operations account by an equivalent amount. (10 minutes) 

13. Esty (CT): Increases funding by $500,000 for the Office of 

Employee Assistance under the Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer of the House of Representatives to be pulled from the Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Grounds. (10 minutes) 

14. Gosar (AZ): Eliminates funding in the bill for the Open World 

Leadership Center Trust Fund. (10 minutes) 

15. Meadows (NC): Reestablishes a semiannual Government Accountability Office financial review of obligated expenditures from 

the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, and 

requires the report’s findings to be submitted to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary of the House, and the 

Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

Judiciary of the Senate. (10 minutes) 

16. Takano (CA), Delaney (MD), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Langevin 

(RI), Lieu (CA), Lujan (NM): Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to help Congress 


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understand emerging technologies and their policy implications. 

Offset by funds from an administrative account within the Architect of the Capitol. (10 minutes) 

17. Cohen (TN): Prohibits the use of funds to purchase plastic 

drinking straws. (10 minutes) 

18. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the board 

cut to the bill’s spending levels. Accounts for the Capitol Police; Architect of the Capitol-Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security; and Office of the Sergeant At Arms shall not be reduced. (10 

minutes) 

DIVISION C (MilCon/VA) 

19. Kildee (MI): Increases funding in the BRAC account to ensure there is sufficient funding to prevent further contamination of 

PFAS at former-Wurtsmith AFB. (10 minutes) 

20. Torres (CA): Directs the Secretary to use the DOD Base Closure Account to make funding available for the purposes of demolishing facilities closed by prior BRAC rounds. (10 minutes) 

21. Kildee (MI): Creates a funding carve-out for the Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment account. (10 minutes) 

22. Ruiz (CA), Welch (VT): Increases funding to VA Medical Services account from VA Medical Services account to conduct educational outreach to veterans to enroll in the burn pits registry, additional research using the registry, and other activities concerning 

the maintenance of registry. (10 minutes) 

23. Johnson (OH): Calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) to develop a standard of hospice care tailored to the unique 

needs of combat veterans, including Vietnam-era veterans. (10 minutes) 

24. Carbajal (CA): Directs the Secretary to change the phone system to have local Community Based Outpatient Center answer 

calls rather than having all calls routed to the major VA Medical 

Centers in an effort to reduce wait times for veterans on the phone 

and to provide more timely health services. (10 minutes) 25. McSally (AZ): Mandates that no less than $225,000,000 may 

be appropriated for VA mental health and suicide prevention programs. (10 minutes) 26. Welch (VT), Ruiz (CA): Provides $5 million to better assist 

veterans exposed to burn pits by improving the existing registry 

and increasing clinical research on burn pit exposure. Decreases 

the Community Care account by the same amount. (10 minutes) 27. Barr (KY): Transfer $5 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration’s (VHA) Medical Community 

Care Account to the Medical Services Account for the explicit use 

for the Va’s Adaptive Sports Grant (ASG) program, equine assisted 

therapy. (10 minutes) 

28. Carbajal (CA): Provides $8 million for the Veterans Transportation Program to assist veterans in attending to all their medical 

appointments in a timely manner. (10 minutes) 

29. Keating (MA): Allocates funding for the VA to create an 

opioid abuse healthcare kit for community healthcare providers. (10 

minutes) 

30. Keating (MA): Allocates funding for administrative costs at 

the VA to ensure providers at VA health facilities complete a continuing medication course in pain management. (10 minutes) 


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31. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Requires the VA to report on 

how many delinquent payments by the VA to vendors and contractors there are and the total amount of money. (10 minutes) 

32. Connolly (VA), Norton (DC): Ensures sufficient funds for the 

Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General to provide rigorous oversight of the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical 

Center. (10 minutes) 

33. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits the use of funds in contravention 

of the U.S. Code regarding benefits for homeless veterans in training and outreach programs. (10 minutes) 

34. Jackson Lee (TX): Increases the amount of funding for Supportive Services for Veterans Families by $2 million offset by a reduction of a $2.5 million in the funding for the VA’s information 

Technology Systems. (10 minutes) 

35. Walberg (MI), Rutherford (FL): Prevents funds from being 

used to implement, administer, or enforce a proposed rule by the 

VA to limit an injured or amputee veteran’s ability to choose a 

prosthetist or orthotist who meets his or her needs whether employed by the VA or on contract with the VA. (10 minutes) 

36. Eshoo (CA): States that none of the funds made available by 

this Act may be used by the Army to convey the 17.1 acres of land 

and the 126 existing housing units known as Shenandoah Square 

in Mountain View, California. (10 minutes) 

37. Peters, Scott (CA): Prohibits funds from being transferred 

from programs supporting veteran homelessness services. (10 minutes) 

38. Ratcliffe (TX): Prohibits funds from being used to propose, 

plan, or execute a new round of Base Realignment and Closure 

(BRAC). (10 minutes) 

39. Flores (TX): Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs not 

to alter an existing cooperative arrangement with a Medical School 

established under 38 U.S.C. 82. (10 minutes) 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3 IN PART C CONSIDERED AS

ADOPTED

1. McCarthy, Kevin (CA): Amends the bill to align with the 

President’s Supplementary Special Message transmitted June 5, 

2018. 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5895 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 165, after line 14, insert the following: 

SEC. 239. For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $1,138,000,000 for the programs and activities authorized in the VA MISSION Act of 2018 and the amendments 

made by such Act, which shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 

made available in this Act for such purpose, of which— 

(1) $600,000,000 shall become available for the Veterans 

Community Care Program under section 1703 of title 38, 

United States Code, as amended by the VA MISSION Act of 

2018, on the effective date specified in section 101(b) of such 

Act; and 

(2) $253,000,000 shall be available for the Family Caregivers 

Program under section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

as amended by such Act: 


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Provided, That amounts made available under this section shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5895 MADE IN ORDER

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION A (ENERGY & WATER) MADE IN

ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NOLAN OF

MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

Page 7, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,030,000)’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAHAM

OF LOUISIANA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,150,000)’’. 

Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$6,500,000)’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESHOO OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERLMUTTER OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HASTINGS

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

Page 24, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$7,666,667)’’. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KUSTER OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 24, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$9,067,000)’’. 


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Page 55, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $8,000,000)’’. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROGERS OF

ALABAMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 33, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $24,000,000)’’. 

Page 34, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $24,000,000)’’. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division A, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and increasing the amount made available for the same account, by $100,000,000. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LAMALFA

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to enforce the criteria of abandonment described in provision 

G of provision V of the rule published in the Federal Register at 

58 Fed. Reg. 45008 (relating to Clean Water Act Regulatory Programs). 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOHMERT

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance 

that references or relies on the analysis contained in— 

(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for 

Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 

published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of 

Carbon, United States Government, in February 2010; 

(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 

(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal Departments and 

Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 

the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by 

the Council on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 

(79 Fed. Reg. 77801); 


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(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

July 2015; 

(5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Document on Social 

Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate 

the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 

Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working Group on Social 

Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016; or 

(6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH OF

MISSOURI OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the division (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Army Corps of Engineers to close or prohibit public 

access at recreation areas, recreation facilities, campgrounds, or 

boat ramps. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION B (LEG BRANCH) MADE IN ORDER

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KILDEE

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 64, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$250,000)’’. 

Page 68, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$250,000)’’. 

Page 68, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$250,000)’’. 

Page 78, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$250,000)’’. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESTY OF

CONNECTICUT OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 64, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$500,000)’’. 

Page 66, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $500,000)’’. 

Page 67, line 13, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $500,000)’’. 

Page 79, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $500,000)’’ 


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14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 98, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,600,000)’’. 

Page 102, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,600,000)’’. 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MEADOWS

OF NORTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to enforce the amendment made by section 1501(d) of the 

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–68; 

123 Stat. 2041). 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TAKANO

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses of 

the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) $2,500,000, 

to be derived from a reduction of $3,463,000 in the amount provided in this Act for the item for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capital 

Construction and Operations’’. 

17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE COHEN OF

TENNESSEE OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to purchase plastic drinking straws. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 

1 percent. 

(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 

to— 

(1) accounts under the heading ‘‘Capitol Police’’; 

(2) ‘‘Architect of the Capitol—Capitol Police Buildings, 

Grounds and Security’’; or 


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(3) the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms under the heading ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries, Officers and Employees’’. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION C (MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND

VETERANS AFFAIRS) MADE IN ORDER

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KILDEE

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 109, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$32,287,000) (increased by $32,287,000)’’. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TORRES

OF CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 109, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

21. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KILDEE

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 127, line 16, insert after the dollar amount the following: 

‘‘of which $2,037,547,400 shall be made available for vocational rehabilitation and employment programs under chapter 31 of title 38, 

United States Code’’. 

22. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUIZ OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

23. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

24. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CARBAJAL

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

25. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCSALLY

OF ARIZONA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$28,872,000) (increased by $28,872,000)’’. 


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26. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELCH

OF VERMONT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 132, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

27. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BARR OF

KENTUCKY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

Page 132, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000)’’. 

28. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CARBAJAL

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $8,000,000)’’. 

Page 132, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $8,000,000)’’. 

29. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATING

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 132, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

30. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATING

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 132, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,500,000) (increased by $1,500,000)’’. 

31. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON

OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 135, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

32. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 138, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

33. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 


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SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code. 

34. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Department of 

Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Information 

Technology Systems’’ (and the amount specified under such heading for operations and maintenance), and by increasing the amount 

made available in fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and $2,000,000, respectively. 

35. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WALBERG

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement, administer, or enforce section 17.3240 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed in 82 Fed. Reg. 48018 (October 16, 2017). 

36. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESHOO OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following new section: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this division may be used to convey the 17.1 acres of 

land and the 126 existing housing units known as Shenandoah 

Square and located in Mountain View, California. 

37. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PETERS

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer funds made 

available for the following programs: 

(1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program. 

(2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans program. 

(3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Families program. 

(4) The Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD–VASH) 

programs. 


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38. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

RATCLIFFE OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 

39. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLORES

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to alter an existing cooperative arrangement with a medical school that was established 

under chapter 82 of title 38, United States Code. 

PART C—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 3, strike line 13 and all that follows through page 4, line 

2, and insert the following: 

(3) Of the unobligated balances identified by the Treasury 

Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1072, $50,000,000 of amounts 

made available under the heading ‘‘Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2017 (Public Law 115–31) are rescinded. 

Page 9, strike lines 11 through 21. 

Page 10, strike lines 4 through 9. 

Page 10, line 12, strike ‘‘Federal Railroad Transportation’’ and 

insert ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration’’. 

Page 11, strike lines 13 through 18. 

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