HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1567

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conditions of service in the competitive service.

(b) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Upon

request of the chairman, any Federal employee who is subject to such laws, rules, and

regulations, may be detailed to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its functions

under this title, and such detail shall be

without interruption or loss of civil service

status or privilege.

(c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title

5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of

120 percent of the maximum annual rate of

basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General

Schedule.

SEC. 15345. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION.

(a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out

this title, hold hearings, sit and act at times

and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. The Commission may administer

oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing

before it.

(b) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may secure directly from any department or agency

of the United States information necessary

to enable it to carry out this title. Upon request of the chairman of the Commission,

the head of that department or agency shall

furnish that information to the Commission.

(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Information

obtained by the Commission is available to

the public in the same manner in which information may be made available under sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States

Code.

(c) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES.—The

Commission may accept, use, and dispose of

gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property for the purpose of aiding or facilitating

the work of the Commission.

(d) MAILS.—The Commission may use the

United States mails in the same manner and

under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.

(e) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—

Upon the request of the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide

to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis,

the administrative support services necessary for the Commission to carry out its

responsibilities under this title.

(f) SUBPOENA POWER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may

issue subpoenas requiring the attendance

and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence relating to any matter

which the Commission is authorized to investigate under this title. The attendance of

witnesses and the production of evidence

may be required from any place within the

United States at any designated place of

hearing within the United States.

(2) FAILURE TO OBEY A SUBPOENA.—If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under

paragraph (1), the Commission may apply to

a United States district court for an order

requiring that person to appear before the

Commission to give testimony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under

investigation. The application may be made

within the judicial district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is

found, resides, or transacts business. Any

failure to obey the order of the court may be

punished by the court as civil contempt.

(3) SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS.—The subpoenas

of the Commission shall be served in the

manner provided for subpoenas issued by a

United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the United

States district courts.

(4) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—All process of any

court to which application is to be made

under paragraph (2) may be served in the judicial district in which the person required

to be served resides or may be found.

SEC. 15346. TERMINATION.

The Commission shall terminate 90 days

after the date the report is submitted under

section 15342(c).

SEC. 15347. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to

the Commission such sums as are necessary

to carry out its functions, to remain available until expended.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 149 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 283

T131.13 [Roll No. 729]

AYES—149

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Cardin

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Danner

de la Garza

DeLauro

Dellums

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennelly

Kleczka

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Moakley

Montgomery

Moran

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Owens

Pallone

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Sabo

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Skaggs

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Tejeda

Thornton

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Ward

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wynn

Yates

NOES—283

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

Deal

DeFazio

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gingrich

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kanjorski

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

Mascara

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Mollohan

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Rush

Salmon

Sanders

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torres

Upton

Visclosky

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Waters

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Wyden

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—1

Tucker

So the amendment in the nature of a

substitute was not agreed to.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. LINDER, Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 238, reported

the bill, as amended, back to the

House.

The previous question having been

ordered by said resolution.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to

be engrossed and read a third time, was

read a third time by title.

Mr. GEPHARDT moved to recommit

the bill to the Committee on Ways and

Means and the Committee on Commerce with instructions to report the

bill back to the House forthwith with

the following amendment:

Strike section 15611 (and redesignate the

succeeding provisions and conform the table

of contents accordingly)
JOURNAL OF THE

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T131.14 OCTOBER 19

After debate,

By unanimous consent, the previous

question was ordered on the motion to

recommit with instructions.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House recommit said bill

with instructions?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, announced that the nays had

it.

Mr. GEPHARDT demanded a recorded vote on agreeing to said motion,

which demand was supported by onefifth of a quorum, so a recorded vote

was ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 183 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 249

T131.14 [Roll No. 730]

AYES—183

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moran

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOES—249

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gingrich

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Upton

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—1

Tucker

So the motion to recommit with instructions was not agreed to.

The question being put,

Will the House pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, announced that pursuant to

House Resolution 238 the yeas and nays

were ordered, and the call was taken by

electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 231 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 201

T131.15 [Roll No. 731]

YEAS—231

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gingrich

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Petri

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

NAYS—201

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hayes

Hefner

Hilliard