H6120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 19, 2012 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brooks 

Broun (GA) 

Brown (FL) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castor (FL) 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cohen 

Cole 

Conaway 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Deutch 

Diaz-Balart 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farenthold 

Farr 

Fattah 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Frank (MA) 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Fudge 

Garamendi 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Gonzalez 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grijalva 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hall 

Hanabusa 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (FL) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Jenkins 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kelly 

Kildee 

Kind 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Luja ́n 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Markey 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Meeks 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, Gary 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Olver 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Poe (TX) 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Reyes 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rigell 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Rothman (NJ) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Sensenbrenner 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (MS) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Towns 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOT VOTING—29 

Akin 

Brady (TX) 

Campbell 

Clarke (MI) 

DeLauro 

Filner 

Forbes 

Gallegly 

Granger 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Herger 

Hirono 

Jackson (IL) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Labrador 

Lee (CA) 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Platts 

Rivera 

Ross (AR) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ryan (WI) 

Shuler 

Speier 

Thompson (CA) 

Tsongas 

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Mrs. ELLMERS changed her vote 

from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill, as amended, was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

Stated for: 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam 

Speaker, on rollcall No. 585, had I been 

present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ 

Mr. FILNER. Madam Speaker, on rollcall 

585, I was away from the Capitol due to prior 

commitments to my constituents. Had I been 

present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ 

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PROHIBITING USE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 

FUNDS FOR PARTY CONVENTIONS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (H.R. 5912) to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the 

use of public funds for political party 

conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for 

deficit reduction, as amended, on which 

the yeas and nays were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from California (Mr. 

DANIEL E. LUNGREN) that the House 

suspend the rules and pass the bill, as 

amended. 

This is a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 310, nays 95, 

not voting 24, as follows: 

[Roll No. 586] 

YEAS—310 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Altmire 

Amash 

Amodei 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (NH) 

Benishek 

Berg 

Berkley 

Berman 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Blumenauer 

Bonamici 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Braley (IA) 

Brooks 

Broun (GA) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castor (FL) 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Costa 

Costello 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

DeFazio 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Diaz-Balart 

Dicks 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Farenthold 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Garamendi 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Green, Gene 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Hahn 

Hall 

Hanabusa 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hochul 

Holden 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Israel 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (OH) 

Jones 

Jordan 

Keating 

Kelly 

Kind 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Maloney 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Matheson 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Miller, George 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pitts 

Poe (TX) 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Rigell 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Rothman (NJ) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Scalise 

Schiff 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schrader 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott, Austin 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Southerland 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Walz (MN) 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Woolsey 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 


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September 19, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6121 

NAYS—95 

Ackerman 

Andrews 

Baca 

Bass (CA) 

Becerra 

Brady (PA) 

Brown (FL) 

Capps 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Courtney 

Crowley 

Davis (IL) 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Deutch 

Dingell 

Doyle 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farr 

Fattah 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Gonzalez 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hastings (FL) 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kaptur 

Kildee 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Luja ́n 

Markey 

Matsui 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

Meeks 

Miller (NC) 

Moore 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pelosi 

Peters 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis 

Price (NC) 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richmond 

Roybal-Allard 

Rush 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sires 

Smith (WA) 

Stark 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Towns 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Yarmuth 

NOT VOTING—24 

Akin 

Brady (TX) 

Campbell 

Filner 

Forbes 

Gallegly 

Granger 

Green, Al 

Hirono 

Jackson (IL) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Labrador 

Lee (CA) 

Lewis (CA) 

Lynch 

Platts 

Rivera 

Ross (AR) 

Ryan (WI) 

Shuler 

Speier 

Tiberi 

Tsongas 

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So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill, as amended, was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

The title was amended so as to read: 

‘‘A bill to amend the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.’’. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

Stated against: 

Mr. FILNER. Madam Speaker, on rollcall 

586, I was away from the Capitol due to prior 

commitments to my constituents. Had I been 

present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ 

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PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE 

CONSIDERED AS FIRST SPONSOR 

OF H.R. 5839 

Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I 

ask unanimous consent that I may 

hereafter be considered as the first 

sponsor of H.R. 5839, a bill originally 

introduced by Representative GEOFF

DAVIS of Kentucky, for the purposes of 

adding cosponsors and requesting 

reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 

XII. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

PALAZZO). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Florida? 

There was no objection. 

PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE 

ADDED AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 

2994 

Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor to H.R. 2994, the Marine and 

Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act. The original sponsor is no 

longer in Congress. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Oregon? 

There was no objection. 

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VULNERABLE VETERANS HOUSING 

REFORM ACT OF 2012 

Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I move 

to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

(H.R. 6361) to exclude from consideration as income under the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 payments of 

pension made under section 1521 of title 

38, United States Code, to veterans who 

are in need of regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes, as amended. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

H.R. 6361 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vulnerable 

Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012’’. 

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME. 

Paragraph (4) of section 3(b) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437a(b)(4)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and any amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘, any amounts’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘or any deferred’’ and inserting ‘‘, any deferred’’; and 

(3) by inserting after ‘‘prospective monthly 

amounts’’ the following: ‘‘, and any expenses 

related to aid and attendance as detailed 

under section 1521 of title 38, United States 

Code’’. 

SEC. 3. UTILITY ALLOWANCES AND DATA. 

Section 8(o) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) UTILITY ALLOWANCE.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In determining the 

monthly assistance payment for a family 

under subparagraphs (A) and (B), the amount 

allowed for tenant-paid utilities shall not exceed the appropriate utility allowance for 

the family unit size as determined by the 

public housing agency regardless of the size 

of the dwelling unit leased by the family. 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES.— 

Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), upon request by a family that includes a person with 

disabilities, an elderly family, or a family 

that includes any person who is less than 18 

years of age, the public housing agency shall 

approve a utility allowance that is higher 

than the applicable amount on the utility allowance schedule, except that in the case of 

a family that includes a person with disabilities, the agency shall approve such higher 

amount only if a higher utility allowance is 

needed as a reasonable accommodation to 

make the program accessible to and usable 

by the family member with a disability. 

‘‘(iii) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ALLOWANCE.— 

Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the 

case of any family not described in clause 

(ii), a public housing agency may, at the request of the family, approve a utility allowance that is higher than the applicable 

amount on the utility allowance schedule. In 

making such a determination, the agency 

shall consider (I) the amount of the increase 

in utility costs for the family, and (II) the 

difficulty for the family in relocating.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(21) UTILITY DATA.— 

‘‘(A) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall, to 

the extent that data can be collected cost effectively, regularly publish such data regarding utility consumption and costs in local 

areas as the Secretary determines will be 

useful for the establishment of allowances 

for tenant-paid utilities for families assisted 

under this subsection. 

‘‘(B) USE OF DATA.—The Secretary shall 

provide such data in a manner that— 

‘‘(i) avoids unnecessary administrative 

burdens for public housing agencies and owners; and 

‘‘(ii) protects families in various unit sizes 

and building types, and using various utilities, from high rent and utility cost burdens 

relative to income.’’. 

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR GRANTS FOR REHABILITATION AND MODIFICATION OF 

HOMES OF DISABLED AND LOW-INCOME VETERANS. 

(a) GRANT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to award grants to 

qualified organizations to rehabilitate and 

modify the primary residence of eligible veterans. 

(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 

work in conjunction with the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs to establish and oversee the 

pilot program and to ensure that such program meets the needs of eligible veterans. 

(3) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant award under 

the pilot program to any one qualified organization shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any 

one fiscal year, and such an award shall remain available until expended by such organization. 

(b) APPLICATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each qualified organization that desires a grant under the pilot program shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and, in 

addition to the information required under 

paragraph (2), accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

under paragraph (1) shall include— 

(A) a plan of action detailing outreach initiatives; 

(B) the approximate number of veterans 

the qualified organization intends to serve 

using grant funds; 

(C) a description of the type of work that 

will be conducted, such as interior home 

modifications, energy efficiency improvements, and other similar categories of work; 

and 

(D) a plan for working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans service organizations to identify veterans and 

serve their needs. 

(3) PREFERENCES.—In awarding grants 

under the pilot program, the Secretary shall 

give preference to a qualified organization— 

(A) with experience in providing housing 

rehabilitation and modification services for 

disabled veterans; or 

(B) that proposes to provide housing rehabilitation and modification services for eligible veterans who live in rural areas (the Secretary, through regulations, shall define the 

term ‘‘rural areas’’). 

(c) CRITERIA.—In order to receive a grant 

award under the pilot program, a qualified 

organization shall meet the following criteria: 


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