October 2, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10673 

Sarbanes 

Saxton 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schmidt 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shays 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Simpson 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis 

Souder 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thornberry 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Turner 

Udall (NM) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden (OR) 

Walsh (NY) 

Walz (MN) 

Wamp 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch (VT) 

Weldon (FL) 

Weller 

Wexler 

Whitfield (KY) 

Wilson (NM) 

Wilson (OH) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman (VA) 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

NAYS—61 

Akin 

Barrett (SC) 

Blackburn 

Broun (GA) 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Campbell (CA) 

Cantor 

Carter 

Conaway 

Culberson 

Davis, David 

Deal (GA) 

Doolittle 

Duncan 

Everett 

Flake 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gingrey 

Gohmert 

Goode 

Goodlatte 

Hall (TX) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hensarling 

Inglis (SC) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jordan 

King (IA) 

Kline (MN) 

Lamborn 

Lewis (KY) 

Linder 

Mack 

Marchant 

McHenry 

Miller (FL) 

Musgrave 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 

Paul 

Pence 

Pitts 

Poe 

Price (GA) 

Radanovich 

Rohrabacher 

Roskam 

Royce 

Sali 

Scalise 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shadegg 

Shuster 

Stearns 

Sullivan 

Tancredo 

Westmoreland 

NOT VOTING—17 

Carnahan 

Clay 

Crowley 

Cubin 

Ferguson 

Gilchrest 

Gutierrez 

Hulshof 

Hunter 

Kingston 

Murphy, Patrick 

Pryce (OH) 

Space 

Stark 

Thompson (MS) 

Udall (CO) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during 

the vote). Two minutes remain in this 

vote. 

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Mr. NUNES and Mr. SHUSTER 

changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to 

‘‘nay.’’ 

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. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this Chamber today. I 

would like the RECORD to show that, had I 

been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on 

rollcall votes 676, 677 and 678. 

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CORRECTING ENROLLMENT OF S. 

3001, DUNCAN HUNTER NATIONAL 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I send 

to the desk a concurrent resolution and 

ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the House. 

The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the concurrent resolution 

is as follows: 

H. CON. RES. 442 

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the 

Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of 

the bill S. 3001, the Secretary of the Senate 

shall make the following corrections: 

(1) In section 201(1), strike ‘‘$11,045,052,000’’ 

and insert ‘‘$10,943,840,000’’. 

(2) In section 202(a), strike ‘‘$11,799,660’’ and 

insert ‘‘$11,799,660,000’’. 

The concurrent resolution was agreed 

to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER ACT OF 

2008 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. 

Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 

take from the Speaker’s table the bill 

(H.R. 5159) to establish the Office of the 

Capitol Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 

headed by the Chief Executive Officer 

for Visitor Services, to provide for the 

effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center, and 

for other purposes, with a Senate 

amendment thereto, and concur in the 

Senate amendment. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The Clerk read the Senate amendment, as follows: 

Senate amendment: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as 

the ‘‘Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

Sec. 101. Designation of facility as Capitol Visitor Center; purposes of facility; 

treatment of the Capitol Visitor 

Center. 

Sec. 102. Designation and naming within the 

Capitol Visitor Center. 

Sec. 103. Use of the Emancipation Hall of the 

Capitol Visitor Center. 

TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE CAPITOL 

VISITOR CENTER 

Sec. 201. Establishment. 

Sec. 202. Appointment and supervision of Chief 

Executive Officer for Visitor Services. 

Sec. 203. General duties of Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 204. Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 205. Gift shop. 

Sec. 206. Food service operations. 

TITLE III—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

REVOLVING FUND 

Sec. 301. Establishment and accounts. 

Sec. 302. Deposits in the Fund. 

Sec. 303. Use of monies. 

Sec. 304. Administration of Fund. 

TITLE IV—CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND 

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 

Subtitle A—Capitol Guide Service 

Sec. 401. Transfer of Capitol Guide Service. 

Sec. 402. Duties of employees of Capitol Guide 

Service. 

Subtitle B—Office of Congressional Accessibility 

Services 

Sec. 411. Office of Congressional Accessibility 

Services. 

Sec. 412. Transfer from Capitol Guide Service. 

Subtitle C—Transfer Date and Technical and 

Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 421. Transfer date. 

Sec. 422. Technical and conforming amendments. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Jurisdictions unaffected. 

Sec. 502. Student loan repayment authority. 

Sec. 503. Acceptance of volunteer services. 

Sec. 504. Coins treated as gifts. 

Sec. 505. Flexible work schedule pilot program. 

TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 601. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE I—CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AS CAPITOL 

VISITOR CENTER; PURPOSES OF FACILITY; TREATMENT OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility authorized for 

construction under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 

(Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–569) is designated as the Capitol Visitor Center and is a 

part of the Capitol. 

(b) PURPOSES OF THE FACILITY.—The Capitol 

Visitor Center shall be used— 

(1) to provide enhanced security for persons 

working in or visiting the United States Capitol; 

(2) to improve the visitor experience by providing a structure that will afford improved visitor orientation and enhance the educational 

experience of those who have come to learn 

about the Congress and the Capitol; and 

(3) for other purposes as determined by Congress or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on 

House Administration of the House of Representatives. 

(c) TREATMENT OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER.— 

(1) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and 

Administration of the Senate and the Committee 

on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have oversight of the Capitol 

Visitor Center. 

(2) TREATMENT OF EXPANSION SPACE OF THE

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER.— 

(A) SENATE.—The expansion space of the Senate described as unassigned space under the 

heading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the 

heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ 

under title II of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 

and for other purposes’’, approved November 12, 

2001 (Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be 

part of the Senate wing of the Capitol. 

(B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The expansion space of the House of Representatives described as unassigned space under the heading 

‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading 

‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ under title 

II of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for 

other purposes’’, approved November 12, 2001 

(Public Law 107–68; 115 Stat. 588) shall be part 

of the House of Representatives wing of the 

Capitol. 

(d) TREATMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL AUDITORIUM AND RELATED ADJACENT AREAS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and 

Administration of the Senate and the Committee 

on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall jointly prescribe regulations 


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