Markup: Postal, Duplication Scoring, DC Surcharges, CBP Retirement, Cold Cases

The committee will please come to order. We have a motion. A quorum is present. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Pursuant to Committee Rule five V and House Rule eleven, clause two, the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of proving any measure of matter or adopting an amendment on which a recorded vote or the yeas and the nays are ordered. The committee will continue to use electronic system for recorded votes on amendments and passage of the

H R eight zero nine six, H R eight zero nine six. the duplication scoring act of twenty twenty six, The duplication scoring act of twenty twenty six, the bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States the bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read and opened for amendment at any point. Without objection, so ordered, the chair recognizes himself to offer an amendment in the nature of substitute. The clerk please designate the amendment.

An amendment in the nature of a substitute, offered to H R eight zero nine six, is offered by Mister Comer of Kentucky.

Without objection, the amendment is considered as read and the substitute be considered as regional text for the purpose of further amendment. I now recognize uh myself for five minutes. Uh first statement on the bill, I support the duplication Okay.

Sacred Disks.

Sacred Disks. As the federal government has consistently grown over time, the number of programs it funds has increased as well. Because of this increase in shared jurisdiction among agencies, it is inevitable that programs will be duplicative or overlap with each other. Since twenty ten, GAO has done an excellent job reporting on duplication, fragmentation, and overlapping programs in the federal government. H R eighty ninety six makes GAO's role proactive by requiring them to identify and report on duplicative and overlapping

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Uh, I also support H R eighty ninety six. Uh, I also support H R eighty ninety six, this bill would require This bill would require

Gentlemen, yields back. The chair recognizes the sponsor of the bill, the chairman of the Doge subcommittee, Mister Burchett from Tennessee.

Thank you, Mister Chairman, I'm not used to people saying nice things about me or my legislation, so I'm a little taken aback about it.

Without objection, so ordered.

Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ranking Member, I'm pleased to offer this as a bipartisan common sense piece of legislation to reduce duplicative programs. Our country's deficits continue to spiral and recently reached thirty-nine trillion in debt. It's more important than ever to focus on preventing unnecessary spending. There is no place better to start than the duplicated programs. Since two thousand ten, the Government Accounting Accountability Office, the GAO, has released annual reports and identified more than two thousand specific actions for Congress and federal agencies to take and address inefficiencies caused by overlapping and fragmentum programs In fact, there is no official count of federal agencies and their programs, but more than four hundred more than four hundred are listed in the Federal Register. The duplication scoring act would prevent more unnecessary for government by requiring the the GAO to review bills reported by committees for potential do duplication of existing federal programs that would then share its findings with the Congressional Budget Office for public release. This will give members of Congress a warning before voting on new legislation that may create a redundant agency or program. Reducing the debt will take time and effort, but the duplication scoring act is a preventive step in the right direction. I want to thank the National Taxpayers Union and all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

Gentleman gentleman yields back. Did any other members seek recognition on the bill? I bet there is. Seeing none, the question is now on the amendment and the nature of a substitute. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Mm.

Aye. All those opposed say no. An opinion share of the ayes have it.

Mr. Chairman, I ask for a recorded vote.

Okay.

Recorded vote in order as previously announced. Further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Our next item for consideration is H R eighty-eight zero one, the D C rejecting oppressive automotive driving surcharges, or D C roads act. The

H R eight eight zero one, the D C rejecting oppressive automotive driving surcharges, D C roads act, a bill to prohibit a congestion toll in the District of Columbia.

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read and open for amendment. Any point without objection to order, the chair organizes himself to offer an amendment in the nature of substitute. The clerk will please designate the amendment.

An amendment in the nature of a substitute to H R eight eight zero one is offered by Mister Comer of Kentucky.

Without objection, the amendment is considered as read. The substitute will be considered as original text for the purpose of further amendment. I recognize the sponsor of the bill, the gentleman from.

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. As a longtime advocate for the American motorist and nationwide driving, autonomy and freedom, I urge support for final passage of this bill, the DC Roads Act. This bill amends the DC Home Rule Act to provide the DC City Council, correct correction, prohibit the DC City Council from enacting and the DC Mayor from ever enforcing a future traffic congestion toll in the District of Columbia. This would c- include any congestion toll for the entry into or passage through a future congestion tolling zone, whether it is a road, a bridge, a tunnel, or a specified zone of the city. I introduced this bill in response to the recent rhetoric in the DC Council related to potentially implementing a congestion toll in DC, in downtown DC. While Mayor Bowser has vocally opposed such a measure, several other mayoral candidates on the ballot this November have claimed they would implement congestion and pricing if given the opportunity and on this occasion I stand with the Mayor. Council members pushing for this change failed to see the financial burden it will place on the district's economic growth, hampering the ability of thousands, thousands of daily commuters to afford to work in our nation's capital. Not to mention the fact that it is, Mister Chairman, the nation's capital and people from across the nation come to the nation's capital and want to go to places probably where there's gonna be a lot cuz that's why people come. They wanna see what's happening in their capital and they don't want to be fleeced just for the honor of doing so. This also includes families who live in surrounding, lower cost of living localities with better public safety and schools. It is narrow-minded and short-sighted to assume that everyone is capable of taking a train or bus or a bike to work or should be forced to do so. Most importantly,

The other one yields back, chair, guys, the regular member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I strongly oppose H R eight eight zero one, which is another attack on the seven hundred thousand residents and on democratic principles. This committee has spent more time trying to micromanage DC than almost any other issue. The bill would ban DC from implementing congestion pricing, which is unnecessary since DC doesn't have congestion pricing. And Congress already has a right to disapprove local laws. We know that congestion pricing has already been extremely successful in other places. You're seeing it happen in New York City. I believe we should allow municipalities

Gentlemen, once again, I recognize myself. for a statement on the bill. I support HR eighty eight zero one, the DC Roads Act, which prohibits the enactment and enforcement of greedy congestion toll in the District of Columbia. The district has long leveraged traffic issues as a rationale for restrictive and punitive revenue measures. The establishment of a congestion toll would simply contain wou would simply continue this pattern. In twenty nineteen the DC council voted to study voted to fund a study on congestion pricing, and the District of Columbia. The study evaluated and made recommendations regarding the potential benefits of congestion pricing. This study included the recommendation of implementing a ten dollar fee on all vehicles entering downtown DC the economic heart of the district which welcomes tens of thousands of workers each day. That terrible policy would burden hardworking Americans commuting into and through the nation's capital city. These workers are vital to the economic well-being of DC, and should not be charged with an entry tax. A congestion toll would also impose yet another financial burden on the millions of tourists that visit our nation's capital and seriously undermine the economic expansion of the city. Even Mario Mar- Mayor Mario Bowser opposes this disastrous policy, arguing that the study relies on a deeply flawed foundational assumptions, and is quote " the wrong policy at the wrong time." However, members of the ultra-progressive DC council have stated that they would seek to implement a congestion toll. Congress must prevent the DC council from implementing

Uh thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh thank you, Mr. Chairman. I strongly oppose this undemocratic and paternalistic bill, which is intended to prohibit congestion pricing in the district. Specifically, this bill would prohibit DC from imposing any charge to enter or pass through DC. No such charge exists in DC, and no bills or regulations are pending in DC to impose any. Today's Mark-Up is the fifth this Congress of a bill that would interfere with DC traffic policies. Over the last five years, the sponsor of this bill has tried to repeal or block four DC traffic policies through stand-alone bills, amendments and riders. None have been enacted. The seven hundred thousand DC residents, the majority of whom are black and brown, are capable and worthy of governing themselves. If DC residents do not like how members of the DC council vote, residents can vote them out of office. That is democracy. If DC residents do not like how members of Congress vote on local DC matters, residents cannot vote them out of office. That is the antithesis of a democracy. I ask you to end of this consensus.

Without objection, so ordered.

The substance of this bill should be irrelevant since there is never justification for Congress to legislate on local matters. But I will discuss it. Congestion pricing is based on the economic theory of externalities and is used in New York City and several while the city is outside the United States. Earlier this year, on the one year anniversary of congestion pricing in New York City, the governor of New York said, quote, the results are in, and it is clear that in just one year, congestion pricing has an unprecedented success in New York. By every message This program has never met or exceeded expectations. Traffic and gridlock are down substantially. People are moving faster, air quality is improved, streets are safety, and our economy is stronger. New Yorkers are benefiting from congestion pricing every day. And there are even more benefits to come. Fifteen billion dollars in transit upgrades with major projects already underway, improving the commutes of millions of New Yorkers, close quote. DC residents all the obligations of American citizenship, including paying federal taxes, serving on juries and registering with selective service. yet Congress denies them full local representation and voting representation in Congress. So the only solution to this undemocratic treat treatment is to grant DC statehood. Congress has the authority to admit DC as a state. The DC statehood bill, H R fifty-one, would reduce the size of the federal district from six eight hundred six eight hundred sixty eight square miles to two square miles consisting of the White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the National Mall. The residential commercial areas of DC would be the new state. Irish members to vote no on H R eight uh eight zero one free DC. I ask you none of us consent to enter into the record a letter opposing this bill from the sierra sierra club and eight other groups

With that objection it's ordered. Chair Ignatius Stansbury for New Mexico.

Good morning. I am here this morning to actually celebrate the bipartisanship of this committee except for this one bill, which I am very opposed to. And I just want to say that I'm here to stand in solidarity with the people of DC, and I would think that on the two hundred and fifty birthday of this great nation, we could agree the taxation without representation is wrong, and that's what our founding fathers fought against. And that is why we must support DC's sovereignty and stop this committee tinkering in the everyday affairs of our capital city. But, today I'm also excited that this committee is taking up a number of bipartisan bills including my duplication scoring act, which I am co-sponsoring with Mr. Birchett. This bill, will require the Government Accountability Office to review bills that have been reported by the committees for potential duplication. It's a bill that essentially will ensure that Congress is not reinventing the wheel every single time it passes legislation. It's common sense. We need to reduce duplication. We need to improve transparency. We need to ensure efficiency of our federal government. And we need to ensure, most importantly, that our federal programs are delivering for the people of this country. Because the taxpayers deserve to know that their hard-earned dollars are being spent effectively, responsibly, and actually going to programs that are going to help them. Modernizing these programs requires rolling up our sleeves, getting to work, and working in a bipartisan manner. And as you all know on this committee we have been working very closely with the Chairman of the Efficiency Committee Congressman Birchett on this important effort. I think legislation like this demonstrates that good government reforms do not have to be partisan, that we don't have to fight over improving the federal government, that accountability, transparency, efficiency should be goals that every single member of Congress can support. And you know, one of the things that I hear most commonly when I go home to New Mexico and share about what is happening in this body, of course they're deeply concerned about democracy and the future of this country, concerned to see slush funds being created to pass without the American people's consent and deeply concerned to see what this administration is doing every single day. But when they find out that we are actually still legislating and doing bipartisan work, they are heartened and have hope because they know that at the end of the day, ultimately we're able to get legislation passed that will help support our communities. So I am grateful that this committee is taking up this legislation because I know that for people back home, it can feel like Washington is divided, that Washington is not listening, and that the people who serve in this body don't care about the everyday people of the United States. So legislation like this proves that we can continue to legislate that we can continue to work together across the aisle, and it reminds the American people that despite our disagreements, we can come together to actually make practical reforms that improve the lives of the American people. So, I'm proud to be working with Congressman Burchette to help address these issues, to eliminate waste, to make our agencies more efficient, and to help carve out a path to rebuild our country as we are fighting to defend our democracy. Now, I will say this, we will have some big fights here in this body this week, so make no mistake, we will take a stand to stop the president from stealing the American taxpayers' dollars to build his ballroom. But today, I'm grateful and proud to pass this bill out of the oversight committee, and I yield back.

Chair, good afternoon, Mister Superman.

Uh, thank you, Mister Chair. I I think I have a different perspective from everyone. I um I live in Northern Virginia. I commute into DC every day. I don't support a ten dollar toll. We already pay enough tolls to get into the city. I support DC's autonomy, though, and I support DC statehood as well. And and I support fixing congestion, but this is not the way to do it. Uh, if you wanna fix congestion, first of all bring back

If anyone yields back any other membership recognition.

Mr. Chairman.

Yes, chair recognizes Mr. Sessions from Texas.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. I uh support what Congressman Perry has done, but I wanna go to the underlying premise that has been discussed by our colleague And that is the constitutional efforts that they still continue to push about Washington DC becoming a state. And I would say to you that the this c- committee uh and the subcommittees that that work on on Washington DC have come up with superior ideas on a regular basis to protect the people of Washington DC that their elected officials would give away. circumstances where the Washington DC City Council was going to loosen the requirements on dealing with criminals. It just so happened that we had a member of Congress who had his car stolen. He was uh hijacked at gunpoint, thrown thrown a- away from his car and it was stolen. We then had a member uh of Congress who was assaulted in her uh uh elevator in her apartment building, which turned the tide to where it became a bipartisan effort, not just from the United States House of Representatives, but also the United States Senate, to virtually unanimously oppose the the progress that was being made by local authority about, uh, crime control. The issue before us today is very important and I think has huge relevance to the oversight that is offered not only that Mister Perry has spoken about and our young chairman, James Comer, but actually to the effort that has been undertaken by this committee and this administration as they have uh added more safety functions to of the District of Columbia. The amount of people who have been killed and would have been killed on a regular basis is a staggering number and now that we have the uh advent of having National Guard here, uh, I believe murders have dropped some ninety percent. That is ninety percent of the families that did not have to go to a funeral for their children or someone else who was murdered in this city. The opportunity for us now, as the gentleman from Virginia talked about, of not putting a toll tax, not putting a tax on the people who come visit our nation's capital, especially in its two hundred and fiftieth year, is very important because we want people to be welcome to come here. We want to be a safe haven. We want it to be something that works well, and we do not want to seek them to have to tax them to come visit Washington, D. C., nor workers who work here. So I just want to support not only what Mr. Perry has done, but also to amplify the consistency that has taken place for all these years, that this committee has jurisdiction, This committee is responsible in how it approaches the District of Columbia, we work with and meet with regularly, not only the elected officials, but try and talk about the same issues that they would face because we as members of Congress and our staff have those same opportunities to have Washington, D. C. to be a better place to live. So, Mister Chairman, I support uh Congressman Perry for not only his bill, but his reasoning behind that and I yield back

Everyone yields back. Any other members seek recognition? Seeing none. The question is now on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

All those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. The question is now in favor of the reporting HR eighty eight zero one is amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, for what purpose did gentlemen from Texas seek recognition?

This term has a lot of political

Recorded vote has been ordered by Mister Sessions, as previously announced further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Our next item for consideration is H R eighty-eight forty-four, the U S Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act. The Clerk will please designate the bill.

H R eight eight four four, the U S Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act, a bill to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement annuity bandwidths to certain U S Customs and Border Protection officers.

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read and open for amendment.

An amendment in the nature of a substitute to H R eight eight four four is offered by Mister Comer of Kentucky.

Without objection, the amendment is considered as read and substitute will be considered as original text for the purposes of further amendment. I now recognize myself for five minutes for a statement on the bill and amendment. In two thousand seven, Congress authorized enhanced retirement benefits for customs and border protection officers to align with benefits provided to other federal law enforcement agencies. As a condition of receiving the enhanced benefits, officers hired on or after July sixth, two thousand eight, effective date were subjected to a maximum start and end of service age and minimum service requirement of twenty years. Existing officers received such enhanced benefits without the maximum age and minimum service requirements for service time after the effective date a small group of officers who had received tentative offers of employment before the effective date but had not yet begun service were incorrectly told by CBP that they would be treated like existing officers that is they would they were told they would receive enhanced retirement benefits without age and service requirements for service time after the July sixth, two thousand eight effective date. Unfortunately, the guidance provided to this small group of officers at the time was ultimately incorrect. It was not until twenty twenty one when CBP discovered their mistake that those officers were notified that they were actually subject to the maximum age and minimum service requirements. Since this small group of officers have planned their retirements and their lives and careers around the incorrect guidance given to them by CBP, this bill corrects the misunderstanding by providing the enhanced benefit to this small group in the same way as existing officers. This bill also requires a GAO report to ensure proper management of this benefit at CBP to prevent any similar mistakes from occurring. I am pleased this bill provides an opportunity to right a wrong for customs and border protection officers while providing accountability measures to protect against similar mistakes from happening again. I urge my colleagues to support this necessary bill, which is identical to the Senate passed bill, and recognize Ranking Member Garcia for his statement.

Thank you, Chairman. I also support this bill, which would require of course uh a correction to a technical layer that impacts how our recruitment benefits of twelve hundred officers are actually calculated. The bill is supported by the National Treasury Employees Union, and I thank all my colleagues for work on this bill. Thank you.

I ask the

Uh.

Seeing none, the question is now on the amendment in the nature of substitute. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. The question is now in favor of the reporting H R eighty-eight forty-four is amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. For what purposes, gentlemen from Texas? So that

Mr. Chairman, I'd ask for a recorded vote.

Recorded vote is ordered by Mister Sessions from Texas, as previously announced further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Our next item for consideration is H R thirty eighty seven, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act. The clerk will please designate the bill.

H R three zero eight seven, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of two twenty eighteen to strengthen the powers of the Civil Rights Cold Case Re- Rev Records Review Board and for other purposes.

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read and open for amendment at any point without objection to what's ordered. The chair recognizes himself to offer a amendment in the nature of substitute. The clerk will please designate the amendment.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H R three zero eight seven, as offered by Mister Comer of Kentucky.

Without objection, the amendment is considered as read, the substitute would be considered as original text for the purposes of further amendment I now recognize myself for five minutes for a statement on the bill. Investigating civil rights violations from our past is vital for bringing justice to victims of violence and heinous uh racially motivated crimes. Unfortunately, some civil rights error cases have stalled over the years, denying this much needed justice from being served. Victims and their families still seek closure on horrific events. that have haunted them for decades. In twenty nineteen Congress created the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board, which was charged with establishing and maintaining a collection of publicly accessible records. These crucial documents are important and bring life to cases that may have otherwise been forgotten. I support the bipartisan bill before us today, which would allow the board to continue and expand its important work, their efforts to revive public attention to civil rights cold cases and the enduring memory of the victims. I want to thank Senator Cruz for leading this

Thank you, Chairman. We also support H. R. thirty eighty seven. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board is a nonpartisan panel that is working to release the contents of federal investigations into unresolved cold cases from the civil rights era. Violations violations of civil rights should never be hidden in the shadows. I want to praise my colleague, particularly Rep- Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, the bill's sponsor. She represented Hightown, New Jersey, whose AP government class,

Gentlemen, you have to back any other members of the Seek Back Commission? Seeing none. The question is now on the amendment and the nature of its substitute. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.

Aye.

All those opposed say no. In the opinion chair of the ayes, having the members agreed to. The question is now in favorably reporting H R thirty eighty seven as amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. For what purpose does a gentleman from Texas seek recognition?

This chairman asks for a recorded vote.

Recorded vote is ordered by Mister Sessions from Texas. As previously announced, further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Our next item for consideration is H R thirty three fifty, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at three forty east first.

H R three three five zero, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at three forty East first street in Tustin California as the Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office building.

Without objection, the bill should be considered read, opened from any point. Without objection, so ordered. Um Seeing none. The question is now on favorably reporting H R thirty three fifty as amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed signify by saying no. The opinion of the chair of the ayes have it. The bill is ordered favorably reporting as amended.

Very good.

Our next item for consideration is H R eighty six sixty nine, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at fifty nine fifty one.

H R eight six six nine, a bill to des- designate the facility of the United States Postal Service, located at five nine five one, Riverdale Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the Elliott L Engel Post Office.

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read, I wish for me to make a point without objection to order. Do any members wish to be heard on this bill? Seeing none, question is now in favor of reporting H R eighty six.

Mr. Chairman, I ask for recorded votes.

Mr. Chairman.

So, recorded votes.

Recorded votes. Order as previously announced. Further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Our next item for consideration is H R forty-six sixty-two, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service, located at sixty-four

H R.

Maybe the clerk can pronounce it right.

H R four six six two, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service, located at six four four four San Fernando Road in Glendale, California as the Paul Ignatius Post Office.

Without objection, the bill should be considered as read and open for amendment at any point. Without objection, so ordered. Do any members

Mr. Chairman, I ask for a recorded vote. Mr. Chairman, I ask for a recorded vote.

Recorded vote is ordered as previously announced. Further proceedings on the question will be postponed. Pursuant to the previous order, the chair declares the committee in recess subject to the call of the chair we will plan to reconvene after votes at one fifteen the committee stands in recess good smooth period

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The committee will come back to order the questions on favorably reporting H R eighty ninety six. Members will record their votes using the electronic voting system. The clerk will now vote on favorably reporting H R eighty ninety six, and we're gonna leave this make mister groves thank you should be here there's mr. goesar and burleson and meguir we're good yeah thank you to gopher for coming to the competition We got two en route. Oh, sorry. I should be sitting there with you. Mm. Mm. And I'll be on the Mister Beguire. That's a wife. There you go. It's so much fun. And Pete. Man, I can't believe it. It's so much fun. I love it. here's mr. higgins

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Uh. Yes. All right, give him the thing. There you go. Have all members voted? Does any member wish to change their vote? The clerk will close the vote, report the vote total.

Mister Chairman, on this vote the ayes are thirty nine, the nays are one.

The ayes have it, the bill is ordered favorably reported, without objection the motion reconsider is laid on the table. The question is now on favorably reporting H R eighty eight zero one. Members will record their vote. Have all members been recorded who wish to be recorded? Does any member wish to change their vote? The clerk will

Mister Chairman, on this vote the ayes are twenty-two, the nays are eighteen.

The ayes have it and the bill is ordered favorably reported. Without objection, the motion re-ecsitters laid on the table. The question is now on favorably reporting H R eighty-eight forty-four. Members will record their votes using the electronic voting system. The clerk will now open the vote on favorably reporting H R eighty-eight forty-four. Have all members been recorded who wish to be recorded? Does any member wish to change their vote? The clerk will close The clerk will close the vote and report the vote total.

Mister Chairman, on this vote the ayes are forty, the nays are zero.

The ayes have it and the bill is ordered favorably reported. Without objection, the motion reconsider is laid. The question is now in favor of reporting H R thirty eighty seven. Members will report their vote choosing the electronic voting system. The clerk will now open the vote on favorably reporting H R thirty eighty seven. Have all members uh been recorded? Does any member wish to change her vote?

Yes, yes.

The clerk will close the vote and report the vote total.

Mr. Chairman, on this vote the ayes are thirty-six, the nays are four.

The ayes have it and the bill is ordered favorably reported. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The question is now in favorably reporting H R eighty six, sixty nine. Members will record their votes using the electronic voting system. The clerk will now open the vote on favorably reporting H R eighty six, sixty nine.

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Have all members

Mister Chairman,

Mr. Chairman.

on this vote the ayes are thirty-seven, the nays are four.

The ayes have it and the bill is ordered favorably reported. Without objection, the motion reconsider is laid on the table. The question is now on favorably reporting H R forty-six, sixty-two. Members will record their votes using the electronic voting system. The clerk

Mr. Chairman, on this vote the ayes are forty one, the nays are zero. Mr. Chairman, on this vote the ayes are forty one, the nays are zero.

So I want to thank everyone for being here. Pursuant to House Rule eleven, clause two, I ask that the committee members have the right to file with the clerk of the committee supplemental additional minority and dissenting views without objection. Additionally, the staff is authorized to make necessary technical and conforming changes to the committee print, subject to the approval of the minority, without objection so ordered. If there is no further business before the committee, without objection, the committee stands adjourned.

Alright, good.