TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022 Considered on the Floor today: Previous Question: PASSED 219-199Rule: PASSED 219-200H.R. 8404 – Respect for Marriage Act (Rep. Nadler – Judiciary)This bill would enshrine the marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples guaranteed by Obergefell and Loving for the purposes of federal law, repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and provide additional legal protections for marriage equality.PASSED: 267-157Click here for a fact sheet from the Judiciary Committee. The Rule will provide for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Judiciary.Begin Consideration of H.R. 8294 – Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2023 (Rep. DeLauro – Appropriations)The minibus includes bills for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration; Energy and Water Development; Financial Services and General Government; Interior and Environment; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. The bill also includes nearly $6.1 billion for 2,680 Community Projects for Democrats.Key provisions of each bill include:Transportation and Housing and Urban Development$62.7 billion for HUD, including an expansion of housing choice vouchers to more than 140,000 individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness and 5,600 new units for seniors and persons with disabilities$105.4 billion in budgetary resources for DOT, which will create and sustain tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs rebuilding our crumbling transportation infrastructureMore than $2.6 billion to reduce emissions, increase resiliency, and address historical inequities in transportation and housing programs. Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration$560 billion for the expansion of broadband service$30 billion in loan authority for the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan ProgramMore than $1.5 billion for rental assistance and affordable rental housing vouchers for low-income families and the elderly in rural communities$111.2 billion in required mandatory spending for SNAP, including $3 billion for the SNAP reserve fund, which will serve more than 43.5 million people$3.6 billion in discretionary funding to the FDA to combat the opioid crisis, stem food outbreaks, and address heavy metals in baby foodEnergy and Water Development$4 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy$350 million to advance technologies to increase resiliency, efficiency, and clean energy capabilities of the nation’s electricity delivery system$8 billion for the DoE Office of Science for research in energy innovation$100 million to accelerate domestic manufacturing of key clean energy technologies$550 million for Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy, to advance transformative energy technologies$10.8 billion for the nation’s water infrastructureFinancial Services and General Government$326 billion for Entrepreneurial Development Programs at the Small Business Administration$336 million for Community Development Financial Institutions, including $10 million to increase the availability and affordability of small dollar loans$400 million for Election Security Grants to augment State efforts to improve the security and integrity of elections for Federal officeA provision making Dreamers eligible for federal employmentInterior and Environment$11.5 billion for the EPA, including $126 million to advance work related to PFAS, $5.18 billion for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, and $301 million for Environmental Justice$207 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities$4.4 billion in departments that support the education and health care of Native American familiesMilitary Construction and Veterans Affairs$15.1 billion for military construction, including $274.4 million for Child Development Centers, $2.1 billion for Family Housing, and $135 million for Climate Change and Resiliency Projects$135 billion in discretionary funds for VA, including $13.9 billion for mental health care, $911.1 million for Gender-specific Care and Programmatic Efforts for Women, and $2.7 billion for Homeless Assistance ProgramsBill text for THUD, Agriculture, E&W, FSGG, Interior, MilConVA.Summaries from the Appropriations Committee for THUD, Agriculture, E&W, FSGG, Interior, MilConVA.The Rule will provide for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations.The Rule also makes in order 190 amendments and allows for amendments to be offered en bloc. En Bloc #1 (Allen Amendment #1, Hern Amendment #18, Norman Amendment #31, Hern Amendment #44, Norman Amendment #53, Hern Amendment #79, Norman Amendment #83, Allen Amendment #97, Hern Amendment #118, Norman Amendment #128, Allen Amendment #139, Hern Amendment #151, Norman Amendment #160)FAILED: 199-229En Bloc #2 (Allred Amendment #2, Carter, Troy (LA) Amendment #4, Castor Amendment #5, DeSaulnier Amendment #8, Kahele Amendment #26, Panetta Amendment #33, Pfluger Amendment #34, Sherill Amendment #36, Sherill Amendment #37, Baird Amendment #40, Bergman Amendment #42, Jackson Lee Amendment #46, Jackson Lee Amendment #47, Jacobs, Sara (CA) Amendment #48, Kuster Amendment #49, Larsen Amendment #50, Neguse Amendment #52, Panetta Amendment #56, Pfluger Amendment #57, Schrier Amendment #59, Spanberger Amendment #60, Spanberger Amendment #61, Stauber Amendment #64, Steil Amendment #65, Beyer Amendment #69, DeSaulnier Amendment #74, Escobar Amendment #75, Graves, Garret (LA) Amendment #76, Graves, Garret (LA) Amendment #77, Moore, Blake (UT) Amendment #81, Trahan Amendment #96)PASSED: 336-90En Bloc #3 (Auchincloss Amendment #3, Cohen Amendment #6, Davis, Danny (IL) Amendment #7, Escobar Amendment #9, Escobar Amendment #10, Escobar Amendment #11, Escobar Amendment #12, Jackson Lee Amendment #19, Jackson Lee Amendment #20, Jackson Lee Amendment #21, Jackson Lee Amendment #22, Jackson Lee Amendment #23, Jayapal Amendment #24, Jones, Mondaire (NY) Amendment #25, Larsen Amendment #27, Levin, Andy (MI) Amendment #28, Levin, Andy (MI) Amendment #29, Manning Amendment #30, Omar Amendment #32, Pressley Amendment #35, Waters Amendment #39, Bera Amendment #41, Escobar Amendment #43, Houlahan Amendment #45, Moore Amendment #51, Omar Amendment #54, Plaskett Amendment #58, Spanberger Amendment #62, Spanberger Amendment #63, Velázquez Amendment #66, Auchincloss Amendment #67, Auchincloss Amendment #68, Bush, Cori (MO) Amendment #70, Bush, Cori (MO) Amendment #71, Bush, Cori (MO) Amendment #72, Castor Amendment #73, Matsui Amendment #80, Neguse Amendment #82, Omar Amendment #84, Omar Amendment #85, Peters Amendment #86, Phillips Amendment #89, Scanlon Amendment #93, Sherill Amendment #94, Speier Amendment #95)PASSED: 225-201En Bloc #4 (Good Amendment #13, Good Amendment #179) FAILED: 165-264En Bloc #5 (Good Amendment #14, Good Amendment #15, Grothman Amendment #16, Grothman Amendment #17, Taylor Amendment #38, Grothman Amendment #78, Pfluger Amendment #87, Pfluger Amendment #88, Roy Amendment #90, Roy Amendment #91, Roy Amendment #92, Budd Amendment #100, Clyde Amendment #103, Davidson Amendment #105, Fallon Amendment #109, Fallon Amendment #110, Fitzgerald Amendment #111, Gooden Amendment #112, Grothman Amendment #117, Huizenga Amendment #120, Joyce, David (OH) Amendment #122, Pfluger Amendment #131, Rose Amendment #133, Roy Amendment #134, Roy Amendment #135, Burgess Amendment #143, Duncan Amendment #145, Gooden Amendment #147, Grothman Amendment #148, Grothman Amendment #149, Grothman Amendment #150, Miller, Mary (IL) Amendment #157, Pfluger Amendment #163, Roy Amendment #167, Roy Amendment #168, Budd Amendment #175) FAILED: 197-230En Bloc #6 (Auchincloss Amendment #98, Beatty Amendment #99, Carson Amendment #101, Castor Amendment #102, Escobar Amendment #108, Gottheimer Amendment #114, Houlahan Amendment #119, Jayapal Amendment #121, Levin, Andy (MI) Amendment #124, Morelle Amendment #126, Morelle  Amendment #127,  Omar Amendment #129, Omar Amendment #130, Quigley Amendment #132, Waters Amendment #138, Auchincloss Amendment #140, Castor Amendment #144, Escobar Amendment #146, Jackson Lee Amendment #154, Omar Amendment #162, Rice, Kathleen (NY) Amendment #165, Ross Amendment #166, Scott, David (GA) Amendment #169, Sherrill Amendment #170, Tlaib Amendment #171, Auchincloss Amendment #173, Escobar Amendment #173, Escobar Amendment #176, Escobar Amendment #177, Escobar Amendment #178, Norton Amendment #185.)PASSED: 224-204Postponed Suspensions (5 votes)1. Motion to Supsend the Rules and Pass Certain Bills (H.R. 1286, H.R. 2024, H.R. 3222, H.R. 6337, H.R. 7002)PASSED: 365-57H.R. 1286 – Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 2021, as amended (Rep. Clyburn – Natural Resources)CONSIDERED EN BLOC This bill establishes the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor in North and South Carolina.H.R. 2024 – Southern Maryland National Heritage Area Act, as amended (Rep. Hoyer – Natural Resources)CONSIDERED EN BLOC This bill establishes the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area.H.R. 3222 – Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act, as amended (Rep. Sewell – Natural Resources)CONSIDERED EN BLOC This bill establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area.H.R. 6337 – Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act, as amended (Rep. Neguse – Natural Resources)CONSIDERED EN BLOC This bill requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on federal land.H.R. 7002 – Gateway Solidarity Act, as amended (Rep. Wagner – Natural Resources)CONSIDERED EN BLOC This bill authorizes the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by blue and yellow lights in support of Ukraine.2. S. 144 – Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act (Sen. Feinstein – Natural Resources)PASSED: 379-41 This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service to acquire land necessary for a road providing access to the Desert Sage Wellness Center in Hemet, California.3. H.R. 4404 – Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act, as amended (Rep. Soto – Natural Resources)PASSED: 377-45This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Kissimmee River in the State of Florida as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.4. H.R. 7025 – Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022, as amended (Rep. Grijalva – Natural Resources)PASSED: 379-43This bill prohibits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from funding entities that commit, fund, or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and requires human rights standards, transparency, and accountability in grant agreements.5. H.R. 7693 – National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022 (Rep. Westerman – Natural Resources)PASSED: 397-22This bill reauthorizes the National Park Foundation through fiscal year 2030 and increases the authorization level to $15,000,000 each year.