the Republican Cloakroom

Amendments - H.R. 2187 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act

Miller (CA) -Increases from one percent to two percent the amount allocated for payments to the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to tribal and outlying school areas. The amendment also adds a few new allowances for use of funds, including constructing water supply and wiring, and building envelopes for school facilities. The amendment gives priority to schools for abatement and removal of lead, asbestos, and other harmful chemicals. The amendment also amends the section of the bill dealing with Charter Schools by adding in a provision to require that any excess funds for Charter Schools revert back to the local education agency (LEA) for use on other projects.

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

McKeon (CA) - Requires states to be in compliance with public school choice (including transportation for those who choose school choice), supplemental education services, private school participation, and military recruiters provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in order to be considered as eligible to receive funding under the bill. 

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Titus (NV) - Requires the Secretary of Education to establish an Advisory Council on green, high-performing schools. The amendment requires that the Council advise the Secretary on the impact of green, high-performing schools on teaching and learning, health, energy costs and environmental impact; as well as work with the Secretary to recommend Federal policies to increase the number of green, high-performing schools; identify Federal policies that are barriers to helping states make schools green and high-performing; and provide technical assistance to states. The Council will consult with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Commerce Secretary, Energy Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretary, Labor Secretary, EPA Administrator, and the GSA Administrator. 

Y  270

N  160

Roe (TN) - Requires the Education Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Department's Institute of Educational Sciences to evaluate the impact of projects funded under the bill on student academic achievement, including a comparison of students attending public schools receiving funding under the bill with students attending public schools that are not receiving such funding. After such a report is made, the Secretary must submit the results of the evaluation to relevant Congressional Committees. Furthermore, any report made must be made available to the public in a timely manner. 

Y  432

N  2

Ellsworth (IN) - Adds a rule of construction to ensure that nothing prohibits a local educational agency from using sustainable, domestic hardwood lumber for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, or construction. The amendment also amends the reporting section of the bill to require agencies receiving grant funds under the bill to disclose whether any flooring installed was from renewable sources.

Y  425

N  7

McKeon (Flake (AZ)) - Prohibits funds appropriated under the bill to be used for congressional earmarks. 

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Giffords (AZ) - Allows LEAs to encourage schools at which projects are undertaken to educate students about the project, including the "functioning of the project and its environmental, energy, sustainability, and other benefits."

Y    334

N    97

Reichert (WA) - Allows funds under the bill to be used to install or upgrade technology to ensure schools are able to respond to emergencies such as acts of terrorism, campus violence, and natural disasters

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Maffei (NY) - Requires that the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, work with recipients of funds under the bill to promote opportunities for individuals enrolled in the Job Corps program, or students enrolled in a junior or community college, to gain employment "and experience" in modernization, renovation, repair, and construction.

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Bright (AL) - Requires the Secretary to reserve five percent of grant funds to LEAs serving geographic areas with significant economic distress or recovering from a natural disaster.

Y    433

N    0

Griffith (AL) - References the need to reduce the incidence and effects of asthma and other respiratory illnesses in children in the guidelines for high performing school buildings, as well as to the benefits section of the bill. The amendment also includes the reduction and elimination of human exposure to airborne particles such as dust, sand, and pollens among the approved uses for grant funds used by local educational agencies. 

Y    433

N    0

Heinrich (NM) - Allows funds to be used to install and upgrade recreational structures and physical education facilities with post consumer recovered materials. 

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Schwartz (Lujan (NM)) - Allows funds under the bill to be used to build greenhouses, plant gardens (including trees) and "other facilities for environmental, scientific, or other educational purposes, or to produce energy savings.

Adopted Voice

Y ✓

N

Schrader (OR) - Requires the GAO to conduct a study within one year of enactment of the bill (and report to Congress) on the extent and types of projects funded, the geographic distribution of green, high-performing schools (including by urban, suburban, and rural areas), and the relative access to such schools of the demographic groups.

Y

N

Vote Series III

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Rogers (KY) Motion to recommit H.R. 2346 with instructions to:
• Restore the $2.9 billion Department of Defense rescission;
• Keep the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund (PCCF) in the Department of Defense, rather than moving it to the State Department; and
• Transfer $200 million in Global Financial Crisis funding for developing countries to counternarcotics and law enforcement operations along the U.S. side of the border.

Y  191

N  237

Passage H.R. 2346 - War Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2009

Y  368

N  60

H.R. 347 To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II

Y  411

N  0

                            These are the last votes today

Friday:                No session expected.

Weekly Schedule

TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009
House meet at 12:30 p.m. for Morning Hour 
Legislative Business begins at 2:00 p.m. 
Recorded votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Unlimited one-minutes

Suspensions (14 Bills)

1. H.Res. 413 - Supporting the goals and ideals of "IEEE Engineering the Future" Day on May 13, 2009 (Rep. Stearns – Science and Technology)

Y

N

2. H.Res. 387 – Supporting the goals and ideals of National Hurricane Preparedness Week (Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart – Science and Technology)

Y

N

3. H.R. 2020 - Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 (Rep. Gordon – Science and Technology)

Y

N

4. H.Res. 192 - Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2009 (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson – Energy and Commerce)

Y

N

5. H.Res. 204 - Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 150th year of working to improve the public's oral health and promoting dentistry, supporting initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support of community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene (Rep. Simpson – Energy and Commerce)

Y

N

6. H.R. 23 - Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009 (Rep. Filner – Veterans’ Affairs)

Y

N

7. H.R. 1178 - To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes (Rep. Dent – Transportation and Infrastructure)

Y

N

8. H.Res. 405 - Commending the heroic efforts of the people fighting the floods in North Dakota (Rep. Pomeroy – Transportation and Infrastructure)

Y

N

9. H.Con.Res. 84 – Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month (Rep. Wamp – Oversight and Government Reform)

Y

N

10. H.Res. 370 – Expressing support for designation of April 27, 2009, as "National Healthy Schools Day" (Rep. Tonko – Oversight and Government Reform)

Y

N

11. H.Res. 388 – Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day (Rep. Fortenberry – Oversight and Government Reform)

Y

N

12. H.R. 2162 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in Nampa, Idaho, as the "Herbert A Littleton Postal Station" (Rep. Minnick – Oversight and Government Reform)

Y

N

13. H.Res. 378 - Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain (Rep. Poe – Foreign Affairs)

Y

N

14. H.Res. 171 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the need for constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the importance of sustained United States engagement in partnership with the European Union (EU) (Rep. Berman – Foreign Affairs)

Y

N

H.Res. __ - Raising a question of privileges of the House (Rep. Flake – Privileged Resolution)

Special Orders: Democrats have the first hour

WEDNESDAY, AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK
Wednesday, House meets at 10:00 a.m.
    Fifteen one minutes per side
    Special Orders: Republicans have the first hour  
Thursday,  House meets at 10:00 a.m. 
     Ten one minutes per side
    Special Orders: Democrats have the first hour  
Friday, the House meets at 9:00 a.m.  
    Five one minutes per side
    Special Orders: Republicans have the first hour  

Suspensions (4 Bills)

1. H.R. 1209 – Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 (Rep. Carney – Financial Services)

Y

N

2. H.R. 347 - To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II (Rep. Schiff – Financial Services)

Y

N

3. H.Res. 377 - Recognizing Armed Forces Day and the exemplary service of the members of the United States Armed Forces (Rep. Calvert – Armed Services)

Y

N

4. H.R. 2101 - Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act of 2009 (Rep. Skelton – Armed Services)

Y

N

H.R. 2187 - 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (Rep. Chandler – Education and Labor)

Subject to a Rule Being Granted
Rule	Y	N
Passage	Y	N

H.R. __ - Fiscal Year 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Bill (Rep. Obey – Appropriations)

Subject to a Rule Being Granted
Rule	Y	N
Passage	Y	N