mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous materials on h.r. 4200 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. luetkemeyer: this bill is a noncontroversial and c'mon sense change that will -- commonsense change. r. 4200, the sbic advisors relief act will require advisors for small business companies. these are advisors to investment funds that make long-term investments in u.s. small businesses and have to the tune of more than $63 billion since 1958. under current law and for more than 55 years, sbic's have been regulated and closely supervised by the small business administration. the existing regulatory regime includes an in-depth examination of management, strong investment rules, operational requirements, record

mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield five minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. stivers, who is the lead co-sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. mr. stivers: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank the gentleman from missouri for yielding me time. i'd also like to thank ms. moore from wisconsin for her work on this bill. she's been dedicated and engaged and hard working and willing to compromise to move this effort forward to help a lot of main street businesses that are in my district, her district and the map of america. i also want to thank ms. fudge and mr. gibson for their collaborative efforts and work through the agriculture committee on this bill as well. mr. speaker, this bill is the culmination of over 2 1/2 years' work. in 2012, ms. moore, ms. fudge, mr. gibson and i joined together to introduce legislation that clarified rules under the dodd-frank act with regard to margin clearing and reporting requirements of interaffiliate transactions. what that means is a lot of main stree

mr. luetkemeyer. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. gibbs. i rise today in support of s. 2759, this bill introduced by senators mccaskill and blunt from missouri authorize the closure of the st. clair regional airport in st. clair, missouri, once all obligations to federal taxpayers have been repaid. it's a small town of ,700 people in my district 50 miles southwest of st. louis. it's operated an airport since the 1960's. in the past decade the consensus in the community has been reached that the airport should be closed and land utilized as part of a larger economic development plan for the region. this effort has broad support from the city from the mayor, city council, school board, fire district, and local chamber of commerce. the only thing holding up this plan is reluctance of the federal regulators to give the go ahead. the city first approached the department of rorgs in 2008 and the f.a.a. in 2012 seeking closure of the airport. but the f.a.a. keeps moving the goal posts, giving itself multiple extenses -- extenses and -- extensions

mr. luetkemeyer, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3240 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 480, h.r. 3240, a bill to instruct the controller general of the united states to study the impact of regulation d and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 421, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 422, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection,

mr. luetkemeyer, the incoming chairman of our housing and insurance subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman recognized for one minute. mr. luetkemeyer: i want to thank chairman hensarling and chairman neugebauer for their work on this issue and tell my colleague, while tria is an important program, it's in need of reform. this bill we'll consider today does just that in a responsible way and i urge support for it. but make no mistake. this bill reforms the tria program. it takes important steps to protect taxpayer dollars and ensure that industry has more skin in the game. and i remind my colleagues that without tria, the federal government would be on the hook for the entire bill in the fake of a terrorist attack. this builds a program that has long-term re-authorization with greater protections for taxpayers. legislation we consider today, however, does more than re-authorize tria. it also contains important language that protects -- that ensures that derivative end users can lock in prices and keep consumer prices stable. without those, ranchers and