ms. bordallo: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 11, printed in house report 111-127 offered by mrs. bordallo of guam. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 474, the gentlewoman from guam and a member opposed each will control 20 minutes. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. bordallo: i thank congressman thompson and congresswoman jackson lee for their support of this amendment. my amendment is simple and straightforward. it would require the assistant secretary of t.s.a. to conduct a study and make recommendations on specific methods by which airports in the u.s. territories, including the guam international airport in my district, can best and most cost effectively comply with existing security regulations, specifically, it asks t.s.a. to review compliance with part 1544 and 1546 of title 49 of the federal regulations relating to the issue of co-mingling of passengers at u.s. airports. it would evaluate alternatives and identify the costs for their impleatation. it is to identify sources of federal and

ms. bordallo. the chair: the gentlelady from guam is recognized for one minute. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment helps to build support for the military build yaup on guam by addressing a longstanding issue. we will authorize a substantial amount of military construction in this bill. but to keep out -- up the morale and the obligation to the people of guam, it is only right to also resolve the issue of war claims as part of this bill. the war claims program for guam administered by the u.s. neifi after world war ii had shortcomings. and this amendment would deal with the treatments for war claims who endord the occupation of guam. the house passed this amendment as h.r. 44 in february, but the other body has not considered it. adopting this amendment would provide an opportunity to resolve this issue, and, again, many thanks to chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for accepting this amendment en bloc and to all their staff for their outstanding support in advancing this bill. i urge adoption of this amendment, and i yield back. the chair: the

ms. bordallo: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the motion by the gentlelady from guam. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. mr. wolf: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from virginia. mr. wolf: a recorded vote. the chair: further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentleman from -- gentlewoman -- the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. the clerk will -- mr. wolf: mr. chairman, striking the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i feel the obligation to make a comment to put things in perspective, particularly as the american people are watching, because i think what we're doing today is setting a very bad and dangerous precedent. i've been around the house for a while and i've been involved in debates on scores of appropriations bills. traditionally, whether it's been democrats or republicans in the majority, we've had open rules on spending bills and a respectfu

ms. bordallo to improve national guard readiness by requiring the secretary of the army to report to congress on the creation of a trainee's transens and students account. at any given time 13.3% of the army national guard is nondeployable. and this account would serve as a temporary unit for these soldiers. in so doing it would end the practice of borrowing sold frers one unit in order to improve the readiness of another. and will improve both morale and overall readiness. i strongly urge support for the rule and for the underlying bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: it's my privilege to yield three minutes to the distinguished republican whip, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i thank the gentleman from florida. mr. speaker, today we are considering the rule for a bill to develop and deploy defensive capabilities for the protection of the american people, our stationed men and wo

ms. bordallo of guam. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentlewoman from guam and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from guam. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. chairman. i offer this amendment for the purposes of ensuring that not less than $500,000 -- the chair: the gentlelady will suspend. may we respectfully ask that people remove conversations from the floor so that the gentlelady can be heard? thank you. ms. bordallo: i offer this amendment for the purposes of ensuring that not less than $500,000 is appropriated to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration for grants to be awarded in 2010 by the secretary of commerce for western pacific fishery demonstration projects. the amendment ensures funding is provided for this authorized competitive-based grants program in fiscal year 2010. the western pacific demonstration projects program is authorized by public law 104-297, the sustainable fisheries act. the program was funded at the m

ms. bordallo of guam. amendment number 3 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment number 41 by mr. boswell of iowa. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 19 printed in the congressional record offered by the the gentlewoman from from guam on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 19 offered by ms. bordallo of guam. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support for the request of a recorded vote will rise and be counted.