Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating…

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.

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House Introduced Apr 8, 2008
House Passed Apr 10, 2008 224–192

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2537 (Beach Protection Act of 2007).

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Apr 10, 2008

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2537 (Beach Protection Act of 2007).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Apr 10, 2008 · 224 Yea – 192 Nay Adoption Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Nay
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Nay
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Nay
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Nay
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Nay
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Nay
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Nay
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Yea
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Nay
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Nay
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Nay
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Nay
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Nay
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Nay
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Nay
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Yea
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Nay
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Nay
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Nay
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Nay
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Nay
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Nay
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Nay
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Nay
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Nay
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Nay
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Nay
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Nay
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Not Voting
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Nay
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Nay
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Nay
C. Young	R	FL-10	Nay
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Yea
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Nay
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Nay
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Nay
Tim Mahoney	D	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Nay
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Nay
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Nay
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Nay
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Nay
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Nay
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Nay
John Mica	R	FL-7	Nay
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Nay
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Nay
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Nay
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Nay
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Nay
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Nay
John Linder	R	GA-7	Nay
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9	Nay
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Yea
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Nay
Steve King	R	IA-5	Nay
Bill Sali	R	ID-1	Nay
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Nay
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Nay
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Nay
Bill Foster	D	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Nay
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Nay
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Yea
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Nay
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Nay
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Nay
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Nay
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Not Voting
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Nay
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Yea
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Nay
Nancy Boyda	D	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Nay
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Nay
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Nay
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Nay
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Nay
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Nay
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Nay
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Nay
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Nay
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Nay
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Nay
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Nay
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Nay
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Nay
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Not Voting
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Nay
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Nay
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Nay
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Nay
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Nay
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Nay
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Nay
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Nay
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Nay
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Nay
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Nay
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Nay
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Nay
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Nay
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Yea
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Not Voting
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Nay
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Nay
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Nay
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Nay
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Nay
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Not Voting
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Nay
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Nay
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Nay
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Nay
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Not Voting
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Nay
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
John Hall	D	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
Kirsten Gillibrand	D	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Nay
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Nay
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Nay
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Nay
Pete King	R	NY-3	Nay
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Not Voting
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Nay
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Not Voting
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Nay
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Nay
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Nay
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Nay
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Nay
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Yea
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Nay
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Nay
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Nay
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Nay
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Nay
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Nay
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Nay
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Nay
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Nay
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Phil English	R	PA-3	Nay
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Nay
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Nay
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Yea
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Nay
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Nay
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Nay
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Nay
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
David Davis	R	TN-1	Nay
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Nay
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Nay
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Nay
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Nay
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Not Voting
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Nay
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Yea
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Nay
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Nay
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Nay
Nick Lampson	D	TX-22	Yea
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Nay
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Nay
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Nay
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Nay
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Nay
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Nay
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Nay
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Not Voting
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Nay
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Nay
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Nay
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Not Voting
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Nay
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Nay
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Nay
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Nay
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Nay
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Nay
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Nay
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Nay
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Nay
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Nay
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Nay
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Not Voting

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Apr 10, 2008