Georgia delegation congressional voting

WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how Georgia’s members of Congress voted over the previous week.

HOUSE

USING PHONE LOCATION DATA IN EMERGENCIES: The House has rejected the Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4889), sponsored by Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan. The bill would have required that telecommunications providers give information about the call location of a telecommunications user to a police offer in an emergency situation or in order to respond to the user’s request for emergency services.The vote, on May 23, was 229 yeas to 158 nays, with a two-thirds majority required for approval.

YEAS: Sanford Bishop, D-2; Buddy Carter, R-1; Tom Graves, R-14; Austin Scott, R-8; David Scott, D-13; Lynn Westmoreland, R-3; Rob Woodall, R-7

NAYS: Jody Hice, R-10; Hank Johnson, D-4; Tom Price, R-6

NOT VOTING: Rick Allen, R-12; Doug Collins, R-9; John Lewis, D-5; Barry Loudermilk, R-11

RULES FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: The House has passed the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998), sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J. The bill would require the FCC to begin consideration of rules for mobile phone service providers to operate during emergencies that cause mobile service outages, for providing mobile 911 services during emergencies, and for enabling emergency communications between public safety agencies and telecommunications service providers. The vote, on May 23, was 389 yeas to 2 nays.

YEAS: Bishop, Carter, Graves, Hice, Johnson, Price, A. Scott, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NOT VOTING: Allen, Collins, Lewis, Loudermilk

AUTHORIZING INTELLIGENCE SPENDING: The House has passed the Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 5077), sponsored by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., to authorize fiscal 2017 spending on the CIA, FBI, and other intelligence and intelligence-related programs of the federal government. The vote, on May 24, was 371 yeas to 35 nays.

YEAS: Bishop, Carter, Graves, Hice, Johnson, Price, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Lewis

NOT VOTING: Allen, Collins, Loudermilk, A. Scott

ZIKA AND PESTICIDE USE: The House has passed the Zika Vector Control Act (H.R. 897), sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio. The bill would block the Environmental Protection Agency and state governments from requiring a Clean Water Act permit for most discharges of authorized pesticides into navigable waterways. The vote, on May 24, was 258 yeas to 156 nays.

YEAS: Bishop, Carter, Graves, Hice, Price, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Johnson, Lewis

NOT VOTING: Allen, Collins, Loudermilk, A. Scott

REGULATING CHEMICALS: The House has passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576), sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. The bill would change processes for the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate chemicals, including tools for testing information on chemicals, attempting to improve the use of science in regulation, and updating the system of industry fees that funds EPA chemicals regulation. The vote, on May 24, was 403 yeas to 12 nays.

YEAS: Bishop, Carter, Graves, Hice, Johnson, Lewis, Price, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NOT VOTING: Allen, Collins, Loudermilk, A. Scott

ENERGY POLICY BILL: The House has passed the Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012), sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. The bill would direct the Energy Department to conduct various electricity storage and vehicle technology research programs, adopt new energy efficiency standards, increase cybersecurity requirements for the electricity grid, and require speedy reviews of applications to export liquefied natural gas. The vote, on May 25, was 241 yeas to 178 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Bishop, Carter, Collins, Graves, Hice, Loudermilk, Price, A. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Johnson, Lewis, D. Scott

ENERGY, WATER SPENDING BILL: The House has rejected the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5055), sponsored by Rep. Michael K. Simpson, R-Idaho. The bill would have provided $37.4 billion of fiscal 2017 funding for the Energy Department, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and various energy and water agencies. The vote, on May 26, was 112 yeas to 305 nays.

YEAS: Carter, Price, Woodall

NAYS: Allen, Bishop, Collins, Graves, Hice, Johnson, Lewis, Loudermilk, A. Scott, D.Scott, Westmoreland

SENATE

MONITORING SEX OFFENDERS: The Senate has passed the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act (S. 2613), sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The bill would reauthorize through fiscal 2018 the federal government’s Sex Offender Management Assistance Program and Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant Program, and funding for the U.S. Marshals Service to apprehend sex offenders who do not register with local authorities. The vote, on May 23, was unanimous with 89 yeas.

YEAS: David Perdue, R; Johnny Isakson, R

MANAGING RETIREMENT FUNDS: The Senate has passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 88), sponsored by Rep. David P. Roe, R-Tenn., disapproving of a proposed Labor Department rule defining the term “fiduciary” as it applies to financial advisers managing the retirement funds of their clients. The vote, on May 24, was 56 yeas to 41 nays.

YEAS: Perdue, Isakson

REGULATING CATFISH IMPORTS: The Senate has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 28), sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to cancel an Agriculture Department rule creating a special office for inspecting catfish imported from Vietnam and other countries. The vote, on May 25, was 55 yeas to 43 nays.

YEAS: Isakson

NAYS: Perdue

CONFIRMING NUCLEAR ENERGY DIPLOMAT: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Laura S. H. Holgate to serve as U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The vote, on May 26, was 67 yeas to 29 nays.

YEAS: Perdue, Isakson