Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 30, 2018

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FIRST Step Act, the Senate's criminal justice reform bill. The text of this bill was replaced in whole on December 18, 2018 with criminal justice reform provisions. Those provisions were originally introduced in S. 2795and H.R. 5682.

Prior to becoming the vehicle for passage of criminal justice reform, this bill was the Save Our Seas Act of 2018.

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 11:22 a.m. — Vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Joseph Maguire to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Cloture Motion Agreed to 95/1

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Yea

Sen. Schatz [D-HI]: Yea

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 6:57 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 1222: Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017

Passed 355/7

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

H.R. 1222 would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance surveillance capabilities to track the epidemiology of congenital heart disease (CHD) and to provide grants to study the epidemiology of CHD across the lifespan. In addition, the legislation would require the Secretary report to Congress on CHD, including information on the demographics and health care utilization of individuals with the disease. Additionally, the bill would reauthorize research on CHD at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and would require NIH to produce a report on its research efforts on CHD.

Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are defects in the structure and function of the heart that disrupt ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:05 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 6615: Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Passed 352/6

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:11 p.m. — Vote

S. 2076: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act

Passed 361/3

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:18 p.m. — Vote

S. 2278: State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018

Passed 357/4

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:25 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7327: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a security vulnerability disclosure policy, to establish a bug bounty program for the Department of Homeland Security, to amend title 41, United States Code, to provide for Federal acq

Passed 362/1

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:31 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7279: Water Infrastructure Improvement Act

Passed 351/10

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:38 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 6227: National Quantum Initiative Act

Passed 348/11

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:44 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 6652: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes.

Passed 359/1

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:50 p.m. — Vote

S. 1520: Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018

Passed 350/11

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 7:57 p.m. — Vote

S. 3530: Museum and Library Services Act of 2018

Passed 331/28

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Not Voting

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

How much federal money, if any, should go to libraries and museums?

Context

The previous reauthorization of the Museum and Library Service Act came in 2010, signed by President Obama. But President Trump wants to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services agency, and its $231 million budget, entirely.

A Senate committee voted unanimously last week to not only preserve the agency, but increase its budget as well.

What the bill does

The Museum and Library Services Act [S. 3530 + H.R. 6988] in many ways mirrors the previous Obama-era reauthorization, but with a few changes:

Total expenditures would be $299 million, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate.
More funds for disaster preparedness for libraries and museums, an ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 19, 2018 9:30 p.m. — Vote

On the Motion for Attendance H.R. 695

Motion for Attendance Agreed to 71/21

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Yea

Sen. Schatz [D-HI]: Nay

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 10:41 a.m. — Vote

H.Res. 1180: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 88) to modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of

Passed 207/170

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 10:52 a.m. — Vote

H.Res. 1181: Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Passed 350/30

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 1:58 p.m. — Vote

S. 756: FIRST Step Act

Passed 358/36

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Prior to becoming the vehicle for passage of criminal justice reform, this bill was the Save Our Seas Act of 2018.

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:02 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7328: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Passed 367/9

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:05 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 5075: Ashanti Alert Act of 2018

Passed 386/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Should America have an equivalent of AMBER Alerts but for adults?

Context

AMBER Alerts have existed since 1996, offering a number of methods for communicating to the public that a local child has been abducted or gone missing. Although there’s no federal version, more than half of states also have Silver Alerts for missing people over age 65.

Yet there has not been a comparable system for adults ages 18 to 65, people too old for AMBER Alerts and yet too young for Silver Alerts.

A state-level law creating such a system was enacted in Virginia in April, named the Ashanti Billie Act after a 19-year-old woman who was kidnapped and killed. It had passed the Virginia state Senate ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:08 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7093: Clean Up the Code Act of 2018

Passed 386/5

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Should you be able to drive your water hyacinth plant to another state without being labeled a criminal under the law?

Context

There are literally so many crimes punishable in U.S. federal law that experts don’t even agree on how many there are.

But do all of those crimes still need to be illegal? What about ones that have never been prosecuted in decades, or are for actions so minor that they arguably shouldn’t be illegal?

What the bill does

The Clean Up the Code Act [H.R. 7093] would repeal laws including:

Prohibited transportation of most dentures across state lines, a law passed in 1948.
Prohibited transportation of water hyacinth plants across state lines, a law ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:11 p.m. — Vote

S. 2896: Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018

Passed 391/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Should lobbyists be forced to reveal prior convictions, in order to advocate on behalf of clients with business before the government?

Context

Jack Abramoff was the most notorious lobbyist of the 2000s, exerting influence on the George W. Bush White House. He became a national name after being sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion and conspiracy, for crimes including scamming millions of dollars from a Native American tribe.

In 2016, Abramoff re-registered as a lobbyist working on behalf of a Romanian politician and the government of Congo. Although it was common knowledge that Abramoff had previously been convicted, the fact that he was not required to report this fact upon his lobbyist registration publicized the law’s ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:14 p.m. — Vote

S. 2961: Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018

Passed 388/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:17 p.m. — Vote

S. 2679: Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018

Passed 389/1

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:20 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7227: Taxpayer First Act of 2018

Passed 378/11

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:23 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 4227: Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018

Passed 388/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

H.R. 4227 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to examine the threat of vehicular terrorism and develop a strategy to improve Department of Homeland Security (DHS)support for the efforts of emergency responders and the private sector to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such a threat. The strategy is required to include information sharing and training activities as well as other activities recommended by the Secretary.

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:26 p.m. — Vote

S. 2652: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act

Passed 390/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:30 p.m. — Vote

S. 2765: RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018

Passed 389/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:34 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 5509: Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act

Passed 378/13

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

H.R. 5509 directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide grants for innovative approaches to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM) education and related workforce development programs, including supporting new apprenticeships and applied learning opportunities. Grants may be awarded to community colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations who coordinate with regional employers to offer these opportunities. NSF is also required to conduct research on the STEM and technical workforce.

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:37 p.m. — Vote

S. 7: NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018

Passed 390/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:40 p.m. — Vote

S. 2200: National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018

Passed 379/9

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:43 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 767: SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018

Passed 386/6

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:48 p.m. — Vote

S. 2322: CURD Act

Failed 230/162

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:51 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 6418: VA Website Accessibility Act of 2018

Passed 387/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:54 p.m. — Vote

S. 3444: A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the “Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”.

Passed 388/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 2:57 p.m. — Vote

S. 3777: Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018

Passed 389/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 3:31 p.m. — Vote

On Motion to Table

Passed 187/170

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: No

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 5:50 p.m. — Vote

On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 1183: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the ...

Passed 223/178

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 6 p.m. — Vote

H.Res. 1183: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check

Passed 221/179

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: No

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 6:16 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 88: Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Passed 220/183

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 6:24 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 2606: Stigler Act Amendments of 2018

Passed 399/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Aye

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 7:56 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 695: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019

Passed 217/185

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

This bill is the vehicle for passage for government funding to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, December 21, 2018. On December 19, the Senate passed this bill with provisions to fund the government through February 8, 2019. Subsequently, on December 20, the House added $5 billion in funding for a border wall, sending the bill back to the Senate.

Although most government agencies were already funded for fiscal year 2019, this bill would fund the remaining agencies for about seven weeks. According to the Senate appropriations committee, the bill would fund for that time:

USDA, FDA
Departments of Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, Interior, Environment, State, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Programs related to science, financial services, and other ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 20, 2018 8:04 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 6602: To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

Passed 382/9

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Aye

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:12 a.m. — Vote

H.Res. 1063: Designating room H-226 of the United States Capitol as the “Lincoln Room”.

Passed 366/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:17 a.m. — Vote

H.R. 7318: To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to ensure that the Public Buildings Reform Board has adequate time to carry out the responsibilities of the Board, and for other purposes.

Passed 372/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:20 a.m. — Vote

H.R. 7319: To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide flexibility with respect to the leaseback of certain Federal real property, and for other purposes.

Passed 372/1

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:24 a.m. — Vote

H.R. 7329: To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.

Passed 378/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:27 a.m. — Vote

S. 3367: Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization Act

Passed 381/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:32 a.m. — Vote

H.R. 7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the “Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office”.

Passed 375/6

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:36 a.m. — Vote

S. 2276: Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act

Passed 382/2

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:39 a.m. — Vote

S. 3031: Federal Personal Property Management Act of 2018

Passed 383/1

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 10:43 a.m. — Vote

S. 3191: Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018

Passed 376/6

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 12:31 p.m. — Vote

Motion to Proceed on H.R. 695: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019

Motion to Proceed Agreed to 48/47

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Nay

Sen. Schatz [D-HI]: Nay

This was a vote on whether to proceed on the revised version of H.R. 695 passed by the House on December 20. The motion passed, but Senators also agreed not to take any more votes until there is a solution that satisfies Democratic and Republican legislators and the White House. So, even though they voted to proceed, they decided they won't proceed until there is a deal guaranteed to satisfy everyone involved or until the 116th Congress is sworn in and the House votes to pass the existing Senate continuing resolution.

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 4:09 p.m. — Vote

H.Con.Res. 149: Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4174.

Passed 362/12

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 4:14 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 4174: Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017

Passed 356/17

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

H.R. 4174 addresses several recommendations from the final report issued by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Specifically, the bill

Requires federal agencies to create evidence-building plans for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of the agency;
Establishes Chief Evaluation Officers to continually assess the coverage, quality, methods, consistency, effectiveness, independence, and balance of the portfolio of evaluations, policy research, and ongoing evaluation activities of the agency; and
Creates an advisory committee to study the Commission’s recommendation to create a National Secure Data Service.

The bill also incorporates the text of H.R. 1770, the OPEN Government Data Act, which requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies to be published ...

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 4:18 p.m. — Vote

S. 3277: Space Frontier Act of 2018

Failed 239/137

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Nay

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting

Trackers: Roll Call Votes.

Dec 21, 2018 4:21 p.m. — Vote

S. 3661: 5th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Act

Passed 370/0

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Yea

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Not Voting