[House Report 115-949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


115th Congress   }                                      {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {     115-949

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3798) TO AMEND THE 
   INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO REPEAL THE 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR 
  CLASSIFICATION AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PURPOSES OF THE EMPLOYER 
 MANDATE IN THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND REPLACE 
IT WITH 40 HOURS; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT 
TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 5895) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND 
   WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
     SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR 
    PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, THROUGH 
                           SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

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 September 12, 2018.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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              Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1059]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1059, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3798, the 
Save American Workers Act of 2017, under a closed rule. The 
resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-84, shall 
be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for the consideration 
of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5895, the Energy and 
Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019. The resolution 
waives all points of order against the conference report and 
against its consideration. The resolution provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read. The resolution 
provides that the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered without intervention of any motion except one hour of 
debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. Debate on the 
conference report is divided pursuant to clause 8(d) of rule 
XXII.
    Section 3 of the resolution provides that on any 
legislative day during the period from September 17, 2018, 
through September 24, 2018: the Journal of the proceedings of 
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair 
may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date 
and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
adjournment.
    Section 4 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the 
duration of the period addressed by section 3 of the resolution 
as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
    Section 5 of the resolution provides that each day during 
the period addressed by section 3 of the resolution shall not 
constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule 
XIII. (resolutions of inquiry).

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 3798 includes a waiver of the following:
           Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits the 
        consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of 
        increasing mandatory spending over the five-year or 
        ten-year period;
           Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation 
        providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) 
        allocation of such authority; and
           Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
        which prohibits consideration of legislation that would 
        cause revenues to be less than the level of total 
        revenues for the first fiscal year or for the total of 
        that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for 
        which allocations are provided.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 3798, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against the conference 
report and its consideration includes a waiver of the 
following:
           Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
        which prohibits consideration of legislation within the 
        jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless 
        referred to or reported by the Budget Committee; and
           Clause 9 of rule XXII, which prohibits the 
        inclusion of matter in a conference report not 
        committed to the conference by either House.

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