[House Report 112-375] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 112th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112-375 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1173) TO REPEAL THE CLASS PROGRAM _______ January 24, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 522] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 522, 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. 1173, the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011, under a modified open rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate on the bill, with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 20 minutes 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 makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill as original text for purpose of amendment and provides that it shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only those amendments that are submitted for printing in the Congressional Record not later than the legislative day of Tuesday, January 31, 2012, or pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee, and each amendment shall be considered as read if printed. The resolution provides that after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment for a period not to exceed three hours. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill includes a waiver of clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, requiring the inclusion of general performance goals and objectives in a committee report. The waiver is necessary because the Committee on Ways and Means Report [H. Rept. 112- 342, Part 2] did not include an adequate statement of general performance goals and objectives. Although the resolution waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. COMMITTEE VOTES The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are printed below: Rules Committee record vote No. 182 Motion by Mr. Polis to report an open rule. Defeated: 1-6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay Mr. Webster..................................... Nay Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------