[House Report 112-464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 112-464
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5326) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE,
AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES; WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(A) OF RULE XIII
WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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May 7, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 643]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 643, by a record vote of 7-3, 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. 5326, the
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2013, under an open rule. The resolution provides one hour
of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The resolution waives all points of order against consideration
of the bill. The resolution waives points of order against
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of
rule XXI. Under the Rules of the House the bill shall be read
for amendment by paragraph. The resolution provides that the
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute
rule. The resolution authorizes the Chair to accord priority in
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in
the Congressional Record. The resolution provides one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides that House Resolution
614 is amended in section 2(a) by inserting ``and the
allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12
of House Report 112-421 shall be considered for all purposes in
the House to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974'' before the period.
Finally, Section 3 of the resolution waives clause 6(a) of
rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on
the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against
any resolution reported on May 10, 2012, providing for
consideration or disposition of any measure reported by the
Committee on the Budget relating to section 201 of House
Concurrent Resolution 112.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which
prohibits consideration of a general appropriations bill
reported by the Committee on Appropriations in the House until
the third calendar day on which printed hearings of the
Committee on Appropriations thereon have been available to
Members.
The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of
rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver
is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized
appropriations and legislative provisions.
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. 214
Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike Section 3 of the
resolution. Defeated: 3-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 215
Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Yea
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