[House Report 112-587] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 112th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112-587 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 6079) TO REPEAL THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010 _______ July 9, 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. 724] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 724, by a record vote of 8 to 4, 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. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act, under a closed rule. The resolution provides five hours of debate with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader or their respective designees, 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Small Business. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. Finally, the resolution provides one motion to recommit. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill includes a waiver of clause 11 of rule XXI, prohibiting the consideration of an unreported bill or joint resolution until the third calendar day on which it has been available. Although H.R. 6079 was not introduced until July 9th the text of the legislation, as introduced, has been available online since July 5th. Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, 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. 327 Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. DeFazio (OR), which would repeal the health insurance industry's anti- trust exemption. Defeated: 4-8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay Mr. Webster..................................... Nay Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 328 Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 4- 8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay Mr. Webster..................................... Nay Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 329 Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Sessions.................................... Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Yea Mr. Webster..................................... Yea Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Yea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------