[House Report 112-21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-21
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4) TO REPEAL THE
EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENTS OF $600 OR
MORE TO CORPORATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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March 1, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed.
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Mr. Scott of South Carolina, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 129]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 129, 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 a closed rule for consideration of
H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of
2011. 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 the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
now printed in H.R. 705 shall be considered as adopted. 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 for two hours and 30 minutes
of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The
resolution provides for 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 section 303(a) of the Budget Act
of 1974, which prohibits consideration of legislation, as
reported, providing new budget authority, change in revenues,
change in public debt, new entitlement authority, or new credit
authority for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for
that year has been agreed to. Since the bill being considered
has a revenue effect in fiscal year 2012, the bill requires a
waiver of section 303(a). While the Committee is also aware of
a violation of section 311 of the Budget Act of 1974, section
3(d) of H. Res. 5, which passed the House on January 5, 2011,
provides an exemption for the bill and allows the Budget
Committee Chairman to make the appropriate budgetary
adjustments.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the
bill, as amended, 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. 42
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 4 to make
in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1,
offered by Rep. Crowley (NY), which would prohibit the new
rules created by section 4 of the bill from going into effect,
effectively eliminating the offset. Defeated: 4-7.
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay
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