[House Report 113-521]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-521
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5021) TO PROVIDE AN
EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY SAFETY, MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY,
TRANSIT, AND OTHER PROGRAMS FUNDED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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July 14, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 669]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 669, 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. 5021, the
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, under a closed
rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally
divided among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority
members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
and Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all
points of order against consideration of the bill. The
resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as
modified by the amendments printed in this report, 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.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
Clause 4(a) of rule XIII, which requires the
three-day layover of a committee report. It is important to
note that the text of the bill as ordered reported by the
Committee on Ways and Means was made publicly available on
Thursday, July 10, 2014. The report was filed July 14, 2014 to
allow Members time to file views.
Clause 10 of rule XXI, prohibiting 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,
prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget
authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such
authority.
Section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act,
prohibiting consideration of a measure providing new authority
to enter into contracts under which the Unites States is
obligated to make outlays, incur debt or credit authority.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in the bill, as amended, the committee is not aware
of any point 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. 152
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers for amendment #4, offered by Rep.
Blumenauer (OR), which express that the House should enact a
long-term transportation authorization, through at least 2020,
during the 113th Congress. Provides funding to the highway
trust fund adequate to ensure financing of surface
transportation projects through the period necessary to enact
such policy. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... ............
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 153
Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to report an open rule.
Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... ............
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Shuster (PA): Makes three technical changes to Title I.
2. Graves, Tom (GA): Adds Congressional findings that the
current transportation funding system is unsustainable, and
Congress should consider reforms that increase the authority of
states over their transportation systems and transportation
funding, while maintaining an appropriate federal role in
transportation.
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
In section 1001(c)(3)(E)(i), strike subclause (II) and insert
the following:
(II) by inserting ``or
period'' after ``the fiscal
year'' each place it appears;
and
In section 1101(a)(5), strike subparagraph (B) and insert the
following:
(B) Law enforcement campaigns.--Section
2009(a) of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note) is
amended--
(i) in the first sentence by
inserting ``and in the period beginning
on October 1, 2014, and ending on May
31, 2015'' after ``fiscal years 2013
and 2014''; and
(ii) in the second sentence by
inserting ``and in the period beginning
on October 1, 2014, and ending on May
31, 2015,'' after ``fiscal years 2013
and 2014''.
In section 1301(b), strike paragraph (1) and insert the
following:
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and by
adjusting the margins accordingly;
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At the end of section 1, insert the following (and conform
the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the existing Highway Trust Fund system is
unsustainable and unable to meet our Nation's 21st
century transportation needs;
(2) MAP-21 included important reforms that must be
built upon in the next reauthorization bill to increase
the efficient and effective utilization of Federal
funding;
(3) these reforms should include the elimination of
duplicative Federal regulations and increase the
authority and responsibility of the States to safely
and efficiently build, operate, and fund transportation
systems that best serve the needs of their citizens,
including the ability of each State to implement
innovative solutions, while also maintaining the
appropriate Federal role in transportation; and
(4) Congress should enact and the President should
sign a surface transportation reauthorization and
reform bill prior to the expiration of this Act.