[House Report 114-50]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 114-50
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2) TO AMEND TITLE XVIII
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO REPEAL THE MEDICARE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
RATE AND STRENGTHEN MEDICARE ACCESS BY IMPROVING PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS
AND MAKING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, TO REAUTHORIZE THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 27, 2015, THROUGH APRIL 10, 2015
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March 25, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Burgess, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 173]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 173, 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. 2, the
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, 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 Energy and Commerce and the
Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution
provides that the amendment 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.
Section 2 of the resolution provides that on any
legislative day during the period from March 27, 2015 through
April 10, 2015: (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the
previous day shall be considered as approved; and (b) the Chair
may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date
and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I
of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring
the adjournment.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the
duration of the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution
as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that each day during
the period addressed by section 2 of the resolution shall not
constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546).
Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Committee on
Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means each
may, at any time before 5 p.m. on April 6, 2015, file reports
to accompany measures.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of legislation providing new
budget authority in excess of a 302(a) allocation of such
authority;
Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act,
prohibiting consideration of legislation, providing a change in
revenues for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that
year has been agreed to;
Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, which prohibits consideration of legislation that would
cause the level of total new budget authority for the first
fiscal year to be exceeded; and
Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits the
consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of increasing
mandatory spending over the five-year or ten-year period.
Although the rule waives all points of order against
provisions in the bill, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Burgess (TX): Makes technical corrections.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 130, line 23, strike ``File'' and insert ``file''.
Page 147, strike line 17 and all that follows through page
148, line 14.
Page 148, line 15, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''.
Page 154, line 8, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(c)''.
Page 158, line 4, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''.
Page 175, lines 9 through 10, strike ``premiums (and other
individuals costs as'' and insert ``individual costs (as''.
Page 175, beginning on lines 11 through 12, strike ``the
estimated premiums (and such costs)'' and insert ``such
costs''.
Page 193, line 20, insert a space before ``and inserting''.
Page 197, line 22, strike ``301(b)(2)'' and insert
``301(b)(3)''.
Page 199, line 16, strike ``301(b)(2)'' and insert
``301(b)(3)''.
Page 200, strike lines 7 through 12.
Page 201, line 6, insert ``each place it appears'' before the
semicolon.
Page 202, line 18, strike ``paragraph (3)'' and insert
``paragraph (4)''.
Page 202, line 20, strike ``(1)(C)'' and insert ``(1)(G)''.
Page 203, line 18, insert ``fiscal year'' before ``2017''.
Page 203, line 24, insert ``fiscal year'' before ``2017''.
Page 210, line 23, strike ``(6)(A)(i)'' and insert
``(6)(A)''.
Page 210, line 25, insert ``each place it appears'' before
the period.
Page 215, line 8, insert ``section 631(b) of'' before ``the
American''.
Page 222, line 9, strike ``subparagraph (a)'' and insert
``subsection (a)''.
Page 224, beginning on line 3, strike ``Program.-'' and all
that follows through ``Section 1874A'' on line 5 and insert
``Program.-Section 1874A''.
Page 224, line 7, strike ``(A)'' and insert ``(1)'' and
adjust the margins accordingly.
Page 224, line 8, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(A)'' and
adjust the margins accordingly.
Page 224, line 10, strike ``(ii)'' and insert ``(B)'' and
adjust the margins accordingly.
Page 224, line 16, strike ``(B)'' and insert ``(2)'' and
adjust the margins accordingly.
Page 225, line 10, insert a comma after ``appropriate''.
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