[House Report 114-94]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 114-94
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2028) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2029) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE
PERIOD FROM MAY 4, 2015, THROUGH MAY 11, 2015
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April 28, 2015.--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. 223]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 223, by a record vote of 8 to 2, 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. 2028, the
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2016, and H.R. 2029, the Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2016, under modified-open rules. The
resolution provides one hour of general debate on each bill
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
each bill. The resolution waives points of order against
provisions in each bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of
rule XXI. The resolution provides that after general debate
each bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule except that: 1) amendments shall be debatable for
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and
an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment; and 2) no
pro forma amendments shall be in order except that the chair
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations
or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma
amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. 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 each bill with or without instructions.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that during
consideration of H.R. 2028 and H.R. 2029, the provisions of
House Concurrent Resolution 27, as adopted by the House, shall
have force and effect in the House as though Congress has
adopted such concurrent resolution; and the allocations printed
in this report shall be considered for all purposes in the
House to be allocations under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that on any
legislative day during the period from May 4, 2015, through May
11, 2015: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day
shall be considered as approved; and 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 5 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 4.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 2028, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 2029 include a waiver of Section 306 of the Congressional
Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of legislation within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to
or reported by the Budget Committee.
The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against
provisions in H.R. 2028 and H.R. 2029 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 each 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. 39
Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike the section of the rule
which deems the provisions of H. Con. Res. 27, the Republican
budget resolution, to have full force and effect. Defeated: 2-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Stivers..................................... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 40
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-2
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Stivers..................................... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... Yea
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(in millions of dollars)
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2016
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Base Discretionary Action................. BA 1,016,582
OT 1,139,891
Global War on Terrorism................... BA 96,000
OT 45,442
Current Law Mandatory..................... BA 952,580
OT 940,993
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