[House Report 114-135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 114-135
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2577) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2578) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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June 1, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 287]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 287, by a record vote of 9 to 3, 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. 2577, the
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, and H.R. 2578, the Commerce,
Justice, Science, 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.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 2577 includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII
(``Ramseyer''), requiring a committee report accompanying a
bill amending or repealing statutes to show, by typographical
device, parts of statute affected.
The waiver is provided because the submission provided by
the committee was insufficient to meet the standards
established by the rule in its current form. The Committee on
Rules continues to work with the House Office of Legislative
Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to
comply with the updated rule.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 2578, the committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against
provisions in H.R. 2577 and H.R. 2578 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. 56
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 2578
and H.R. 2577. Defeated: 3-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay 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. 57
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ Yea 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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