[House Report 114-502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 114-502
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1206) TO PROHIBIT THE
HIRING OF ADDITIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNTIL THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CERTIFIES THAT NO EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE HAS A SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT, AND PROVIDING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4885) TO REQUIRE THAT USER FEES
COLLECTED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL
FUND OF THE TREASURY
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April 18, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Stivers, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 687]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 687, 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. 1206, the
No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act, under a structured rule.
The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means. 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 Rules Committee Print 114-47 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
makes in order only the further amendment printed in this
report, if offered by the Member designated in this report,
which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
the question. The resolution waives all points of order against
the amendment printed in this report. The resolution provides
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES)
Act of 2016, under a closed rule. The resolution provides one
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 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 Rules
Committee Print 114-50 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 for one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 1206, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 1206, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendment to H.R. 1206 printed in this report, the
Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is
prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 4885, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 4885, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points 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. 161
Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 1206
and H.R. 4885. Defeated: 3-8.
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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......................... Yea
Mr. Stivers..................................... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1206 MADE IN ORDER
1. Grayson (FL): Adds a level of confidentiality by
limiting the information furnished under this act to only be
used for the purposes of this act and further provides that the
information produced wouldn't be published in any form in which
any particular individual can be identified nor can this
information be made available to anyone outside of Internal
Revenue Service. (10 minutes)
TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1206 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, after line 11, insert the following:
(c) Confidentiality.--Information furnished under this
section--
(1) may not be used for any purpose other than the
administration of this section;
(2) may not be published in any form in which any
particular individual subject to this section can be
identified; or
(3) may not be examined and no person who is not an
officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may
have access to any such information.
Page 3, line 12, strike ``(d)'' insert ``(e)''.
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