[House Report 115-333] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 115th Congress } { Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session } { 115-333 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3823) TO AMEND TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, TO EXTEND AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO EXTEND THE FUNDING AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY OF THE AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND, TO PROVIDE DISASTER TAX RELIEF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES _______ September 26, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 538] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 538, by a record vote of 7 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. 3823, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and provides that the bill shall not be subject to a question of consideration. 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 it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of September 28, 2017, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV, and that the Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, 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 the bill 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. 113 Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay Mr. Woodall..................................... ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Nay Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay Mr. Collins..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... ............ Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea Mr. Buck........................................ Yea Ms. Cheney...................................... Yea Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED Curbelo (FL): Provides that the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will be reimbursed for costs associated with disaster relief tax provisions. TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curbelo of Florida or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes Page 58, strike lines 6 through 13 and insert the following: (1) Payments to united states virgin islands and puerto rico.-- (A) United states virgin islands.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the United States Virgin Islands amounts equal to the loss in revenues to the United States Virgin Islands by reason of the provisions of this title. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the United States Virgin Islands. (B) Puerto rico.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to Puerto Rico amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of Puerto Rico by reason of the provisions of this title if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in Puerto Rico. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to Puerto Rico unless Puerto Rico has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which Puerto Rico will promptly distribute such payments to its residents. [all]