[House Report 115-338] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 115th Congress } { Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session } { 115-338 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 36) TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROTECT PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ October 2, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Ms. Cheney, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 548] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 548, by a record vote of 8 to 4, 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. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, 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 the Judiciary. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution provides one motion to recommit. 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 committee's 302(a) allocation of such authority; Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation providing new budget authority for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to; and Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of increasing mandatory spending over the five or ten-year period. Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, 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. 114 Motion by Mr. Hastings to strike the waiver of all points of order. Defeated: 4-8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay Mr. Buck........................................ Nay Ms. Cheney...................................... Nay Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 115 Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay Mr. Collins..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea Mr. Buck........................................ Yea Ms. Cheney...................................... Yea Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [all]