[House Report 107-358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 107-358
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2356, BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN REFORM
ACT OF 2001
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February 7, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Reynolds, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 344]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 344, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House without recommendation.
summary of provisions of the resolution
The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2356,
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide
bipartisan campaign reform, under a structural rule. The rule
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on House Administration.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration
of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be
considered for debate on the legislative day following the
adoption of the resolution immediately after the Pledge of
Allegiance. The rule provides that no amendment to the bill
shall be in order except those printed in the Congressional
Record.
The rule provides that before consideration of any other
amendment, it shall be in order to consider the amendments in
the nature of a substitute as specified in section 2(b) of the
resolution. The rule provides that each amendment in the nature
of a substitute that may be offered shall be considered in the
order specified in section 2(b), shall be offered only by the
Member specified or his designee, shall be considered as read,
and shall each be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule waives
all points of order against the amendments in the nature of a
substitute, except clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane
amendments) or clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting tax or
tariff provisions in a bill not reported by a committee with
jurisdiction over such measures).
The rule provides that if more than one amendment in the
nature of a substitute is adopted, the one receiving the most
affirmative votes shall be considered as adopted. In the case
of a tie for the greater number of affirmative votes, only the
last such amendment to receive that number of affirmative votes
shall be considered as adopted.
The rule further provides that after disposition of the
amendments in the nature of a substitute no other amendment
shall be in order except those specified in section 3(b) of the
resolution. The rule provides that the amendments specified in
section 3(b) may only be offered by the Member designated in
the resolution or his designee, shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for 20 minutes 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 in the House or in the Committee of
the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the
amendment specified in section 3(b), except clause 7 of rule
XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) or clause 5(a) of rule
XXI (prohibiting tax or tariff provisions in a bill not
reported by a committee with jurisdiction over such measures).
The rule specifies that on the legislative day on which the
resolution is adopted a Member must print the amendments
specified in section 2(b) in the Congressional Record and make
one announcement from the Floor describing each amendment by
the number printed in the Congressional Record, which must
include any amendment the Member intends to offer, but must be
limited to the number of amendments specified in section 3(b),
for the bill or for each substitute specified in section 2(b).
The rule provides that if the Committee of the Whole should
rise without coming to a resolution on the bill, it shall
continue consideration immediately after the Pledge of
Allegiance on each ensuing legislative day until the Committee
reports the bill back to the House.
The rule provides that any Member may demand a separate
vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
The rule provides that House Resolution 203 is laid on the
table.
The waiver of all points of order includes a waiver of
clause 3(b) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion in the report
of any record votes on a motion to report, or on any amendment
to a bill reported from committee), which is necessary because
the report failed to contain an accurate report of record
votes, and clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion
in the report of a statement of general performance goals and
objectives for which the measure authorizes funding), which is
necessary because the report failed to contain a report on
performance goals. Finally, the waiver includes a waiver of
clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII (requiring the availability of a
cost estimate in the report).