[House Report 116-426] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]116th Congress } { Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session } { 116-426 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL (H.R. 6172) TO AMEND THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 TO PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ May 27, 2020.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. McGovern, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 981] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 981, 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 the consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020. The resolution makes in order a single motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendments. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion and provides that it shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The resolution provides that the Senate amendments and the motion shall be considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The resolution provides that any motion pursuant to clause 4 of rule XXII relating to H.R. 6172 may be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee. The resolution provides that if a veto message is laid before the House on H.J. Res. 76, then after the message is read, further consideration of the veto message and the joint resolution shall be postponed until the legislative day of Wednesday, July 1, 2020; and on that legislative day, the House shall proceed to reconsideration and dispose of such question without intervening motion. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration of the motion and the Senate amendments, 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. 315 Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to make in order amendment #2, offered by Rep. Gosar (AZ), which requires the Attorney General to disclose each time a person associated with a candidate for President of a major party, as defined by the IRS code, is under FISA surveillance to the majority and minority leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Defeated: 4-8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay Ms. Matsui...................................... Nay Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 316 Motion by Mr. Perlmutter to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Nay Mrs. Torres..................................... Yea Mr. Woodall....................... Nay Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Yea Mr. Burgess....................... Nay Mr. Raskin...................................... Yea Mrs. Lesko........................ Nay Ms. Scanlon..................................... Yea Mr. Morelle..................................... Yea Ms. Shalala..................................... Yea Ms. Matsui...................................... Yea Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Yea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------