[House Report 116-679] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 116th Congress } { Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session } { 116-679 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 133) TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO; PROVIDING FOR DISPOSITION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 1520) TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A LIST OF LICENSED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ December 21, 2020.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Ms. Shalala, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 1271] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 1271, 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 amendment to H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-68. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. The resolution provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The resolution provides that the question of adoption of the motion shall be divided for a separate vote on the matter proposed to be inserted as divisions B, C, E, and F, and the Chair shall first put the question on such portion of the divided question. The resolution provides that if either portion of the divided question fails of adoption, then the motion shall immediately be considered to have failed of adoption. Section two provides that upon adoption of the resolution, the House shall be considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1520 with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-69. The resolution provides that the Clerk shall be authorized to make necessary technical and conforming changes in the engrossment of the House amendments specified in the first two sections, to include corrections in spelling, punctuation, section numbering, and cross-references. The resolution provides that if a veto message is laid before the House on H.R. 6395, then after the message is read, further consideration of the veto message and the bill shall be postponed until the legislative day of Monday, December 28, 2020; and on that legislative day, the House shall proceed to reconsideration and dispose of such question without intervening motion. The resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations and the chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence may insert in the Congressional Record not later than December 28, 2020, such material as they may deem explanatory of the Senate amendment and the motion specified in section one. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the motion includes waivers of the following:Clause 7 of rule XVI, which requires that no motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority. Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee. Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation that would cause the level of total new budget authority for the first fiscal year to be exceeded. 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. 363 Motion by Ms. Shalala 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [all]