House Report 113-89 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1911) TO AMEND THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO ESTABLISH INTEREST RATES FOR NEW LOANS MADE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2013, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[House Report 113-89]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-89

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1911) TO AMEND THE HIGHER
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO ESTABLISH INTEREST RATES FOR NEW LOANS MADE ON
OR AFTER JULY 1, 2013, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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May 22, 2013.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 232]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 232, by a record vote of 7 to 2, 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. 1911, the
Smarter Solutions for Students 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 Education and the Workforce. The resolution waives
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The
resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-
12 shall be considered as adopted. The resolution provides that
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 directs the Clerk to, in the
engrossment of H.R. 1911, add the text of H.R. 1949 as passed
by the House as a new matter at the end of H.R. 1911 and make
conforming modifications in the engrossment.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that on any
legislative day during the period from May 24, 2013, through
May 31, 2013: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous
day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any
time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time
within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the
Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the
duration of the period addressed by section 3 of the resolution
as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Committee on
Appropriations may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May
29, 2013, file privileged reports to accompany measures making
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014.
Section 6 of the resolution provides that the Committee on
Agriculture may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May
29, 2013, file a report to accompany H.R. 1947.

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes waivers of:
Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of legislation that exceeds a
committee's 302(a) or 302(b) allocations. However, it is
important to note that while the bill does exceed the
Committee's 302(a) allocation, the bill reduces direct spending
over the 5 and 10-year periods, by $1.0 billion and by $3.7
billion respectively.
Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which
prohibits consideration of legislation if it would cause the
level of total new budget authority or total outlays for the
first fiscal year to be exceeded. However, it is important to
note that while the bill does provide new budget authority in
excess of applicable budgetary limits in the first year, the
bill reduces direct spending over the 5 and 10-year periods, by
$1.0 billion and by $3.7 billion respectively.
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. 37

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated:
2-7.

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter.................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida.......... ............
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis........................ Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 38

Motion by Mr. Polis to a make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers for amendment #5, offered by Rep. Davis
(CA), which would add a section of Congressional findings to
the bill with projections of student loan interest rates;
amendment #6, offered by Rep. Courtney (CT), Rep. Horsford
(NV), Rep. Miller (CA), Rep. Tierney (MA), Rep. Welch (VT),
Rep. Kuster (NH), Rep. Peters (MI), Rep. Sinema (AZ), Rep.
Duckworth (IL) and Rep. Titus (NV), which extends the current
3.4% interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans for a
period of two years; amendment #9, offered by Rep. Edwards
(MD), which reduces the cap on Stafford loans to 6.8 percent
and PLUS loans to 7.9 percent in the underlying bill; amendment
#10 offered by Rep. Edwards (MD), which reduces the Stafford
loan cap in the underlying bill to 3.4 percent for students
pursuing a degree in the fields of science, technology,
engineering, or mathematics; amendment #11 offered by Rep.
Miller (CA), which implements President Obama's revenue neutral
student loan proposal and sets fixed variable interest rates to
save students $30 billion in the next six years while expanding
Income Based Repayment to support struggling borrowers.
Defeated: 2-7.

Rules Committee record vote No. 39

Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to report the rule. Adopted:
7-2.

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter.................... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. McGovern..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida.......... ............
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis........................ Nay
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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