[House Report 113-322]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-322
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2279) TO AMEND THE SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL ACT RELATING TO REVIEW OF REGULATIONS UNDER SUCH ACT AND
TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND
LIABILITY ACT OF 1980 RELATING TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLASSES
OF FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3362) TO
AMEND THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO REQUIRE
TRANSPARENCY IN THE OPERATION OF AMERICAN HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGES; AND
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3811) TO REQUIRE
NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS OF BREACHES OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION THROUGH EXCHANGES UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
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January 8, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Burgess, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 455]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 455, by a record vote of 9 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. 2279, the
Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013, under a
structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution makes in order as original text for
the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-
30 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The
resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in
the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only
those further amendments to H.R. 2279 printed in part A of this
report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order
printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall
be debatable for the time specified in this report 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 resolution waives all points of
order against the amendments printed in part A of this report.
The resolution provides for one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 3362, the Exchange Information Disclosure Act, under a
closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate with 40
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 20
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment to H.R.
3362 printed in part B of this report shall be considered as
adopted and 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 3 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of
2014, 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 Energy and Commerce. 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
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 2279, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in
the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2279 made in order as
original text includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI,
prohibiting the consideration of non-germane amendments,
because the amendment in the nature of a substitute contains
provisions not germane to the bill.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in part A of this report, the Committee
is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic
in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 3362, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 3362, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 3811, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 3811, 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. 96
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 2279,
H.R. 3362, and H.R. 3811. Defeated: 4-9.
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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...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 97
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4.
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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...................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2279 IN PART A MADE IN ORDER
1. Sinema (AZ): Strikes language that would expand
eligibility for the National Priorities List (NPL) in Section
204, which is overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Reinstates language that directs listing of the ``highest
priority facilities'' for cleanup. (10 minutes)
2. Tonko (NY): Blocks implementation of the bill if any
provision would increase litigation, reduce funds available for
cleaning up contaminated sites, or that would delay clean up of
contaminated sites. (10 minutes)
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3362 IN PART B CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Terry (NE): Makes technical corrections to the legislation,
expands the reporting requirement to require the Secretary to
increase the specificity for those enrolling in Medicaid; the
number of individuals who have effectuated enrollment in a
qualified health plan (QHP) through payment of their first
monthly premium; and the ages of those who have effectuated
enrollment in a QHP.
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2279 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sinema of Arizona or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 8, strike lines 13 and 14 and insert the following:
``U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)) is amended by inserting ``Not later
than 90 days after''.
Page 9, line 7, strike ``; and'' and insert a period.
Page 9, strike lines 8 through 15.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tonko of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill, add the following new title:
TITLE IV--AVOIDING INCREASED LITIGATION AND DELAYS IN CLEANUPS
SEC. 401. AVOIDING INCREASED LITIGATION AND DELAYS IN CLEANUPS.
This Act shall not take effect if any provision thereof would
increase the potential for litigation, reduce the amount of
funds available for the cleanup of contaminated sites, or delay
the implementation of any such cleanup.
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PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3362 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 2, line 13, strike ``March 31'' and insert ``March 30''.
Page 2, line 16, strike ``with'' after ``the''.
Page 3, amend lines 13 through 15 to read as follows:
``(IV) the number of
individuals who have selected a
qualified health plan;
Page 3, after line 15, insert the following new subclauses
(and redesignate the succeeding subclauses accordingly):
``(V) the number of
individuals who enrolled in
Medicaid, and, of such number,
the number who became eligible
to enroll because of changes in
eligibility effected under this
Act and the number who
otherwise were eligible to
enroll;
``(VI) the number of
individuals who have
effectuated enrollment in a
qualified health plan through
payment of the first monthly
premium;
``(VII) the age of
individuals who have
effectuated enrollment in a
qualified health plan through
payment of the first monthly
premium;
Page 5, line 2, strike ``Act'' and insert ``subparagraph''.
Page 5, line 3, strike ``March 31'' and insert ``March 30''.
Page 5, line 6, strike ``with''.
Page 6, line 16, strike ``that'' and insert ``than''.