[House Report 114-611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 114-611
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5325) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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June 8, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 771]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 771, by a record vote of 9 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. 5325, the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, 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 Appropriations. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. The
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the
bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The
resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in 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 this report. The
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides that during
consideration of H.R. 5325, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent
Resolution 11 shall not apply.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (``Ramseyer''),
requiring a committee report accompanying a bill
amending or repealing statutes to show, by
typographical device, parts of statute affected. The
waiver is provided because the submission provided by
the Committee on Appropriations was insufficient to
meet the standards established by the rule in its
current form. The Committee on Rules continues to work
with the House Office of Legislative Counsel and
committees to determine the steps necessary to comply
with the updated rule;
Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5, which
prohibits the consideration of a general appropriation
bill, unless it includes a spending reduction account;
and
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.
The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of
rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver
is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized
appropriations and legislative provisions.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in this report, 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. 183
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers for amendment #12, offered by Rep.
Wasserman Schultz (FL), which provides for the restatement of
the Library of Congress' existing policy regarding certain
Subject Headings and amendment #24, offered by Rep. Maloney
(NY); Rep. Peters (CA) and Rep. Hanna (NY), which prohibits
funds from being used to contravene the President's Executive
Order pertaining to equal employment in Federal government
contracting. Defeated: 2-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Stivers..................................... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 184
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9-2
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... ............
Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Stivers..................................... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... Yea
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER
1. Speier (CA): Increases funding for the Sergeant at Arms
by $100,000 for additional clearance investigations, and
decreases the Office of the Clerk by the same amount. (10
minutes)
2. Ellison (MN), Grijalva (AZ): Reprograms funds to create
an Office of Good Jobs for the House of Representatives. (10
minutes)
3. Blumenauer (OR): Requires the Architect of the Capitol
to conduct a feasibility study regarding the installation and
operation of Capital Bikeshare stations on Capitol Grounds. (10
minutes)
4. Welch (VT), Matsui (CA): Transfers $500,000 from the
Capital Construction and Operations account to the Capitol
Building and House Office Buildings accounts, appropriating
$250,000 to each. This amendment would bring the Capitol and
House office buildings into compliance with General Services
Administration requirements for federal buildings regarding
lactation stations for breastfeeding mothers. (10 minutes)
5. Sanford (SC): Transfers $430,000 from the John C.
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development to
the spending reduction account. (10 minutes)
6. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the
board cut to the bill's spending levels. Accounts for the
Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol-Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds and Security, and Office of the Sergeant At
Arms shall not be reduced. (10 minutes)
7. Flores (TX), Blackburn (TN), Walker (NC): Prohibits
funds from being used for the manufacturing of government
security credentials by the Government Publishing Office (GPO)
for any agency other than Capitol Police and the Sergeant at
Arms of the House of Representatives. (10 minutes)
8. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits any funds for delivering printed
copies of the United States House of Representatives Telephone
Directory to the office of any Member of the House of
Representatives. (10 minutes)
9. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits any funds for delivering printed
copies of the President's Budget to the office of any Member of
the House of Representatives. (10 minutes)
10. Grayson (FL): Expands the list of parties with whom the
federal government is prohibited from contracting due to
serious misconduct on the part of the contractors. (10 minutes)
11. Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Lujan (NM):
Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA), offset from funds from the
Architect of the Capitol's Capital Construction and Operations
Account. (10 minutes)
12. Russell (OK): Prohibits use of funds under this Act to
be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to a
Member of the House of Representatives. (10 minutes)
13. Pearce (NM): Reduces the Office of Congressional Ethics
budget to FY16 levels and transfers remaining funds to the
deficit reduction account. (10 minutes)
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, line 13, after the second dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $100,000)''.
Page 4, line 18, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $100,000)''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ellison of Minnesota or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, line 22, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $100,000) (increased by $100,000)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch of Vermont or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $500,000)''.
Page 17, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $250,000)''.
Page 17, line 23, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $250,000)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sanford of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 39, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $430,000)''.
Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $430,000)''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blackburn of Tennessee
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) Each amount made available by this Act is hereby
reduced by 1 percent.
(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to--
(1) accounts under the heading ``Capitol Police'';
(2) ``Architect of the Capitol--Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds and Security''; or
(3) the amount provided for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms under the heading
``House of Representatives--Salaries, Officers and
Employees''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flores of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used by the Government Publishing Office for the manufacture of
secure credentials for any agency other than the United States
Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to deliver a printed copy of the United States House of
Representatives Telephone Directory to the office of any Member
of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to the Congress).
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget of the United
States Government; Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the
United States Government; or the Appendix, Budget of the United
States Government, to the office of any Member of the House of
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to the Congress).
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its
principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal
Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its
principals--
(1) within a three-year period preceding the offer,
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered
against it for commission of fraud or a criminal
offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to
obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal
criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity
with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated
above in paragraph (1); or
(3) within a three-year period preceding the offer,
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an
amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability
remains unsatisfied.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses of
the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the
Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)
$2,500,000, to be derived from a reduction of $2,500,000 in the
amount provided in this Act for the item for ``Architect of the
Capitol, Capital Construction and Operations''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Russell of Oklahoma or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to a
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member
requests a copy.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pearce of New Mexico
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,970)''.
Page 5, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,970)''.
Page 6, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by
$190,970)''.
Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $190,970)''.
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