[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 212 (Wednesday, December 8, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1334-E1335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ADDITIONAL WAIVERS FOR S. 610, H.R. 6119, AND H.R. 3684

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 8, 2021

  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, when the Committee on Rules filed its 
report (House Report 117-205) to accompany House Resolution 838, the 
Committee was unaware that the waiver of all points of order against 
consideration of S. 610 included a waiver of the following:
  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.
  When the Committee on Rules filed its report (House Report 117-201) 
to accompany House Resolution 829, the Committee was unaware that the 
waiver of all points of order

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against consideration of H.R. 6119 included waivers of the following:
  Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a measure 
that has a net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus 
over the five- or 10-year period; and
  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.
  When the Committee on Rules filed its report (House Report 117-74) to 
accompany House Resolution 504, the Committee was unaware that the 
waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3684 
included a waiver of the following:
  Section 425 of the Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of (1) 
any legislation referred by a committee until the committee publishes 
the CBO's statement on the direct costs of Federal mandates and (2) any 
legislation that would increase the direct costs of Federal 
intergovernmental mandates beyond $50,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) 
unless the legislation provides for new budget authority or the 
legislation appropriates sufficient funds to cover the new costs.

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