[House Report 112-129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress 
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.Rept.
                                                                112-129
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                                                  Union Calendar No. 79

 
  SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE FIRST 
                     QUARTER OF THE 112TH CONGRESS



                               __________

                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                                     


                                     

  June 28, 2011--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
             State of the Union and ordered to be printed.


                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                   David Dreier, California,Chairman

Pete SessionsTexas                   Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New 
                                     York
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina        James P. McGovern, Alabama
Rob Bishop, Utah                     Alcee L. Hastings, Florida
Rob Woodall, Georgia                 Jared Polis, Colorado
Richard B. Nugent, Florida
Tim Scott, South Carolina
Daniel Webster, Florida*

                 Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Staff Director

                Miles M. Lackey, Minority Staff Director

                                 ______

    *Tom Reed of New York was elected to the Committee on April 
5, 2011 and served until he resigned on June 14, 2011 to serve 
on the Committee on Ways and Means.

                     LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                                        Committee on Rules,
                                      Washington, DC, June 28, 2011
Hon. Karen Haas,
Clerk, United States House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Clerk: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives for the 112th Congress, I 
transmit herewith a report entitled ``Survey of Activities of 
the House Committee on Rules for the First Quarter of the 112th 
Congress.''
    The Committee adopted and ordered this matter reported on 
June 22, 2011 in open session by a voice vote.
      Sincerely,
                                       David Dreier
                                          Chairman.


                                CONTENTS

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                                                                   Page
I. History, Function, and Organization of the Committee on Rules.     1
  A. Introduction................................................     1
  B. History and Function........................................     2
  C. Committee Organization during the 112th Congress............     5
  D. Information Transparency for the Rules Committee............     6
  E. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 112th Congress......     7
II. House Rules Changes Adopted at the Beginning of the 112th 
  Congress.......................................................    17
  A. Introduction................................................    17
  B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 5, 
    Adopting Rules for the 112th Congress........................    18
III. Committee Oversight Plan....................................    23
IV. Committee Jurisdiction and Activities........................    25
  A. Introduction................................................    25
  B. Special Orders or Rules.....................................    26
    1. Rule Requests.............................................    26
    2. Hearings..................................................    27
    3. Special Orders or Rules...................................    28
      a. Background..............................................    28
      b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures...    28
      c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor 
        Management Tools.........................................    29
      d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among 
        and Responding to the Legislative Activities of 
        Committees...............................................    30
      e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate 
        Relations................................................    31
    4. Floor Consideration of a Special Rule.....................    32
    5. Rules Rejected, Tabled or Pending.........................    33
    6. Waivers of House Rules....................................    33
    7. Waivers of the Budget Act (Except for the Unfunded Mandate 
      Point of Order under Sections 425 and 426 of the 
      Congressional Budget Act of 1974)..........................    36
    8. Waiving All Points of Order...............................    37
  C. Original Jurisdiction Matter................................    39
    1. Committee Consideration of Original Jurisdiction Measures.    39
    2. Original Jursidiction Full Committee Hearings.............    39
      a. H. Res. 9, Instructing Certain Committees to Report 
        Legislation Replacing the Job-Killing Health Care Law....    39
      b. H. Res. 38, Reducing Non-Security Spending to Fiscal 
        Year 2008 Levels or Less.................................    40
      c. H. Res. 72, Directing certain standing committees to 
        inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed 
        regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal 
        Government, particularly with respect to their effect on 
        jobs and economic growth.................................    40
    3. Original Jurisdiction Measures Reported...................    41
      a. H. Res. 9, Instructing Certain Committees to Report 
        Legislation Replacing the Job-Killing Health Care Law....    41
      b. H. Res. 38, Reducing Non-Security Spending to Fiscal 
        Year 2008 Levels or Less.................................    42
      c. H. Res. 72, Directing certain standing committees to 
        inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed 
        regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal 
        Government, particularly with respect to their effect on 
        jobs and economic growth.................................    43
V. Statistical Profile of the Committee on Rules through May 31, 
  2011...........................................................    45
  A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules.......................    45
  B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures................    46
VI. Publications.................................................    46
  A. Printed Publications........................................    46
VII. Appendices..................................................    47
  A. Table 1--Types of Rules Granted.............................    47
  B. Table 2--Resolutions Reported...............................    52
  C. Table 3--Resolutions Discharged.............................    59
  D. Table 4--Resolutions Laid on the Table......................    59
  E. Table 5--Resolutions Amended................................    59
  F. Table 6--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals............    59
VIII. Minority Views.............................................    65


                                                  Union Calendar No. 79



112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session                                                    112-129
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  SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE FIRST 
                     QUARTER OF THE 112TH CONGRESS
                                _______


 June 28, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
             State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed.

                                _______
                                

               Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

    Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules met in open 
session on June 22, 2011 and ordered the following report on 
its activities during the first quarter of the 112th Congress 
reported to the House by a voice vote.

    I. HISTORY, FUNCTION, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES


                            A. Introduction

    In the 112th Congress, the Committee on Rules retained its 
traditional structure and purpose in the House of 
Representatives. Its size and super majority party ratio remain 
the same as in previous Congresses, under both Republican and 
Democratic control of the institution. Its central function 
also continues to be setting the conditions under which major 
legislation is considered on the House floor, including the 
terms of debate and the consideration of amendments.
    The Committee has been described by various scholars and 
Members as a ``legislative traffic cop,'' ``gatekeeper,'' 
``field commander,'' and ``the Speaker's Committee.'' All of 
these terms underscore the critical role the Committee plays in 
the conduct of legislative business in the House. While the 
primary responsibility of the Committee is to be the scheduling 
arm of the majority leadership, it also exercises ``original 
jurisdiction'' over the rules of the House, joint rules of the 
House and Senate, the order of business in the House, and the 
budget process. Although the principal purpose of this report 
is to summarize the activities of the Rules Committee during 
the first six months of the 1st Session of the 112th Congress, 
its secondary purpose is to view these activities in the 
context of the evolution of the Committee and the House of 
Representatives since the First Congress in 1789.

                        B. History and Function

     The history of the Committee on Rules roughly parallels 
the evolution of the House over the past 222 years. The House 
established the first Rules Committee as a select committee of 
the House on the second day of the First Congress, April 2, 
1789, pursuant to the Constitutional mandate in Article I, 
section 5, clause 2, that ``Each House may determine the rules 
of its proceedings...''. The House order creating the Committee 
stated ``that a committee be appointed to prepare and report 
such standing rules and order of proceeding as may be proper to 
be observed in this House...''.
    The Members serving on the Rules Committee have included 
some of the most prominent Members of the House. Of the first 
11 Members on the Committee, several had been Founding Fathers 
of the nation. These included: (1) Representative James Madison 
of Virginia, the ``Father of the Constitution'' and future 
President of the United States; (2) Representative Roger 
Sherman of Connecticut, the only one of the Founding Fathers to 
help prepare and sign all four of the most important documents 
of the early nation namely -- the Articles of Association, the 
Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and 
the Constitution; (3) Representative Elias Boudinot of New 
Jersey, President of the Continental Congress from November 
1782 to November 1783; and (4) Representative Elbridge Gerry of 
Massachusetts, a future Vice President of the United States and 
a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the 
Articles of Confederation.
    Five days after its appointment, the first Select Committee 
on Rules reported back a set of four rules on: (1) the duties 
of the Speaker, (2) decorum and debate, (3) the disposition of 
bills, and (4) the operations of the Committee of the Whole. 
Six days later, on April 13th, the Select Committee reported an 
additional eight rules dealing with such matters as the service 
of Members on committees, Members' attendance during floor 
proceedings, the creation of a standing Committee on Elections, 
the duties of the Clerk, and the duties of the Sergeant at 
Arms. Following the adoption by the House of these rules, the 
Select Committee was dissolved.
    During the first 90 years of the House, this pattern 
continued. At the beginning of a congress the House would 
establish a Select Committee on Rules, which would report any 
recommended revisions in the standing rules of the House from 
those of the previous, and then dissolve. In some Congresses, 
the House did not appoint a Select Committee on Rules, and 
operated under the rules recommended by the Committee and 
adopted in the preceding Congress.
    Although in its early years the House relied primarily on 
select committees to draft legislation, by the mid nineteenth 
century this system had evolved into thirty-four standing 
committees that would assume such responsibilities. The House 
briefly converted the Rules Committee into a standing committee 
between 1849 and 1853. In 1880, the House ultimately converted 
the Rules Committee into a permanent standing committee chaired 
by the Speaker of the House. It was this Speaker-Chairman 
position, combined with the newly-emerging role of the 
Committee to report rules managing consideration of legislation 
on the floor, that cemented the Committee's place in 
legislative history.
    In 1883, the modern Rules Committee began to emerge when 
the House upheld the right of the Committee to issue ``special 
orders of business'' or ``special rules'' providing for the 
consideration of legislation from other committees. By 1890, 
this new role was accepted as the exclusive prerogative of the 
Rules Committee.
    Special rules, which were and are House resolutions, also 
known as simple resolutions reported from the Rules Committee, 
were important because they only required a majority vote of 
the House to provide for the consideration of bills out of the 
order in which they appeared on the floor Calendar. This is 
notable because, until the use of special rules, a two thirds 
vote was required to suspend the rules and consider a bill out 
of order. A simple majority could now accomplish what 
previously required a super-majority. Special rules gained 
importance because they gave the House flexibility in its 
legislative agenda, which in turn, allowed for House leadership 
to respond to changing judgments about the nation's needs at 
any given time.
    The individual most responsible for recognizing and 
utilizing the full potential of the combined powers of Speaker 
and Rules Committee chairman was Representative Thomas Brackett 
Reed of Maine who served in those two roles between 1889-91, 
and l895-99. Not only did he use his authority as Speaker to 
make rulings from the Chair that outlawed certain dilatory and 
obstructionist tactics on the House floor; he also proceeded to 
codify these rulings, known as ``Reed's Rules,'' in the 
standing rules of the House through his capacity as Rules 
Committee chairman. Speaker Reed also made regular use of the 
Rules Committee to report special rules that enabling him to 
schedule bills he wanted considered on the floor when he wished 
and under his terms of debate and amendment.
    It was not until 1910 that this powerful Speaker-Chairman 
combination was broken up by a revolt against Speaker Joseph 
Cannon of Illinois, who had served as Speaker and Rules 
Committee Chairman since 1903. A group of progressive 
Republican insurgents joined with the Democratic minority to 
bypass the Rules Committee and directly amend the House Rules 
from the floor. When Speaker Cannon upheld a point of order 
that only the Rules Committee could recommend changes in House 
Rules, the group voted to overturn the ruling. They were then 
able to amend the rules of the House, stripping the Speaker of 
his chairmanship and membership on the Rules Committee, as well 
as his power to appoint Members to the Committee. They also 
voted to enlarge the Committee from 5 to 10 Members, elected by 
the House. The following year, the new Democratic majority in 
the House completed the revolution by taking away the Speaker's 
power to appoint Members to all the other committees of the 
House. Since then, the House has elected all Members of 
standing committees.
    This revolt had far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. 
The standing committees became independent power centers, no 
longer directly accountable to the Speaker. While the Rules 
Committee continued to serve as the scheduling arm of the 
Leadership, it developed an independent streak when reaction 
set in against the New Deal in 1937. From that time until 1961, 
the Committee was dominated by a conservative coalition of 
Southern Democrats and Republicans who would sometimes refuse 
to report rules on bills the majority leadership wanted on the 
floor, or would only report such rules under their terms and 
timing. A successful effort by Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas and 
President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to enlarge the Committee from 
12 to 15 Members, including two more liberal Democrats, did not 
resolve this problem. It was not until the mid seventies, with 
a large influx of new Democrats, that the Rules Committee was 
fully restored as an arm of the majority leadership.
    The reform movement of the mid 1970's, with the emergence 
of more independent Members and the proliferation of semi 
autonomous subcommittees furthered the decentralization of 
power in the House. This decentralization soon led to pressures 
to give the majority leadership, particularly the Speaker 
acting through the Rules Committee, more authority to direct 
the business of the House.
    In 1975, the Democratic Speaker was given authority under 
Caucus rules to appoint all Rules Committee Democrats, subject 
to Caucus ratification. In 1989, the Republican Conference gave 
the minority leader the same authority to appoint all Rules 
Committee Republicans. The slates of appointees recommended by 
both Leaders are still subject to approval by the whole House 
in the form of a simple resolution. This practice continues 
today. In the 112th Congress, all of the Republican Members 
were appointed to the Rules Committee through the adoption of 
H. Res. 6, H. Res. 33 and H. Res. 202. The Democratic Members 
of the Committee were appointed through the adoption of H. Res. 
7. Overall, the Rules Committee continues its role of 
facilitating the deliberation and amendment of major 
legislation in the House.
    While the most high-profile role of the Rules Committee is 
to direct legislative traffic to the House floor, the Committee 
is also responsible for other important business. For instance, 
as part of its gate-keeping work, the Committee must help 
resolve jurisdictional disputes between other standing 
committees. As is often the case, committees will report 
legislation with amendments that impact the jurisdiction of 
other committees. When legislation with such cross-
jurisdictional language comes to the Rules Committee, the 
Committee must resolve these disputes to ensure that 
legislation reaches the floor without controversy between House 
committees.
    Finally, with the aid of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
the Committee plays a role in ensuring compliance with the 
House Rules. Authorizing and appropriating committees often 
seek guidance in how to conduct their oversight and legislative 
responsibilities in accordance with the Rules, and when 
questions arise regarding the propriety of certain courses of 
action, they turn to the Rules Committee or the Parliamentarian 
for the answer.
    Overall, and notwithstanding changes in majority control, 
the Rules Committee continues its role of facilitating the 
deliberation and amending of legislation in the House.

          C. Committee Organization During the 112th Congress

    At the beginning of the 94th Congress, the Committee 
membership was increased from fifteen Members (ten Democrats 
and five Republicans) to sixteen Members (eleven Democrats and 
five Republicans). This ratio remained until the 98th Congress, 
when the membership was reduced to thirteen Members (nine 
Democrats and four Republicans). The membership has remained at 
thirteen through the beginning of the 112th Congress. The ratio 
of majority party Members to minority party Members also has 
remained the same. However, in the 104th through the 109th 
Congresses and in the 112th Congress, Republicans were in the 
majority and Democrats were in the minority. During the 110th 
and 111th Congresses, Democrats were in the majority.
    Seven of the thirteen Members of the Rules Committee served 
on the Committee during the 111th Congress. The returning 
Republican Representatives were David Dreier of California, 
Pete Sessions of Texas, and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina. In 
addition, one of the Republican Members of the Rules Committee, 
Mr. Bishop of Utah, previously served on the committee in the 
109th Congress. The new Republican Representatives appointed to 
serve on the Rules Committee for the 112th Congress were Rob 
Woodall of Georgia, Richard B. Nugent of Florida, Tim Scott of 
South Carolina, Daniel Webster of Florida, and Tom Reed of New 
York. Mr. Reed resigned from the Committee on June 14, 2011 
upon his appointment to the Committee on Ways and Means. The 
returning Democratic Representatives were Louise McIntosh 
Slaughter of New York, James McGovern of Massachusetts, Alcee 
Hastings of Florida, and Jared Polis of Colorado.
    The Committee held its organizational meeting on January 5, 
2011. Chairman David Dreier of California opened the meeting, 
welcomed members, and introduced new members.
    Chairman Dreier announced that the proposed Committee rules 
would be considered as read and open for amendment at any 
point. He explained that the proposal calls for the adoption of 
the Committee's rules for the 111th Congress with one change 
that was necessary to comply with new House rules, the 
Committee will make all votes available electronically within 
48 hours of a hearing.
    Ms. Foxx offered a motion that the Rules Committee adopt 
the proposed Committee rules for the 112th Congress. Ms. Foxx's 
motion to adopt the Committee rules was agreed to by voice vote 
after two amendments were adopted by voice vote and two 
amendments failed by a vote of 4 to 7. Specifically: Amendment 
#1, offered by Mr. Hastings, to require all proceedings be 
streamed live and archived on the Committee's website, was 
adopted by voice vote; Amendment #2, offered by Mr. Polis, to 
require that the chair include in the report on any rule an 
explanation of any waivers granted to the legislation, was 
adopted by voice vote; Amendment #3, offered by Mr. Hastings, 
to require that any bill or substitute amendment that is 
reported out of the Rules Committee be accompanied by a cost 
estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, was defeated by 
a record vote of 4 to 7; and Amendment #4, offered by Mr. 
McGovern, to ensure that any bill, substitute amendment, or 
self-executing amendment that is before the Rules Committee 
would be available for members to read for at least 24 hours 
before the Committee would vote on a rule related to the 
legislation, was defeated by a record vote of 4 to 7.
    Pursuant to Clause 2(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House, Chairman Dreier designated Pete Sessions as the Vice 
Chairman of the Rules Committee to act on the Chairman's behalf 
during a temporary absence of the Chairman.
    Mr. Sessions offered a motion that pursuant to Rule 5(c) of 
the Committee on rules, the Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House and the Subcommittee on Legislative 
and Budget Process would each be composed of five majority and 
two minority Members, identical to the ratio used in recent 
Congresses. Mr. Session's motion was adopted by voice vote. 
Chairman Dreier asked unanimous consent that any appointments 
to the subcommittees be postponed until the chair and ranking 
member have had time to consult with members and each other. As 
June 15, 2011 the Committee had yet to populate its 
subcommittees.

          D. Information Transparency For the Rules Committee

    Due to its unique role in the legislative process, the 
Committee on Rules has traditionally assumed the role of 
providing the portal for Members and the public to access major 
legislation in the House. Whether it is early access to 
legislation or conference reports, or the text of amendments 
submitted to the Committee or made in order for the floor, the 
Rules Committee has always served as the central repository for 
those documents.
    That role became official in the 112th Congress, even if 
only on a temporary basis. The rules changes for the 112th 
Congress conferred the same status on documents in electronic 
form as traditionally printed documents for purposes of layover 
and availability -- a first for the House of Representatives. 
While H.Res. 5 also directed the establishment of a central 
location for the posting of electronic legislative documents, 
that resolution also designated the Rules Committee website as 
the temporary central location for those documents until that 
site was ready.
    With the transition to a new majority this congress, the 
Rules Committee website was redesigned to emphasize 
transparency in the Rules Committee process and for legislation 
destined for floor consideration. This represents the most 
fundamental update of the site since it first went live in 
1999. Among the new features for the site in the 112th 
Congress--
     Dedicated pages for each bill, with a tabbed 
interface showing the disposition of all submitted amendments 
and a new ``at-a-glance'' view to provide links to important 
information;
      Pages for each hearing where the Committee posts 
statements submitted for the record and other hearing 
materials;
     Links to webcasts for each hearing and meeting 
held by the Committee, both live and archived;
     Links to the text of all bills to be considered in 
the coming week, usually in both PDF and XML formats; and
     An ``important policies'' section, which provides 
links to the text of the policies and protocols which govern 
the Rules Committee and majority leadership's scheduling of 
measures for the floor.
    Additionally, the website also maintains links to much of 
the historical and educational material which Members, staff, 
citizens, and academics find useful in understanding the 
legislative process in the House. The Committee is continuing 
its efforts to update and modernize those materials and plans 
on adding more in the months to come.
    These features continue to make the site a destination for 
everybody seeking information about the legislative process in 
the House. From the beginning of the 112th Congress through the 
end of May 2011, the Committee's website has had nearly 17 
million hits, an average of nearly 111,000 per day.
    In addition to the Committee's public web site, the 
Committee operates the Committee on Rules Electronic Database 
(CORED), an internal tracking and workflow system. Originally 
developed in the 109th Congress as a statistical repository, 
majorities of both parties have made significant investments to 
turn it into the backbone of the Committee's operation it is 
today.
    This system allows the Committee to quickly process 
submitted amendments and proposed rules to meet its own needs 
and ultimately produce the resolutions, reports, and other 
materials needed for filing with the House. CORED also 
automates the posting of amendments and other information on 
the Committee's public website. CORED allows the Committee to 
simultaneously increase its efficiency and improve its 
transparency by closely linking the production of committee 
work product to its public disclosure responsibilities.

       E. Rules of the Committee on Rules For the 112th Congress


                      RULE 1.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
and its subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a 
motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with 
the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed 
copies are available, are non-debatable privileged motions in 
the Committee. A proposed investigative or oversight report 
shall be considered as read if it has been available to the 
members of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is 
in session on such day).
    (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to 
its rules so far as applicable.
    (c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
Committee to the Extent applicable.
    (d) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee 
is elected in each odd-numbered year.

           RULE 2.--REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

            Regular Meetings
     (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet at 10:00 a.m. on 
Tuesday of each week when the House is in session.
          (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be 
        dispensed with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of 
        the Committee (hereafter in these rules referred to as 
        the ``Chair''), there is no need for the meeting.
          (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
        Committee may be called by the Chair.
            Notice for Regular Meetings
    (b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or written form 
each member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular 
meeting of the Committee at least 48 hours before the time of 
the meeting and shall provide to each member of the Committee, 
at least 24 hours before the time of each regular meeting:
          (1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the 
        agenda for consideration of a rule, a copy of--
                  (A) the bill or resolution;
                  (B) any committee reports thereon; and
                  (C) any letter requesting a rule for the bill 
                or resolution; and
          (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other 
        matter on the agenda a copy of--
                  (A) the bill, resolution, report, or 
                materials relating to the other matter in 
                question; and
                  (B) any report on the bill, resolution, 
                report, or any other matter made by any 
                subcommittee of the Committee.
            Emergency Meetings
    (c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency meeting of the 
Committee at any time on any measure or matter which the Chair 
determines to be of an emergency nature; provided, however, 
that the Chair has made an effort to consult the ranking 
minority member, or, in such member's absence, the next ranking 
minority party member of the Committee.
          (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency 
        meeting of the Committee, the Chair shall notify each 
        member of the Committee of the time and location of the 
        meeting.
          (3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under 
        paragraph (2) shall include the agenda for the 
        emergency meeting and copies of available materials 
        which would otherwise have been provided under 
        subsection (b) if the emergency meeting was a regular 
        meeting.
            Special Meetings
    (d) Special meetings shall be called and convened as 
provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House.

                RULE 3.--MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES

            In General
    (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member 
of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
          (2) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
        open to the public unless closed in accordance with 
        clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives.
          (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is 
        open to the public shall be open to coverage by 
        television, radio, and still photography in accordance 
        with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules 
        of the House (which are incorporated by reference as 
        part of these rules).
          (4) When a recommendation is made as to the kind of 
        rule which should be granted for consideration of a 
        bill or resolution, a copy of the language recommended 
        shall be furnished to each member of the Committee at 
        the beginning of the Committee meeting at which the 
        rule is to be considered or as soon thereafter as the 
        proposed language becomes available.
            Quorum
    (b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on requests for 
rules, five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
          (2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
        evidence on measures or matters of original 
        jurisdiction before the Committee, three members of the 
        Committee shall constitute a quorum.
          (3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
        constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any 
        measure or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of 
        closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of 
        rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as provided 
        in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)), or of taking any other 
        action.
            Voting
    (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or motion 
pending before the Committee unless a majority of the members 
of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
          (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided 
        on any question before the Committee upon the request 
        of any member.
          (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any 
        measure or matter may be cast by proxy.
          (4) A record of the vote of each member of the 
        Committee on each record vote on any measure or matter 
        before the Committee shall be made publicly available 
        in electronic form within 48 hours, and with respect to 
        any record vote on any motion to amend or report, shall 
        be included in the report of the Committee showing the 
        total number of votes cast for and against and the 
        names of those members voting for and against.
            Hearing Procedures
    (d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters of original 
jurisdiction, to the greatest extent practicable:
                  (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
                Committee shall file with the Committee at 
                least 24 hours in advance of the appearance a 
                statement of proposed testimony in written and 
                electronic form and shall limit the oral 
                presentation to the Committee to a brief 
                summary thereof; and
                  (B) each witness appearing in a non-
                governmental capacity shall include with the 
                statement of proposed testimony provided in 
                written and electronic form a curriculum vitae 
                and a disclosure of the amount and source (by 
                agency and program) of any Federal grant (or 
                subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract 
                thereof) received during the current fiscal 
                year or either of the two preceding fiscal 
                years.
          (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
        interrogation of each witness before the Committee 
        until each member of the Committee has had an 
        opportunity to question the witness.
          (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI of the 
        Rules of the House shall apply to any hearing conducted 
        by the Committee.
            Subpoenas and Oaths
    (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, a subpoena may be authorized and 
issued by the Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any 
investigation or series of investigations or activities, only 
when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a majority 
being present.
          (2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under 
        such clause during any period in which the House has 
        adjourned for a period of longer than three days.
          (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair 
        or by any member designated by the Committee, and may 
        be served by any person designated by the Chair or such 
        member.
          (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee 
        designated by the Chair, may administer oaths to 
        witnesses before the Committee.

              RULE 4.--GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES

    (a) The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject 
matter of which is within its jurisdiction.
    (b) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of House Rule X.

                         RULE 5.--SUBCOMMITTEES

            Establishment and Responsibilities of Subcommittees
    (a)(1) There shall be two subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
                  (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
                Process, which shall have general 
                responsibility for measures or matters related 
                to relations between the Congress and the 
                Executive Branch.
                  (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of 
                the House, which shall have general 
                responsibility for measures or matters related 
                to process and procedures of the House, 
                relations between the two Houses of Congress, 
                relations between the Congress and the 
                Judiciary, and internal operations of the 
                House.
          (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have 
        specific responsibility for such other measures or 
        matters as the Chair refers to it.
          (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review 
        and study, on a continuing basis, the application, 
        administration, execution, and effectiveness of those 
        laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is 
        within its general responsibility.
            Referral of Measures and Matters to Subcommittees
    (b)(1) In view of the unique procedural responsibilities of 
the Committee, no special order providing for the consideration 
of any bill or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee 
of the Committee.
          (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such 
        measures or matters of original jurisdiction as the 
        Chair deems appropriate given its jurisdiction and 
        responsibilities.
          (3) All other measures or matters of original 
        jurisdiction shall be subject to consideration by the 
        full Committee.
          (4) In referring any measure or matter of original 
        jurisdiction to a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a 
        date by which the subcommittee shall report thereon to 
        the Committee.
          (5) The Committee by motion may discharge a 
        subcommittee from consideration of any measure or 
        matter referred to a subcommittee of the Committee.
            Composition of Subcommittees
    (c) The size and ratio of each subcommittee shall be 
determined by the Committee and members shall be elected to 
each subcommittee, and to the positions of chairman and ranking 
minority member thereof, in accordance with the rules of the 
respective party caucuses. The Chair of the full committee 
shall designate a member of the majority party on each 
subcommittee as its vice chairman.
            Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings
    (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
          (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold 
        a hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of 
        the full Committee is being held.
          (3) The chairman of each subcommittee shall schedule 
        meetings and hearings of the subcommittee only after 
        consultation with the Chair.
            Quorum
    (e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two members of 
the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
          (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of 
        a majority of the members of a subcommittee.
            Effect of a Vacancy
    (f) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
functions of the subcommittee.
            Records
    (g) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the 
full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in 
the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the 
subcommittee necessary for the Committee to comply with all 
rules and regulations of the House.

                             RULE 6.--STAFF

            In General
    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
appointed, by the Chair, and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chair.
          (2) All professional, and other staff provided to the 
        minority party members of the Committee shall be 
        appointed, by the ranking minority member of the 
        Committee, and shall work under the general supervision 
        and direction of such member.
          (3) The appointment of all professional staff shall 
        be subject to the approval of the Committee as provided 
        by, and subject to the provisions of, clause 9 of Rule 
        X of the Rules of the House.
            Associate Staff
    (b) Associate staff for members of the Committee may be 
appointed only at the discretion of the Chair (in consultation 
with the ranking minority member regarding any minority party 
associate staff), after taking into account any staff ceilings 
and budgetary constraints in effect at the time, and any terms, 
limits, or conditions established by the Committee on House 
Administration under clause 9 of Rule X of the Rules of the 
House.
            Subcommittee Staff
    (c) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
Rule X of the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff 
is made available to each subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee, and, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member of the Committee, 
that the minority party of the Committee is treated fairly in 
the appointment of such staff.
            Compensation of Staff
    (d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of all 
professional and other staff of the Committee, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member regarding any 
minority party staff.
            Certification of Staff
    (e)(1) To the extent any staff member of the Committee or 
any of its subcommittees does not work under the direct 
supervision and direction of the Chair, the Member of the 
Committee who supervises and directs the staff member's work 
shall file with the Chief of Staff of the Committee (not later 
than the tenth day of each month) a certification regarding the 
staff member's work for that member for the preceding calendar 
month.
          (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall 
        be in such form as the Chair may prescribe, shall 
        identify each staff member by name, and shall state 
        that the work engaged in by the staff member and the 
        duties assigned to the staff member for the member of 
        the Committee with respect to the month in question met 
        the requirements of clause 9 of rule X of the rules of 
        the House.
          (3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or 
        any of its subcommittees, made by the Chair in 
        compliance with any provision of law or regulation 
        shall be made--
                  (A) on the basis of the certifications filed 
                under paragraph (1) to the extent the staff is 
                not under the Chair's supervision and 
                direction, and
                  (B) on his own responsibility to the extent 
                the staff is under the Chair's direct 
                supervision and direction.

               RULE 7.--BUDGET, TRAVEL, PAY OF WITNESSES

            Budget
    (a) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
            Travel
    (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and 
any staff member of the Committee in connection with activities 
or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of the 
Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there shall be 
submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
                  (A) The purpose of the travel.
                  (B) The dates during which the travel is to 
                occur.
                  (C) The names of the States or countries to 
                be visited and the length of time to be spent 
                in each.
                  (D) The names of members and staff of the 
                Committee for whom the authorization is sought.
          (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a 
        written report to the Chair on any travel they have 
        conducted under this subsection, including a 
        description of their itinerary, expenses, and 
        activities, and of pertinent information gained as a 
        result of such travel.
          (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
        authorized travel on official business shall be 
        governed by applicable laws, resolutions, and 
        regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
        Administration.
            Pay of Witnesses
    (c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made available to the 
Committee in its expense resolution subject to the provisions 
of clause 5 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House.

                   RULE 8.--COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION

            Reporting
    (a) Whenever the Committee authorizes the favorable 
reporting of a bill or resolution from the Committee--
          (1) the Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the 
        House or designate a member of the Committee to do so, 
        and
          (2) in the case of a bill or resolution in which the 
        Committee has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall 
        allow, to the extent that the anticipated floor 
        schedule permits, any member of the Committee a 
        reasonable amount of time to submit views for inclusion 
        in the Committee report on the bill or resolution. Any 
        such report shall contain all matters required by the 
        rules of the House of Representatives (or by any 
        provision of law enacted as an exercise of the 
        rulemaking power of the House) and such other 
        information as the Chair deems appropriate.
            Records
    (b)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular 
meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be 
printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority 
of the members of the Committee requests such printing. Any 
such transcripts shall be a substantially verbatim account of 
remarks actually made during the proceedings, subject only to 
technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections 
authorized by the person making the remarks. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to require that all such 
transcripts be subject to correction and publication.
          (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions 
        of the Committee and of its subcommittees. The record 
        shall contain all information required by clause 
        2(e)(1) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives and shall be available for public 
        inspection at reasonable times in the offices of the 
        Committee.
          (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, 
        and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
        Congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
        property of the House, and all Members of the House 
        shall have access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) 
        of Rule XI of the Rules of the House.
          (4) The records of the Committee at the National 
        Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
        available for public use in accordance with Rule VII of 
        the Rules of the House. The Chair shall notify the 
        ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to 
        clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold 
        a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
        presented to the Committee for a determination on 
        written request of any member of the Committee.
            Committee Publications on the Internet
    (c) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.
            Calendars
    (d)(1) The Committee shall maintain a Committee Calendar, 
which shall include all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
referred to or reported by the Committee and all bills, 
resolutions, and other matters reported by any other committee 
on which a rule has been granted or formally requested, and 
such other matters as the Chair shall direct. The Calendar 
shall be published periodically, but in no case less often than 
once in each session of Congress.
          (2) The staff of the Committee shall furnish each 
        member of the Committee with a list of all bills or 
        resolutions--
                  (A) reported from the Committee but not yet 
                considered by the House, and
                  (B) on which a rule has been formally 
                requested but not yet granted. The list shall 
                be updated each week when the House is in 
                session.
          (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a rule is 
        considered as formally requested when the Chairman of a 
        committee which has reported a bill or resolution (or a 
        member of such committee authorized to act on the 
        Chairman's behalf):
                  (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, 
                that a hearing be scheduled on a rule for the 
                consideration of the bill or resolution; and
                  (B) has supplied the Committee with an 
                adequate number of copies of the bill or 
                resolution, as reported, together with the 
                final printed committee report thereon.
            Other Procedures
    (e) The Chair may establish such other Committee procedures 
and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out these 
rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee 
and its subcommittees in a manner consistent with these rules.

                 RULE 9.--AMENDMENTS TO COMMITTEE RULES

    The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended or 
repealed, in the same manner and method as prescribed for the 
adoption of committee rules in clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House, but only if written notice of the proposed change 
has been provided to each such member at least 48 hours before 
the time of the meeting at which the vote on the change occurs. 
Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall be 
published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days 
after their approval.
 II. HOUSE RULES CHANGES ADOPTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 112TH CONGRESS

                            A. Introduction

    The resolution proposing the rules of a new Congress is 
usually called up by the chairman of the Rules Committee from 
the prior congress or the Majority Leader, debated for one 
hour, and given an up-or-down vote after the minority attempts 
to bring up an alternative, which is traditionally defeated by 
a party line vote.
    On January 5, 2011, Majority Leader Eric Cantor called up 
the opening day rules package (H. Res. 5). The Delegate from 
the District of Columbia, Ms. Holmes Norton, moved to refer the 
resolution to a select committee of five Members, appointed by 
the Speaker and of which not more than three could be from the 
same political party, to consider the constitutionality of not 
retaining provisions in the rules permitting the delegates and 
the Resident Commissioner to cast votes in the Committee of the 
Whole. That motion was defeated by a record vote of 223 yeas 
and 188 nays.
    The rules package for the 112th Congress was the result of 
an unprecedented collaborative process. Almost immediately 
after the election, then-Republican Leader Boehner appointed a 
transition committee of 22 Members under the chairmanship of 
Mr. Walden to make recommendations to the Republican Conference 
on matters related to the organization of the new congress. The 
transition committee was divided into three subcommittees, 
which addressed rules and procedures, the legislative schedule, 
and House officers and operations. At the invitation of 
Chairman Walden, then-Speaker Pelosi appointed Mr. Andrews and 
Mr. Brady to function as liaisons between the transition 
committee and the Democratic caucus.
    After numerous meetings and listening sessions with both 
returning and new Members, the transition committee made a 
number of recommendations that formed the basis of H. Res. 5. 
Among the major changes contained in the package are:
     A requirement that a statement describing the 
Constitutional authority for enactment accompany each 
introduced bill;
     Applying the 3-day layover requirement to 
unreported bills, in addition to the pre-existing requirement 
for bills reported by a committee;
     Replacing the House ``PAYGO'' rule with ``CUTGO,'' 
placing an emphasis on cuts in spending rather than increases 
in revenue; and
     Placing documents made publicly available in 
electronic form on equal footing with those made available 
after printing by the Government Printing Office.
    The proposed rules changes for the 112th Congress were 
adopted by the House by a vote of 238 yeas and 191 nays, after 
defeating the motion to commit by a vote of 236 yeas and 188 
nays.

  B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained In H. Res. 5, Adopting 
                   House Rules For the 112th Congress

    Citing Authority under the Constitution. H. Res. 5 
established a new clause 7 in rule XII providing that a Member 
may not introduce a bill or joint resolution unless the sponsor 
also submits a statement citing as specifically as practicable 
the power or powers under the Constitution authorizing the 
enactment of that bill or joint resolution. The statement will 
appear in a separate section in the Congressional Record and be 
made available to the public in electronic form.
Three-Day Availability for Unreported Bills
    This provision of H.Res. 5 added a new clause to rule XXIX 
establishing a point of order against consideration of a bill 
or joint resolution that has not been available for three 
calendar days. This provision mirrors existing layover rules 
prohibiting consideration of bills reported by a committee or 
conference reports.
Transparency for House and Committee Operations
    These provisions of H. Res. 5 are intended to make the text 
of legislation more easily available to Members and the public. 
H. Res. 5 directed the Committee on House Administration to 
establish and maintain standards for documents made available 
in electronic form by the House and its committees. It also 
provided that a measure or matter will have been considered as 
having been ``available'' within the meaning of the rules if it 
was publicly available in electronic form at a location 
designated by the Committee on House Administration.
    The rules package provided for a minimum notice period of 3 
days for a committee meeting. This joined the pre-existing 
requirement for 7 days notice for a committee hearing. It also 
required that the chair of the committee make the text of the 
measure or matter being marked up publicly available in 
electronic form at least 24 hours prior to commencement of the 
meeting. This provision is intended to ensure that members have 
the text of the measure or matter in sufficient time to review 
the measure and draft any amendments.
    Committee chairs are now required to make the results of 
any record vote publicly available in electronic form with 48 
hours of the vote, and the text of any adopted amendment within 
24 hours of commencement of the markup or adoption of the 
amendment.
    Additionally, H. Res. 5 required the electronic posting of 
non-governmental witness ``truth-in-testimony'' information 
(with appropriate redactions, such as a home address or phone 
number, to protect the privacy of the witness) and that the 
committee rules be publicly available in electronic form.
    The resolution also directed each Committee, to the maximum 
extent practicable, to provide audio and video coverage of each 
committee hearing or meeting and maintain recordings that are 
easily accessible to the public. It also struck an exception, 
adopted in the 110th Congress, for the Committee on Rules to 
accurately report its votes in committee reports to accompany a 
rule, joint rule, or a special order of business.
    Finally, the package required committees, during 
development of their oversight plan, to include proposals to 
cut or eliminate mandatory and discretionary programs that are 
inefficient, duplicative, outdated, or more appropriately 
administered by State or local governments.
Initiatives to Reduce Spending and Improve Accountability
    The package replaced the ``pay-as-you-go'' requirements of 
prior congresses with a ``cut-as-you-go'' requirement. The 
provision prohibits consideration of a bill, joint resolution, 
conference report, or amendment that has the net effect of 
increasing mandatory spending within a five-year or ten-year 
budget window. This provision continues the current practice of 
counting multiple measures considered pursuant to a special 
order of business which directs the Clerk to engross the 
measures together after passage for purposes of compliance with 
the rule and provides a mechanism for addressing ``emergency'' 
designations.
    H.Res. 5 also struck the ``Gephardt rule'' that provides 
for the automatic engrossment and transmittal to the Senate of 
a joint resolution changing the public debt limit, upon the 
adoption by Congress of the budget resolution, thereby avoiding 
a separate vote in the House on the public debt-limit 
legislation.
    It also added a new clause to rule XXIX that clarifies that 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget, rather than the 
entire committee, is authorized to provide guidance to the 
presiding officer on the budgetary impact of legislative 
proposals. This change reflects the long-standing practice 
under majorities of both parties. It also modifies clause 3 of 
rule XXI, pertaining to transportation obligation limitations, 
to protect the balances of the Highway Trust Fund by 
establishing a point of order against consideration of any 
general appropriation bill or joint resolution, or accompanying 
conference report, that provides spending authority from 
balances in the trust fund (other than those from transfers 
from the General Fund of the Treasury) or reduces or limits the 
accruing balances of that trust fund for anything other than 
activities authorized for the highway or mass transit programs.
    H. Res. 5 also specified that it would not be in order to 
consider a budget resolution or amendments thereto, or a 
conference thereon which would have the effect of increasing 
net direct spending. Other Changes to House Operations. The 
112th Congress rules package authorized the Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole to employ two minute voting during a 
series of votes and changed the current rule regarding 
electronic devices, which prohibits the use of mobile phones 
and personal computers on the floor, to prohibit the use of any 
mobile electronic device that is disruptive of the decorum. 
This change will give the Speaker greater latitude in deciding 
which mobile electronic devices may or may not be used by 
Members on the floor.
    H. Res. 5 also restored prohibition on the ability of 
delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote in, and preside 
over, the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union that was in place from the 104th through 109th 
Congresses. It also eliminated clause 11 of rule XVIII, which 
allows a motion to strike a provision from a bill that is 
asserted to be an unfunded mandate, even if the amendment would 
not otherwise be in order during consideration of the bill.
    H. Res. 5 made only a single change to rule X (related to 
the jurisdiction of committees) to clarify the Armed Services 
Committee jurisdiction over Department of Defense administered 
cemeteries. The jurisdiction of the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs with respect to cemeteries for veterans remains 
unchanged.
    The package also made several changes to the names of 
committees, to and altered the size of the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    In an effort to improve oversight, the rules for the 112th 
Congress increased the frequency of committee activity reports 
from once per congress to four times per congress, providing 
the House with more frequent updates regarding the oversight 
and legislative activities of the committees. The rules package 
also modified existing staff deposition authority for the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform by requiring the 
committee to adopt a rule requiring that a member of the 
committee be present at any deposition conducted by a staff 
member. The deponent is permitted to waive this requirement.
    As is traditional, the rules package also carried a number 
of separate orders addressing a host of matters. While these 
are not amendments to the standing Rules of the House, they 
function with the same force and effect as a rule during the 
112th Congress.
Budget Matters
    The package clarified that section 306 of the Budget Act 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation with the Budget 
Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget 
Committee) only applies to bills and joint resolutions and not 
to simple or concurrent resolutions. It also made a section 303 
point of order (requiring adoption of budget resolution before 
consideration of budget-related legislation) applicable to text 
made in order as an original bill by a special rule. It also 
provided that specified or minimum levels of compensation for 
Federal office would not be considered as providing new 
entitlement authority.
    It also prevented the Committee of the Whole from rising to 
report a bill to the House that exceeds an applicable 
allocation of new budget authority under section 302 (b) 
(Appropriations subcommittee allocations) as estimated by the 
Budget Committee and creates a point of order.
Budget Enforcement
    H. Res. 5 also gave the Chair of the Committee on the 
Budget authority to set aggregates and allocations to complete 
the unfinished fiscal year 2011 budget resolution cycle, taking 
into account the latest CBO baseline, including its 5-year 
projections.
    Emergencies and Contingencies. H. Res. 5 provided for 
exemptions for designated emergencies and the continuation of 
contingency operations related to the Global War on Terror.
Deficit-Neutral Revenue Reserve and Exemptions
    The package also contained an order authorizing the Budget 
Committee to make appropriate budget adjustments prior to the 
adoption of a budget resolution to account for the repeal or 
modification of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation 
Act of 2010.
    H. Res. 5 also authorized the Budget Committee Chair, prior 
to the adoption of a budget resolution, to exempt from 
estimates the budgetary effects of the Economic Growth and Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. It also exempted the 
budgetary effects of the repeal of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and Education Affordability Reconciliation 
Act of 2010. The budgetary effects of AMT relief, estate tax, 
trade agreements and small business tax relief were also 
exempted. The exemption is limited to measures that do not 
increase the deficit or revenues over the ten-year budget 
window, except for increases in revenue that meet certain 
specific criteria. It also allowed the Chairman of the Budget 
Committee to take into account the exemptions provided under 
paragraph (h) for the purpose of complying with Statutory 
PAYGO.
Limitation on Long-term Spending
    H. Res. 5 also established a new point of order for the 
112th Congress to prohibit the consideration of measures that 
increase mandatory spending above $5,000,000,000 for any 10-
year window within a 40 year period.
    Spending Reduction Amendments in Appropriations Bills. H. 
Res. 5 also required that in each general appropriations bill 
there be a ``spending reduction'' account, the contents of 
which is a recitation of the amount by which, through the 
amendment process, the House has reduced spending in other 
portions of the bill and indicated that such savings should be 
counted towards spending reduction. It provides that other 
amendments that propose to increase spending in accounts in a 
general appropriations bill must include an offset of equal or 
greater value.
Prior Provisions
    H. Res. 5 also carried provisions carried in prior rules 
packages waiving clause 5(d) of rule X to allow the Committees 
on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs up to seven subcommittees 
each, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure up 
to six subcommittees and the prohibition on access to any 
exercise facility which is made available exclusively to 
Members, former Members, officers and former officers of the 
House and their spouses to any former member, former officer, 
or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995.
Numbering of Bills.
    As is usual, the package reserves the first 10 numbers for 
bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) for assignment by the Speaker 
and, new for this Congress, the second 10 numbers (H.R. 11 
through H.R. 20) for assignment by the Minority Leader.
    Continuation of Committees, Commissions, and House Offices. 
The resolution reauthorized the House Democracy Partnership, 
the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and the Office of 
Congressional Ethics for the 112th Congress. Finally, it 
directed the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (now 
Ethics) to empanel investigative subcommittees within 30 days 
after the date a Member is indicted or criminal charges are 
filed.
Additional Orders of Business
    The rules package also carried two orders of business, the 
first allowing the Speaker to recognize Members for the reading 
of the Constitution on the legislative day of January 6, 2011, 
and the second providing that on January 6, 2011 the Speaker 
may entertain motions to suspend the rules related to reducing 
the costs of operation of the House and allow two hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent.
                     III. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of rule X, the Committee met in 
public session on February 14, 2011 and adopted by voice vote 
the Committee's Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress. Pursuant 
to clause 1(d) of rule XI, the Committee is required to include 
within this activity report a separate section summarizing that 
plan and the actions taken throughout the Congress to implement 
that plan, as well as any additional oversight activities that 
were conducted.
    The Nation, and by extension the taxpayers, are facing 
record deficits and record levels of public debt. Congress must 
ensure that its processes are best structured to allow for 
comprehensive over-sight and informed decision-making. In its 
oversight plan for the 112th Congress, the Committee 
highlighted a need to conduct more effective oversight of the 
Congressional budget process, dynamic scoring, and committee 
jurisdiction in order to ensure that Congress has effective 
processes in place, has the best available information when 
making decisions, and is organized in the most effective and 
efficient manner.
    In recent years, the House has adapted and upgraded its 
technological capabilities to improve efficiency, 
accessibility, and transparency. Members are communicating more 
effectively with their constituents through the use of 
websites, blogs, and tele-townhalls. Technology is also 
affecting the way Congress considers legislation. For example, 
more data and analysis is readily available to Members in the 
execution of their duties. Bills and committee reports are 
available and often searchable electronically, and the public 
can follow Congressional proceedings in real-time through 
``cybercasts.'' The 112th Congress also took the landmark step 
of recognizing electronic availability as an alternative to 
physical printing by the Government Printing Office. Like any 
major change, this one will require oversight and adjustment as 
the House gains experience with the new rule and its 
implementation.
    In light of the tragedy in Tucson, there has been 
additional focus on the need for increased civility in debate 
and national dialogue more generally. The Committee is 
committed to ensuring that the House rules are utilized to make 
certain that Members adhere to the rules of decorum.
    The Committee also highlighted the need to review specific 
Congressional procedures, including the expedited procedures 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
passed in the 111th Congress (P.L. 111-148 & P.L. 111-152), the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, and the Congressional 
Review Act of 1996. The Committee strongly believes that 
focusing its attention on the procedures associated with these 
laws will ensure that the Congress has the best possible tools 
at its disposal.
               IV. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION AND ACTIVITIES

                            A. Introduction

    The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee on Rules is set 
forth in clause 1(o) of rule X as follows:
    (o) Committee on Rules.
        (1) The rules and joint rules (other than those 
        relating to the Code of Official Conduct) and order of 
        business of the House.
        (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
    The special oversight function of the Committee is outlined 
in clause 3(j) of rule X as follows:
    (j) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a 
continuing basis the congressional budget process, and the 
committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the 
House from time to time.
    The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee for the 
purposes of this survey of activities is broken down into two 
subcategories: original jurisdiction matters and special rules 
(order of business resolutions). In practice, these subgroups 
are intertwined in a manner that greatly affects the way in 
which the House conducts its business. Original jurisdiction 
matters include all measures pertaining to the rules of the 
House, the budget process and joint rules. These measures are 
either referred directly to the Committee by the Speaker or 
originate in the Committee itself. They not only pertain to 
changes in House procedure, but also cover the Committee's 
power to establish select committees, authorize certain 
investigations, provide enforcement procedures for the budget 
process, and to establish congressional procedures for 
considering certain executive branch proposals.
    Through May of the first session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee has held two original jurisdiction hearing and three 
original jurisdiction mark ups on three. These three measures 
were reported to the House for consideration, and were 
subsequently adopted by the House.
    The other subgroup of the Committee's jurisdictional 
mandate, referred to as order of business resolutions or 
``special rules,'' is used by the Committee to direct the 
manner in which a bill or resolution will be considered by the 
House. ``Special rules,'' in the form of House resolutions, 
tailor the time allotted for debate and the process by which a 
bill can be amended. This is done to allow the House to 
consider the subject matter in a way which best suits the 
bill's individual issues and/or controversy. These ``rules'' 
may also contain waivers of specific House rules or provisions 
of the Congressional Budget Act. It is sometimes necessary to 
waive the rules of the House in order to allow the House to 
consider all the facets of the particular issue or to 
facilitate the House resolving its differences with the Senate. 
Special rules also allow the House to consider measures 
according to the majority leadership's legislative scheduling 
priorities rather than in the numerical order in which they 
were reported.
    Through May of the first session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee held 31 days of hearings pursuant to the 25 written 
requests received from Committee chairs seeking rules. These 
formal requests do not reflect additional requests of an 
emergency nature made in person by the chairs of the various 
legislative committees. The Committee granted 33 rules: 31 
rules provided for consideration of bills and resolutions (5 of 
which provided for consideration of multiple measures) and 2 
rules dealt with the disposition of Senate amendments.
    The Committee granted 1 open rule, 6 modified open rules, 
15 structured rules, and 16 closed rules. The Committee granted 
33 rules waiving all points of order to permit consideration of 
either the underlying measure, the matter made in order as the 
original text, motions, or against the amendments made in 
order. In summary, the Committee on Rules reported 33 rules. Of 
these the House adopted 33, rejected none, and tabled none.
    As of May 31, 2011, no rules remained on the House 
Calendar. In addition, the Committee on Rules reported three 
original jurisdiction measures, which were ultimately adopted 
by the House. As of the end of May 2011 the Subcommittee on 
Legislative and Budget Process and the Subcommittee on 
Technology and the House had yet to be constituted and thus 
have not conducted hearings concerning other matters in the 
Committee's jurisdiction.

                       B. Special Orders or Rules

                            1. RULE REQUESTS

    The process of considering requests for special orders or 
``rules'' usually begins when the Committee on Rules receives a 
letter from a legislative committee chairman requesting that it 
hold a hearing and consider a rule for a particular measure. 
The letter is signed by the full committee chairman and most 
often makes a specific re-quest for the type of rule desired by 
the legislative committee. In some cases, the emergency nature 
of the legislation does not allow adequate time for a formal 
request to be registered. In these cases, the requests are made 
in person by the chairman of the committee with jurisdiction. 
Once a hearing has been scheduled, the Commit-tee on Rules 
allows any House Member who has an interest in testifying to do 
so. Under normal circumstances and pursuant to Committee rules, 
printed copies of the legislation and accompanying committee 
report or conference report are provided to the Committee 
members at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting on the 
underlying legislation.
    The Committee gives written notice to its members and 
notifies the pertinent committee of the scheduled hearing date 
at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of the hearing, 
unless an emergency situation exists. If Budget Act violations 
are present, the Budget Committee chairman often advises the 
Committee on Rules whether the Budget Committee objects to or 
supports the granting of specific waivers. The position of the 
Budget Committee on these matters is merely advisory in nature; 
the Committee on Rules has sole jurisdiction over waivers of 
the Budget Act, subject to House approval of the special rule 
containing such waivers.

                              2. HEARINGS

    The Rules Committee chairman controls the order in which 
wit-nesses appear and also initiates the questioning. 
Typically, the chairman of the committee of jurisdiction or a 
designee requesting the rule makes a short statement. The 
chairman is followed by the ranking minority member. Sometimes 
the subcommittee chair and ranking minority member appear on 
behalf of their full committee counterparts on the rule 
request. It is often the case that Members wishing to testify 
in favor of or in opposition to a bill, amendment, or type of 
procedure may do so as part of a panel of witnesses.
    In many cases, the components of the proposed special order 
form the basis for the dialogue between substantive committee 
leaders asking for the rule and the Rules Committee members. 
More often than not, the questioning escalates into discussions 
about the merits of the bill itself. If the legislation is 
particularly wide-ranging or controversial, Representatives who 
do not sit on the relevant legislative committee seek to 
testify. (Except in the most unusual circumstances, only House 
Members are allowed to testify during a rule request hearing.) 
Questioning of each witness takes place under the five-minute 
rule until each Committee member has had an opportunity to 
question each witness. Questioning is rather informal. The 
Chairman rarely enforces the five-minute rule, and Committee 
members yield to one another to allow their colleagues to make 
a specific point or follow up on a line of questioning.
    A quorum, at least seven members of the thirteen, must be 
present before a recommendation on a rule can be ordered 
reported, postponed, or tabled (killed).
    After the Committee votes to approve a rule, the chairman 
and ranking minority member each assign one of their members to 
manage the rule on the floor. The majority manager's name 
appears on the rule and report, and that Member usually files 
the rule from the House floor, at which time the resolution and 
report are assigned a number.
    Any member may ask for a record or a division vote. In the 
past, most decisions of the Committee were made by voice vote, 
but in the last several Congresses there has been an increase 
in the number of record votes demanded. For the entire 100th 
Congress there were 18 roll call votes demanded; in the 101st 
Congress there were 26; in the 102nd there were 193; in the 
103rd there were 533; in the 104th there were 327; in the 105th 
there were 104; in the 106th there were 119; in the 107th there 
were 176; in the 108th there were 326; and in the 109th there 
were 254; in the 110th there were 620; and in the 111th there 
were 517. Through May of the first session of the 112th 
Congress, the Committee had taken 100 recorded votes.
    Once a special rule has been reported, the Majority Leader-
working closely with the Speaker, the Rules Committee chairman, 
and the substantive committee chairman, decides upon an 
appropriate date and time for the consideration of the rule on 
the floor. Rules can be considered on the same day they are 
reported, if the House agrees to consideration of the rule by a 
two-thirds vote. After a one-day layover, rules may be 
considered at any time without being subject to a question of 
consideration. The Committee may occasionally report a rule 
waiving this requirement with respect to another rule.

                       3. SPECIAL ORDERS OR RULES

a. Background
    Table 1 in the Appendix categorizes all special rules 
granted by the Committee. These special rules are broken down 
into seventeen different categories dealing with all stages of 
the legislative process in the House.
    The Rules Committee has granted special rules that provided 
for specified amendment and debate structures that assisted 
floor managers in managing the schedule. The Committee has also 
granted special rules for the consideration of legislation that 
resolved differences among and responded to the legislative 
actions of committees and that addressed House Senate 
relations. The explanations of these types of special rules and 
their methods of categorization are outlined below.
b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures
    In categorizing special rules that specified an amendment 
structure, this report focuses only on those rules which 
provided for the initial consideration of bills, joint 
resolutions or budget resolutions and which provided for an 
amending process. Therefore, rules providing for general debate 
only, stopping short of consideration of the measure for 
amendment, or providing for consideration of a conference 
report (which are otherwise privileged and, under regular order 
are non amendable) are not included in these categories. The 
amendment structure categories are as follows: (1) open rules, 
(2) modified open rules, (3) structured rules, and (4) closed 
rules.
            (1) Open Rules
    Under an open rule, any Member may offer an amendment that 
complies with the standing rules of the House and the Budget 
Act. The rule itself places no restrictions or prohibitions on 
amendments and provides an equal opportunity for all Members to 
offer amendments.
            (2) Modified Open Rules (time cap on consideration of 
                    amendments/required amendment preprinting in the 
                    Congressional Record)
     This type of rule permits the offering of only those 
amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record and/or places 
an overall time cap for the consideration of amendments or one 
which does both. A modified open rule with a preprinting 
requirement could require that amendments be printed in the 
Congressional Record by a specific date; in some cases the 
amendment must be printed before its consideration; and in 
other cases before the consideration of the bill for any 
amendment. In most cases these rules do not prohibit second 
degree amendments. Requiring that amendments be printed in 
advance of their consideration affords Members a better idea of 
the range of issues to be debated and voted on during 
consideration of the bill. This can particularly be true of 
bills or joint resolutions involving complex matters.
            (3) Structured Rules
    Under a structured rule, the Rules Committee limits the 
amendments that may be offered to only those amendments 
designated in the special rule or in the Rules Committee report 
to accompany the rule, or which precludes amendments to a 
particular portion of a bill, even though the rest of the bill 
may be completely open to amendment. In the case of a 
structured rule, the Chairman will announce through a one 
minute speech on the floor of the House and/or through a ``Dear 
Colleague'' letter the intention of the Committee to hold a 
hearing on a measure and to review all amendments. The Chairman 
requests that Members provide the Rules Committee with copies 
of their proposed amendments in advance of the Committee 
meeting. In some instances, the amendments made in order 
represent all of the amendments submitted to the Committee.
            (4) Closed Rules
    This type of rule is one under which no amendments may be 
offered other than amendments recommended by the committee 
reporting the bill. However, the Rules Committee is prohibited 
under the Rules of the House from reporting a special rule 
providing for consideration of a bill or joint resolution that 
denies the minority the right to offer amendatory instructions 
in a motion to recommit if offered by the minority leader or a 
designee.
c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor Management Tools
    Special rules are often utilized to assist the Majority 
Leader in setting the Floor schedule of the House, as well as 
to equip committee chairmen and ranking minority members with 
the special procedural tools necessary to efficiently manage 
the floor consideration of a bill. These categories include (1) 
expedited procedure rules, (2) suspension day rules, and (3) 
chairman's en bloc authority rules.
            (1) Expedited Procedure Rules
    This type of rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a two thirds vote to consider a special rule on the 
same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against 
certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. These 
rules generally specify the measures or object to which the 
waiver applies, as well as a defined time period for its 
application. These rules are commonly referred to as ``same-
day'' rules. In some cases the rule will not specify the object 
of the waiver. These rules are referred to as ``blanket same-
day'' rules.
            (2) Suspension Day Rules:
    Under House Rule XV, it is in order on Monday, Tuesday and 
Wednesday of each week, and during the last six days of a 
session, for the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the 
rules and pass legislation. This category of rule authorizes 
the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules on days 
other than Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Generally, these 
rules specify the object which is to be considered under 
suspension of the rules. In some cases the object may not be 
identified but the rule may provide that the Majority leader or 
their designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or their 
designee on the object of any suspension considered under the 
rule.
            (3) Chairman's En Bloc Authority Rules
    This category of rule authorizes the chairman of a 
committee (usually the majority floor manager of the bill under 
consideration) or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of amendments made in order by the special rule that 
have not earlier been disposed of, and in some cases the rule 
allows germane modifications to any such amendments included in 
the en bloc amendment. With the exception of rules on 
appropriations bills (which permit en bloc amendments that do 
not increase budget authority or outlays in the bill), a Member 
seeking to offer amendments en bloc must obtain unanimous 
consent if they amend portions of the bill not yet open to 
amendment, unless a special rule authorizes several amendments 
to be offered and considered as a group. There is usually a 
specified time for divided debate on the en bloc amendment and 
a prohibition on amendments to and demands for a division of 
the question on the en bloc amendment. Generally, the original 
sponsor of the amendment must agree to having the amendment 
considered en bloc, and these rules generally provide that the 
original proponent of an amendment included in such an en bloc 
amendment may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 
immediately before the disposition of the en bloc amendment. 
Such a rule enables the floor manager to maximize efficiency 
and consensus while minimizing duplicative floor time and 
consideration.
d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among and 
        Responding to the Legislative Actions of Committees
    As the nexus of the legislative process in the House, the 
Rules Committee is often the institutional mechanism used to 
reconcile differences in legislative recommendations among 
multiple committees. Two often used, and often misunderstood, 
special rule features utilized to achieve these goals are (1) 
self executing rules and (2) original text rules.
            (1) Self Executing Rules
    This type of rule provides that, upon the adoption of the 
special rule, the text of a reported or introduced bill, as the 
case may be, is modified or amended in some specified manner. 
Therefore, the House's adoption of the rule itself has the 
effect of amending the underlying bill. Occasionally, a self 
executing rule may also provide for the adoption of other 
unrelated measures or actions, such as adopting another simple 
resolution, bill, joint resolution or conference report. Self 
executing rules may be utilized by the Rules Committee for a 
variety of reasons, including but not limited to: the 
correction of rule or Budget Act violations, the reconciling of 
multiple committee legislative recommendations, the elimination 
of procedural votes, the separation of policy issues or the 
complete redrafting of the legislation.
            (2) Original Text Rules
    When a committee reports a measure, it will often favorably 
report the measure with a recommendation that an amendment or 
amendments be adopted by the full House. These amendments 
reflect the collegial action of the committee on that measure. 
This type of rule generally provides that the committee 
recommended amendment be adopted by the House and become the 
base text for the purpose of further amendment to the bill. 
This is often done to acknowledge the actions of the committee 
at the beginning of the consideration of a bill, and also to 
simplify the amendment process.
e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate Relations
    While resolving differences with the Senate often involves 
privileged motions in the House, the Rules Committee is often 
called upon to expedite such procedural situations or to 
address unique procedural circumstances. The categories of such 
special rules are (1) Senate hook up rules, (2) motion to go to 
conference rules, (3) disposition of Senate amendments rules, 
(4) conference report rules, and (5) engrossment of multiple 
measures rules.
            (1) Senate Hook up Rules
    The Rules of the House provide for three methods of getting 
to conference with the Senate: (1) agreeing to a motion to go 
to conference by unanimous consent; (2) obtaining a special 
rule from the Rules Committee; or (3) receiving specific 
authorization from each committee which received an initial 
referral of and reported the bill (clause 1 of Rule XX). Most 
often chairmen obtain conference authority from their committee 
at the time a bill is ordered reported. Most special rules 
allowing for a Senate hook up provide that after passage of a 
House bill, it shall be in order to take a specific Senate bill 
from the Speaker's table, consider it in the House, and to move 
to strike all after the enacting clause and insert the text of 
the House bill as passed by the House. These special rules 
further provide that if the motion is adopted and the Senate 
bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move 
that the House insist on its amendment and request a conference 
with the Senate. These hook up provisions can either be 
included in the original rule providing for consideration of 
the House bill or in a separate special rule only providing for 
the motion to go to conference.
            (2) Motion to go to Conference Rules
    These special rules are those separate rules which only 
provide for the motion to go to conference with the Senate.
            (3) Disposition of Senate Amendment Rules
    This type of rule generally provides for the consideration 
of a Senate amendment or amendments in the House and for a 
motion to concur in the Senate amendment with or without an 
amendment. These rules also usually specify a period of time 
for debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the committee of 
jurisdiction, as well as any necessary waivers against 
consideration of either the Senate amendment or against the 
motion to concur.
            (4) Conference Report Rules
    Under the standing rules of the House, conference reports 
are privileged matters. Unless the requirement is waived, House 
rules require that a conference report be available for at 
least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) before it can be called up for consideration. 
After that time, because it is privileged, it can be called up 
at any time without a rule from the Rules Committee. However, 
if a conference report is in violation of a rule of the House 
or some extraordinary procedure for consideration of the report 
is desired, a special rule may be necessary for the conference 
report to be considered. Consequently, conference report rules 
generally provide waivers of all points of order against 
consideration of the conference report and provide that the 
conference report be considered as read, which effectively 
waives the three day availability requirement.
    It should be noted that points of order against a 
conference report lie against its consideration, not against 
individual provisions contained within the report. A conference 
report represents the collective agreement of the House and the 
Senate. Changing individual components of the agreement 
violates the sanctity of the agreement itself. Consequently, 
agreeing to a conference report is an all or nothing question. 
This is also the reason why, even as privileged matters, 
conference reports are not amendable on the Floor of the House.
            (5) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules
    These type of special rules generally provide for separate 
consideration and final passage votes on multiple bills, 
generally relating to a similar issue. The rule then instructs 
the House enrolling clerk to enroll the individually passed 
bills into one bill before transmitting them to the Senate for 
consideration.

                4. FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL RULE

    When the time comes to call up a special rule, the majority 
member who filed the rule (a privileged House resolution), or 
another majority member of the Rules Committee designated by 
the chairman, is recognized by the Speaker. That member stands 
at the majority committee table on the House Floor. Once 
recognized, the member States:
          Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, 
        I call up House Resolution __________, and ask for its 
        immediate consideration.
    (Any member of the Committee on Rules may be recognized to 
call up a rule that has been on the House Calendar for at least 
seven legislative days, and the Speaker is required to 
recognize the Rules Committee member as a privileged item, so 
long as the member has given one day's notice of an intent to 
seek recognition for that purpose.)
    Once the Clerk has read the resolution, the Speaker 
recognizes the majority Rules Committee member handling the 
rule for one hour. The majority floor manager then customarily 
yields thirty minutes to a minority counterpart for the 
purposes of debate only. The length of debate on the rule 
varies according to the complexity of the rule and the degree 
of controversy over the bill, but debate on most 
noncontroversial rules is over within fifteen or twenty minutes 
and the rule may be adopted by voice vote.
    Since a rule is considered in the House under the hour 
rule, no amendments are in order unless the majority floor 
manager offers an amendment or yields to another Member for 
that purpose. At the conclusion of debate on the rule, the 
floor manager moves the previous question. If no objection is 
heard, the House proceeds to vote on the rule. If objection is 
heard, a vote occurs on the previous question. If the previous 
question is rejected, however, a Member who opposed the 
previous question (usually the Rules Committee minority floor 
manager) is recognized. That Member then controls one hour of 
debate time on the amendment. The Member controlling the time 
may offer an amendment to the rule and then move the previous 
question on the amendment and on the rule when debate has 
concluded. Once the rule is adopted (with or without 
amendments), the legislation it concerns is eligible for 
consideration under the terms of the rule.

                 5. RULES REJECTED, TABLED, OR PENDING

    Through May 31st of the 1st Session of the 112th Congress, 
the Committee on Rules reported 33 rules as of May 31, 2011. 
The House adopted all 33 of these rules and tabled none of the 
rules. As of May 31, 2011, no rules were rejected by the House 
or remain pending.
    a. Rules rejected by the House as of May 31, 2011
    There were no rules rejected by the House as of May 31, 
2011.
    b. Rules tabled by the House as of May 31, 2011
    There were no rules tabled as of May 31, 2011.
    c. Rules Pending as of May 31, 2011
    House Resolution 287, Providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 2017) making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2012, and for other purposes.

                       6. WAIVERS OF HOUSE RULES

    The following compilation identifies the Rules of the House 
which were waived in specific resolutions and the legislation 
which required the waiver. There is also an indication whether 
the rule was waived against the bill (B), original text (OT), 
an amendment (A), a motion (M), a conference report (CR), or 
provisions (P).

 Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(4) -- Requiring the inclusion of general performance goals and objectives in a committee
                                                     report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 245........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year, 2012.
H. Res. 257........................  H.R. 1231............  Reversing President Obama's    B
                                                             Offshore Moratorium Act.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     Rule XIII, Clause 3(e) -- Requiring the inclusion of a comparative print for a bill or joint resolution
                                     proposing to repeal or amend a statute
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 Rule XIII, Clause 4(a)-- Requiring a three-day layover of the committee report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XIII, Clause 4(c) -- Requiring the three-day availability of printed hearings on a general appropriations
                                                      bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 287........................  H.R. 2017............  Department of Homeland         B
                                                             Security Appropriations Act,
                                                             2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Rule XIII, Clause 6(a) -- Requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the
                                                 Rules Committee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 92.........................  H.R. 1...............  Full-Year Continuing           B
                                                             Appropriations Act, 2011.
H. Res. 206........................  H.R. 1363............  Further Additional Continuing  B
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year, 2012.
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1216............  To amend the Public Health     B
                                                             Service Act to convert
                                                             funding for graduate medical
                                                             education in qualified
                                                             teaching health centers from
                                                             direct appropriations to an
                                                             authorization of
                                                             appropriations..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Rule XVI, Clause 7 -- No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be
                                        admitted under color of amendment
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 170........................  H.R. 839.............  HAMP Termination Act.........  OT
H. Res. 170........................  H.R. 861.............  NSP Termination Act..........  OT
H. Res. 189........................  H.R. 658.............  FAA Reauthorization and        OT
                                                             Reform Act of 2011.
H. Res. 203........................  H.R. 910.............  Energy Tax Prevention Act of   OT
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 264........................  H.R. 754.............  Intelligence Authorization     OT
                                                             Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Rule XVIII, Clause 10 -- Requires amendments to the budget resolution be mathematically consistent and prohibits
amendments from proposing to change the appropriate level of public debt set forth in the concurrent resolution,
                                                   as reported
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 223........................  H. Con. Res. 34......  Establishing the budget for    A
                                                             the United States Government
                                                             for fiscal year 2012 and
                                                             setting forth appropriate
                                                             budgetary levels for fiscal
                                                             years 2013 through 2021..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Rule XXI, Clause 2 --Prohibiting unauthorized appropriations, reappropriations or legislative provisions in a
                                           general appropriations bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 287........................  H.R. 2017............  Department of Homeland         P
                                                             Security Appropriations Act,
                                                             2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Rule XXI, Clause 4 -- A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation may not be reported by a committee
  not having jurisdiction to report appropriations, and an amendment proposing an appropriation shall not be in
      order during the consideration of a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not having that
                                                  jurisdiction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 264........................  H.R. 754.............  Intelligence Authorizations    OT
                                                             Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
H. Res. 276........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               OT
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XIII, Clause 5(a) -- A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure may not be reported by a
committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures, and an amendment in the House or proposed by
  the Senate carrying a tax or tariff measure shall not be in order during the consideration of a bill or joint
                         resolution reported by a committee not having that jurisdiction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 186........................  H.R. 471.............  Scholarships for Opportunity   P
                                                             and Results Act.
H. Res. 189........................  H.R. 658.............  FAA Reauthorization and        OT
                                                             Reform Act of 2011.
H. Res. 237........................  H.R. 3...............  No Taxpayer Funding for        OT
                                                             Abortion Act.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Rule XXI, Clause 11 -- It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution which has not been
  reported by a committee until the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except
 when the House is in session on such a day) on which such measure has been available to members, Delegates, and
                                            the Resident Commissioner
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 115........................  H.J. Res. 44.........  Further Continuing             B
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. WAIVERS OF THE BUDGET ACT (EXCEPT FOR THE UNFUNDED MANDATE POINT OF 
  ORDER UNDER SECTION 425 AND 426 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 
                                 1974)

    The following compilation identifies the sections of the 
Budget Act which were waived in specific resolutions and the 
legislation which required the waiver. There is also an 
indication whether the rule was waived against the bill (B), 
the original text (OT), an amendment (A), a motion (M), a 
conference report (CR), or provisions (P).

 Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act -- Prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget
                   authority in excess of a subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of such authority
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 115........................  H.J. Res. 44.........  Further Continuing             B
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 167........................  H.J. Res. 48.........  Additional Continuing          B
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 206........................  H.R. 1363............  Department of Defense and      B
                                                             Further Additional
                                                             Continuing Appropriations
                                                             Act, 2011.
H. Res. 218........................  H.R. 1473............  Department of Defense and      B
                                                             Full-Year Continuing
                                                             Appropriations Act, 2011.
H. Res. 245........................  H.R. 1229............  Putting the Gulf of Mexico     B
                                                             Back to Work Act.
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     Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act --Prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported,
  providing new budget authority, change in revenues, change in public debt, new entitlement authority, or new
         credit authority for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 26.........................  H.R. 2...............  Repealing the Job-Killing      B
                                                             Health Care Law.
H. Res. 129........................  H.R. 4...............  Small Business Paperwork       B
                                                             Mandate Elimination Act of
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 245........................  H.R. 1229............  Putting the Gulf of Mexico     B
                                                             Back to Work Act.
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year 2012.
H. Res. 276........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act --Prohibiting consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction
                     of the Committee on the Budget unless reported by the Budget Committee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 287........................  H.R. 2017............  Department of Homeland         B
                                                             Security Appropriations Act,
                                                             2012.
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                     8. WAIVING ALL POINTS OF ORDER

    The following compilation identifies the House Resolutions 
reported by the Committee on Rules that waived all points of 
order against consideration of a bill, text, resolution, 
motion, or conference report. There is also an indication 
whether the rule was waived against the bill (B), original text 
(OT), an amendment (A), a motion (M), a conference report (CR), 
or provisions (P).

                                 Rules Including a Waiver of All Points of Order
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Resolution                       Bill                      Title                      Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 26.........................  H.R. 2...............  Repealing the Job-Killing      B, P
                                                             Health Care Law Act.
H. Res. 26.........................  H. Res. 9............  Instructing certain            B, A
                                                             committees to report
                                                             legislation replacing the
                                                             job-killing health care law.
H. Res. 43.........................  H. Res. 38...........  To reduce spending through a   B
                                                             transition to non-security
                                                             spending at fiscal year 2008
                                                             levels or less.
H. Res. 54.........................  H.R. 359.............  To reduce federal spending     B, P
                                                             and the deficit by
                                                             terminating taxpayer
                                                             financing of presidential
                                                             election campaign and party
                                                             conventions..
H. Res. 73.........................  H. Res. 72...........  Directing certain standing     B
                                                             committees to inventory and
                                                             review existing, pending,
                                                             and proposed regulations and
                                                             orders from agencies of the
                                                             Federal Government,
                                                             particularly with respect to
                                                             their effect on jobs and
                                                             economic growth..
H. Res. 79.........................  H.R. 514.............  To extend expiring provisions  B, P
                                                             of the USA PATRIOT
                                                             Improvement and
                                                             Reauthorization Act of 2005
                                                             and Intelligence Reform and
                                                             Terrorism Prevention Act of
                                                             2004 relating to access to
                                                             business records, individual
                                                             terrorists as agents of
                                                             foreign powers, and roving
                                                             wiretaps until December 8,
                                                             2011..
H. Res. 92.........................  H.R. 1...............  Full-Year Continuing           B, P
                                                             Appropriations Act, 2011.
H. Res. 93.........................  H.R. 514.............  Senate amendment to H.R. 514,  M
                                                             to extend expiring
                                                             provisions of the USA
                                                             PATRIOT Improvement and
                                                             Reauthorization Act of 2005
                                                             and Intelligence Reform and
                                                             Terrorism Prevention Act of
                                                             2004 relating to access to
                                                             business records, individual
                                                             terrorists as agents of
                                                             foreign powers, and roving
                                                             wiretaps until December 8,
                                                             2011..
H. Res. 115........................  H.J. Res. 44.........  Further Continuing             B, P
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 128........................  H.R. 662.............  Surface Transportation         B, P, A
                                                             Extension Act of 2011.
H. Res. 129........................  H.R. 4...............  Small Business Paperwork       B, P-SE
                                                             Mandate Elimination Act of
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 150........................  H.R. 830.............  FHA Refinance Program          B, OT
                                                             Termination Act.
H. Res. 151........................  H. R. 836............  Emergency Mortgage Relief      B, OT
                                                             Program Termination Act.
H. Res. 167........................  H.J. Res. 48.........  Additional Continuing          B, P
                                                             Appropriations Amendments,
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 170........................  H.R. 839.............  HAMP Termination Act of 2011.  B, OT, A
H. Res. 170........................  H.R. 861.............  NSP Termination Act..........  B, OT, A
H. Res. 174........................  H.R. 1076............  To prohibit Federal funding    B, P
                                                             of National Public Radio and
                                                             the use of Federal funds to
                                                             acquire radio content..
H. Res. 186........................  H.R. 471.............  Scholarships for Opportunity   B, P, A
                                                             and Results Act.
H. Res. 189........................  H.R. 658.............  FAA Reauthorization and        B, OT, A
                                                             Reform Act of 2011.
H. Res. 194........................  H.R. 1255............  Government Shutdown            B, P
                                                             Prevention Act of 2011.
H. Res. 200........................  H.J. Res. 37.........  Disapproving the rule          B, P
                                                             submitted by the Federal
                                                             Communications Commission
                                                             with respect to regulating
                                                             the Internet and broadband
                                                             industry practices..
H. Res. 203........................  H.R. 910.............  Energy Tax Prevention Act of   B, OT, A
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 206........................  H.R. 1363............  Department of Defense and      B, P
                                                             Further Additional
                                                             Continuing Appropriations
                                                             Act, 2011..
H. Res. 218........................  H.R. 1473............  Department of Defense and      B, P
                                                             Full-Year Continuing
                                                             Appropriations Act, 2011..
H. Res. 218........................  H. Con. Res. 35......  Directing the Clerk of the     B
                                                             House of Representatives to
                                                             make a correction in the
                                                             enrollment of H.R. 1473..
H. Res. 218........................  H. Con. Res. 36......  Directing the Clerk of the     B
                                                             House of Representatives to
                                                             make a correction in the
                                                             enrollment of H.R. 1473..
H. Res. 219........................  H.R. 1217............  To repeal the Prevention and   B, P, A
                                                             Public Health Fund.
H. Res. 223........................  H. Con. Res. 34......  Establishing the budget for    B, OT, A
                                                             the United States Government
                                                             for fiscal year 2012 and
                                                             setting forth appropriate
                                                             budgetary levels for fiscal
                                                             years 2013 through 2021..
H. Res. 236........................  H.R. 1213............  To repeal mandatory funding    B, P, A
                                                             provided to States in the
                                                             Patient Protection and
                                                             Affordable Care Act to
                                                             establish American Health
                                                             Benefit Exchanges..
H. Res. 236........................  H.R. 1214............  To repeal mandatory funding    B, P
                                                             for school-based health
                                                             center construction..
H. Res. 237........................  H.R. 3...............  No Taxpayer Funding for        B, P
                                                             Abortion Act.
H. Res. 245........................  H.R. 1229............  Putting the Gulf of Mexico     B, P, A
                                                             Back to Work Act.
H. Res. 245........................  H.R. 1230............  Restarting American Offshore   B, P, A
                                                             Leasing Now Act.
H. Res. 257........................  H.R. 1231............  Reversing President Obama's    B, P, A
                                                             Offshore Moratorium Act.
H. Res. 264........................  H.R. 754.............  Intelligence Authorization     B, OT, A
                                                             Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1216............  To amend the Public Health     B, P
                                                             Service Act to convert
                                                             funding for graduate medical
                                                             education in qualified
                                                             teaching health centers from
                                                             direct appropriations to an
                                                             authorization of
                                                             appropriations.
H. Res. 269........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               B
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year 2012.
H. Res. 276........................  H.R. 1540............  National Defense               OT, A
                                                             Authorization Act for Fiscal
                                                             Year 2012.
H. Res. 281........................  S. 990...............  Small Business Additional      M
                                                             Temporary Extension Act of
                                                             2011.
H. Res. 287........................  H.R. 2017............  Department of Homeland         B, P
                                                             Security Appropriations Act,
                                                             2012.
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                    C. Original Jurisdiction Matter

      1. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MEASURES

    The following is a list of original jurisdiction measures 
which that considered by the Committee through May of the first 
session of 112th Congress. The list identifies the measures by 
number and title or subject and includes the action and date 
the action was taken by the Committee and by the House.

                            Committee Consideration of Original Jurisdiction Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Bill                            Title                   Reported                  Status
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.Res. 9..........................  Instructing certain          Resolution Reported   Resolution Reported 1/6/
                                     committees to report         1/6/2011.             2011
                                     legislation replacing the
                                     job-killing health care
                                     law.
H.Res. 38.........................  Reducing no-security         Resolution Reported   Passed House 1/25/2011
                                     spending to fiscal year      1/19/2011.
                                     2008 levels or less.
H.Res. 72.........................  Directing certain standing   Resolution Reported   Passed House 2/11/2011
                                     committees to inventory      2/8/2011.
                                     and review existing,
                                     pending, and proposed
                                     regulations and orders
                                     from agencies of the
                                     Federal Government,
                                     particularly with respect
                                     to their effect on jobs
                                     and economic growth.
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            2. ORIGINAL JURISDICTION FULL COMMITTEE HEARINGS

a. H. Res. 9, Instructing certain committees to report legislation 
        replacing the job-killing health care law.
    On January 5, 2011, Chairman Dreier introduced H. Res. 9, 
instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing 
the job-killing health care law and the resolution was referred 
to the Committee on Rules. On January 6, 2011 the full 
Committee held a hearing on H. Res. 9 and H.R. 2, Repealing the 
Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, and received testimony from 
members of the committees of jurisdiction, as well as rank-and-
file members who were offering amendments. Specifically, the 
Committee received statements from the following Members of 
Congress: Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee, 
John Kline (R-MN); Chairman of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee, Fred Upton (R-MI); Rep. Steve King (R-IA); Rep. John 
D. Dingell (D-MI); Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA); Rep. Lois Capps 
(D-CA); Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL); Rep. Jay Inslee (D-
WA); Rep. Anthony D. Weiner (D-NY); Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT); 
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL); Rep. Christopher S. Murphy (D-CT); 
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT); Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ); Rep. 
Bruce L. Braley (D-IA); Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Rep. Lynn 
C. Woolsey (D-CA); Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ); Rep. Robert E. 
Andrews (D-NJ); Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX); Rep. John Tierney 
(D-MA); Rep. D. Rush Holt (D-NJ); Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA); 
Rep. Raul Grivjalva (D-AZ); Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT); Rep. Paul 
Tonko (D-NY); Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA); Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY); 
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); Rep. Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, 
Jr. (D-GA); Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL); Rep. Danny Davis 
(D-IL); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-
WI); Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); Rep. Jim McDermott 
(D-WA); Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA); Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-
NJ); Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH); Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI); Rep. 
Rick Larsen (D-WA); Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA); Rep. Jackie 
Speier (D-CA); Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD); and Rep. Martin T. 
Heinrich (D-NM).
b. H. Res. 38, Reducing non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 
        levels or less.
    On January 18, 2011, Chairman David Dreier introduced H. 
Res. 38, to reduce spending through a transition to non-
security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels and the resolution 
was referred to the Committee on Rules. On January 19, 2011 the 
full Committee held a legislative hearing on H. Res. 38 and 
received testimony from Rep. Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking 
member of the Committee on the Budget, who testified in 
opposition of the resolution.
c. H. Res. 72, Directing certain standing committees to inventory and 
        review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders 
        from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with 
        respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.
    On February 8, 2011, Representative Pete Sessions 
introduced H. Res. 72, directing certain standing committees to 
inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed 
regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, 
particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic 
growth and the resolution was referred to the Committee on 
Rules. While no original jurisdiction hearing was held on H. 
Res. 72, the Rules Committee held a regular meeting on February 
8, 2011, to report a rule for H. Res. 72. No witnesses 
testified at the meeting, but Vice Chairman Pete Sessions 
submitted a statement in support of the resolution.

               3. ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MEASURES REPORTED

a. H. Res. 9, Instructing certain committees to report legislation 
        replacing the job-killing health care law.
    On January 5, 2011, Chairman Dreier introduced H. Res. 9, 
instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing 
the job-killing health care law and the resolution was referred 
to the Committee on Rules. On January 6, 2011 the full 
Committee held a hearing on H. Res. 9 and H.R. 2 - Repealing 
the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, and received testimony 
from members of the committees of jurisdiction, as well as 
rank-and-file members who were offering amendments.
    The 111th Congress passed health care reform proposing it 
would create jobs, lower costs, and allow Americans to keep 
their health care. President Obama signed health care reform 
into law in March 2010. Immediately following enactment of the 
law, several lawsuits were filed in various courts challenging 
the constitutionality of the law's individual mandate and 
expansion of Medicaid. On December 13, 2010, a District Court 
Judge ruled in Virginia v. Sebelius that section 1501 of P.L. 
111-148 requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is 
unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under 
the Commerce Clause. At the end of 2010, seven States: Arizona, 
Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Utah and Virginia have 
enacted statutes exempting state residents from compliance with 
certain health care law provisions. During the last ten months 
public opposition to the law has grown, as has support for its 
repeal. On January 2, 2011, Rasmussen Reports conducted a 
national survey of 1,000 likely voters and 60 percent favored 
repealing the health care law. It is important that ``the 
People's House'' respond to the concerns of the American people 
and work to develop common-sense health care solutions that 
will help create jobs, lower costs, and allow Americans to keep 
their health care.
    This resolution was intended to jump start the committee 
process of replacing the current health care law and it 
complements legislation to repeal the health care law, H.R. 2.
    On January 6, 2011 the Committee held a legislative markup 
of H. Res. 9 and ordered the resolution favorably reported to 
the House by a record vote of 6 to 4. No amendments were 
offered at the markup.
    A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 9 is as follows:
    Section 1 of the resolution instructs the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Ways and Means to each report legislation to the House 
proposing changes to existing law within the committee's 
jurisdiction with provisions that:
     Foster economic growth and private sector job 
creation;
     Lower health care premiums;
     Preserve a patient's ability to keep his or her 
health insurance;
     Provide people with pre-existing conditions access 
to affordable health coverage;
     Reform medical liability system;
     Increase the number of insured Americans;
     Protect the doctor-patient relationship;
     Provide States greater flexibility to administer 
Medicaid programs;
     Expand incentives to encourage personal 
responsibility for health care coverage and costs;
     Prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide 
conscience protections for health care providers;
     Eliminate duplicative government programs and 
wasteful spending; or
     Do not accelerate the insolvency of entitlement 
programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.
b. H. Res. 38, Reducing non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 
        levels or less.
    On January 18, 2011, Chairman David Dreier introduced H. 
Res. 38, to reduce spending through a transition to non-
security spending at Fiscal Year 2008 levels and the resolution 
was referred to the Committee on Rules. On January 19, 2011 the 
full Committee held a legislative hearing on H. Res. 38.
    Over the preceding three years, non-security discretionary 
spending has increased 88 percent. As a result, the U.S. 
government borrows 41 cents of every dollar spent. In addition, 
for the first time in 36 years the 111th Congress failed to 
produce a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2011. This means 
that at that time the Committee considered the resolution there 
were no budget guidelines in place for the Committee on 
Appropriations to follow. The Committee felt it critical at the 
start of the 112th Congress, as Congress moved to address the 
country's massive deficit and significant over-spending, that 
committees have budgetary guidance in place.
    The legislation was intended to put Congress on a path to 
making more responsible spending proposals for the remainder of 
Fiscal Year 2011.
    On January 19, 2011 the Committee held a legislative markup 
of H. Res. 38 and ordered the resolution favorably reported to 
the House as amended by a voice vote. At the markup, the 
following amendments were considered:
    (1) Mr. Scott of South Carolina #1, to amend the resolution 
to clarify the spending reduction by striking the language 
relating to a transition and providing that the levels can be 
2008 levels or less. Agreed to: 8 yeas and 4 nays.
    (2) Mr. McGovern #2, to add a new section to the resolution 
that would require a vote by the full House before any 302(a) 
allocation inserted in the Congressional Record by the Chair of 
the Committee on the Budget becomes effective. Not agreed to: 4 
yeas and 8 nays.
    A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 38 is as follows:
    Section 1 of the resolution provides that, pursuant to 
section 3(b)(1) of House Resolution 5, the Chair of the 
Committee on the Budget shall include in the Congressional 
Record an allocation contemplated by section 302(a) for the 
Committee on Appropriations for the remainder of fiscal year 
2011 that assumes non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 
levels or less.
c. H. Res. 72, Directing certain standing committees to inventory and 
        review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders 
        from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with 
        respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.
    On February 8, 2011, Representative Pete Sessions 
introduced H. Res. 72, directing certain standing committees to 
inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed 
regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, 
particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic 
growth and the resolution was referred to the Committee on 
Rules. While no original jurisdiction hearing was held on H. 
Res. 72, the Rules Committee held a regular meeting on February 
8, 2011, to report a rule for H. Res. 72. No witnesses 
testified at the meeting, but Vice Chairman Pete Sessions 
submitted a statement in support of the resolution.
    The Federal Government produces an average of 4,000 final 
regulations each year with about 500-700 reviewed by the White 
House. Of those reviewed, between 45 and 75 have significant 
economic impacts. The Small Business Administration estimates 
that government regulations cost the economy $1.75 trillion per 
year, nearly double the amount of individual income taxes 
collected last year. The Heritage Foundation approximates that 
43 rules released in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 will cost $28 
billion annually--a record increase. In FY 2010 only five 
significant regulations reduced burdens and of those, only two 
reduced costs for a total savings of $1.5 billion. That is a 
$26.5 billion net increase in the cost of regulatory burdens in 
FY 2010. Without action, the cost and burden of regulations 
will continue to grow in 2011 as agencies further promulgate 
new rules related to energy, health care and financial 
services.
    On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 
13563, which instructs Federal agencies to facilitate the 
periodic review of existing regulations to determine whether 
any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, 
or repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program more 
effective or less burdensome.
    Congress must also use its authority to repeal costly and 
unnecessary existing regulations that impede private-sector job 
creation, discourage innovation and entrepreneurial activity, 
and hurt economic growth and investment. This resolution is 
intended to launch the committee process and take the steps 
necessary to stem the growth of and reduce unnecessary and 
costly regulations, and to create a more cost-effective and 
transparent regulatory system that supports long-term private-
sector job creation and economic growth.
    On February 8, 2011 the Committee held a legislative markup 
of H. Res. 72 and ordered the resolution favorably reported to 
the House as amended by a voice vote. At the markup, the 
following amendment was considered: (1) Mr. Bishop of Utah #1, 
to amend the resolution to add another matter for committees to 
consider related to dependence of the United States on foreign 
energy sources. Agreed to by voice vote.
    A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 72 is as follows:
    Section 1 of the resolution directs standing committees 
listed in section 3 to inventory and review existing, pending, 
and proposed regulations, orders, and other administrative 
actions or procedures by agencies of the Federal Government 
within their jurisdiction. Each committee must conduct hearings 
and other oversight activities it deems necessary and identify 
any oversight or legislative activity conducted in support of, 
or as a result of, the inventory and review, in its semiannual 
activities reports submitted to the House in the first session 
of the 112th Congress.
    Section 2 provides that in completing the review and 
inventory, each committee must identify regulations, executive 
and agency orders, and other administrative actions or 
procedures that:
     Impede private-sector job creation;
     Discourage innovation and entrepreneurial 
activity;
     Hurt economic growth and investment;
     Harm the Nation's global competitiveness;
     Limit access to credit and capital;
     Fail to utilize or apply accurate cost-benefit 
analyses;
     Create additional economic uncertainty;
     Are promulgated in such a way as to limit 
transparency and the opportunity for public comment, 
particularly by affected parties;
     Lack specific statutory authorization;
     Undermine labor management relations;
     Result in large-scale unfunded mandates on 
employers without due cause;
     Impose undue paperwork and cost burdens on small 
businesses; or
     Prevent the United States from becoming less 
dependent on foreign energy sources.
    Section 3 specifies the committees required to complete the 
activities under the resolution, including the Committee on 
Agriculture, Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Financial 
Services, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Natural 
Resources, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
Committee on Small Business, Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
 V. STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES THROUGH MAY 31, 2011

                A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Number of formal requests for Rules Committee hearings..           25
  (a). Number of rules requested for original consideration           25
   of measures, rules for further consideration, rules for
   disposition of Senate amendments........................
  (b). Number of rules requested on conference reports.....            0
  (c). Number of rules requested on procedural matters.....            0
  (d). Number of formal rules requests otherwise disposed              0
   of by procedures other than the Rules Committee.........
2. Number of formal requests pending as of May 31, 2011....            2
3. Number of hearing days --...............................  ...........
  (a) 1st Session..........................................           31
    (1) Regular meetings...................................           18
    (2) Emergency meetings.................................           11
    (3) Regular/Emergency meeting..........................            2
4. Number of bills, resolutions, and conference reports on   ...........
 which hearings were held for the purpose of considering
 special order or ``rules'' --.............................
  (a) Number of rules granted..............................           33
    (1) Bills and Resolutions..............................           40
    (2) Conference Reports.................................            0
    (3)Providing for general debate only, waiving 2/3                  4
     requirement or creating suspension days...............
   (b) Types of amendment structures for consideration of    ...........
   bills and resolutions--.................................
    (1) Open...............................................            1
    (2) Modified Open -- Required Preprinting in the                   6
     Congressional Record..................................
    (3) Structured.........................................           15
    (4) Closed.............................................           16
  (c) Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor         ...........
   Management Tools........................................
    (1) Expedited Procedures Rules.........................            3
    (2) Suspension Day Rules...............................            0
    (3) Chairman's en bloc authority.......................            1
  (d) Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences     ...........
   Among and Responding to the Legislative Actions of
   Committees..............................................
    (1) Self-Executing Rules...............................            8
    (2) Original Text Rules................................            9
  (e) Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate  ...........
   Relations...............................................
    (1) Senate Hook-up Rules...............................            0
    (2) Disposition of Senate Amendments...................            2
    (3) Conference Report Rules............................            0
    (4) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules.............            1
    (5) Motions to go to conference........................            0
  (f) Disposition of the 33 rules granted..................  ...........
    (1)Adopted by the House................................           33
    (2) Rejected by the House..............................            0
    (3) Laid on the Table..................................            0
    (4) Pending on the House Calendar at Adjournment.......          N/A
5. Rules of the House waivers granted (waivers may be        ...........
 underlying measures, matters made in order as original
 text, motions, or amendments).............................
  (a) Types of waivers (number of resolutions waiving each   ...........
   rule):..................................................
    (1) Waiver of all Rules of the House...................           40
    (2) Waiving all points of order against provisions in    ...........
     the bill, except as specified in the rule.............
      (A) Rule XIII, clause 3(c)(4:........................            2
      (B) Rule XIII, clause 3(e)...........................            1
      (C) Rule XIII, clause 4(a)...........................            1
      (D) Rule XIII, clause 4(c)...........................            1
      (E) Rule XIII, clause 6(a)...........................            3
      (F) Rule XVI, clause 7...............................            5
      (G) Rule XVI, clause 10..............................            1
      (H) Rule XXI, clause 2...............................            1
      (I) Rule XXI, clause 4...............................            1
      (J) Rule XXI, clause 5(a)............................            3
      (K) Rule XXI, clause 11..............................            1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


             B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Full Committee..........................................  ...........
  (a) Number of bills and resolutions referred.............           76
  (b) Number of measures referred to the subcommittees.....            0
    (1) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on Rules               0
     and Organization of the House.........................
    (2) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on the                 0
     Legislative and Budget Process........................
    (3) Joint Referrals....................................            0
  (c) Number of original jurisdiction measures heard by the            3
   full committee..........................................
  (d) Number of hearings and markups held by the full                  3
   committee...............................................
  (e) Number of measures reported by the full committee....            3
    (1) Disposition of measures reported...................  ...........
      (a) Measures adopted by the House....................            3
      (b) Measures reported and pending floor action as of             0
       May 31, 2011........................................
      (c) Measures rejected by the House...................            0
      (d) Measures tabled by the House.....................            0
2. Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process......  ...........
  (a) Measures referred....................................            0
  (b) Days of hearings and markups.........................            0
  (c) Measures reported:...................................            0
3. Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.....            0
  (a) Measures referred....................................            0
  (b) Days of hearings and markups.........................            0
  (c) Measures reported....................................            0
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                            VI. PUBLICATIONS

                        A. PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

    1. H.R. 658--FAA Air Transport Modernization and 
Improvement Act. Committee Print.
                            VII. APPENDICES

                              A. Table 1a --Types of Rules Granted (Consideration)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Resolution                   Bill                           Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Debate
                          H. Res. 269.............  H.R. 1540...............  National Defense Authorization Act
                                                                               for Fiscal Year 2012.
Open
                          H. Res. 287.............  H.R. 2017...............  Department of Homeland Security
                                                                               Appropriations Act, 2012.
Modified open
                          H. Res. 54..............  H.R. 359................  To reduce Federal spending and the
                                                                               deficit by terminating taxpayer
                                                                               financing of presidential
                                                                               campaign and party conventions.
                          H. Res. 92..............  H.R. 1..................  Full Year Continuing
                                                                               Appropriations Act, 2011.
                          H. Res. 150.............  H.R. 830................  FHA Refinance Program Termination
                                                                               Act.
                          H. Res. 151.............  H.R. 836................  Emergency Mortgage Relief Program
                                                                               Termination Act.
                          H. Res. 236.............  H.R. 1214...............  To repeal mandatory funding for
                                                                               school-based health center
                                                                               construction.
                          H. Res. 269.............  H.R. 1216...............  To amend the Public Health Service
                                                                               Act to convert funding for
                                                                               graduate medical education in
                                                                               qualified teaching health centers
                                                                               from direct appropriations to an
                                                                               authorization of appropriations.
Structured
                          H. Res. 26..............  H. Res. 9...............  Instructing certain committees to
                                                                               report legislation replacing the
                                                                               job-killing health care law.
                          H. Res. 128.............  H.R. 662................  Surface Transportation Extension
                                                                               Act of 2011.
                          H. Res. 170.............  H.R. 839................  HAMP Termination Act of 2011.
                          H. Res. 170.............  H.R. 861................  NSP Termination Act of 2011.
                          H. Res. 186.............  H.R. 471................  Scholarships for Opportunity and
                                                                               Results Act.
                          H. Res. 189.............  H.R. 658................  FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act
                                                                               of 2011.
                          H. Res. 203.............  H.R. 910................  Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.
                          H. Res. 219.............  H.R. 1217...............  To repeal the Prevention and
                                                                               Public Health Fund.
                          H. Res. 223.............  H. Con. Res.34..........  Establishing the budget for the
                                                                               United States Government for
                                                                               fiscal year 2012 and setting
                                                                               forth appropriate budgetary
                                                                               levels for fiscal years 2013
                                                                               through 2021.
                          H. Res. 236.............  H.R. 1213...............  To repeal mandatory funding
                                                                               provided to States in the Patient
                                                                               and Affordable Care Act to
                                                                               establish American Health Benefit
                                                                               Exchanges.
                          H. Res. 245.............  H.R. 1229...............  Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to
                                                                               Work Act.
                          H. Res. 245.............  H.R. 1230...............  Restarting American Offshore
                                                                               Leasing Now Act.
                          H. Res. 257.............  H.R. 1231...............  Reversing President Obama's
                                                                               Offshore Moratorium Act.
                          H. Res. 264.............  H.R. 754................  Intelligence Authorization Act for
                                                                               Fiscal Year 2011.
                          H. Res. 276.............  H.R. 1540...............  National Defense Authorization Act
                                                                               for Fiscal Year 2012.
Closed
                          H. Res. 26..............  H. Res. 27..............  Relating to the status of certain
                                                                               actions taken by Members-elect.
                          H. Res. 26..............  H.R. 2..................  Repealing the Job-Killing Health
                                                                               Care Law.
                          H. Res. 43..............  H. Res. 38..............  To reduce spending through a
                                                                               transition to non-security
                                                                               spending at fiscal year 2008
                                                                               levels or less.
                          H. Res. 73..............  H. Res. 72..............  Directing certain standing
                                                                               committees to inventory and
                                                                               review existing, pending, and
                                                                               proposed regulations and orders
                                                                               from agencies of the Federal
                                                                               Government, particularly with
                                                                               respect to their effect on jobs
                                                                               and economic growth.
                          H. Res. 79..............  H.R. 514................  To extend expiring provisions of
                                                                               the USA PATRIOT Improvement and
                                                                               Reauthorization Act of 2005 and
                                                                               Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
                                                                               Prevention Act of 2004 relating
                                                                               to access to business records,
                                                                               individual terrorists as agents
                                                                               of foreign powers, and roving
                                                                               wiretaps until December 8, 2011.
                          H. Res. 115.............  H.J. Res. 44............  Further Continuing Appropriations
                                                                               Amendments, 2011.
                          H. Res. 129.............  H.R. 4..................  To repeal the expansion of
                                                                               information reporting
                                                                               requirements for payments of $600
                                                                               or more to corporations, and for
                                                                               other purposes.
                          H. Res. 167.............  H.J. Res. 48............  Additional Continuing
                                                                               Appropriations Amendments, 2011.
                          H. Res. 174.............  H.R. 1076...............  To prohibit Federal funding of
                                                                               National Public Radio and the use
                                                                               of Federal funds to acquire radio
                                                                               content.
                          H. Res. 194.............  H.R. 1255...............  Government Shutdown Prevention Act
                                                                               of 2011.
                          H. Res. 200.............  H.J. Res. 37............  Disapproving the rule submitted by
                                                                               the Federal Communications
                                                                               Commission with respect to
                                                                               regulating the Internet and
                                                                               broadband industry practices.
                          H. Res. 206.............  H.R. 1363...............  Department of Defense and Further
                                                                               Additional Continuing
                                                                               Appropriations Act, 2011.
                          H. Res. 218.............  H.R. 1473...............  Department of Defense and Full-
                                                                               Year Continuing Appropriations
                                                                               Act, 2011.
                          H. Res. 218.............  H. Con. Res.35..........  Directing the Clerk of the House
                                                                               of Representatives to make a
                                                                               correction in the enrollment of
                                                                               H.R. 1473.
                          H. Res. 218.............  H. Con. Res.36..........  Directing the Clerk of the House
                                                                               of Representatives to make a
                                                                               correction in the enrollment of
                                                                               H.R. 1473.
                          H. Res. 237.............  H.R. 3..................  No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion
                                                                               Act.
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                            A. Table 1b --Types of Rules Granted (Special Procedures)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Resolution              Bill                          Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Waiving Rule XIII, clause                                                .......................................
 6(a), requiring a two-thirds
 vote to consider a rule on
 the same day it is reported
 from the Committee on Rules:
                               H. Res. 92.........  ...................  Special rule reported on the
                                                                          legislative day of February 15, 2011
                                                                          through February 17, 2011, providing
                                                                          for the consideration or disposition
                                                                          of the bill (H.R. 1) making
                                                                          appropriations for the Department of
                                                                          Defense and the other departments and
                                                                          agencies of the government for the
                                                                          fiscal year ending September 30, 2011,
                                                                          and for other purposes.
                               H. Res. 206........  ...................  Special rule reported on the
                                                                          legislative day of April 7, 2011
                                                                          through April 11, 2011, providing for
                                                                          the consideration or disposition of a
                                                                          measure making or continuing
                                                                          appropriations for the fiscal year
                                                                          ending September 30, 2011.
                               H. Res. 269........  ...................  Special rule reported on the
                                                                          legislative day of May 24, 2011
                                                                          through May 27, 2011, providing for
                                                                          the consideration or disposition of a
                                                                          measure addressing expiring provisions
                                                                          of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and
                                                                          Reauthorization Act of 2005.
Chairman's en bloc authority:                                            .......................................
                               H. Res. 276........  H.R. 1540..........  National Defense Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
Self-Executing Amendments                                                .......................................
                               H. Res. 26.........  H.R. 2.............  Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care
                                                                          Law Act.
                               H. Res. 43*........  H. Res. 38. .......  Reducing Non-security spending to
                                                                          fiscal year 2008 levels or less.
                               H. Res. 73*........  H. Res. 72.........  Directing certain standing committees
                                                                          to inventory and review existing,
                                                                          pending, and proposed regulations and
                                                                          orders from agencies of the Federal
                                                                          Government, particularly with respect
                                                                          to their effect on jobs and economic
                                                                          growth.
                               H. Res. 129........  H.R. 4.............  Small Business Paperwork Mandate
                                                                          Elimination Act of 2011.
                               H. Res. 186*.......  H.R. 471...........  Scholarships for Opportunity and
                                                                          Results Act.
                               H. Res. 237........  H.R. 3.............  No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.
                               H. Res. 245*.......  H.R. 1229..........  Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work
                                                                          Act.
                               H. Res. 257*.......  H.R. 1231..........  Reversing President Obama's Offshore
                                                                          Moratorium Act.
Makes in order original text:                                            .......................................
                               H. Res. 150........  H.R. 830...........  FHA Refinance Program Termination Act.
                               H. Res. 151........  H.R. 836...........  Emergency Mortgage Relief Program
                                                                          Termination Act.
                               H. Res. 170........  H.R. 839...........  HAMP Termination Act of 2011.
                               H. Res. 170........  H.R. 861...........  NSP Termination Act.
                               H. Res. 189........  H.R. 658...........  FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of
                                                                          2011.
                               H. Res. 203........  H.R. 910...........  Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.
                               H. Res. 223........  H. Con. Res. 34....  Establishing the budget for the United
                                                                          States Government for fiscal year 2012
                                                                          and setting forth appropriate
                                                                          budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013
                                                                          through 2021.
                               H. Res. 264........  H.R. 754...........  Intelligence Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2011.
                               H. Res. 276........  H.R. 1540..........  National Defense Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
Disposition of Senate                                                    .......................................
 Amendments
                               H. Res. 93.........  H.R. 514...........  Senate amendment to H.R. 514, to extend
                                                                          expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT
                                                                          Improvement and Reauthorization Act of
                                                                          2005 and Intelligence Reform and
                                                                          Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
                                                                          relating to access to business
                                                                          records, individual terrorists as
                                                                          agents of foreign powers, and roving
                                                                          wiretaps until December 8, 2011.
                               H. Res. 281........  S. 990.............  Senate Amendment to the House Amendment
                                                                          to S. 990, the Small Business
                                                                          Additional Temporary Extension Act of
                                                                          2011.
Providing for the                                                        .......................................
 Consideration of Multiple
 Measures
                               H. Res. 26.........  H.R. 2.............  Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care
                                                                          Law Act.
                                                    H. Res. 9..........  Instituting certain committees to
                                                                          report legislation replacing the job-
                                                                          killing health care law.
                                                    H. Res. 27.........  Relating to the status of certain
                                                                          actions taken by Members-elect.
                               H. Res. 170........  H.R. 839...........  HAMP Termination Act of 2011.
                                                    H.R. 861...........  NSP Termination Act.
                               H. Res. 218........  H.R. 1473..........  Department of Defense and Full-Year
                                                                          Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.
                                                    H. Con. Res. 35....  Directing the Clerk of the House of
                                                                          Representatives to make a correction
                                                                          in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
                                                    H. Con. Res. 35....  Directing the Clerk of the House of
                                                                          Representatives to make a correction
                                                                          in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
                               H. Res. 236........  H.R. 1213..........  To repeal the mandatory funding
                                                                          provided to States in the Patient
                                                                          Protection and Affordable Care Act to
                                                                          establish American Health Benefits
                                                                          Exchanges.
                                                    H.R. 1214..........  To repeal mandatory funding for school-
                                                                          based health center construction.
                               H. Res. 245........  H.R. 1229..........  Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work
                                                                          Act.
                                                    H.R. 1230..........  Restarting American Offshore Leasing
                                                                          Now Act.
                               H. Res. 269........  H.R. 1216..........  To amend the Public Health Service Act
                                                                          to convert funding for graduate
                                                                          medical education in qualified
                                                                          teaching health centers from direct
                                                                          appropriations to an authorization of
                                                                          appropriations.
                               ...................  H.R. 1540..........  National Defense Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
Providing for the Engrossment                                            .......................................
 of Multiple Measures
                               H. Res. 245........  H.R. 1229..........  Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work
                                                                          Act.
                                                    H.R. 1230..........  Restarting American Offshore Leasing
                                                                          Now Act.
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* Denotes the self-execution of amendments limited to those recommended by the reporting committee and printed
  in the Calendar print of the bill.


                                        B. Table 2--Resolutions Reported
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Rule                       Bill         Title or Floor Action         Date            Managers
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 26, H. Rept 112-2         H.R. 2...........  Repealing the Job-                         ................
                                                      Killing Health Care
                                                      Law Act.
                                  H. Res. 9........  Instructing certain                        ................
                                                      committees to report
                                                      legislation replacing
                                                      the job-killing
                                                      health care law.
                                  H. Res. 27.......  Relating to the status                     ................
                                                      of ceratin actions
                                                      taken by members-
                                                      elect.
                                                        Reported from Rules  1/6/2011.........  Dreier/Slaughter
                                                        Previous Question    1/7/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 236-182.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  1/7/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 236-181, 2
                                                         present.
H. Res. 43, H. Rept 112-4         H. Res. 38.......  To reduce spending                         ................
                                                      through a transition
                                                      to non-security
                                                      spending at fiscal
                                                      year 2008 levels or
                                                      less.
                                                        Reported from Rules  1/19/2011........  Dreier/McGovern
                                                        Previous Question    1/24/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 238-174.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  1/24/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 240-168.
H. Res. 54, H. Rept. 112-5        H.R. 359.........  To reduce Federal                          ................
                                                      spending and the
                                                      deficit by
                                                      terminating taxpayer
                                                      financing of
                                                      presidential election
                                                      campaigns and party
                                                      conventions.
                                                        Reported from Rules  1/25/2011........  Foxx/Hastings
                                                        Previous Question    1/26/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 234-178.
                                                        Rule Adopted Voice   1/26/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote.
H. Res. 73, H. Rept. 112-7        H. Res. 72.......  Directing certain                          ................
                                                      standing committees
                                                      to inventory and
                                                      review existing,
                                                      pending, and proposed
                                                      regulations and
                                                      orders from agencies
                                                      of the Federal
                                                      Government,
                                                      particularly with
                                                      respect to their
                                                      effect on jobs and
                                                      economic growth.
                                                        Reported from Rules  2/8/2011.........  Sessions/
                                                                                                 Hastings
                                                        Previous Question    2/10/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 240-180.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  2/10/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 255-169.
H. Res. 79, H. Rept. 112-8        H.R. 514.........  To extend expiring                         ................
                                                      provisions of the USA
                                                      PATRIOT Improvement
                                                      and Authorization Act
                                                      of 2005 and
                                                      Intelligence Reform
                                                      and Terrorism
                                                      Prevention Act of
                                                      2004 relating to
                                                      access to business
                                                      records, individual
                                                      terrorists as agents
                                                      of foreign powers,
                                                      and roving wiretaps
                                                      until December 8,
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  2/9/2011.........  Dreier/Polis
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  2/10/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 248-176.
H. Res. 92, H. Rept. 112-13       H.R. 1...........  Full Year Continuing                       ................
                                                      Appropriations Act,
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  2/14/2011........  Woodall/
                                                                                                 Slaughter
                                                        Previous Question    2/15/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 240-179.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  2/15/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 242-174, 2
                                                         present.
H. Res. 93, H. Rept. 112-14       H.R. 514.........  Senate Amendments to                       ................
                                                      H.R. 514, to extend
                                                      expiring provisions
                                                      of the USA PATRIOT
                                                      Improvement and
                                                      Authorization Act of
                                                      2005 and Intelligence
                                                      Reform and Terrorism
                                                      Prevention Act of
                                                      2004 relating to
                                                      access to business
                                                      records, individual
                                                      terrorists as agents
                                                      of foreign powers,
                                                      and roving wiretaps
                                                      until December 8,
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  2/15/2011........  Dreier/Polis
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  2/16/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 254-176.
H. Res. 115, H. Rept. 112-19      H.J. Res. 44.....  Further Continuing                         ................
                                                      Appropriations
                                                      Amendments, 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  2/28/2011........  Woodall/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    3/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 241-179.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 251-170.
H. Res. 128, H. Rept. 112-20      H.R. 662.........  Surface Transportation                     ................
                                                      Extension Act of 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/1/2011.........  Sessions/
                                                                                                 Hastings
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/2/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 256-169.
H. Res. 129, H. Rept 112-21       H.R. 4...........  Small Business                             ................
                                                      Paperwork Mandate
                                                      Elimination Act of
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/1/2011.........  Scott/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    3/2/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 243-185.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/2/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 252-175.
H. Res. 150, H. Rept. 112-27      H.R. 830.........  FHA Refinance Program                      ................
                                                      Termination Act.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/8/2011.........  Bishop/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    3/9/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 235-186.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/9/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 240-180.
H. Res. 151, H. Rept. 112-28      H.R. 836.........  Emergency Mortgage                         ................
                                                      Relief Program
                                                      Termination Act..
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/8/2011.........  Sessions/
                                                                                                 Slaughter
                                                        Rule Adopted Voice   3/9/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote.
H. Res. 167, H. Rept. 112-33      H.J. Res. 48.....  Additional Continuing                      ................
                                                      Appropriations
                                                      Amendments, 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/14/2011........  Woodall/McGovern
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/15/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 241-181.
H. Res. 170, H. Rept. 112-34      H.R. 861.........  NSP Termination Act...                     ................
                                  H.R. 839.........  HAMP Termination Act                       ................
                                                      of 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/15/2011........  Sessions/Polis
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/16/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 241-180.
H. Res. 174, H. Rept. 112-35      H.R. 1076........  To prohibit Federal                        ................
                                                      funding of National
                                                      Public Radio and the
                                                      use of Federal funds
                                                      to acquire radio
                                                      content.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/16/2011........  Nugent/Slaughter
                                                        Previous Question    3/17/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 233-179.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/17/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 236-181.
H. Res. 186, H. Rept. 112-45      H.R. 471.........  Scholarships for                           ................
                                                      Opportunity and
                                                      Results Act.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/29/2011........  Bishop/Hastings
                                                        Previous Question    3/30/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 237-182.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/30/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 235-178.
H. Res. 189, H. Rept. 112-46      H.R. 658.........  FAA Reauthorization                        ................
                                                      and Reform Act of
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/30/2011........  Webster/McGovern
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  3/31/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 249-171.
H. Res. 194, H. Rept. 112-49      H.R. 1255........  Government Shutdown                        ................
                                                      Prevention Act of
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  3/31/2011........  Woodall/
                                                                                                 Slaughter
                                                        Previous Question    4/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 230-187.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 229-187.
H. Res. 200, H. Rept. 112-53      H.J. Res. 37.....     Disapproving the                        ................
                                                         rule submitted by
                                                         the Federal
                                                         Communications
                                                         Commission with
                                                         respect to
                                                         regulating the
                                                         Internet and
                                                         broadband industry
                                                         practices.
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/4/2011.........  Woodall/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    4/5/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 241-175.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/5/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 241-178.
H. Res. 203, H. Rept. 112-54      H.R. 910.........  Energy Tax Prevention                      ................
                                                      Act of 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/5/2011.........  Sessions/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    4/6/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 266-158.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/6/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 250-172.
H. Res. 206, H. Rept 112-56       H.R. 1363........  Department of Defense
                                                      and Further
                                                      Additional Continuing
                                                      Appropriations Act,
                                                      2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/6/2011.........  Foxx/McGovern
                                                        Previous Question    4/7/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 238-185.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/7/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 228-189.
H. Res 218, H. Rept 112-60        H.R. 1473........  Department of Defense                      ................
                                                      and Full-Year
                                                      Continuing
                                                      Appropriations Act,
                                                      2011.
H. Rept. 112-60, Part 2           H. Con. Res. 35..  Directing the Clerk of                     ................
                                                      the House of
                                                      Representatives to
                                                      make a correction in
                                                      the enrollment of
                                                      H.R. 1473..
                                  H. Con. Res. 36..  Directing the Clerk of                     ................
                                                      the House of
                                                      Representatives to
                                                      make a correction in
                                                      the enrollment of
                                                      H.R. 1473..
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/12/2011........  Dreier/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    4/13/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 242-183.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/13/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 241-179.
H. Res. 219, H. Rept. 112-61      H.R. 1217........  To repeal the                              ................
                                                      Prevention and Public
                                                      Health Fund.
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/12/2011........  Foxx/Hastings
                                                        Previous Question    4/13/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 238-182.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/13/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 237-180.
H. Res. 223, H. Rept. 112-62      H. Con. Res. 34..  Establishing the                           ................
                                                      budget for the United
                                                      States Government for
                                                      fiscal year 2012 and
                                                      setting forth
                                                      appropriate budgetary
                                                      levels for fiscal
                                                      years 2013 through
                                                      2021.
                                                        Reported from Rules  4/13/2011........  Scott/Slaughter
                                                        Previous Question    4/14/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 238-183.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  4/14/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 243-181.
H. Res. 236, H. Rept. 112-70      H.R. 1213........  To repeal mandatory                        ................
                                                      funding provided to
                                                      States in the Patient
                                                      Protection and
                                                      Affordable Care Act
                                                      to establish American
                                                      Health Benefit
                                                      Exchanges.
                                  H.R. 1214........  To repeal mandatory                        ................
                                                      funding for school-
                                                      based health center
                                                      construction.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/2/2011.........  Reed/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    5/3/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 234-185.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/3/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 237-185.
H. Res. 237, H. Rept. 112-71      H.R. 3...........  No Taxpayer Funding                        ................
                                                      for Abortion Act.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/2/2011.........  Nugent/Slaughter
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/4/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 243-177.
H. Res. 245, H. Rept. 112-73      H.R. 1229........  Putting the Gulf of                        ................
                                                      Mexico Back to Work
                                                      Act.
                                  H.R. 1230........  Restarting American                        ................
                                                      Offshore Leasing Now
                                                      Act.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/4/2011.........  Bishop/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    5/5/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 241-171.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/5/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 245-167.
H. Res. 257, H. Rept. 112-74      H.R. 1231........  Reversing President                        ................
                                                      Obama's Offshore
                                                      Moratorium Act.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/10/2011........  Reed/McGovern
                                                        Previous Question    5/11/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 241-179.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/11/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 241-179.
H. Res. 264, H. Rept. 112-75      H.R. 754.........  Intelligence                               ................
                                                      Authorization Act for
                                                      Fiscal Year 2011.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/11/2011........  Sessions/
                                                                                                 Hastings
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/13/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 251-133.
H. Res. 269, H. Rept. 112-86      H.R. 1216........  To amend the Public                        ................
                                                      Health Services Act
                                                      to convert funding
                                                      for graduate medical
                                                      education in
                                                      qualified teaching
                                                      health centers from
                                                      direct appropriations
                                                      to an authorization
                                                      of appropriations.
                                  H.R. 1540........  National Defense                           ................
                                                      Authorization Act for
                                                      Fiscal Year 2012.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/23/2011........  Foxx/McGovern
                                                        Previous Question    5/24/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 233-179.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/24/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 238-181.
H. Res. 276, H. Rept. 112-88      H.R. 1540........  National Defense                           ................
                                                      Authorization Act for
                                                      Fiscal Year 2012.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/24/2011........  Bishop/McGovern
                                                        Previous Question    5/25/2011........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 239-181.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  5/25/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote 243-170.
H. Res. 281, H. Rept 112-92       S. 990...........  Senate Amendment to                        ................
                                                      the House Amendment
                                                      to S. 990, the Small
                                                      Business Additional
                                                      Temporary Extension
                                                      Act of 2011..
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/26/2011........  Dreier/Polis
                                                        Rule Adopted Voice   5/26/2011........  ................
                                                         Vote.
H. Res. 287, H. Rept. 112-95      H.R. 2017........  Department of Homeland                     ................
                                                      Security
                                                      Appropriations Act,
                                                      2012.
                                                        Reported from Rules  5/31/2011........  Reed/Polis
                                                        Previous Question    6/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Agreed to 235-186.
                                                        Rule Adopted Record  6/1/2011.........  ................
                                                         Vote 231-187.
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                                       C. Table 3.--Resolutions Discharged
The Committee was not discharged from the consideration of any resolution.



                                   D. Table 4.--Resolutions Laid on the Table
No resolutions reported by the Committee were laid on the table.



                                        E. Table 5.--Resolutions Amended
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            Resolution                     Bill                                   Title
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H.Res. 276.......................  H.R. 1540...........  Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.
                                                          1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012
                                                          for military activities for the Department of Defense
                                                          and for military construction, to prescribe military
                                                          personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for
                                                          other purposes.
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                                         F. Table 6a--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals--House Resolutions
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H. Res. 9.......................................   Representative Dreier of California, January 5, 2011. A resolution instructing certain committees to
                                                   report legislation replacing the job-killing healthcare law.
H. Res. 14......................................  Representative Gingrey of Georgia, January 5, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that standing committees make available the record of recorded votes
                                                   within 48 hours after that vote.
H. Res. 15......................................  Representative Gingrey of Georgia, January 5, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans'
                                                   affairs be considered as stand-alone measures.
H. Res. 22......................................  Representative Walden of Oregon, January 6, 2011. A resolution reducing the amount authorized for
                                                   salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
H. Res. 24......................................  Representative Hoyer of Maryland, January 6, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in
                                                   the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
H. Res. 30......................................  Representative Deutch of Florida, January 7, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that plain English section by section analyses be posted on the Internet
                                                   for bill and joint resolutions reported by committees.
H. Res. 38......................................  Representative Dreier of California, January 18, 2011. A resolution to reduce spending through a
                                                   transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels.
H. Res. 45......................................  Representative Gerlach of Pennsylvania, January 19, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
                                                   of Representatives to encourage bipartisan amendments.
H. Res. 46......................................  Representative Yarmuth of Kentucky, January 20, 2011. A resolution restoring the democratic process by
                                                   providing that section 3(b) of H. Res. 5 shall have no force or effect during the remainder of the
                                                   112th Congress.
H. Res. 48......................................  Representative Lee of California, January 20, 2011. A resolution establishing a select committee to
                                                   review national security laws, policies, and practices.
H. Res. 67......................................  Representative Lamborn of Colorado, January 26, 2011. A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to prohibit bills and joint resolutions from containing more than one subject.
H. Res 70.......................................  Representative Schweikert of Arizona, January 26, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
                                                   of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution carrying more than
                                                   one subject.
H. Res. 72......................................  Representative Sessions of Texas, February 8, 2011. A resolution directing certain standing committees
                                                   to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the
                                                   Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effort on jobs and economic growth.
H. Res. 82......................................  Representative Duncan of South Carolina, February 10, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the
                                                   House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal
                                                   Programs.
H. Res. 111.....................................  Representative King of New York, February 28, 2011. A resolution establishing a Select Committee on
                                                   POW and MIA Affairs.
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                                             Table 6b--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals--House Bills
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H.R. 2..........................................   Representative Cantor of Virginia, January 5, 2011. A bill to repeal the job-killing health care law
                                                   and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 10.........................................  Representative Davis of Kentucky, January 20, 2011. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United
                                                   States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless
                                                   a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
H.R. 84.........................................  Representative Jackson Lee of Texas, January 5, 2011. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to
                                                   grant to the House of Representatives the authority to bring a civil action to enforce, secure a
                                                   declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or prevent a threatened refusal or failure to comply
                                                   with any subpoena or order issued by the House or any committee or subcommittee of the House to
                                                   secure the production of documents, the answering of any deposition or interrogatory, or the securing
                                                   of testimony, and for other purposes.
H.R. 104........................................  Representative Boustany of Louisiana, January 5, 2011. A bill to ensure that amounts credited to the
                                                   Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
H.R. 105........................................  Representative Burton of Indiana, January 5, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and related health-care provisions and to enact in its place incentives to
                                                   encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 114........................................  Representative Dreier of California, January 5, 2011. A bill to provide a biennial budget for the
                                                   United States Government.
H.R. 125........................................  Representative Gingrey of Georgia, January 5, 2011. A bill to require Congress to specify the source
                                                   of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.
H.R. 141........................................  Representative King of Iowa, January 5, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable
                                                   Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 145........................................  Representative Mack of Florida, January 5, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and related health-care provisions.
H.R. 187........................................  Representative Wilson of South Carolina, January 5, 2011. A bill to provide that rates of pay for
                                                   Members of Congress shall not be subject to automatic adjustment; and to provide that any bill or
                                                   resolution, and any amendment to any bill or resolution, which would increase Members' pay may be
                                                   adopted only by a recorded vote.
H.R. 215........................................  Representative Young of Alaska, January 7, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and title I of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 while
                                                   preserving the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
H.R. 265........................................  Delegate Norton of District of Columbia, January 12, 2011. A bill to provide for the admission of the
                                                   State of New Columbia into the Union.
H.R. 299........................................  Representative Broun of Georgia, January 18, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5
                                                   percent threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased funding for high-risk
                                                   pools, allow acquiring health insurance across State lines, and allow for the creation of association
                                                   health plans.
H.R. 339........................................  Representative Jenkins of Kansas, January 19, 2011. A bill to deem any adjournment of the House of
                                                   Representatives which is in effect on the date of the regularly scheduled general election for
                                                   Federal office held during a Congress to be adjournment sine die, and to amend title 31, United
                                                   States Code, to provide for automatic continuing appropriations if a regular appropriation bill for a
                                                   fiscal year does not become law before the date of the regularly scheduled general election for
                                                   Federal office held during such fiscal year.
H.R. 364........................................  Representative Latham of Iowa, January 20, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and to take meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase access to
                                                   health insurance coverage without raising taxes, cutting Medicare benefits for seniors, adding to the
                                                   national deficit, intervening in the doctor-patient relationship, or instituting a government
                                                   takeover of health care.
H.R. 373........................................  Representative Foxx of North Carolina, January 20, 2011. A bill to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform
                                                   Act of 1995 to ensure that actions taken by regulatory agencies are subject to that Act, and for
                                                   other purposes.
H.R. 385........................................  Representative Lee of California, January 20, 2011. A bill to require poverty impact statements for
                                                   certain legislation.
H.R. 397........................................  Representative Herger of California, January 24, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to take
                                                   meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase access to health insurance coverage without
                                                   raising taxes, cutting Medicare benefits for seniors, adding to the national deficit, intervening in
                                                   the doctor-patient relationship, or instituting a government takeover of health care.
H.R. 408........................................  Representative Jordan of Ohio, January 24, 2011. A bill to reduce Federal spending by $2.5 trillion
                                                   through fiscal year 2021.
H.R. 429........................................  Representative Issa of California, January 25, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education
                                                   Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health
                                                   program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits
                                                   plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 452........................................  Representative Roe of Tennessee, January 26, 2011. A bill to repeal the provisions of the Patient
                                                   Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
H.R. 462........................................  Representative Goodlatte of Virginia, January 26, 2011. A bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code
                                                   of 1986.
H.R. 506........................................  Delegate Norton of District of Columbia, January 26, 2011. A bill to amend the District of Columbia
                                                   Home Rule Act to eliminate Congressional review of newly passed District laws.
H.R. 539........................................  Representative Deutch of Florida, February 8, 2011. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security
                                                   Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and
                                                   disability insurance program, to provide for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs do not take
                                                   effect under certain cash benefit programs, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection.
H.R. 636........................................  Representative Granger of Texas, February 10, 2011. A bill to repeal PPACA and the health care-related
                                                   provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and to amend the Internal
                                                   Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of
                                                   private health insurance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 663........................................  Representative Brady of Texas, February 11, 2011. A bill to delay the implementation of the health
                                                   reform law until the Supreme Court determines the constitutionality of the individual mandate
H.R. 779........................................  Representative Kinzinger of Illinois, February 17, 2011. A bill to establish the Grace Commission II
                                                   to review and make recommendations regarding cost control in the Federal Government, and for other
                                                   purposes.
H.R. 882........................................  Representative Johnson of Illinois, March 2, 2011. A bill to require that any local currencies used to
                                                   provide per diems to Members and employees of Congress for official foreign travel for a fiscal year
                                                   be obtained by Congress and paid for using funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Congress
                                                   for the fiscal year, to enhance the disclosure of information on official foreign travel of Members,
                                                   officers, and employees of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
H.R. 903........................................  Representative Calvert of California, March 3, 2011. A bill to greatly enhance the Nation's
                                                   environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal
                                                   prohibitions on the domestic production of abundant offshore supplies of oil and natural gas, and for
                                                   other purposes.
H.R. 965........................................  Representative Slaughter of New York, March 9, 2011. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
                                                   Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment
                                                   of human and animal diseases.
H.R. 1040.......................................  Representative Burgess of Texas, March 11, 2011. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                   provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system.
H.R. 1043.......................................  Representative Van Hollen of Maryland, March 11, 2011. A bill to provide an optional fast-track
                                                   procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1118.......................................  Representative Weiner of New York, March 16, 2011. A bill to establish a point of order against any
                                                   efforts to reduce benefits paid to Social Security recipients, raise the retirement age, or create
                                                   private retirement accounts under title II of the Social Security Act.
H.R. 1122.......................................  Representative Richardson of California, March 16, 2011. A bill to provide for merit-based investment
                                                   in the freight transportation system of the United States to ensure economic growth, increase
                                                   vitality and competitiveness in national and global markets, address goods mobility and accessibility
                                                   issues, reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts of freight transportation, better public
                                                   health conditions, enhance energy security, and improve the condition and connectivity of the freight
                                                   transportation system, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1125.......................................  Representative Fattah of Pennsylvania, March 16, 2011. A bill to establish a fee on transactions which
                                                   would eliminate the national debt and replace the income tax on individuals.
H.R. 1135.......................................  Representative Jordan of Ohio, March 16, 2011. A bill to provide information on total spending on
                                                   means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall
                                                   spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.
H.R. 1148.......................................  Representative Walz of Minnesota, March 17, 2011. A bill to prohibit commodities and securities
                                                   trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by
                                                   Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1155.......................................  Representative Peters of Michigan, March 17, 2011. A bill to establish procedures for the expedited
                                                   consideration by Congress of the recommendations set forth in the Terminations, Reductions, and
                                                   Savings report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget.
H.R. 1167.......................................  Representative Jordan of Ohio, March 17, 2011. A bill to provide information on total spending on
                                                   means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall
                                                   spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.
H.R. 1185.......................................  Representative Issa of California, March 17, 2011. A bill to delay the implementation of the health
                                                   reform law in the United States until there is final resolution in pending lawsuits.
H.R. 1280.......................................  Representative Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, March 31, 2011. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
                                                   to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign
                                                   countries, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1302.......................................  Representative Quigley of Illinois, March 31, 2011. A bill to make the Federal budget process more
                                                   transparent and to make future budgets more sustainable.
H.R. 1320.......................................  Representative Berman of California, April 1, 2011. A bill to strengthen United States
                                                   nonproliferation activities and to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to strengthen nuclear energy
                                                   cooperation and nonproliferation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1605.......................................  Representative Duncan of Tennessee, April 15, 2011. A bill to reduce Federal spending in a responsible
                                                   manner.
H.R. 1609.......................................  Representative Gibson of New York, April 15, 2011. A bill to amend the War Powers Resolution to limit
                                                   the use of funds for introduction of the Armed Forces into hostilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1630.......................................  Representative Murphy of Pennsylvania, April 15, 2011. A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard
                                                   the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.
H.R. 1637.......................................  Representative Poe of Texas, April 15, 2011. A bill to safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.
H.R. 1734.......................................  Representative Denham of California, May 4, 2011. A bill to decrease the deficit by realigning,
                                                   consolidating, selling, disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other
                                                   civilian real property, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1848.......................................  Representative Mack of Florida, May 11, 2011. A bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting
                                                   legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.
H.R. 1861.......................................  Representative Murphy of Pennsylvania, May 12, 2011. A bill to greatly enhance America's path toward
                                                   energy independence and economic and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote
                                                   innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, to rebuild our
                                                   Nation's aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1866.......................................  Representative Chaffetz of Utah, May 12, 2011. A bill to require Members of Congress to disclose
                                                   delinquent tax liability and to require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of,
                                                   a Member with Federal tax liability.
H.R. 2013.......................................  Representative Nunes of California, May 26, 2011. A bill to empower States with programmatic
                                                   flexibility and financial predictability to improve their Medicaid programs and Sate Children's
                                                   Health Insurance Programs by ensuring better health care for low-income pregnant women, children, and
                                                   families, and for elderly individuals and disabled individuals in need of long-term care services and
                                                   supports, whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical
                                                   services.
H.R. 2041.......................................  Representative Kingston of Georgia, May 26, 2011. A bill to reduce Federal spending in a responsible
                                                   manner.
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                                     Table 6c--Original Jurisdiction Measures Referred--House Concurrent Resolutions
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H. Con. Res. 2..................................   Representative Issa of California, January 5, 2011. A concurrent resolution establishing the
                                                   Congressional Commission on the European Union, and for Other Purposes
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                                     Table 6d--Original Jurisdiction Measures Referred--House Concurrent Resolutions
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H.J. Res. 2.....................................  Representative DeFazio of Oregon, April 7, 2011. A joint resolution to amend the War Powers
                                                   Resolution.
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                          VIII. MINORITY VIEWS

    The new Republican Majority took control of the House of 
Representatives in January with two basic pledges--a promise to 
create jobs and a promise to make the House of Representatives 
more open and transparent.
    In principle, the Rules Committee is the very place where 
these two promises should be honored and kept--the Committee is 
both the ``traffic cop'' for bills to get to the floor and the 
place where the amendment process is determined.
    Yet after the first six months of this congress, the new 
Majority in the Rules Committee is falling short on both of 
these basic pledges.
    Even though the Committee has held 29 meetings, reported 33 
rules, and heard from 170 witnesses--we have yet to consider a 
single piece of legislation to create new jobs in America.
    And while the Committee has allowed an open debate on 
several measures, almost half of the rules we have approved 
have been completely closed, blocking all amendments.
    Over these first six months, the Committee has produced a 
disappointing record of missed opportunities on jobs and 
misguided restrictions on open debate.

               AGENDA OF THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE

Where are the Jobs?
    The new Majority's oversight plan for this congress boldly 
stated:

          ``Job creation and economic growth is the number one 
        priority for the House in the 112th Congress.''

    Unfortunately, the Majority has not been nearly as bold in 
their actions. Failure to consider a single jobs bill while 
millions of Americans are out of work requires a tremendous 
disregard for the priorities of the American people. Rather 
than focusing on jobs, the Majority has passed the following 
legislation:

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H.R. 1076                                   Defunding National Public
                                             Radio (doing so in a way
                                             that would not reduce the
                                             deficit).
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H.R. 2                                      Repealing the Affordable
                                             Care Act in its entirety,
                                             including health care
                                             benefits such as free
                                             preventative healthcare
                                             services for Medicare
                                             recipients.
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H.J. Res. 37                                Disapproving of ``net
                                             neutrality.''
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H.R. 830                                    Ending assistance to
                                             homeowners who are
                                             underwater on their
                                             mortgages.
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H.R. 836                                    Terminating the Emergency
                                             Mortgage Relief Program.
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H.R. 1255                                   Deeming the House
                                             Republicans' FY2011
                                             spending bill into law if
                                             the Senate failed to vote
                                             on the legislation in a
                                             timely manner.
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The Ryan Budget
    The Republican Majority's most important legislation has 
been H. Con. Res. 34, the so-called ``Ryan Budget.'' The Ryan 
Budget was unveiled with much fanfare, including a video 
message which made exaggerated proclamations about how the 
budget would solve America's fiscal problems. What the 
Republican promotional tour did not describe was the exacting 
toll their budget would take on middle- and lower-income 
Americans.
    First and foremost, this budget would end Medicare as we 
know it, replacing a guaranteed public service with private 
vouchers that provide inadequate assistance for seniors facing 
rising healthcare costs. In addition to eliminating a 
healthcare system that our seniors have counted on for 45 
years, the Ryan Budget makes current tax breaks for 
millionaires and billionaires permanent, and preserves 
subsidies for big oil companies--companies that have reported 
record profits this year while gas prices for average Americans 
hover around $4 a gallon.
    Instead of providing help to the unemployed, the working 
poor, and the middle class, House Republicans have been focused 
on their real priorities--providing tax breaks and new benefits 
to those who need it the least.

                            ABUSES OF POWER

Closed Rules
    Despite protests from the Minority, the Republican Majority 
has pursued a Rules Committee process that is designed to 
prevent open debate on the Majority's most controversial 
legislation. This abuse of process ensures the protection of 
tax giveaways for the wealthiest corporations, record profits 
for the oil industry, and an increased burden on the working 
poor and middle class.
    While an open amendment process has been allowed in some 
cases, much more often the Republican Members of the Committee 
have chosen to block all amendments. In the first six months, 
the vast majority of rules have been either restrictive or 
closed. In fact, nearly half of the rules reported were 
completely closed, allowing for no amendments and in most cases 
allowing for only one hour of debate. 


``Deem and Pass''
    Just last year, the prospect of using the ``deem and pass'' 
procedure to help pass healthcare reform legislation was 
derided by the then-Minority Republicans as the ``Slaughter 
Solution.'' Speaker Boehner called the procedure ``an affront 
to every American.'' Ultimately, Democrats chose not to use the 
procedure to pass the Affordable Care Act. Instead, that 
landmark reform bill was considered under the most inclusive 
process in the history of the institution as evidenced by the 
numerous committee hearings and markups and the literally 
hundreds of town hall meetings.
    Despite their derisive slogans in the past, during the 
112th Congress the Republicans have already deemed passage of 
amendments several times.
    The Republican Leadership even used the procedure in an 
attempt to bypass the Senate. H.R. 1255 stated that if the 
Senate did not act on a House bill by April 6, 2011, then ``the 
provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 
2011, are hereby enacted into law.'' Now that Republicans 
control the House, it seems the so-called ``deem and pass'' 
procedure is no longer ``an affront to every American.''
Waiving the Rules
    Just six months into this session, the Committee has waived 
EVERY rule of the House 40 times. While the Democratic Minority 
has to jump through every parliamentary hoop, the Republican 
Majority is not encumbered by the rules that they themselves 
put in place.
Emergency Meetings, But No Jobs
    The Majority has used emergency procedures to get around 
rules designed to allow Members time to read legislation. The 
Republican-led Rules Committee has called meetings using these 
``emergency'' procedures 41% of the time (12 of 29 meetings) 
during the first six months of this Congress.
    If these emergency procedures had been employed to consider 
legislation to create jobs or get the economy moving again, 
they might be understandable. But again, despite their stated 
commitment to make jobs the number one priority, none of these 
emergency meetings have been to consider a jobs bill.

                          MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

    Democrats have repeatedly attempted to help unemployed and 
middle class Americans only to be opposed or blocked by the 
Republican Majority.
    Democrats have offered the following bills to create jobs--
none of which have been considered by the Majority.

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H.R. 1693                                   Permanent R&D Tax Credit--
                                             Makes permanent and expands
                                             the Research and
                                             Development Tax Credit so
                                             research investments can
                                             draw capital to create
                                             tomorrow's jobs.
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H.R. 1180                                   Small Business Start-Up
                                             Savings Accounts--Makes it
                                             easier for small business
                                             start-ups to succeed by
                                             providing for tax exempt
                                             savings accounts to pay for
                                             trade or business expenses.
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H.R. 1912                                   Make it in America Block
                                             Grant Act--Provides small
                                             and medium sized
                                             manufacturers with the
                                             resources they need to
                                             retool their operations and
                                             train their workforce in
                                             order to transition to the
                                             manufacturing of clean
                                             energy, high technology,
                                             and advanced products.
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H.R. 1325                                   American Manufacturing
                                             Efficiency & Retraining
                                             Investment Collaboration
                                             (AMERICA Works)--
                                             Strengthens our workforce
                                             by helping American workers
                                             earn certifications,
                                             degrees, and qualifications
                                             for the jobs American
                                             industry needs to fill.
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    Additionally, the next table is just a sample of Democratic 
legislation aimed at helping the middle class. All of these 
measures were blocked on the House floor with unanimous 
Republican opposition in the first six months alone.

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                                                                           Democrats  Voting      Republicans
              Date                              Legislation                to  Consider the    Voting to  Block
                                                                                Measure          Consideration
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1/5/2011                          Honest Budgeting:                                     188                 236
                                  Democrats offered a proposal to
                                   require honest, non-partisan
                                   scorekeeping on House legislation.
                                   Republicans voted unanimously to
                                   exempt their top agenda items--tax
                                   breaks for the wealthy and repeal of
                                   health care reform--from regular
                                   budget scorekeeping..
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2/10/11                           Creating Jobs and Building                            180                 234
                                   Infrastructure:
                                  Democrats called a vote on H.R. 11,
                                   the ``Build America Bonds to Create
                                   Jobs Now Act''. The legislation would
                                   help American workers by extending
                                   the Build America Bonds program to
                                   create jobs immediately and build the
                                   infrastructure that is the backbone
                                   of future economic growth.
                                   Republicans unanimously voted to
                                   block consideration..
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3/3/11                            Preventing a Middle Class Tax                         185                 239
                                   Increase:
                                  Democrats offered an amendment to
                                   prohibit a bill (H.R. 4) from taking
                                   effect if it raised taxes on any
                                   individual below 500% of the poverty
                                   line. Republicans unanimously voted
                                   to block consideration..
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3/9/11                            Saying `No' to Gasoline Price Gouging:                186                 234

                                  Democrats asked for a vote on H.R.
                                   964, the ``Federal Price Gouging
                                   Prevention Act.'' The legislation
                                   would outlaw the sale of gasoline at
                                   excessive prices (price gouging)
                                   during an international oil crisis.
                                   Republicans unanimously voted to
                                   block consideration..
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5/3/11                            Promoting American Manufacturing:                     185                 231
                                  Democrats introduced H.R. 1366, the
                                   National Manufacturing Strategy Act
                                   of 2011, which would begin the
                                   process of developing a national plan
                                   for ensuring American Manufacturers
                                   can compete, grow and thrive.
                                   Republicans unanimously voted to
                                   block consideration..
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5/5/11                            Ending Tax Giveaways for Big Oil                      171                 234
                                   Companies:
                                  While Republicans advocated
                                   legislation that would continue
                                   subsidies to oil companies, Democrats
                                   introduced H.R. 1689, the ``Big Oil
                                   Welfare Repeal Act of 2011.'' The
                                   legislation would close tax loopholes
                                   and ensure the Big 5 oil companies
                                   don't receive a tax deduction for
                                   domestic oil and natural gas
                                   production. Republicans unanimously
                                   voted to block consideration..
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5/25/2011                         Protecting Veterans and Military                      181                 236
                                   Families:
                                  H.R. 1979--``To amend title 10, United
                                   States Code. . .'' Democrats tried to
                                   end the Disabled Veterans Tax to
                                   ensure all disabled military retirees
                                   receive their full pensions and
                                   disability benefits, end the Military
                                   Families Tax to secure full benefits
                                   for the more than 50,000 survivors of
                                   our fallen heroes and ensure
                                   reservists receive the retirement pay
                                   they have earned..
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                               CONCLUSION

    The record is clear. Despite a stream of press releases, 
statements and rhetoric about a commitment to jobs and an open 
process, the Republican Majority has used this Committee, and 
the House of Representatives, to push legislation that 
preserves the benefits of special interests and does nothing to 
put Americans back to work.
    Six months into the 112th Congress, the Republican Majority 
must make a choice. They can choose to work with Democrats to 
address the serious issues facing the country, or they can 
continue to run a Congress designed to serve special interests 
and the wealthiest Americans. Should the Majority choose to 
focus on jobs, we stand ready to work with them to get 
Americans back to work. Until then, we will insist the 
leadership the Republican Majority promised when they took 
office six months ago.

                                   Louise M. Slaughter.
                                   James P. McGovern.
                                   Alcee L. Hastings.
                                   Jared Polis.

                                  
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