[House Report 112-173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-173

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2551) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
               SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   July 20, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 359]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 359, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2551, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012, under a structured 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read. The resolution waives points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI. The resolution provides that the chair 
and ranking minority member or their respective designees may 
offer pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate at any 
time. The resolution makes in order only those further 
amendments printed in this report. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be 
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against the amendments are waived. Finally, the resolution 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of section 3(j)(5) of H. Res. 5 of 
the 112th Congress, which prohibits the consideration of a 
general appropriations bill unless it includes a spending 
reduction account. While the bill includes an account with the 
appropriate caption, the account fails to comply with the 
definition of a spending reduction account because the bill and 
the account specifically exclude Senate items as is customary 
to preserve comity between the Houses.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver 
is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order 
is prophylactic.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 115

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 
4-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Sessions....................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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                  SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Bishop, Sanford (GA): Would transfer Member Transition 
Activities funds to increase the Capitol Police fund by 
$1,000,000 in order to establish a Security Fund for Member's 
District Office Security Upgrades. (10 minutes)
    2. Watt (NC): Would reduce funding for the Office of 
Congressional Ethics (OCE) by 40% ($619,200) and transfer the 
funds to the Spending Reduction Account. (10 minutes)
    3. Broun (GA): Would reduce funding for the Joint Economic 
Committee by $1,050,750 (25%) and transfers those dollars to 
the spending reduction account. (10 minutes)
    4. Broun (GA): Would reduce funding for the Office of 
Compliance to the FY 2008 Level ($467,000 reduction) and 
transfers those dollars to the spending reduction account. (10 
minutes)
    5. Hayworth (NY), Gosar (AZ): Would cut the $632,780 
increase in funding for the Botanic Garden and transfers it to 
the Spending Reduction Account. (10 minutes)
    6. Broun (GA): Would reduce funding for the Botanic Garden 
to the FY 2008 Level ($3,192,000 reduction) and transfers those 
dollars to the spending reduction account. (10 minutes)
    7. Altmire (PA): Would restore $1 million in funding to the 
Thirty-Year Mass Deacidification Program with the Library of 
Congress' Salaries and Expenses Account. The bill as reported 
by the Appropriations Committee reduces the the Thirty-Year 
Mass Deacidification Program by 17.7%. (10 minutes)
    8. Stutzman (IN): Would reduce the Government Printing 
Office by $4,946,140.80 by transferring $3,414,150.29 from 
Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing and Binding, 
and $1,531,990.51 from Government Printing Office, Office of 
Superintendent of Documents to the Spending Reduction Account. 
(10 minutes)
    9. Moran, James (VA), Welch (VT): Would prohibit the use of 
funds for polystyrene containers in the food service facilities 
of the House of Representatives. (10 minutes)
    10. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would require all mail funded by the 
Members' representational allowance and from funds for official 
mail for committees and leadership offices of the House bear 
the official letterhead of the Member, committee, or office 
involved. (10 minutes)
    11. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit Members, committees, 
and leadership from using funds from this Act to purchase 
online ads that link to a website maintained by Members, 
committees, and leadership offices. (10 minutes)
    12. Holt (NJ): Would provide $2.5 million for the 
congressional Office of Technology Assessment and reduce 
funding for the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust 
Fund by the same amount. (10 minutes)
    13. Paulsen (MN), Miller, Candice (MI): Would prevent the 
distribution of printed legislation to member offices unless a 
member requests the legislation. (10 minutes)
    14. Paulsen (MN), Miller, Candice (MI): Would prevent funds 
from being used to distribute printed copies of the 
Congressional Record to member offices. Members would still be 
able to receive copies online and from the legislative resource 
center. (10 minutes)
    15. Thompson, Glenn (PA): Would prohibit any funds in the 
bill from being available to purchase, acquire, install, or use 
any medium screw base compact fluorescent lamp or light bulb 
(CFL). (10 minutes)
    16. Hanna (NY): Would state that none of the funds may be 
used by the Chief Administrative Officer to make any payments 
from any MRA for the leasing of a vehicle in an amount that 
exceeds $1,000 in any month. (10 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bishop of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 2, line 9, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$1,000,000)''.
  Page 5, line 22, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$1,000,000)''.
  Page 6, line 6, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$1,000,000)''.
  Page 14, line 12, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $1,000,000)''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Watt of North Carolina 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 2, line 9, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$619,200)''.
  Page 5, line 22, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$619,200)''.
  Page 6, line 8, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
$619,200)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $619,200)''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun of Georgia or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 12, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $1,050,750)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $1,050,750)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun of Georgia or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 17, line 25, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $467,000)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $467,000)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hayworth of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, line 14, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $632,780)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $632,780)''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun of Georgia or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 21, line 14, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $3,192,000)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $3,192,000)''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Altmire of Pennsylvania 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 22, line 16, after the dollar amount insert 
``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stutzman of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $3,414,150.29)''.
  Page 29, line 23, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
by $1,531,990.51)''.
  Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
by $4,946,140.80)''.
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 9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moran of Virginia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the 
following:

         LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS

  Sec. 211. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to obtain polystyrene containers for use in food service 
facilities of the House of Representatives.
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 10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  None of the funds made available in this Act for 
Members' representational allowances or for official mail for 
committees and leadership offices of the House of 
Representatives may be used for any mailing that does not bear 
the official letterhead of the Member, committee, or office 
involved, other than a publication or document produced by 
another office of the Government or by an office of a State or 
local government that is included with such a mailing.
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 11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
    Sec. 211. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
Members' representational allowances or for the expenses of 
committees and leadership offices of the House of 
Representatives may be used to purchase advertisements that 
hyperlink to any website maintained by funds provided under a 
Members' representational allowance, funds provided for 
salaries and expenses of committees of the House, or funds 
provided for salaries and expenses of leadership offices of the 
House.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt of New Jersey or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the 
Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), 
hereby derived from the amount provided in this Act for the 
payment to the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust 
Fund, $2,500,000.
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 13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Paulsen of Minnesota 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, 
or resolution to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to the Congress) unless the Member requests a copy.
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 14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Paulsen of Minnesota 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the 
Congressional Record to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to the Congress).
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     15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase, acquire, install, or use any medium screw 
base compact fluorescent lamp or light bulb.
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 16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
  Sec. 211.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives to make any payments from any Members' 
Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle in an 
aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month.

                                  
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