[House Report 112-176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-176

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2584) MAKING 
  APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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   July 21, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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           Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 363]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 363, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2584, the 
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012, under an open 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 amendment printed in 
section 2 of the resolution, striking section 427 of the bill, 
shall be considered as adopted. The resolution waives points of 
order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI. Under the Rules of the House the bill 
shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The resolution 
provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. The resolution authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed 
their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the 
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    The amendment in section 2 of the resolution strikes 
section 427 of the bill. Section 427 extends a provision 
allowing the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to 
enter into stewardship contracts with private entities, which 
directly effects mandatory spending causing the bill to be in 
violation of clause 10 of rule XXI (Cut-go). Self-executing the 
amendment negates the need for a waiver of clause 10 of rule 
XXI and brings the bill into compliance with the Cut-go rule.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order against its consideration. The waiver is 
prophylactic.
    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.

                            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. 117

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to strike the waiver of clause 2 of 
rule XXI. Defeated: 4-7


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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 118

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order 
and provide the appropriate waivers for an amendment to be 
offered by Mr. McGovern to prohibit oil and gas subsidies. 
Defeated: 4-7


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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 119

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4


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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yes   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Nugent......................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Yea
Mr. Webster.....................................          Yea
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Yea
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