[House Report 112-207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-207

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION (H.J. RES. 79) 
 MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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 September 15, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 399]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 399, 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.J. Res. 79, 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012, under a closed 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of 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 joint resolution. 
The resolution provides that the amendment printed in this 
report shall be considered as adopted and the joint resolution, 
as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives 
all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution, 
as amended. 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 joint resolution includes a waiver of section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of 
legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 
subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of such authority.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the joint resolution, as amended, the Committee 
is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic 
in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 128

    Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and 
provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #2, offered by 
Del. Norton (DC), which would authorize the District of 
Columbia government to obligate and expend its local funds for 
all of fiscal year 2012. Defeated: 4-5

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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. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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            SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Rogers, Harold (KY): Would modify the across-the-board 
reduction that ensures the resolution is consistent with the 
total discretionary spending cap in the Budget Control Act of 
2011. The amendment is necessary because of a scoring change 
made after the introduction of the resolution.

             TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Page 2, line 16, strike ``1.409'' and insert ``1.503''.

                                  
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