[House Report 112-21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     112-21

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4) TO REPEAL THE 
EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENTS OF $600 OR 
              MORE TO CORPORATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   March 1, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed.

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Mr. Scott of South Carolina, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 129]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 129, 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 a closed rule for consideration of 
H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 
2011. The resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means 
now printed in H.R. 705 shall be considered as adopted. The 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as 
amended. The resolution provides for two hours and 30 minutes 
of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The 
resolution provides for 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 303(a) of the Budget Act 
of 1974, which prohibits 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. Since the bill being considered 
has a revenue effect in fiscal year 2012, the bill requires a 
waiver of section 303(a). While the Committee is also aware of 
a violation of section 311 of the Budget Act of 1974, section 
3(d) of H. Res. 5, which passed the House on January 5, 2011, 
provides an exemption for the bill and allows the Budget 
Committee Chairman to make the appropriate budgetary 
adjustments.
    The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, 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. 42

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 4 to make 
in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, 
offered by Rep. Crowley (NY), which would prohibit the new 
rules created by section 4 of the bill from going into effect, 
effectively eliminating the offset. Defeated: 4-7.

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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. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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