[House Report 112-357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 242

112th Congress                                                   Report
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                112-357
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  SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE FIRST 
                     SESSION OF THE 112TH CONGRESS

                               __________

                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     



December 30, 2011--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed


                      U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

                   David Dreier, California, Chairman

Pete Sessions, Texas                 Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New 
                                     York
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina        James P. McGovern, Massachusetts
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

                                 ______

             subcommittee on legislative and budget process

                     Pete Sessions, Texas, Chairman

Virginia Foxx, North Carolina        Alcee L. Hastings, Florida
Rob Woodall, Georgia                 Jarred Polis, Colorado
Daniel Webster, Florida
David Dreier, California

               Towner French, Subcommittee Staff Director

          Lale M. Mamaux, Minority Subcommittee Staff Director

                                 ______

          subcommittee on rules and organization of the house

                  Richard B. Nugent, Florida, Chairman

Rob Bishop, Utah                     James P. McGovern, Massachusetts
Tim Scott, South Carolina            Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New 
                                     York
David Dreier, California

             Katharine Troller, Subcommittee Staff Director

           Keith Stern, Minority Subcommittee 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, December 30, 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 Session of the 112th 
Congress.''
      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............     4
  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.......................................................    15
  A. Introduction................................................    15
  B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 5, 
    Adopting Rules for the 112th Congress........................    16
III. Committee Oversight Plan....................................    21
IV. Committee Jurisdiction and Activities........................    23
  A. Introduction................................................    23
  B. Special Orders or Rules.....................................    24
    1. Rule Requests.............................................    24
    2. Hearings..................................................    25
    3. Special Orders or Rules...................................    26
      a. Background..............................................    26
      b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures...    26
      c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor 
        Management Tools.........................................    27
      d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among 
        and Responding to the Legislative Actions of Committees..    28
      e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate 
        Relations................................................    29
    4. Floor Consideration of a Special Rule.....................    30
    5. Rules Rejected, Tabled or Pending.........................    31
    6. Explanation of Waivers of All Points of Order.............    32
    7. Waivers of House Rules....................................    32
    8. Waivers of the Budget Act.................................    37
  C. Original Jurisdiction Matter................................    39
    1. Committee Consideration of Original Jurisdiction Measures.    39
    2. Original Jursidiction Full Committee Hearings.............    40
      a. H. Res. 9, Instructing Certain Committees to Report 
        Legislation Replacing the Job-Killing Health Care Law....    40
      b. H. Res. 38, Reducing Non-Security Spending to Fiscal 
        Year 2008 Levels or Less.................................    41
      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.................................    41
    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
      d. H. R. 10, the Regulations From the Executive in Need of 
        Scrutiny Act of 2011.....................................    45
V. Statistical Profile of the Committee on Rules through the 
  First Session of the 112th Congress............................    49
  A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules.......................    49
  B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures................    50
VI. Publications.................................................    53
  A. Printed Publications........................................    53
VII. Appendices..................................................    55
  A. Table 1--Types of Rules Granted.............................    55
  B. Table 2--Resolutions Reported...............................    69
  C. Table 3--Resolutions Discharged.............................    83
  D. Table 4--Resolutions Laid on the Table......................    83
  E. Table 5--Resolutions Amended................................    83
  F. Table 6--List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals............    83


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-357

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

 December 30, 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

    Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules transmits 
herewith its Survey of Activities for the first session of the 
112th Congress.

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


                            A. Introduction

    In the 112th Congress, the Committee on Rules has retained 
its traditional structure and purpose in the House of 
Representatives. Its size and super majority party ratio remain 
the same as it has in previous Congresses under both Republican 
and Democratic control. 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,'' as well as ``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 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 first Rules 
Committee was established 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 were 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: 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 promulgating (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 of these rules 
by the House, 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 evolved to include 34 standing committees, 
which assumed such responsibilities. The House briefly 
converted the Rules Committee into a standing committee between 
1849 and 1853. In 1880, the House permanently converted the 
Rules Committee into a 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 cement 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 the 
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, but 
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, 
enabling him to schedule bills to be 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 five 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 illustrated its independence 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-1970s, with a large 
influx of new Democrats, that the Rules Committee was fully 
restored as an arm of the majority leadership.
    This reform movement, 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 15 Members (ten Democrats and 
five Republicans) to 16 Members (11 Democrats and five 
Republicans). This ratio remained until the 98th Congress, when 
the membership was reduced to 13 Members (nine Democrats and 
four Republicans). The membership has remained at 13 through 
the 1st Session of the 112th Congress. The ratio of majority 
party Members to minority party Members also has remained the 
same. As in the 104th through the 109th Congresses, Republicans 
are serving in the majority during the 112th Congress, with 
Democrats in the minority. During the 110th and 111th 
Congresses, Democrats were in the majority.
    Seven of the 13 Members of the Rules Committee served on 
the Committee during the 111th Congress. The returning 
Republican Representatives are 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 include 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 are 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 called for the adoption 
of the Committee's rules for the 112th Congress with one 
change, which was necessary to comply with new House rules, 
requiring the Committee to 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 had time to consult with members and each other.
    On June 22, 2011 Chairman Dreier appointed Mr. Nugent as 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
House, and Mr. Sessions to chair the Subcommittee on 
Legislative and Budget Process. Chairman Dreier also appointed 
the majority and minority Members to the two subcommittees as 
follows:
    Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House: Mr. 
Nugent (Chairman), Mr. Bishop (Vice Chairman), Mr. Scott, Mr. 
Dreier, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. Slaughter.
    Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process: Mr. 
Sessions (Chairman), Ms. Foxx (Vice Chairwoman), Mr. Woodall, 
Mr. Webster, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. 
Polis.

          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 that 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 that Members, staff, 
citizens, and academics find useful in understanding the 
legislative process in the House. Accordingly, from the 
beginning of the 112th Congress through the end of November 
2011, the Committee's website has had more than 32 million 
hits, an average of nearly 97,000 per day.
    The Committee is continuing its efforts to update and 
modernize those materials and plans on adding more in the 
months to come.
    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.

                          subpeonas 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

           establisment and responsiblities 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 
three days for a committee meeting. This joined the pre-
existing requirement for seven-day 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 within 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 
committees' 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 that 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, which 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 that 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, which 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's 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, 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 that articulates 
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, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure up to 
six subcommittees, and the prohibition on access to any 
exercise facility that 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 ten numbers for 
bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) for assignment by the Speaker 
and, new for this Congress, the second ten 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 and 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 the first session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee held three original jurisdiction hearings and four 
original jurisdiction mark-ups. These four measures were 
reported to the House for consideration, and were subsequently 
adopted or passed 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 that best suits the bill's 
individual issues and/or controversies. 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 chamber to 
consider all the facets of the particular issue or to 
facilitate 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 the first session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee held 73 days of hearings pursuant to the 67 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 79 rules: 73 
rules provided for consideration of bills and resolutions (15 
of which provided for consideration of multiple measures) and 
six rules dealt with the disposition of Senate amendments.
    The Committee granted six open rules, eight modified open 
rules, 36 structured rules, and 37 closed rules. In summary, of 
the 79 rules reported by the Committee on Rules, the House 
adopted 77, tabled two, and rejected none.
    At the close of the first session, no rules remained on the 
House Calendar. In addition, the Committee on Rules reported 
four original jurisdiction measures, which were ultimately 
adopted or passed by the House. At the close of the first 
session of the 112th Congress, the Subcommittee on Legislative 
and Budget Process and the Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House 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, an 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 the 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, which exists when at least seven Rules Committee 
members of the 13 are in attendance, must be present before a 
recommendation on a rule can be ordered reported, postponed, or 
tabled.
    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 the number of record votes 
demanded has increased. 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 the first session of the 112th Congress, the Committee 
had taken 178 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 17 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, which assist 
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. Some of these rules also 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 that both 
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. 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); in other cases, printing must occur 
before the consideration of the bill. 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 an 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. Acordant with the rules of the House, 
however, the Rules Committee is prohibited 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 that 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. In some cases, the rule also 
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 measure is modified or amended in 
some specified manner. Therefore, the House's adoption of the 
rule itself has the effect of amending the underlying measure. 
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; 
providing for the adoption of the committee-recommended 
amendment; 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 considered 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 that 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.
            (2) Motion to Go to Conference Rules
    These special rules are those separate rules that provide 
for the motion to go to conference with the Senate, by either 
disagreeing with the Senate position and requesting a 
conference or insisting on the House position and agreeing to a 
conference.
            (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. If, 
however, 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 types 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.
            (6) Instructing the Clerk Regarding the Transmittal of 
                    Papers
    These types of special rules instruct the Clerk to withhold 
the transmittal of papers until the Clerk is notified of 
certain actions taken by the other body. This is done to 
address timing issues related to the passage or consideration 
of measures by the Senate.

                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 rules are privileged 
items, 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 30 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 15 or 20 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 the First Session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee on Rules reported 79 rules. The House adopted 77 of 
these rules, and tabled two. At the close of the first session, 
no rules were rejected by the House or remain pending.
a. Rules Rejected by the House During the First Session of the 112th 
        Congress
    There were no rules rejected by the House during the 112th 
Congress.
b. Rules Tabled by the House During the First Session of the 112th 
        Congress
    Two rules reported by the Committee on Rules were tabled: 
H. Res. 399, Providing for consideration of the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 79) making continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; and H. Res. 418, 
Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to the bill 
(H.R. 2832) to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, 
and for other purposes.
c. Rules Pending at the Close of the First Session
    There were no rules pending at the close of the first 
session.

            6. explanation of waivers of all points of order

    The Committee on Rules customarily provides waivers of all 
points of order when constructing special rules for the 
consideration of measures. This is commonly referred to as a 
``blanket waiver'' or ``prophylactic waiver'' because in most 
cases there are no applicable points of order against the 
measure. Just because a special rule includes a blanket waiver 
does not mean that points of order lie against any of the 
measures made in order or provisions contained in those 
measures; rather, blanket waivers ensure the immediate 
consideration of the underlying measure by providing the Chair 
with the ability to easily dispense with dilatory or specious 
points of order by asserting that, ``pursuant to the previous 
order of the House, all points of order are waived.''
    Also, as part of the Committee's role as scheduler for the 
House, it is the Committee's responsibility to ensure that when 
a majority of the House votes in favor of considering a measure 
notwithstanding any technical or substantive violations of the 
rules, a point of order would not prevent that measures' 
consideration.
    It is important to note that any specific waivers contained 
in a waiver of all points of order are required under clause 
7(g) of rule XIII to be specified in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution and are also compiled in this 
report.

                       7. waivers of house rules

    The following compilation identifies the Rules of the House 
that were waived in specific resolutions and the legislation 
that 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 XI, Clause 2(h)--Prohibiting a measure or recommendation from being reported by a committee unless a
                                 majority of the committee is actually present.
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               Resolution                           Bill                          Title                 Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 453............................  H.R. 2930.................  Entrepreneur Access to Capital           B
                                                                      Act
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  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. 1229...................  Putting the Gulf of Mexico           B
                                                                          Back to Work Act.
H. Res. 257..............................  H.R. 1231...................  Reversing President Obama's          B
                                                                          Offshore Moratorium Act.
H. Res. 392..............................  H.R. 1892...................  Intelligence Authorization           B
                                                                          Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
H. Res. 444..............................  H.R. 1904...................  Southeast Arizona Land               B
                                                                          Exchange and Conservation
                                                                          Act of 2011.
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 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
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               Resolution                           Bill                          Title                 Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 269............................  H.R. 1540.................  National Defense Authorization           B
                                                                      Act for Fiscal Year 2012
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 Rule XIII, Clause 4(a)--Requiring the three-day layover of the committee report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Resolution                           Bill                          Title                 Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 269............................  H.R. 1540.................  National Defense Authorization           B
                                                                      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.
H. Res. 288..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and            B
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 300..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                   B
                                                                          Development, Food andDrug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 320..............................  H.R. 2219...................  Department of Defense                B
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 337..............................  H.R. 2354...................  Energy and Water                     B
                                                                          Development Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
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 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                        ...........................  ..............................  ...........
        See VII., A., table 1b.
                                        ...........................  ..............................  ...........
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Rule XVI, Clause 7--Requiring that 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 of             OT
                                                                          2011.
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           OT
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 264..............................  H.R. 754....................  Intelligence Authorization          OT
                                                                          Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
H. Res. 358..............................  H.R. 1315...................  Consumer Financial                  OT
                                                                          Protection Safety and
                                                                          Soundness Improvement Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 392..............................  H.R. 1892...................  Intelligence Authorization          OT
                                                                          Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
H. Res. 405..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 412..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 455..............................  H.R. 2838...................  Coast Guard and Maritime            OT
                                                                          Transportation Act of 2011.
H. Res. 463..............................  H.R. 822....................  National Right-to-Carry             OT
                                                                          Reciprocity Act of 2011.
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   Rule XVIII, Clause 10--Requiring amendments to the concurrent resolution on the budget to be mathematically
consistent and prohibiting 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..
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  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.
H. Res. 288..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and            P
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 300..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                   P
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 320..............................  H.R. 2219...................  Department of Defense                P
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 337..............................  H.R. 2354...................  Energy and Water                     P
                                                                          Development Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 359..............................  H.R. 2551...................  Legislative Branch                   P
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 363..............................  H.R. 2584...................  Department of the Interior,          P
                                                                          Environment, and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
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 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 Authorization          OT
                                                                          Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
H. Res. 276..............................  H.R. 1540...................  National Defense                    OT
                                                                          Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
H. Res. 316..............................  H.R. 1249...................  America Invents Act........         OT
H. Res. 392..............................  H.R. 1892...................  Intelligence Authorization          OT
                                                                          Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
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   Rule XXI, 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                     P
                                                                          Opportunity 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              P
                                                                          Abortion Act.
H. Res. 316..............................  H.R. 1249...................  America Invents Act........         OT
H. Res. 430..............................  H.R.358.....................  Protect Life Act...........          P
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Rule XXI, Clause 9--Requiring a list of all earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits contained
             in the measure, or a certification that the measure does not contain any of those items
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 430..............................  H.R. 358....................  Protect Life Act...........          B
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  Rule XXI, Clause 10--Prohibiting the consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of increasing mandatory
                                   spending over the five- or ten-year period
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 316..............................  H.R. 1249...................  America Invents Act........          A
H. Res. 375..............................  S. 627......................  Faster FOIA Act of 2011....          B
H. Res. 384..............................  S. 365......................  To make a technical                  B
                                                                          amendment to the Education
                                                                          Sciences Reform Act of
                                                                          2002.
H. Res. 425..............................  H.R. 3079...................  United States-Panama Trade           B
                                                                          Promotion Agreement
                                                                          Implementation Act.
H. Res. 491..............................  H.R. 3630...................  Middle Class Tax Relief and          B
                                                                          Job Creation Act of 2011.
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 Rule XXI, Clause 11--Prohibiting the consideration of 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.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 3672...................  Disaster Relief                      B
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Rule XXII, Clause 5--Prohibiting House conferees from agreeing to certain Senate amendments in violation of
                                               certain provisions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 467..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                    CR
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XXII, Clause 8(a)(1)(A)--Prohibiting the consideration of a conference report until the third calendar day
 on which the conference report has been available in the Congressional Record and requiring printed copies of a
                                                conference report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 467..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                    CR
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration, and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Rule XXII, Clause 9--Prohibiting the inclusion of matter in a conference report not committed to the conference
                                                 by either House
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 467..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                    CR
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 493..............................  H.R. 1540...................  National Defense                      CR
                                                                          Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Rule XXII, Clause 10--Prohibiting non-germane Senate matter in conference reports and amendments in disagreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 467..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                    CR
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
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  Section 3(j)(5) of H. Res. 5 of the 112th Congress--Prohibiting the consideration of a general appropriation
   bill in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, unless it includes a spending reduction
                                     account as the last section of the bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Resolution                             Bill                         Title               Object
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 359..............................  H.R. 2551...................   Legislative Branch                  B
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
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                      8. waivers of the budget act

    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.
H. Res. 358..............................  H.R. 1315...................  Consumer Financial                  OT
                                                                          Protection Safety and
                                                                          Soundness Improvement Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 375..............................  S. 627......................  Faster FOIA Act of 2011....          B
H. Res. 384..............................  S. 365......................  To make a technical                  B
                                                                          amendment to the Education
                                                                          Sciences Reform Act of
                                                                          2002.
H. Res. 399..............................  H.J. Res. 79................  Continuing Appropriations            B
                                                                          Resolution, 2012.
H. Res. 405..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 412..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 467..............................  H.R. 2112...................  Agriculture, Rural                    CR
                                                                          Development, Food and Drug
                                                                          Administration and Related
                                                                          Agencies Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2011.
H. Res. 491..............................  H.R. 3630...................  Middle Class Tax Relief and          B
                                                                          Job Creation Act of 2011.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 3672...................  Disaster Relief                      B
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
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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 Act.
H. Res. 129.............................  H.R. 4                         Small Buisness 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                    OT
                                                                          Authorization Act for
                                                                          Fiscal Year 2012.
H. Res. 448.............................  H.R. 674                       To amend the Internal                B
                                                                          Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                          repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                          percent withholding on
                                                                          certain payments made to
                                                                          vendors by government
                                                                          entities.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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.
H. Res. 320..............................  H.R. 2219...................  Department of Defense                B
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 337..............................  H.R. 2354...................  Energy and Water                     B
                                                                          Development Appropriations
                                                                          Act, 2012.
H. Res. 384..............................  S. 365......................  To make a technical                  B
                                                                          amendment to the Education
                                                                          Sciences Reform Act of
                                                                          2002..
H. Res. 405..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 412..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 479..............................  H.R. 10.....................  Regulations From the                 B
                                                                          Executive in Need of
                                                                          Scrutiny Act of 2011.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Section 311(a) 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. 405..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 412..............................  H.R. 2608...................  Small Business Program               M
                                                                          Extension and Reform Act
                                                                          of 2011.
H. Res. 448..............................  H.R. 674....................  To amend the Internal                B
                                                                          Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                          repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                          percent withholding on
                                                                          certain payments made to
                                                                          vendors by government
                                                                          entities.
H. Res. 491..............................  H.R. 3630...................  Middle Class Tax Relief and          B
                                                                          Job Creation Act of 2011.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 2055...................  Military Construction and             CR
                                                                          Veterans Affairs and
                                                                          Related Agencies
                                                                          Appropriations Act, 2012.
H. Res. 500..............................  H.R. 3672...................  Disaster Relief                      B
                                                                          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 
that were considered by the Committee during the 1st 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                             Date
                   Bill                                Title               Reported             Status
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 9................................  Instructing certain              1/6/2011  Passed House 1/20/2011
                                            committees to report
                                            legislation replacing the
                                            job-killing health care law.
H. Res. 38...............................  Reducing no-security            1/19/2011  Passed House 1/25/2011
                                            spending to fiscal year
                                            2008 levels or less.
H. Res. 72...............................  Directing certain standing       2/8/2011  Passed House 2/11/2011
                                            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.R. 10..................................  Regulations From the           11/16/2011  Passed House 12/07011
                                            Executive in Need of
                                            Scrutiny Act of 2011.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

            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 had 
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.
d. H.R. 10, the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act 
        of 2011
    Excessive federal regulation is a de facto tax on employers 
and consumers that stifles job creation, hampers innovation and 
postpones investment in the economy. When the rules are always 
changing, small businesses cannot properly plan for the future. 
The Republican Majority in Congress is dedicated to creating an 
environment where job creators can flourish.
    Currently, Congress has two options to deal with excessive 
or overreaching federal regulations--pass a new law or pass a 
joint resolution of disapproval as set out in the Congressional 
Review Act (CRA). Since the enactment of the CRA in 1996, the 
Executive branch has promulgated more than 50,000 rules, 
including more than 1,000 major rules. However, only one rule 
has been overturned through the CRA disapproval process. In 
2001, the Republican controlled Congress and President Bush 
used the CRA to overturn Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration's ergonomics standard, which was promulgated 
during the final days of the Clinton Administration. While this 
serves as an example of how CRA procedures can be used to 
prevent a rule from coming into effect, it also highlights a 
major deficiency in the CRA. Specifically, if Congress attempts 
to use the CRA to disapprove of a rule promulgated under a 
sitting President, the threshold for enactment is actually much 
higher than the simple majority required for passage of a 
resolution of disapproval. Because the President retains the 
power to veto a resolution of disapproval, Congress would need 
to have the support of a two-thirds majority in each House to 
ensure that a rule will not come into effect.
    To provide job creators with the stability they need in 
order to invest in their companies and create jobs, the REINS 
Act will require Congressional approval of any ``major rule,'' 
which has an annual cost to our economy of $100 million or 
more. By limiting the size of rule-making permission and 
constraining the delegation of Congressional authority, the 
REINS Act would restrict unelected federal officials from 
imposing huge costs on the economy and American people through 
burdensome regulations.
    On November 16, 2011, the Rules Committee met in open 
session to markup H.R. 10. Chairman Dreier offered an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute to the bill as reported by the 
Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee ordered the bill 
favorably reported, as amended, by a vote of 7 to 3 and filed 
its report with the House on November 18, 2011.
    The following amendments were offered during the 
Committee's markup:
    (1) Rep. Dreier (R-CA) amendment in the nature of a 
substitute makes changes to the expedited procedures for 
consideration of joint resolutions of approval. Agreed to by 
voice vote.
    (2) Rep. Slaughter (D-NY) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt any rule relating to public health and safety. 
Failed 4-6.
    (3) Rep. McGovern (D-MA) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt any rule decreasing the poverty rate in the United 
States. Failed 4-7.
    (4) Rep. McGovern (D-MA) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt rules relating to decreasing food insecurity. 
Failed 4-7.
    (5) Rep. Hastings (D-FL) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt rules resulting in net job growth as determined by 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Failed 4-7.
    (6) Rep. Hastings (D-FL) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt rules promulgated in accordance with the 
Administrative Procedures Act. Failed by voice vote.
    (7) Rep. Polis (D-CO) amendment to the Dreier amendment 
would exempt rules that would result in greater benefits than 
costs to society as determined by the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs. Failed by voice vote.
    A section-by-section analysis of H.R. 10 as reported by the 
Committee is as follows:
    Section 1 provides the short title of the bill, the 
``Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act of 
2011.''
    Section 2 establishes the purpose of the REINS Act, which 
is to increase accountability and transparency in the Federal 
regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new 
major regulations.
    Section 3 articulates how the bill amends chapter 8 of 
title 5, U.S. Code, to create the following method for 
congressional review of new major federal rules:
    Sec.  801. Congressional review--This section requires 
enhanced reporting of all federal rules to Congress and the 
Comptroller General and provides that a major rule shall not 
take effect without a joint resolution of approval under 
section 802. Section 801 also caps the time to enact a joint 
resolution of approval at 70 legislative days, and empowers the 
President to grant 90-day waivers for certain emergency 
situations. Finally, Section 801 outlines carry-over provisions 
from one session of Congress to the next.
    Sec.  802. Congressional approval procedure for major 
rules--Subsection (a) describes the content and method of 
introduction for a joint resolution of approval within 3 
legislative or session days (as applicable), and prohibits any 
amendments to that joint resolution during its consideration. 
Subsection (b) provides for the appropriate referral of the 
measure to committees in both the Senate and House of 
Representatives. Subsections (c) and (d) provide for expedited 
consideration of the joint resolution in the Senate. In the 
Senate, a vote on passage must occur within 15 session days 
after a committee is discharged or reports the measure. A 
motion to proceed to the joint resolution is in order anytime 
after the committees are discharged or have reported. All 
points of order against the joint resolution are waived. The 
motion to proceed is not subject to amendment, a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to other business. A motion to 
reconsider the vote on the motion to proceed is not in order. 
If a motion to proceed to a joint resolution is agreed to, 
debate on the joint resolution (and all related motions and 
appeals) is limited to 2 hours. The joint resolution is not 
amendable, and motions to postpone, motions to proceed to other 
business, and a motion to recommit are not in order. All 
appeals are decided without debate, and a vote on final passage 
must occur after the conclusion of debate on the joint 
resolution.
    Subsection (e) provides for consideration of the joint 
resolution in the House. Committees in the House must report 
the joint resolution without amendment within 15 days after 
referral, or they are automatically discharged from further 
consideration. After the joint resolution is on the calendar 
for at least 5 legislative days, the Speaker may recognize a 
Member favoring passage of the joint resolution on the second 
and fourth Thursdays of each month to call up the joint 
resolution for immediate consideration. All points of order 
against the resolution and its consideration are waived, and 
the resolution is debatable for 1 hour. The bill prohibits 
amendments, motions to recommit, and motions to reconsider. If 
a vote on final passage of the joint resolution has not been 
taken by the third Thursday on which the Speaker may recognize 
a member for consideration of the joint resolution, the vote on 
final passage will occur on that day without debate.
    Subsection (f) provides for the disposition of a joint 
resolution by the other House. Notably, paragraph (2) provides 
that the House does not have to vote on passage of a joint 
resolution passed by the Senate if that joint resolution is a 
revenue measure.
    Subsection (g) provides that sections 802 and 803 are 
enacted as a rulemaking exercise and are deemed to be part of 
the rules of each body with respect to the joint resolution of 
approval, and supersedes other rules only where it explicitly 
does so and that Congress reserves the right to change these 
rules in the same manner as any other rule.
    Sec.  803. Congressional disapproval procedure for non-
major rules--Section 803 preserves the existing disapproval 
process under the Congressional Review Act for all non-major 
rules. This section permits Congress to disapprove a rule if 
both houses of Congress pass a joint resolution of disapproval 
that the President signs (or if Congress overrides the veto). 
Section 803 also provides expedited procedural mechanisms in 
the Senate.
    Sec.  804. Definitions- This section defines certain terms, 
including ``major rule'' and ``nonmajor rule''. It also 
provides that rules of particular applicability, rules relating 
to agency management, or rules relating to agency organization 
are exempt from the REINS Act.
    Sec.  805. Judicial Review--This section provides that no 
determination, finding, action, or omission under this chapter 
will be subject to judicial review.
    Sec.  806. Exemption for monetary policy--Like the 
Congressional Review Act, section 806 exempts any rules 
concerning monetary policy promulgated by the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open 
Market Committee.
    Sec.  807. Effective date of certain rules--Section 807 
permits certain rules relating to hunting, fishing, or camping 
and certain non-major rules to take effect notwithstanding 
section 801.
  V. STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES THROUGH THE FIRST 
                     SESSION OF THE 112TH CONGRESS

                A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules
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1. Number of formal requests for Rules Committee hearings--         64
  (a). Number of rules requested for original consideration         67
   of measures, rules for further consideration, rules for
   disposition of Senate amendments........................
  (b). Number of rules requested on conference reports.....          3
  (c). Number of rules requested on procedural matters.....          0
  (d). Number of formal rules requested otherwise disposed           0
   of by procedures other than the Rules Committee.........
2. Number of formal requests pending.......................          1
3. Number of hearing days --...............................
  (a) 1st Session..........................................         73
    (1) Regular meetings...................................         43
    (2) Emergency meetings.................................         25
    (3) Regular/Emergency meeting..........................         5*
4. Number of bills, resolutions, and conference reports on
 which hearings were held for the purpose of considering
 special orders or ``rules'' --............................
  (a) Number of rules granted..............................         79
    (1) Bills and Resolutions..............................         97
    (2) Conference Reports.................................          3
    (3) Providing for general debate only..................          1
   (b) Types of amendment structures for consideration of
   bills and resolutions...................................
    (1) Open...............................................          6
    (2) Modified Open......................................          8
    (3) Structured.........................................         36
    (4) Closed.............................................         37
  (c) Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor
   Management Tools........................................
    (1) Expedited Procedures Rules (waiving 2/3                      7
     requirement)..........................................
    (2) Suspension Day Rules...............................          7
    (3) Chairman's en bloc authority.......................          4
  (d) Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences
   Among and Responding to the Legislative Actions of
   Committees..............................................
    (1) Self-Executing Rules...............................         19
    (2) Original Text Rules................................         28
  (e) Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate
   Relations...............................................
    (1) Senate Hook-up Rules...............................          0
    (2) Disposition of Senate Amendments...................          6
    (3) Conference Report Rules............................          3
    (4) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules.............          3
    (5) Motions to go to conference........................          2
    (6) Instructing the Clerk regarding the transmittal of           2
     papers................................................
  (f) Disposition of the 79 rules granted..................
    (1)Adopted by the House................................         77
    (2) Rejected by the House..............................          0
    (3) Laid on the Table..................................          2
    (4) Pending on the House Calendar at the close of the            0
     first session.........................................
5. Waivers of House rules, standing orders, and the
 Congressional Budget Act granted (waivers may apply to
 underlying measures, matter made in order as original
 text, motions, or amendments)--...........................
  (a) Waivers of rules of the House:.......................
    (1) Rule XI, clause 2(h)...............................          1
    (2) Rule XIII, clause 3(c)(4)..........................          4
    (3) Rule XIII, clause 3(e).............................          1
    (4) Rule XIII, clause 4(a).............................          1
    (5) Rule XIII, clause 4(c).............................          5
    (6) Rule XIII, clause 6(a).............................          7
    (7) Rule XVI, clause 7.................................         11
    (8) Rule XVIII, clause 10..............................          1
    (9) Rule XXI, clause 2.................................          7
    (10) Rule XXI, clause 4................................          4
    (11) Rule XXI, clause 5(a).............................          5
    (12) Rule XXI, clause 9................................          1
    (13) Rule XXI, clause 10...............................          5
    (14) Rule XXI, clause 11...............................          2
    (15) Rule XXII, clause 5...............................          2
    (16) Rule XXII, clause 8(a)(1)(A)......................          2
    (17) Rule XXII, clause 9...............................          3
    (18) Rule XXII, clause 10..............................          2
    (19) Section 3(j)(5) of H. Res. 5 of the 112th Congress          1
  (b) Waivers of the Congressional Budget Act..............
    (1) Section 302(f).....................................         15
    (2) Section 303(a).....................................          6
    (3) Section 306........................................          7
    (4) Section 311(a).....................................          6
 * Denotes a regularly scheduled meeting to which an emergency item was
 added.
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             B. Statistics on Original Jurisdiction Measures
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Full Committee..........................................
  (a) Number of bills and resolutions referred.............        130
  (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                4
   committee...............................................
  (e) Number of measures reported by the full committee....          4
    (1) Disposition of measures reported...................
      (a) Measures adopted by the House....................          4
      (b) Measures reported and pending floor action at the          0
       close of the first session..........................
      (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.
    2. H.R. 1315--Consumer Financial Protection Safety and 
Soundness Improvement Act of 2011. Committee Print.
    3. H.R. 1892--Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012. Committee Print.
    4. H.R. 2838--Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act 
of 2011. Committee Print.
    5. H.R. 527--Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 
2011. Committee Print.
    6. Rules Adopted by the Committees of the House of 
Representatives. One Hundred Twelfth Congress (2011-2012). 
Committee Print.
    7. Rules of the Committee on Rules. Committee Print. 
(Submitted to be printed).
                            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
                                     H. Res. 288             H.R. 2055               Military Construction and
                                                                                      Veterans Affairs and
                                                                                      Related Agencies
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 300             H.R. 2112               Agriculture, Rural
                                                                                      Development, Food and Drug
                                                                                      Administration and Related
                                                                                      Agencies Appropriations
                                                                                      Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 320             H.R. 2219               Department of Defense
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 337             H.R. 2354               Energy and Water
                                                                                      Development Appropriations
                                                                                      Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 363             H.R. 2584               Department of the Interior,
                                                                                      Environment, and Related
                                                                                      Agencies 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.
                                     H. Res. 419             H.R. 2681               Cement Sector Regulatory
                                                                                      Relief Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 419             H.R. 2250               EPA Regulatory Relief Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                                                                     ...........................
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
                                     H. Res. 316             H.R. 2021               Jobs and Energy Permitting
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 316             H.R. 1249               America Invents Act
                                     H. Res. 340             H.R. 1309               Flood Insurance Reform Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                     H. Res. 347             H.R. 2018               Clean Water Cooperative
                                                                                      Federalism Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 358             H.R. 1315               Consumer Financial
                                                                                      Protection Safety and
                                                                                      Soundness Improvement Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                     H. Res. 359             H.R. 2551               Legislative Branch
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 370             H.R. 1938               North American-Made Energy
                                                                                      Security Act
                                     H. Res. 392             H.R. 2218               Empowering Parents through
                                                                                      Quality Charter Schools
                                                                                      Act
                                     H. Res. 392             H.R. 1892               Intelligence Authorization
                                                                                      Act for Fiscal Year 2012
                                     H. Res. 406             H.R. 2401               Transparency in Regulatory
                                                                                      Analysis of Impacts on the
                                                                                      Nation Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 431             H.R. 2273               Coal Residuals Reuse and
                                                                                      Management Act
                                     H. Res. 444             H.R. 1904               Southeast Arizona Land
                                                                                      Exchange and Conservation
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 453             H.R. 2930               Entrepreneur Access to
                                                                                      Capital Act
                                     H. Res. 453             H.R. 2940               Access to Capital for Job
                                                                                      Creators Act
                                     H. Res. 455             H.R. 2838               Coast Guard and Maritime
                                                                                      Transportation Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 463             H.R. 822                National Right-to-Carry
                                                                                      Reciprocity Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 470             H.R. 3094               Workforce Democracy and
                                                                                      Fairness Act
                                     H. Res. 477             H.R. 527                Regulatory Flexibility
                                                                                      Improvements Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 477             H.R. 3010               Regulatory Accountability
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 479             H.R. 10                 Regulations From the
                                                                                      Executive in Need of
                                                                                      Scrutiny Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 487             H.R. 1633               Farm Dust Regulation
                                                                                      Prevention Act of 2011
                                                                                     ...........................
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                  Small Business Paperwork
                                                                                      Mandate Elimination Act of
                                                                                      2011
                                     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
                                     H. Res. 294             H Res. 292              Declaring that the
                                                                                      President shall not
                                                                                      deploy, establish, or
                                                                                      maintain the presence of
                                                                                      units and members of the
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      on the ground in Libya,
                                                                                      and for other purposes.
                                     H. Res. 294             H. Con. Res. 51         Directing the President,
                                                                                      pursuant to section 5(c)
                                                                                      of the War Powers
                                                                                      Resolution, to remove the
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      from Libya.
                                     H. Res. 328             H.J. Res. 68            Authorizing the limited use
                                                                                      of the United States Armed
                                                                                      Forces in support of the
                                                                                      NATO mission in Libya.
                                     H. Res. 328             H.R. 2278               To limit the use of funds
                                                                                      appropriated to the
                                                                                      Department of Defense for
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      in support of North
                                                                                      Atlantic Treaty
                                                                                      Organization Operation
                                                                                      Unified Protector with
                                                                                      respect to Libya, unless
                                                                                      otherwise specifically
                                                                                      authorized by law.
                                     H. Res. 355             H.R. 2560               Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                     H. Res. 357             H.R. 2553               Airport and Airway
                                                                                      Extension Act of 2011,
                                                                                      Part IV
                                     H. Res. 372             H.R. 2587               Protecting Jobs From
                                                                                      Government Interference
                                                                                      Act
                                     H. Res. 375             S. 627                  Faster FOIA Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 384             S. 365                  To make a technival
                                                                                      amendment to the Education
                                                                                      Sciences Reform Act of
                                                                                      2002
                                     H. Res. 399             H.J. Res. 79            Continuing Appropriations
                                                                                      Resolution, 2012
                                     H. Res. 425             H.R. 3078               United States-Colombia
                                                                                      Trade Promotion Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                     H. Res. 425             H.R. 3079               United States-Panama Trade
                                                                                      Promotion Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                     H. Res. 425             H.R. 3080               United States-Korea Free
                                                                                      Trade Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                     H. Res. 430             H.R. 358                Protect Life Act
                                     H. Res. 448             H.R. 2576               To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      modify the calculation of
                                                                                      modified adjusted gross
                                                                                      income for purposes of
                                                                                      determining eligibility
                                                                                      for certain healthcare-
                                                                                      related programs.
                                     H. Res. 448             H.R. 674                To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                                      percent withholding on
                                                                                      certain payments made to
                                                                                      vendors by government
                                                                                      entities.
                                     H. Res. 477             H.R. 3463               To reduce Federal spending
                                                                                      and the deficit by
                                                                                      terminating taxpayer
                                                                                      financing of presidential
                                                                                      election campaigns and
                                                                                      party conventions and by
                                                                                      terminating the Election
                                                                                      Assistance Commission.
                                     H. Res. 491             H.R. 3630               Middle Class Tax Relief and
                                                                                      Job Creation Act of 2011
                                     H. Res. 500             H.R. 3672               Disaster Relief
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                     H. Res. 500             H. Con. Res. 94         Directing the Clerk of the
                                                                                      House of Representatives
                                                                                      to make corrections in the
                                                                                      enrollment of H.R. 3672.
                                     H. Res. 502             H. Res. 501             Expressing the sense of the
                                                                                      House of Representatives
                                                                                      regarding any final
                                                                                      measure to extend the
                                                                                      payroll tax holiday,
                                                                                      extend Federally funded
                                                                                      unemployment insurance
                                                                                      benefits, or prevent
                                                                                      decreases in reimbursement
                                                                                      for physicians who provide
                                                                                      care to Medicare
                                                                                      beneficiaries.
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                            A. Table 1b.--Types of Rules Granted (Special Procedures)
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                                            Resolution                Bill                      Title
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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.
                                      H. Res. 382            ......................  Special rule reported on
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      July 28, 2011 through
                                                                                      August 2, 2011, providing
                                                                                      for the consideration or
                                                                                      disposition of any
                                                                                      resolution reported from
                                                                                      the Rules Committee
                                                                                      through the legislative
                                                                                      day of August 2, 2011.
                                      H. Res. 409            ......................  Special rule reported on
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      September 21, 2011 through
                                                                                      September 30, 2011,
                                                                                      providing for the
                                                                                      consideration or
                                                                                      dispositon of a measure
                                                                                      making continuing
                                                                                      appropriations for the
                                                                                      fiscal year ending
                                                                                      September 30, 2012.
                                      H. Res. 500            ......................  Special rule reported on
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      December 15, 2011 through
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      December 31, 2011,
                                                                                      providing for
                                                                                      consideration or
                                                                                      disposition of any of the
                                                                                      following measures: (1) a
                                                                                      measure relating to
                                                                                      expiring provisions of the
                                                                                      Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                                      1986; (2) a measure
                                                                                      relating to the Medicare
                                                                                      payment system for
                                                                                      physicians; and (3) a
                                                                                      measure relating to
                                                                                      appropriations for the
                                                                                      fiscal year ending
                                                                                      September 30, 2012.
                                      H. Res. 502            ......................  Special rule reported on
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      December 19, 2011 through
                                                                                      the legislative day of
                                                                                      January 17, 2012 providing
                                                                                      for consideration or
                                                                                      disposition of any
                                                                                      measure.
Makes in order suspensions on special days:.....................................................................
                                      H. Res. 375            ......................  A suspension in order
                                                                                      through Sunday, July 31,
                                                                                      2011 if the measure was
                                                                                      made available on the
                                                                                      previous legislative day,
                                                                                      except measures proposing
                                                                                      an amendment to the
                                                                                      Constitution, which must
                                                                                      be available for three
                                                                                      legislative days. Further
                                                                                      provides that if the
                                                                                      Speaker entertains a
                                                                                      motion to suspend the
                                                                                      rules relating to a
                                                                                      measure proposing a
                                                                                      balanced budget amendment
                                                                                      to the Constitution,
                                                                                      debate shall be extended
                                                                                      to two hours.
                                      H. Res. 455            ......................  A suspension in order on
                                                                                      Friday, November 4, 2011
                                                                                      for the Speaker to
                                                                                      entertain motions that the
                                                                                      House suspend the rules
                                                                                      relating to a measure
                                                                                      addressing the
                                                                                      applicability of the
                                                                                      coastwise trade laws.
                                      H. Res. 466            ......................  A suspension in order on
                                                                                      Tuesday, November 15, 2011
                                                                                      to Friday, November 18,
                                                                                      2011 with respect to H.J.
                                                                                      Res. 2.
                                      H. Res. 477            ......................  A suspension in order any
                                                                                      time through the
                                                                                      legislative day of Friday,
                                                                                      December 2, 2011, relating
                                                                                      to a measure addressing
                                                                                      railway labor.
                                      H. Res. 493            ......................  A suspension in order at
                                                                                      any time through the
                                                                                      remainder of the first
                                                                                      session of the 112th
                                                                                      Congress, as though under
                                                                                      clause 1(c) of rule XV, if
                                                                                      the text of the measure
                                                                                      proposed in a motion is
                                                                                      made available to Members,
                                                                                      Delegates, and the
                                                                                      Resident Commissioner
                                                                                      (including pursuant to
                                                                                      clause 3 of rule XXIX) on
                                                                                      the calendar day before
                                                                                      consideration.
                                      H. Res. 500            ......................  A suspension in order at
                                                                                      any time through the
                                                                                      legislative day of
                                                                                      December 16, 2011, for the
                                                                                      Speaker to entertain
                                                                                      motions that the House
                                                                                      suspend the rules relating
                                                                                      to a measure continuing
                                                                                      appropriations for the
                                                                                      fiscal year ending
                                                                                      September 30, 2012.
                                      H. Res. 502            ......................  A suspension in order at
                                                                                      any time through the
                                                                                      calendar day of January
                                                                                      15, 2012 as though under
                                                                                      clause 1(c) of rule XV.
Chaiman's en bloc authority:.......................................................  ...........................
                                      H. Res. 276            H.R. 1540.............  National Defense
                                                                                      Authorization Act for
                                                                                      Fiscal Year 2012
                                      H. Res. 340            H.R. 1309.............  Flood Insurance Reform Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 392            H.R. 1892.............  Intelligence Authorization
                                                                                      Act for Fiscal Year 2012
                                      H. Res. 455            H.R. 2838.............  Coast Guard and Maritime
                                                                                      Transportation Act of 2011
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
                                      H. Res. 363            H.R. 2584.............  Department of the Interior,
                                                                                      Environment, and Related
                                                                                      Agencies Appropriations
                                                                                      Act, 2012
                                      H. Res. 372*           H.R. 2587.............  Protecting Jobs From
                                                                                      Government Interference
                                                                                      Act
                                      H. Res. 375            S. 627................  Faster FOIA Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 383            S. 627................   Faster FOIA Act of 2011
                                                                                      (Budget Control Act of
                                                                                      2011)
                                      H. Res. 384            S. 365................  To make a technical
                                                                                      amendment to the Education
                                                                                      Sciences Reform Act of
                                                                                      2002
                                      H. Res. 399            H.J. Res. 79..........  Continuing Appropriations
                                                                                      Resolution, 2012
                                      H. Res. 430*           H.R. 358..............  Protect Life Act
                                      H. Res. 448            H.R. 674..............  To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                                      percent withholding on
                                                                                      certain payments made to
                                                                                      vendors by government
                                                                                      entities.
                                      H. Res. 453*           H.R. 2940.............  Access to Capital for Job
                                                                                      Creators Act
                                      H. Res. 479            H.R. 10...............  Regulations From the
                                                                                      Executive in Need of
                                                                                      Scrutiny Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 491            H.R. 3630.............  Middle Class Tax Relief and
                                                                                      Job Creation Act of 2011
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
                                      H. Res. 316            H.R. 1249.............  America Invents Act
                                      H. Res. 340            H.R. 1309.............  Flood Insurance Reform Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 347            H.R. 2018.............  Clean Water Cooperative
                                                                                      Federalism Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 358            H.R. 1315.............  Consumer Financial
                                                                                      Protection Safety and
                                                                                      Soundness Improvement Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 370            H.R. 1938.............  North American-Made Energy
                                                                                      Security Act
                                      H. Res. 392            H.R. 2218.............  Empowering Parents through
                                                                                      Quality Charter Schools
                                                                                      Act
                                      H. Res. 392            H.R. 1892.............  Intelligence Authorization
                                                                                      Act for Fiscal Year 2012
                                      H. Res. 406            H.R. 2401.............  Transparency in Regulatory
                                                                                      Analysis of Impacts on the
                                                                                      Nation Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 419            H.R. 2681.............  Cement Sector Regulatory
                                                                                      Relief Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 419            H.R.2250..............  EPA Regulatory Relief Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 431            H.R. 2273.............  Coal Residuals Reuse and
                                                                                      Management Act
                                      H. Res. 444            H.R. 1904.............  Southeast Arizona Land
                                                                                      Exchange and Conservation
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 453            H.R. 2930.............  Entrepreneur Access to
                                                                                      Capital Act
                                      H. Res. 455            H.R. 2838.............  Coast Guard and Maritime
                                                                                      Transportation Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 463            H.R. 822..............  National Right-to-Carry
                                                                                      Reciprocity Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 470            H.R. 3094.............  Workforce Democracy and
                                                                                      Fairness Act
                                      H. Res. 477            H.R. 527..............  Regulatory Flexibility
                                                                                      Improvements Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 477            H.R. 3010.............  Regulatory Accountability
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 487            H.R. 1633.............  Farm Dust Regulation
                                                                                      Prevention Act of 2011
Senate Hook-up:....................................................................  ...........................
                                         No rules providing for Senate hook-ups were reported during the first
                                                                        session.
Motions to go to conference:.......................................................  ...........................
                                      H. Res. 316            H.R. 1249.............  America Invents Act
                                      H. Res. 502            H.R. 3630.............  Middle Class Tax Relief and
                                                                                      Job Creation Act of 2011
Disposition of Senate Amendments:..................................................  ...........................
                                      H. Res. 93             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................   mall Business Additional
                                                                                      Temporary Extension Act of
                                                                                      2011
                                      H. Res. 405            H.R. 2608.............  Small Business Program
                                                                                      Extension and Reform Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 412            H.R. 2608.............  Small Business Program
                                                                                      Extension and Reform Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 418            H.R. 2832.............  To extend the Generalized
                                                                                      System of Preferences, and
                                                                                      for other purposes.
                                      H. Res. 425            H.R. 2832.............  To extend the Generalized
                                                                                      System of Preferences, and
                                                                                      for other purposes.
Conference Report:.................................................................  ...........................
                                      H. Res. 467            H.R. 2112.............  Agriculture, Rural
                                                                                      Development, Food and Drug
                                                                                      Administration and Related
                                                                                      Agencies Appropriations
                                                                                      Act, 2012
                                      H. Res. 493            H.R. 1540.............  National Defense
                                                                                      Authorization Act for
                                                                                      Fiscal Year 2012
                                      H. Res. 500            H.R. 2055.............  Military Construction and
                                                                                      Veterans Affairs, and
                                                                                      Related Agencies
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
Providing for the Engrossment of Mulitple 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
                                      H. Res. 358            H.R. 1315.............  Consumer Financial
                                                                                      Protection Safety and
                                                                                      Soundness Improvement Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      .....................  H.R. 830..............  FHA Refinance Program
                                                                                      Termination Act
                                      H. Res. 448            H.R. 2576.............  To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      modify the calculation of
                                                                                      modified adjusted gross
                                                                                      income for purposes of
                                                                                      determining eligibility
                                                                                      for certain healthcare-
                                                                                      related programs.
                                      .....................  H.R. 674..............  To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                                      percent withholding on
                                                                                      certain payments made to
                                                                                      vendors by government
                                                                                      entities.
 Instructing the Clerk regarding the transmittal of papers:.....................................................
                                      H. Res. 218            H.R 1473..............  Department of Defense and
                                                                                      Full-Year Continuing
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2011
                                      H. Res. 500            H.R. 3672.............  Disaster Relief
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012.
Providing for the Consideration of Multiple Measures:...........................................................
                                      H. Res. 26             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
                                                                                      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. 36.......  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
                                      H. Res. 294            H. Res. 292...........  Declaring that the
                                                                                      President shall not
                                                                                      deploy, establish, or
                                                                                      maintain the presence of
                                                                                      units and members of the
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      on the ground in Libya,
                                                                                      and for other purposes.
                                      .....................  H. Con. Res. 51.......  Directing the President,
                                                                                      pursuant to section 5(c)
                                                                                      of the War Powers
                                                                                      Resolution, to remove the
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      from Libya.
                                      H. Res. 316            H.R. 2021.............  Jobs and Energy Permitting
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                      .....................  H.R. 1249.............  America Invents Act
                                      H. Res. 328            H.J. Res. 68..........  Authorizing the limited use
                                                                                      of the United States Armed
                                                                                      Forces in support of the
                                                                                      NATO mission in Libya.
                                      .....................  H.R. 2278.............  To limit the use of funds
                                                                                      appropriated to the
                                                                                      Department of Defense for
                                                                                      United States Armed Forces
                                                                                      in support of North
                                                                                      Atlantic Treaty
                                                                                      Organization Operation
                                                                                      Unified Protector with
                                                                                      respect to Libya, unless
                                                                                      otherwise specifically
                                                                                      authorized by law.
                                      H. Res. 392            H.R. 2218.............  Empowering Parents through
                                                                                      Quality Charter Schools
                                                                                      Act
                                      .....................  H.R. 1892.............  Intelligence Authorization
                                                                                      Act for Fiscal Year 2012
                                      H. Res. 419            H.R. 2681.............  Cement Sector Regulatory
                                                                                      Relief Act of 2011
                                      .....................  H.R. 2250.............  EPA Regulatory Relief Act
                                                                                      of 2011
                                      H. Res. 425            H.R. 2832.............  Senate amendment to H.R.
                                                                                      2832, to extend the
                                                                                      Generalized System of
                                                                                      Preferences, and for other
                                                                                      purposes, and the Senate
                                                                                      amendment thereto.
                                      .....................  H.R. 3078.............  United States-Colombia
                                                                                      Trade Promotion Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                      .....................  H.R. 3079.............  United States-Panama Trade
                                                                                      Promotion Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                      .....................  H.R. 3080.............  United States-Korea Free
                                                                                      Trade Agreement
                                                                                      Implementation Act
                                      H. Res. 448            H.R. 2576.............  To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      modify the calculation of
                                                                                      modified adjusted gross
                                                                                      income for purposes of
                                                                                      determining eligibility
                                                                                      for certain healthcare-
                                                                                      related programs.
                                      .....................  H.R. 674..............  To amend the Internal
                                                                                      Revenue Code of 1986 to
                                                                                      repeal the imposition of 3
                                                                                      percent withholding on
                                                                                      certain payments made to
                                                                                      vendors by government
                                                                                      entities.
                                      H. Res. 453            H.R. 2930.............  Entrepreneur Access to
                                                                                      Capital Act
                                      .....................  H.R. 2940.............  Access to Capital for Job
                                                                                      Creators Act
                                      H. Res. 477            H.R. 3463.............  To reduce Federal spending
                                                                                      and the deficit by
                                                                                      terminating taxpayer
                                                                                      financing of presidential
                                                                                      election campaigns and
                                                                                      party conventions and by
                                                                                      terminating the Election
                                                                                      Assistance Commission
                                      .....................  H.R. 527..............  Regulatory Flexibility
                                                                                      Improvements Act of 2011
                                      .....................  H.R. 3010.............  Regulatory Accountability
                                                                                      Act of 2011
                                      H. Res. 500            H.R. 2055.............  Mitary Construction and
                                                                                      Veterans Affairs, and
                                                                                      Related Agencies
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                      .....................  H.R. 3672.............  Disaster Relief
                                                                                      Appropriations Act, 2012
                                      .....................  H. Con. Res. 94.......  Directing the Clerk of the
                                                                                      House of Representatives
                                                                                      to make corrections in the
                                                                                      enrollment of H.R. 3672.
                                      H. Res. 502            H.R. 3630.............  Senate amendments to the
                                                                                      Middle Class Tax Relief
                                                                                      and Job Creation Act of
                                                                                      2011
                                      .....................  H. Res. 501...........  Expressing the sense of the
                                                                                      House of Representatives
                                                                                      regarding any final
                                                                                      measure to extend the
                                                                                      payroll tax holiday,
                                                                                      extend federally funded
                                                                                      unemployment insurance
                                                                                      benefits, or prevent
                                                                                      decreases in reimbursement
                                                                                      for physicians who provide
                                                                                      care to Medicare
                                                                                      beneficiaries
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                                        B. Table 2.--Resolutions Reported
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             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 (FL)
                                                   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 (FL)
                                                   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
                                                    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.
                                                   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 Amendment 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 (FL)
                                                   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 (SC)/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 (UT)/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. 839.........  HAMP Termination Act   .............  .......................
                                                    of 2011
                                H.R. 861.........   NSP Termination Act   .............  .......................
                                                   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 (UT)/Hastings
                                                                                          (FL)
                                                   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 (FL)
                                                   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 (SC)/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 (UT)/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 (FL)
                                                   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 (UT)/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      5/25/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 239-181
                                                   Amendment adopted by   5/25/2011      .......................
                                                    voice vote
                                                   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       5/31/2011      Reed/Polis
                                                       Rules............
                                                   Previous question      6/1/2011       .......................
                                                    agreed to 235-186
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/1/2011       .......................
                                                    vote 231-187
H. Res. 288, H. Rept. 112-97..  H.R. 2055........  Military Construction  .............  Webster/Hastings (FL)
                                                    and Veterans Affairs
                                                    and Related Agencies
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/1/2011       .......................
                                                   Rule Adopted voice     6/2/2011       .......................
                                                    vote
H. Res. 294, H. Rept. 112-99..  H. Res. 292......  Declaring that the     .............  .......................
                                                    President shall not
                                                    deploy, establish,
                                                    or maintain the
                                                    presence of units
                                                    and members of the
                                                    United States Armed
                                                    Forces on the ground
                                                    in Libya, and for
                                                    other purposes.
                                H. Con. Res. 51..  Directing the          .............  .......................
                                                    President, pursuant
                                                    to section 5(c) of
                                                    the War Powers
                                                    Resolution, to
                                                    remove the United
                                                    States Armed Forces
                                                    from Libya.
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/2/2011       Scott (SC)/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/3/2011       .......................
                                                    vote 257-156
H. Res. 300, H. Rept. 112-103.  H.R. 2112........  Agriculture, Rural     .............  .......................
                                                    Development, Food
                                                    and Drug
                                                    Administration and
                                                    Related Agencies
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/13/2011      Foxx/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/14/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 235-180
H. Res. 316, H. Rept. 112-111.  H.R. 2021........  Jobs and Energy        .............  .......................
                                                    Permitting Act of
                                                    2011................
                                H.R. 1249........  America Invents Act    .............  .......................
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/21/2011      Nugent/Polis
                                                   Previous question      6/22/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 230-184
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/22/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 239-186
H. Res. 320, H.Rept. 112-113..  H.R. 2219........  Department of Defense  .............  .......................
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/22/2011      Nugent/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Previous question      6/23/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 247-168
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/23/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 251-173
H. Res. 328, H. Rept. 112-114.  H.J. Res. 68.....  Authorizing the        .............  .......................
                                                    limited use of the
                                                    United States Armed
                                                    Forces in support of
                                                    the NATO mission in
                                                    Libya.
                                H.R. 2278........  To limit the use of    .............  .......................
                                                    funds appropriated
                                                    to the Department of
                                                    Defense for United
                                                    States Armed Forces
                                                    in support of North
                                                    Atlantic Treaty
                                                    Organization
                                                    Operation Unified
                                                    Protector with
                                                    respect to Libya,
                                                    unless otherwise
                                                    specifically
                                                    authorized by law.
                                                   Reported from Rules    6/23/2011      Woodall/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    6/24/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 240-167
H. Res. 337, H. Rept. 112-135.  H.R. 2354........  Energy and Water       .............  .......................
                                                    Development
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/6/2011       Webster/Polis
                                                   Rule Adopted voice     7/8/2011       .......................
                                                    vote
H. Res. 340, H. Rept. 112-138.  H.R. 1309........  Flood Insurance        .............  .......................
                                                    Reform Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/7/2011       Sessions/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/8/2011       .......................
                                                    vote 269-146
H. Res. 347, H. Rept. 112-144.  H.R. 2018........  Clean Water            .............  .......................
                                                    Cooperative
                                                    Federalism Act of
                                                    2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/12/2011      Bishop (UT)/Polis
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/13/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 250-171
H. Res. 355, H. Rept. 112-150.  H.R. 2560........  Cut, Cap, and Balance  .............  .......................
                                                    Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/18/2011      Woodall/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      7/19/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 235-175
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/19/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 236-177
H. Res. 357, H. Rept. 112-155.  H.R. 2553........  Airport and Airway     .............  .......................
                                                    Extension Act of
                                                    2011, Part IV
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/19/2011      Webster/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Previous question      7/20/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 239-183
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/20/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 242-178
H. Res. 358, H. Rept. 112-172.  H.R. 1315........  Consumer Financial     .............  .......................
                                                    Protection Safety
                                                    and Soundness
                                                    Improvement Act of
                                                    2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/20/2011      Sessions/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/21/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 238-177
H. Res. 359, H. Rept. 112-173.  H.R. 2551........  Legislative Branch     .............  .......................
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/20/2011      Foxx/Polis
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/21/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 239-172
H. Res. 363, H. Rept. 112-176.  H.R. 2584........  Department of the      .............  .......................
                                                    Interior,
                                                    Environment, and
                                                    Related Agencies
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/21/2011      Bishop (UT)/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/25/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 205-131
H. Res. 370, H. Rept. 112-181.  H.R. 1938........  North American-Made    .............  .......................
                                                    Energy Security Act
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/25/2011      Webster/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/26/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 246-171
H. Res. 372, H. Rept. 112-183.  H.R. 2587........  Protecting Jobs From   .............  .......................
                                                    Government
                                                    Interference Act....
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/26/2011      Scott (SC)/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      9/15/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 234-177
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/15/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 239-176
H. Res. 375, H. Rept. 112-184.  S. 627...........  Faster FOIA Act of     .............  .......................
                                                    2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/27/2011      Dreier/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/28/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 238-186
H. Res. 382, H. Rept. 112-185.  H. Res. 382......  Waiving a requirement  .............  .......................
                                                    of clause 6(a) of
                                                    rule XII with
                                                    respect to
                                                    consideration of
                                                    certain resolutions
                                                    reported from the
                                                    Committee on Rules.
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/28/2011      Sessions/Polis
                                                   Previous question      7/29/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 237-185
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/29/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 236-186
H. Res. 383, H. Rept. 112-187.  S. 627...........  Faster FOIA Act of     .............  .......................
                                                    2011 (Budget Control
                                                    Act of 2011)
                                                   Reported from Rules    7/29/2011      Dreier/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    7/29/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 239-187
H. Res. 384, H. Rept. 112-190.  S. 365...........  To make a technical    .............  .......................
                                                    amendment to the
                                                    Education Sciences
                                                    Reform Act of 2002
                                                    (Budget Control Act
                                                    of 2011).
                                                   Reported from Rules    8/1/2011       Dreier/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      8/1/2011       .......................
                                                    agreed to 242-184
                                                   Rule adopted record    8/1/2011       .......................
                                                    vote 249-178
H. Res. 392, H. Rept. 112-200.  H.R. 2218........  Empowering Parents     .............  .......................
                                                    through Quality
                                                    Charter Schools
                                H.R. 1892........  Intelligence           .............  .......................
                                                    Authorization Act of
                                                    Fiscal Year 2012....
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/7/2011       Foxx/Polis
                                                   Previous question      9/8/2011       .......................
                                                    agreed to 226-176
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/8/2011       .......................
                                                    vote 237-163
H. Res. 399, H. Rept. 112-207.  H.J. Res. 79.....  Continuing             .............  .......................
                                                    Appropriations
                                                    Resolution, 2012
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/15/2011      Woodall/Slaughter
                                                   Laid on the table      9/21/2011      .......................
H. Res. 405, H. Rept. 112-212.  H.R. 2608........  Senate Amendment to    .............  .......................
                                                    H.R. 2608, the Small
                                                    Business Program
                                                    Extension and Reform
                                                    Act of 2011
                                                    (Continuing
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012)
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/20/2011      Woodall/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      9/21/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 237-188
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/21/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 238-185
H. Res. 406, H. Rept. 112-213.  H.R. 2401........  Transparency in        .............  .......................
                                                    Regulatory Analysis
                                                    of Impacts on the
                                                    Nation Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/20/2011      Bishop (UT)/Hastings
                                                                                          (FL)
                                                   Previous question      9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 237-184
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 245-175
H. Res. 409, H. Rept. 112-214,  H. Res. 409......  Waiving a requirement  .............  .......................
 H. Rept. 112-214 Part 2.                           of clause 6(a) of
                                                    rule XIII with
                                                    respect to
                                                    consideration of
                                                    certain resolutions
                                                    reported from the
                                                    Committee on Rules.
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/21/2011      Dreier/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Previous question      9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 240-180
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 238-182
H. Res. 412, H. Rept. 112-215.  H.R. 2608........  Senate amendment to    .............  .......................
                                                    H.R. 2608, the Small
                                                    Business Program
                                                    Extension and Reform
                                                    Act of 2011
                                                    (Continuing
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012)
                                                   Reported from Rules    9/22/2011      Dreier/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 235-177
                                                   Rule adopted record    9/22/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 238-176
H. Res. 418, H. Rept. 112-230.  H.R. 2832........  Senate amendment to    .............  .......................
                                                    H.R. 2832, to extend
                                                    the Generalized
                                                    System of
                                                    Preferences, and for
                                                    other purposes.
                                                   Reported from Rules    10/3/2011      Dreier/McGovern
                                                   Laid on the table      10/11/2011     .......................
H. Res. 419, H. Rept. 112-231.  H.R. 2681........  Cement Sector          .............  .......................
                                                    Regulatory Relief
                                                    Act of 2011
                                H.R. 2250........  EPA Regulatory Relief  .............  .......................
                                                    Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    10/3/2011      Nugent/Hastings (FL)
                                                   .....................  Rule adopted   10/4/2011
                                                                           record vote
                                                                           257-165
H. Res. 425, H. Rept. 112-240,  H.R 2832.........  .....................  Senate         .......................
 H. Rept. 112-240 Part 2.                                                  amendment to
                                                                           H.R. 2832,
                                                                           to extend
                                                                           the
                                                                           Generalized
                                                                           System of
                                                                           Preferences,
                                                                           and for
                                                                           other
                                                                           purposes.
                                H.R. 3078........  .....................  United States- .......................
                                                                           Colombia
                                                                           Trade
                                                                           Promotion
                                                                           Agreement
                                                                           Implementati
                                                                           on Act
                                H.R. 3079........  .....................  United States- .......................
                                                                           Panama Trade
                                                                           Promotion
                                                                           Agreement
                                                                           Implementati
                                                                           on Act
                                H.R. 3080........  United States-Korea    .............  .......................
                                                    Free Trade Agreement
                                                    Implementation Act
                                                   Reported from Rules    10/6/2011      Dreier/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    10/11/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 281-128
H. Res. 430, H. Rept. 112-243.  H.R. 358.........  Protect Life Act.....  10/12/2011     Foxx/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Motion to consider     10/13/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to by voice
                                                    vote
                                                   Rule adopted record    10/13/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 248-173
H. Res. 431, H. Rept. 112-244   H.R. 2273          Coal Residuals Reuse   .............  .......................
                                                    and Management Act
                                                   Reported from Rules    10/12/2011     Scott (SC)/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      10/14/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 237-166
                                                   Rule adopted record    10/14/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 244-163
H. Res. 444, H. Rept. 112-258.  H.R. 1904........  Southeast Arizona      .............  .......................
                                                    Land Exchange and
                                                    Conservation Act of
                                                    2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    10/24/2011     Bishop (UT)/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    10/25/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 245-178
H. Res. 448, H. Rept. 112-261.  H.R. 2576........  To amend the Internal  .............  .......................
                                                    Revenue Code of 1986
                                                    to modify the
                                                    calculation of
                                                    modified adjusted
                                                    gross income for
                                                    purposes of
                                                    determining
                                                    eligibility for
                                                    certain healthcare-
                                                    related programs.
                                H.R. 674.........  To amend the Internal  .............  .......................
                                                    Revenue Code of 1986
                                                    to repeal the
                                                    imposition of 3
                                                    percent withholding
                                                    on certain payments
                                                    made to vendors by
                                                    government entities.
                                .................  Reported from Rules    10/25/2011     Scott (SC)/Hastings
                                                                                          (FL)
                                .................  Previous question      10/26/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 243-178
                                .................  Rule adopted record    10/26/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 253-172
H. Res. 453, H. Rept. 112-265.  H.R. 2930........  Entrepreneur Access    .............  .......................
                                                    to Capital Act
                                H.R. 2940........  Access to Capital for  .............  .......................
                                                    Job Creators Act
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/2/2011      Sessions/Polis
                                                   Previous question      11/3/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 241-184
                                                   Rule adopted voice     11/3/2011      .......................
                                                    vote
H. Res. 455, H. Rept. 112-267.  H.R. 2838........  Coast Guard and        .............  .......................
                                                    Maritime
                                                    Transportation Act
                                                    of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/3/2011      Webster/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      11/4/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 234-177
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/4/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 245-166
H. Res. 463, H. Rept. 112-283.  H.R. 822.........  National Right-to-     .............  .......................
                                                    Carry Reciprocity
                                                    Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/14/2011     Nugent/McGovern
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/15/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 271-153
H. Res. 466, H. Rept. 112-285.  H. Res. 466......  Providing for          .............  .......................
                                                    consideration of
                                                    motions to suspend
                                                    the rules.
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/15/2011     Nugent/Hastings (FL)
                                                   Previous question      11/17/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 243-173
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/17/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 248-169
H. Res. 467, H. Rept. 112-290.  H.R. 2112........  Agriculture, Rural     .............  .......................
                                                    Development, Food
                                                    and Drug
                                                    Administration, and
                                                    Related Agencies
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012 [CONFERENCE
                                                    REPORT]
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/16/2011     Foxx/Slaughter
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/17/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 262-156
H. Res. 470, H. Rept. 112-291.  H.R. 3094........  Workforce Democracy    .............  .......................
                                                    and Fairness Act
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/17/2011     Foxx/Polis
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/18/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 239-167
H. Res. 477, H. Rept. 112-296.  H.R. 527.........  Regulatory             .............  .......................
                                                    Flexibility
                                                    Improvements Act of
                                                    2011
                                H.R. 3010........  Regulatory             .............  .......................
                                                    Accountability Act
                                                    of 2011
                                H.R. 3463........  To reduce Federal      .............  .......................
                                                    spending and the
                                                    deficit by
                                                    terminating taxpayer
                                                    financing of
                                                    presidential
                                                    election campaigns
                                                    and party
                                                    conventions and by
                                                    terminating the
                                                    Election Assistance
                                                    Commission.
                                                   Reported from Rules    11/29/2011     Woodall/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      11/30/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 239-184
                                                   Rule adopted record    11/30/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 239-178
H. Res. 479, H. Rept. 112-311.  H.R. 10..........  Regulations From the   .............  .......................
                                                    Executive in Need of
                                                    Scrutiny (REINS) Act
                                                    of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/1/2011      Nugent/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      12/6/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 236-184
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/6/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 235-180
H. Res. 487, H. Rept. 112-317.  H.R. 1633........  Farm Dust Regulation   .............  .......................
                                                    Prevention Act of
                                                    2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/7/2011      Webster/Polis
                                                   Previous question      12/8/2011      .......................
                                                    agreed to 241-173
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/8/2011      .......................
                                                    vote 249-161
H. Res. 491, H. Rept. 112-328.  H.R. 3630........  Middle Class Tax       .............  .......................
                                                    Relief and Job
                                                    Creation Act of 2011
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/12/2011     Dreier/McGovern
                                                   Previous question      12/13/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 236-182
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/13/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 236-180
H. Res. 493, H. Rept. 112-330.  H.R. 1540........  National Defense       .............  .......................
                                                    Authorization Act
                                                    for Fiscal Year 2012
                                                    [CONFERENCE REPORT]
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/13/2011     Bishop (UT)/Hastings
                                                                                          (FL)
                                                   Previous question      12/14/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 235-173
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/14/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 245-169
H. Res. 500, H. Rept. 112-332.  H.R. 2055........  Military               .............  .......................
                                                    Construction,
                                                    Veterans Affairs,
                                                    and Related Agencies
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012 [CONFERENCE
                                                    REPORT].............
                                H.R. 3672........  Disaster Relief        .............  .......................
                                                    Appropriations Act,
                                                    2012
                                H. Con. Res. 94..  Directing the Clerk    .............  .......................
                                                    of the House of
                                                    Representatives to
                                                    make corrections in
                                                    the enrollment of
                                                    H.R. 3672.
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/15/2011     Dreier/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      12/16/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 239-179
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/16/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 252-164
H. Res. 502...................  H.R. 3630........  Senate Amendments to   .............  .......................
                                                    H.R. 3630, the
                                                    Middle Class Tax
                                                    Relief and Job
                                                    Creation Act of 2011
                                H. Res. 501......  Expressing the sense   .............  .......................
                                                    of the House of
                                                    Representatives
                                                    regarding any final
                                                    measure to extend
                                                    the payroll tax
                                                    holiday, extend
                                                    Federally funded
                                                    unemployment
                                                    insurance benefits,
                                                    or prevent decreases
                                                    in reimbursement for
                                                    physicians who
                                                    provide care to
                                                    Medicare
                                                    beneficiaries.
                                                   Reported from Rules    12/19/2011     Scott (SC)/Slaughter
                                                   Previous question      12/20/2011     .......................
                                                    agreed to 233-187, 1
                                                    Present
                                                   Rule adopted record    12/20/2011     .......................
                                                    vote 231-187, 1
                                                    Present
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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
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            Resolution                     Bill                                   Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 399......................  H.J. Res. 79........  Providing for consideration of the joint resolution
                                                          (H.J. Res. 79) making continuing appropriations for
                                                          fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 418......................  H.R. 2832...........  Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to
                                                          the bill (H.R. 2832) to extend the Generalized System
                                                          of Preferences, and for other purposes.
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                                        E. Table 5.--Resolutions Amended
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            Resolution                     Bill                                   Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 health care 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 effect 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.
H. Res. 142.....................................  Representative Gardner of Colorado, March 3, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative
                                                   reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.
H. Res. 143.....................................  Representative Gohmert of Texas, March 3, 2011. A resolution directing the Speaker, or his designee,
                                                   to take any and all actions necessary to assert the standing of the House to defend the Defense of
                                                   Marriage Act and the amendments made by that Act in any litigation in any Federal court of the United
                                                   States.
H. Res. 169.....................................  Representative Crowley of New York, March 15, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that a Member, Delegate or Resident Commissioner notify the Clerk of
                                                   whether that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate in the Federal Employee
                                                   Health Benefits Program.
H. Res. 173.....................................  Representative Poe of Texas, March 16, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution that appropriates
                                                   foreign assistance for more than one country.
H. Res. 178.....................................  Representative Heck of Nevada, March 17, 2011. A resolution amending the rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require a committee report on a bill or joint resolution to include a statement of
                                                   whether the legislation creates any duplicative programs.
H. Res. 230.....................................  Representative Peters of Michigan, April 15, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to provide that the House may not consider any reported bill until at least 72 hours
                                                   after it is reported.
H. Res. 307.....................................  Representative Bass of New Hampshire, June 15, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to establish a Committee on the reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures.
H. Res. 310.....................................  Representative Critz of Pennsylvania, June 16, 2011. A resolution providing for the consideration of
                                                   the bill (H.R. 639) to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing
                                                   duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to a fundamentally undervalued currency of any
                                                   foreign country.
H. Res. 330.....................................  Representative Peters of Michigan, June 23, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for
                                                   72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 349.....................................  Representatives Myrick of North Carolina, July 13, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
                                                   of Representatives to prevent duplicative and overlapping government programs.
H. Res. 437.....................................  Representative Pearce of New Mexico, October 13, 2011. A resolution recognizing the security
                                                   challenges of convening government officials in one specific place and directing the House of
                                                   Representatives to take appropriate steps so that the House of Representatives can meet in a virtual
                                                   setting.
H. Res. 469.....................................  Representative Roe of Tennesee, November 16, 2011. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of
                                                   Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
H. Res. 471.....................................  Representative King of Iowa, November 17, 2011. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of
                                                   Representatives to require that rescission bills alays be considered under open rules every year, and
                                                   for other purposes.
H. Res. 475.....................................  Representative Roe of Tennessee, November 29, 2011. A resoultion expressing the sense of the House of
                                                   Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
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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. 12.........................................  Representative Larson of Connecticut, September 21, 2011. A bill to provide tax relief for American
                                                   workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and
                                                   to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
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. 399........................................  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 State 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.
H.R. 2309.......................................  Representative Issa of California, June 23, 2011. A bill restoring the financial solvency of the
                                                   United States Postal Service and to ensure the efficient and affordable nationwide delivery of mail.
H.R. 2319.......................................  Representative Brady of Texas, June 23, 2011. A bill to cap noninterest Federal spending as a
                                                   percentage of full employment GDP, to require that budgets and budget resolutions adhere to these
                                                   caps, to enforce these caps, to increase financial transparency for mandatory programs, to provide
                                                   for a line-item adjustment, to require the parings of significant spending increases and adjustments
                                                   to the debt ceiling, and to provide for a Federal Sunset commission to assist Congress in eliminating
                                                   Federal agencies and programs that no longer serve a public need or reforming those that are
                                                   inefficient or ineffective in serving a public need, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2340.......................................  Representative Quigley of Illinois, June 23, 2011. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of
                                                   1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the Federal
                                                   Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the
                                                   legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2455.......................................  Representative Richmond of Louisiana, July 7, 2011. A bill to prohibit any requirement of a budgetary
                                                   offset for emergency disaster assistance during 2011 and 2012.
H.R. 2560.......................................  Representative Chaffetz of Utah, July 15, 2011. A bill to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
H.R. 2680.......................................  Representative Fleming of Louisiana, July 28, 2011. A bill to establish a commission to conduct a
                                                   comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs and to recommend the elimination or realignment
                                                   of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2693.......................................  Representative Dreier of California; July 28, 2011. A bill to cut spending, maintain existing
                                                   commitments, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2694.......................................  Representative Culberson of Texas; July 29, 2011. A bill to firewall the Medicare Trusts Funds by
                                                   restoring to those Trust Funds funds transferred by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R. 2723.......................................  Representative Wilson of Florida; August 1, 2011. A bill to amend title IV of the Budget Control Act
                                                   of 2011 to protect the Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts under such Act.
H.R. 2724.......................................  Representative Wilson of Florida; August 1, 2011. A bill to amend title IV of the Budget Control Act
                                                   of 2011 to protect the Medicaid program from budget cuts under such Act.
H.R. 2725.......................................  Representative Wilson of Florida; August 1, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to
                                                   protect the Medicare program from budget cuts under such Act.
H.R. 2726.......................................  Representative Wilson of Florida; August 1, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to
                                                   protect education programs from budget cuts under such Act.
H.R. 2727.......................................  Representative Wilson of Florida; August 1, 2011. A bill to amend title IV of the Budget Control Act
                                                   of 2011 to protect the Social Security, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, and education programs from budget
                                                   cuts under such Act.
H.R. 2796.......................................  Representative Buchanan of Florida, August 5, 2011. A bill to require the Joint Select Committee on
                                                   Deficit Reduction to conduct the business of the committee in a manner that is open to the public.
H.R. 2835.......................................  Representative Larson of Connecticut, September 6, 2011. A bill to establish a joint select committee
                                                   of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full
                                                   employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited consideration
                                                   of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
H.R. 2836.......................................  Representative Larson of Connecticut, September 6, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of
                                                   2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to
                                                   restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
H.R. 2837.......................................  Representative Larson of Connecticut, September 6, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of
                                                   2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to
                                                   restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
H.R. 2855.......................................  Representative Ellison of Minnesota, September 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011
                                                   to reduce the deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs.
H.R. 2860.......................................  Representative Loebsack of Iowa, September 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to
                                                   require members and staff of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to disclose lobbying
                                                   activities and campaign or member0designated political action committee contributions, and for other
                                                   purposes.
H.R. 2909.......................................  Representative Sherman of California, September 13, 2011. A bill to withdraw normal trade relations
                                                   treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China, to provide for a balanced trade
                                                   relationship between that country and the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2964.......................................  Representative Yoder of Kansas, September 15, 2011. A bill to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
                                                   of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, consideration of the least
                                                   burdensome regulatory alternative, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3000.......................................  Representative Price of Georgia, September 21, 2011. A bill to provide for incentives to encourage
                                                   health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3082.......................................  Representative Johnson of Illinois, October 3, 2011. A bill to provide a biennial budget for the
                                                   United States Government, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3095.......................................  Representative Johnson of Texas, October 6, 2011. A bill to freeze the implementation of the health
                                                   reform law, to establish a commission to evaluate its impact on the delivery of health care to
                                                   current Medicare recipients, job creation, current health insurance coverage, participation in State
                                                   exchanges, and the Federal deficit, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3121.......................................  Representative Barrow of Georgia, October 6, 2011. A bill to require congressional approval for
                                                   certain obligations exceeding $100,000,000.
H.R. 3201.......................................  Representative Waters of California, October 13, 2011. A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011
                                                   to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
H.R. 3302.......................................  Representative Rooney of Florida, November 1, 2011. A bill to create private sector jobs by
                                                   simplifying the tax code, increasing domestic energy production, reforming government regulations,
                                                   and strengthening workforce training programs.
H.R. 3400.......................................  Representative Garrett of New Jersey, November 10, 2011. A bill to spur economic growth and create
                                                   jobs.
H.R. 3414.......................................  Representative Huizenga of Michigan, November 14, 2011. A bill to provide for greater transparency and
                                                   honesty in the Federal budget process.
H.R. 3521.......................................  Representative Ryan of Wisconsin, November 30, 2011. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and
                                                   Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration
                                                   of rescissions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3565.......................................  Representative Flores of Texas, December 6, 2011. A bill to reduce the salaries of Members of Congress
                                                   if a Federal budget deficit exists, prohibit commodities and securities trading based on non-public
                                                   information relating to Congress, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3575.......................................  Representative Black of Tennesee, December 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
                                                   1974 to establish joint resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3576.......................................  Representative Campbell of California, December 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and
                                                   Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish spending limits and deficit control.
H.R. 3577.......................................  Representative Ribble of Wisconsin, December 7, 2011. A bill to establish biennial budgets for the
                                                   United States Government.
H.R. 3579.......................................  Representative Chaffetz of Utah, December 7, 2011. A bill to require greater accountability in
                                                   spending in direct spending programs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3580.......................................  Representative Mulvaney of South Carolina, December 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and
                                                   Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for long-term budgeting, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3582.......................................  Representative Price of Georgia, December 7, 2011. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
                                                   1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation.
H.R. 3630.......................................  Representative Camp of Michigan, December 9, 2011. A bill to provide incentives for the creation of
                                                   jobs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3669.......................................  Representative Renacci of Ohio, December 14, 2011. A bill to improve the accuracy and transparency of
                                                   the Federal budget process.
H.R. 3673.......................................  Representative Coffman of Colorado, December 15, 2011. A bill to prohibit an increase in the
                                                   compensation of Member of Congress from taking effect unless Congress consents to the increase by
                                                   concurrent resolution.
H.R. 3682.......................................  Representative Duffy of Wisconsin, December 15, 2011. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
                                                   Affordable Care Act and provide for comprehensive health reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3707.......................................  Representative Flake of Arizona, December 16, 2011. A bill to prohibit the consideration in the House
                                                   of Representatives of any legislation containing an earmark.
H.R. 3709.......................................  Representative Gibson of New York, December 16, 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. 3711.......................................  Representative Hastings of Florida, December 16, 2011. A bill to require the President to call a White
                                                   House Conference on Haiti.
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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.
H. Con. Res. 82.................................  Representative Schilling of Illinois, September 23, 2011. A concurrent resolution prohibiting the
                                                   House or Senate from adjourning for a period of more than 3 days during a fiscal year unless the
                                                   House involved has adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year and has
                                                   approved legislation to provide funding for the operations of the Government for the entire fiscal
                                                   year.
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                                       Table 6d.--Original Jurisdiction Measures Referred--House Joint Resolutions
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H.J. Res. 55....................................  Representative DeFazio of Oregon, April 7, 2011. A joint resolution to amend the War Powers
                                                   Resolution.
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