[House Report 112-464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-464

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5326) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, AND 
 FOR OTHER PURPOSES; WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(A) OF RULE XIII 
WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE 
               COMMITTEE ON RULES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 May 7, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 643]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 643, by a record vote of 7-3, report the same 
to the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5326, the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2013, under an open rule. The resolution provides one hour 
of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 
The resolution waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The resolution waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI. Under the Rules of the House the bill shall be read 
for amendment by paragraph. The resolution provides that the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. The resolution authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The resolution provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides that House Resolution 
614 is amended in section 2(a) by inserting ``and the 
allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 
of House Report 112-421 shall be considered for all purposes in 
the House to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974'' before the period.
    Finally, Section 3 of the resolution waives clause 6(a) of 
rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on 
the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against 
any resolution reported on May 10, 2012, providing for 
consideration or disposition of any measure reported by the 
Committee on the Budget relating to section 201 of House 
Concurrent Resolution 112.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which 
prohibits consideration of a general appropriations bill 
reported by the Committee on Appropriations in the House until 
the third calendar day on which printed hearings of the 
Committee on Appropriations thereon have been available to 
Members.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver 
is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 214

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike Section 3 of the 
resolution. Defeated: 3-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Sessions....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 215

    Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3

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