[House Report 113-517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     113-517

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5016) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE 
  FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND 
   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4718) TO AMEND THE 
   INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO MODIFY AND MAKE PERMANENT BONUS 
                              DEPRECIATION

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July 9, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 661]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 661, by a record vote of 8 to 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. 5016, the 
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2015, under a modified-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 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI except for section 627 
(relating to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund 
Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010). The resolution provides that 
after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. During consideration of the bill 
for amendment: (1) amendments shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent 
and shall not be subject to amendment; and (2) no pro forma 
amendments shall be in order except that the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments 
each at any point for the purpose of debate. Under the rules of 
the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. 
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 for consideration of 
H.R. 4718, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
and make permanent bonus depreciation, under a closed rule. The 
resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as modified by 
the amendment printed in this report, shall be considered as 
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in 
the bill, as amended. The resolution provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the H.R. 5016 includes a waiver of:
            Clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which prohibits 
        consideration of a general appropriations bill reported 
        by the Committee on Appropriations from being 
        considered in the House until the third calendar day on 
        which printed hearings of the Committee on 
        Appropriations thereon have been available to Members; 
        and
            Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, prohibiting consideration of legislation that 
        would cause revenues to be less than the level of total 
        revenues for the first fiscal year or for the total of 
        that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for 
        which allocations are provided.
    The waiver of points of order against provisions in H.R. 
5016 for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, which 
prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions 
in an appropriations bill, is necessary because the bill 
contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions 
included in the bill. The waiver applies to all provisions in 
the bill except for section 627 (relating to the Multinational 
Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010).
    The waiver of points of order against provisions in H.R. 
5016 for failure to comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which 
provides that 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 is necessary 
because section 111 (relating to the individual mandate) of the 
bill violates the rule.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 4718 includes a waiver of:
            Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, which prohibits consideration of legislation 
        within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget 
        unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee; 
        and
            Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, prohibiting consideration of legislation that 
        would cause revenues to be less than the level of total 
        revenues for the first fiscal year or for the total of 
        that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for 
        which allocations are provided.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 149

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 4718 
and H.R. 5016. Defeated: 3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 150

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike the waiver of clause 2 of 
rule XXI in the rule for H.R. 5016 for the sections that 
pertain to the District of Columbia and Federal Employee Health 
Benefits. Defeated: 3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay    Mr. McGovern.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
 Mr. Webster....................................          Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 151

    Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to report the rule. Adopted: 
8-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Nugent......................................          Yea
 Mr. Webster....................................          Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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      SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4718 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Camp (MI): Excludes from the Statutory PAYGO scorecards the 
budgetary impacts of permanently extending current tax policy, 
which ensures that permanent enactment of current tax policy 
will not trigger a sequester under Statutory PAYGO.

          TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4718 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 17, after line 6, add the following:

SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

  (a) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards.--The budgetary 
effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO 
scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
  (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this 
Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for 
purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress).

                                  
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