[House Report 113-521]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     113-521

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5021) TO PROVIDE AN 
EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY SAFETY, MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY, 
 TRANSIT, AND OTHER PROGRAMS FUNDED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   July 14, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 669]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 669, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5021, the 
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, under a closed 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally 
divided among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority 
members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and 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 amendments 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 bill includes a waiver of the following:
     Clause 4(a) of rule XIII, which requires the 
three-day layover of a committee report. It is important to 
note that the text of the bill as ordered reported by the 
Committee on Ways and Means was made publicly available on 
Thursday, July 10, 2014. The report was filed July 14, 2014 to 
allow Members time to file views.
     Clause 10 of rule XXI, prohibiting the 
consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of increasing 
mandatory spending over the five-year or ten-year period.
     Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, 
prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget 
authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such 
authority.
     Section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
prohibiting consideration of a measure providing new authority 
to enter into contracts under which the Unites States is 
obligated to make outlays, incur debt or credit authority.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, the committee is not aware 
of any point 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. 152

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for amendment #4, offered by Rep. 
Blumenauer (OR), which express that the House should enact a 
long-term transportation authorization, through at least 2020, 
during the 113th Congress. Provides funding to the highway 
trust fund adequate to ensure financing of surface 
transportation projects through the period necessary to enact 
such policy. Defeated: 4-7

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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.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................  ............
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 153

    Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to report an open rule. 
Defeated: 4-7

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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.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................  ............
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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            SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    1. Shuster (PA): Makes three technical changes to Title I.
    2. Graves, Tom (GA): Adds Congressional findings that the 
current transportation funding system is unsustainable, and 
Congress should consider reforms that increase the authority of 
states over their transportation systems and transportation 
funding, while maintaining an appropriate federal role in 
transportation.

                TEXT OF AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  In section 1001(c)(3)(E)(i), strike subclause (II) and insert 
the following:
                                  (II) by inserting ``or 
                                period'' after ``the fiscal 
                                year'' each place it appears; 
                                and
  In section 1101(a)(5), strike subparagraph (B) and insert the 
following:
                  (B) Law enforcement campaigns.--Section 
                2009(a) of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note) is 
                amended--
                          (i) in the first sentence by 
                        inserting ``and in the period beginning 
                        on October 1, 2014, and ending on May 
                        31, 2015'' after ``fiscal years 2013 
                        and 2014''; and
                          (ii) in the second sentence by 
                        inserting ``and in the period beginning 
                        on October 1, 2014, and ending on May 
                        31, 2015,'' after ``fiscal years 2013 
                        and 2014''.
  In section 1301(b), strike paragraph (1) and insert the 
following:
          (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and by 
        adjusting the margins accordingly;
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  At the end of section 1, insert the following (and conform 
the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

  Congress finds that--
          (1) the existing Highway Trust Fund system is 
        unsustainable and unable to meet our Nation's 21st 
        century transportation needs;
          (2) MAP-21 included important reforms that must be 
        built upon in the next reauthorization bill to increase 
        the efficient and effective utilization of Federal 
        funding;
          (3) these reforms should include the elimination of 
        duplicative Federal regulations and increase the 
        authority and responsibility of the States to safely 
        and efficiently build, operate, and fund transportation 
        systems that best serve the needs of their citizens, 
        including the ability of each State to implement 
        innovative solutions, while also maintaining the 
        appropriate Federal role in transportation; and
          (4) Congress should enact and the President should 
        sign a surface transportation reauthorization and 
        reform bill prior to the expiration of this Act.

                                  
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