[House Report 113-584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     113-584

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3522) TO AUTHORIZE HEALTH 
 INSURANCE ISSUERS TO CONTINUE TO OFFER FOR SALE CURRENT GROUP HEALTH 
  INSURANCE COVERAGE IN SATISFACTION OF THE MINIMUM ESSENTIAL HEALTH 
         INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 717]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 717, by a record of vote of 7 to 4, 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. 3522, the 
Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013, 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 Energy and Commerce. The resolution waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-
56, 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 bill includes a waiver of clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII, 
which requires the inclusion of a committee cost estimate in a 
committee report.
    The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 5(a) of rule XXI, 
which prohibits a bill carrying a tax provision from being 
reported by a committee that does not have jurisdiction to 
report tax measures.

                            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. 186

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter 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..............................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................  ............  Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 187

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4

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

    Burgess (TX): Amends section 2 of Rules Committee Print 
113-56 by clarifying that group health plans may offer such 
coverage to individuals.

                TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 1, line 15, add at the end the following: ``A group 
health plan shall not be treated as not complying with the 
requirements of such Act (or the amendments made by such Acts) 
insofar as it provides health benefits through health insurance 
coverage that is permitted under the previous sentence.''.

                                  
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