[House Report 113-95]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     113-95

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2216) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 
 2014, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 
 BILL (H.R. 2217) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
 SECURITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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June 3, 2013.--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. 243]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 243, by a 9 to 2 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. 2216, the 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 and H.R. 2217, the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014, under open 
rules. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate 
on each bill 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 
each bill. The resolution waives points of order against 
provisions in each bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI, except for section 563 of H.R. 2217. The resolution 
provides that each bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. The resolution provides that the Chair 
may accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-
printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 
resolution provides one motion to recommit each bill with or 
without instructions. Section 3 of the resolution provides that 
pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2014, the provisions of House Concurrent 
Resolution 25, as adopted by the House, shall have force and 
effect in the House as though Congress has adopted such 
concurrent resolution, and the allocations of spending 
authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 of House Report 113-17 
shall be considered for all purposes in the House to be the 
allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 2216 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.
    The resolution waives clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits 
unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill, against all provisions in H.R. 2216. The 
waiver is necessary because H.R. 2216 contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 2217 includes a waiver of the following:
    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.
    Section 306 of the Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits the 
consideration of a bill dealing with any matter within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless it is a bill 
or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the 
Budget. The bill includes an emergency designation, which is 
within the jurisdiction of the House Budget Committee.
    The resolution waives clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits 
unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill, against all provision in H.R. 2217, except 
for section 563. The waiver is necessary because H.R. 2217 
contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative 
provisions. Section 563 prohibits the use of funds made 
available by the Act to approve a classification petition filed 
for or by a citizen or national of Brazil in order to render 
such individual eligible to receive an immigrant visa. The 
Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary has requested that the 
provision be exposed to a point of order on the House floor.

                            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. 40

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to strike section 3 of the rule and 
insert the text of amendment #2, offered by Rep. Van Hollen 
(MD), which calls on the Speaker to follow regular House 
procedure and immediately request a conference and appoint 
conferees to negotiate a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution 
conference agreement with the Senate.
    Defeated: 2-9.

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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......................
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................
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. 41

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9-2.

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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......................
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................
Mr. Nugent......................................          Yea
Mr. Webster.....................................          Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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