[House Report 114-1]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                       {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                       {        114-1

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3) TO APPROVE THE 
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 
 30) TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO REPEAL THE 30-HOUR 
 THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICATION AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PURPOSES OF 
THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 
                      AND REPLACE IT WITH 40 HOURS

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  January 7, 2015.--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. 19]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 19, by a record 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. 3, the 
Keystone XL Pipeline Act, under a closed rule. The resolution 
provides one hour of debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 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 the 
bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution 
provides one motion to recommit.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act of 2015, 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 bill shall be considered as read. 
The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in 
the bill. The resolution provides one motion to recommit.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 3, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 3, the Committee is not aware of any points 
of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 30 includes a waivers of the following:
     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) allocation of such authority.
     Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
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 H.R. 30, 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. 7

    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. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins of Georgia..........................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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