[House Report 114-135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                       {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                       {      114-135

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2577) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND 
  URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
     SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR 
  CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2578) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR 
   THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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June 1, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 287]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 287, by a record vote of 9 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. 2577, the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, and H.R. 2578, the Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016, under modified-open rules. The resolution provides 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. The resolution 
provides that after general debate each bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule except 
that: 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. 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 each bill with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 2577 includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII 
(``Ramseyer''), requiring a committee report accompanying a 
bill amending or repealing statutes to show, by typographical 
device, parts of statute affected.
    The waiver is provided because the submission provided by 
the committee was insufficient to meet the standards 
established by the rule in its current form. The Committee on 
Rules continues to work with the House Office of Legislative 
Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to 
comply with the updated rule.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 2578, the committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 2577 and H.R. 2578 for failure to comply 
with clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized 
appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations 
bill. This waiver is necessary because each bill contains 
unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions.

                            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. 56

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 2578 
and H.R. 2577. Defeated: 3-9

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 57

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3

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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.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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