[House Report 114-145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                     {        Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                     {       114-145

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2685) MAKING 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
     SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR 
    CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2393) TO AMEND THE AGRICULTURAL 
MARKETING ACT OF 1946 TO REPEAL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS 
    WITH RESPECT TO BEEF, PORK, AND CHICKEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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June 9, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 303]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 303, by a record vote of 8 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. 2685, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, under a 
modified-open rule. The resolution provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
resolution waives points of order against consideration of the 
bill. The resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI. The resolution provides that after general debate the 
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 with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
H.R. 2393, the Country of Origin Labeling Amendments 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 Agriculture. 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 Agriculture now 
printed in the bill 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 
H.R. 2685 includes a waiver of section 306 of the Congressional 
Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred 
to or reported by the Budget Committee.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 2685 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 H.R. 2685 contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 2393 includes a 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 
provisions in the H.R. 2393, as amended, 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. 61

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter report open rules for H.R. 2685 and 
H.R. 2393. Defeated: 4-8

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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.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
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. 62

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
necessary waivers for an amendment to H.R. 2685 to be offered 
by Mr. McGovern, to provide that no funds may be obligated or 
spent for U.S. Armed Forces engaged in combat operations in 
Iraq or Syria in the absence of the enactment of an 
Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for such 
operations. Defeated: 4-8

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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.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
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. 63

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4

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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.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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