[House Report 114-453]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 114-453
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4596) TO ENSURE THAT
SMALL BUSINESS PROVIDERS OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CAN
DEVOTE RESOURCES TO BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT RATHER THAN COMPLIANCE WITH
CUMBERSOME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
THE BILL (H.R. 3797) TO ESTABLISH THE BASES BY WHICH THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SHALL ISSUE, IMPLEMENT, AND
ENFORCE CERTAIN EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS FOR EXISTING
ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNITS THAT CONVERT COAL REFUSE INTO
ENERGY
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March 14, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Stivers, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 640]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 640, by a record vote of 6 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. 4596, the
Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, under a structured
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 the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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 makes in order only the further
amendment printed in part A of this report, if offered by the
Member designated in this report. The amendment shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The
resolution waives all points of order against the amendment
printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 3797, the SENSE Act, under a structured rule. The
resolution provides one hour of general 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 the bill shall be considered as read.
The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in
the bill. The resolution makes in order only those amendments
printed in part B of this report. Each such amendment may be
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives
all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of
this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 4596, 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. 4596, as amended, 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
the amendment to H.R. 4596 printed in part A of this report,
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
consideration of H.R. 3797, 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. 3797, 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
the amendments to H.R. 3797 printed in part B of this report,
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. 153
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 3797
and H.R. 4596. Defeated: 4-6
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Stivers..................................... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... ............
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 154
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 6-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Stivers..................................... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... ............
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4596 IN PART A MADE IN ORDER
1. Veasey (TX): Requires the FCC to also answer whether a
permanent exemption would increase access to services offered
by small internet service providers. (10 minutes)
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3797 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Pallone (NJ): Strikes the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
portion of the bill. (10 minutes)
2. Engel (NY): Gives the Governor of a State the ability to
opt-out of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule portion of the
bill if the Governor determines that implementing that
provision would increase the overall cost of complying with
EPA's rule. (10 minutes)
3. Bera (CA): Requires a GAO report on the increase in
sulfur dioxide and other air pollution emissions that result
from this Act and the effect of such emissions on public
health. (10 minutes)
4. Peters, Scott (CA): Requires the EPA to provide notice
to communities about the anticipated effects of this Act on air
quality not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act. (10 minutes)
5. Veasey (TX): Ensures public health is taken into account
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
before law goes into effect. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4596 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Veasey of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, line 4, insert before the semicolon the following:
``, including whether making such exception permanent would
increase access to services provided by small businesses''.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3797 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pallone Jr. of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike sections 2(a)(6), 2(a)(8), and 2(b) and redesignate
accordingly.
Amend section 2(a)(7) to read as follows:
(7) Electric utility steam generating unit.--The term
``electric utility steam generating unit'' means an
electric utility steam generating unit, as such term is
defined in section 63.10042 of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 8, after line 23, insert the following new paragraph:
(3) Applicability.--This subsection shall not apply
with respect to a State if the Governor of the State,
or the head of the authority that implements CSAPR for
the State, makes a determination, and notifies the
Administrator, that implementation of this subsection
will increase the State's overall compliance costs for
CSAPR.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 11, after line 17, insert the following new section:
SEC. 3. GAO REPORT.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a
report detailing the increase in emissions of sulfur dioxide
and other air pollutants that will result from implementation
of this Act and the effect of such emissions on public health.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 11, after line 17, insert the following new section:
SEC. 3. PUBLIC NOTICE.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator shall give notice of the anticipated
effects of this Act on air quality to all States,
municipalities, towns, tribal governments, or other
governmental entities in areas that--
(1) include or are adjacent to a coal refuse electric
utility steam generating unit to which this Act
applies; or
(2) are likely to be affected by air emissions from
such a unit.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Veasey of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end, add the following new section:
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act may not go into effect until the Administrator
certifies that implementation of this Act will not cause or
result in an increase of emissions of air pollutants that
adversely affect public health, including by increasing
incidents of respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses and
deaths, such as cases of heart attacks, asthma attacks, and
bronchitis.
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