[House Report 114-5]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                       {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                       {       114-5

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 351) TO PROVIDE FOR 
    EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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  January 26, 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. 48]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 48, by a nonrecord 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. 351, the 
LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act, 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 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.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill, 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 the bill, 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. 17

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 2-
6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 18

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. Garamendi 
(CA), which lays out in its purpose section the national 
security argument that transporting American LNG on U.S.-built 
and -flag ships, which renders it complicit with our WTO 
obligations. The second section requires that LNG be 
transported on U.S.-flag ships until 2020, and on U.S.-built 
and -flag ships thereafter. Defeated: 2-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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