[House Report 114-502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                    {        Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                    {       114-502

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1206) TO PROHIBIT THE 
   HIRING OF ADDITIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNTIL THE 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CERTIFIES THAT NO EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL 
REVENUE SERVICE HAS A SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT, AND PROVIDING FOR 
    CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4885) TO REQUIRE THAT USER FEES 
COLLECTED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL 
                          FUND OF THE TREASURY

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   April 18, 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. 687]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 687, 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. 1206, the 
No Hires for the Delinquent IRS 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 Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-47 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 this 
report, if offered by the Member designated in this report, 
which 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 this report. The resolution provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) 
Act of 2016, 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 an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 114-50 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 for one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 1206, 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. 1206, 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. 1206 printed in 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. 4885, 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. 4885, 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. 161

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 1206 
and H.R. 4885. Defeated: 3-8.

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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.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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          SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1206 MADE IN ORDER

    1. Grayson (FL): Adds a level of confidentiality by 
limiting the information furnished under this act to only be 
used for the purposes of this act and further provides that the 
information produced wouldn't be published in any form in which 
any particular individual can be identified nor can this 
information be made available to anyone outside of Internal 
Revenue Service. (10 minutes)

              TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1206 MADE IN ORDER

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, after line 11, insert the following:
  (c) Confidentiality.--Information furnished under this 
section--
          (1) may not be used for any purpose other than the 
        administration of this section;
          (2) may not be published in any form in which any 
        particular individual subject to this section can be 
        identified; or
          (3) may not be examined and no person who is not an 
        officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may 
        have access to any such information.
  Page 3, line 12, strike ``(d)'' insert ``(e)''.

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