[House Report 114-564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                     {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                     {      114-564

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (S. 524) TO AUTHORIZE THE 
 ATTORNEY GENERAL TO AWARD GRANTS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EPIDEMICS OF 
                PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE AND HEROIN USE

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May 12, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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         Mr. Collins of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 725]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 725, 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 S. 524, the 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, under a 
closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally 
divided among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority 
members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the respective texts of the bills as specified in 
the resolution 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 commit with or without 
instructions.
    The resolution directs the Clerk to, in forming the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, assign appropriate 
designations, conform cross-references and provisions for short 
titles, and authorizes the Clerk to make technical and 
conforming changes.
    The resolution provides that upon passage of S. 524, the 
title of such bill is amended as specified in the resolution.
    The resolution provides that if S. 524 is passed, then it 
shall be in order for the chair of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce or his designee to move that the House insist on its 
amendments to S. 524 and request a conference with the Senate 
thereon.

                         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, 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. 166

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
necessary waivers for an amendment to S. 524 consisting of the 
text of H.R. 5189, the Democratic alternative opioid bill that 
in addition to including all of the opioid bills passed by the 
House this week, also provides $600 million in funding. 
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...........  ............
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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