[House Report 114-572]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                      {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {      114-572

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4974) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 
 2017, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL 
(H.R. 5243) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 
  30, 2016, TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE 
       ZIKA VIRUS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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May 17, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 736]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 736, 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. 4974, the 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017, 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 all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The resolution 
provides that clause 2(e) of rule XXI shall not apply during 
consideration of the bill. 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 (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. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act, 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 Appropriations. The resolution waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill and provides 
that it shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution 
provides that clause 2(e) of rule XXI shall not apply during 
consideration of the bill. The resolution provides one motion 
to recommit.
    Section 3 of the resolution provides that section 514 of 
H.R. 4974 shall be considered to be a spending reduction 
account for purposes of section 3(d) of House Resolution 5.
    Section 4 of the resolution provides that during 
consideration of H.R. 4974 pursuant to the rule, it shall not 
be in order in the Committee of the Whole to use a decrease in 
Overseas Contingency Operations funds to offset an amendment 
that increases an appropriation not designated as Overseas 
Contingency Operations funds or vice versa.
    Section 5 of the resolution provides that during 
consideration of H.R. 4974: (1) section 310 of House Concurrent 
Resolution 125, as reported in the House, shall have force and 
effect; and (2) section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 
shall not apply.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 4974 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. 4974 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. 4974 contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 5243 includes a waiver of Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5, 
which prohibits the consideration of a general appropriation 
bill, unless it includes a spending reduction account.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 5243, 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. 174

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report H.R. 4974 and H.R. 5243 
each an open rule. 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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