[House Report 114-591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress }                                           {   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session    }                                           {  114-591

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5055) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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May 23, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 743]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 743, 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. 5055, the 
Energy and Water Development 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 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 that section 508 of 
H.R. 5055 shall be considered to be a spending reduction 
account for purposes of section 3(d) of House Resolution 5.
    Section 3 of the resolution provides that during 
consideration of H.R. 5055, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 11 shall not apply.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII 
(Ramsey), requiring a committee report accompanying a bill 
amending or repealing statutes to show, by typographical 
device, parts of statute affected. The waiver is provided 
because the submission provided by the Committee on 
Appropriations was insufficient to meet the standards 
established by the rule in its current form. The Committee on 
Rules continues to work with the House Office of Legislative 
Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to 
comply with the updated rule.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in the bill 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. 5055 contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.

                            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. 176

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. 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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