[House Report 115-463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


115th Congress    }                                     {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                     {     115-463

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1638) TO REQUIRE THE 
    SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE 
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ON THE ESTIMATED TOTAL ASSETS UNDER DIRECT OR 
 INDIRECT CONTROL BY CERTAIN SENIOR IRANIAN LEADERS AND OTHER FIGURES, 
  AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL 
     (H.R. 4324) TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO MAKE 
  CERTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN FINANCIAL 
  INSTITUTIONS' AIRCRAFT-RELATED TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING IRAN, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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 December 12, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 658]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 658, by a record vote of 8 to 4, 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. 1638, the 
Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act, under a structured 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution makes in order as original text for 
the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-
47 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only 
those further amendments printed in part A of this report. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this 
report, 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 
resolution waives all points of order against the amendment 
printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
H.R. 4324, the Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to 
Finance 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 Financial 
Services. 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 115-48 shall be considered as adopted 
and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only 
the further amendment printed in part B of 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 part B of this report. 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. 1638, 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 in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1638 made 
in order as original text, 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 amendments to H.R. 1638 printed in part A of 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. 4324, 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. 4324, 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. 4324 printed in part B of this report, 
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. 163

    Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Buck........................................          Yea
Ms. Cheney......................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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     SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1638 IN PART A MADE IN ORDER

    1. Schneider (IL), Poe (TX): Amends the reporting 
requirement on recommendations for how U.S. economic sanctions 
against Iran may be revised to prevent funds or assets from 
being used to contribute to the continued development of Iran's 
ballistic missile program to also include human rights abuses. 
(10 minutes)
    2. Meng (NY): Requires the report created by this bill to 
include ``an assessment of the impact and effectiveness of U.S. 
economic sanctions programs against Iran''. (10 minutes)

     SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4324 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

    1. Gaetz (FL): Includes, in the report already required in 
the underlying text, certification that the transaction will 
not benefit an Iranian person that has knowingly transported 
items used to establish in Syria a permanent military presence 
of either Iranian military forces or Iranian backed militia. 
(10 minutes)

         PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1638 MADE IN ORDER

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

  Page 5, line 23, strike ``to contribute to'' and all that 
follows through ``by Iran;'' on page 5, line 25 and insert the 
following: ``to contribute--''
                  (A) to the continued development, testing, 
                and procurement of ballistic missile technology 
                by Iran; and
                  (B) to human rights abuses.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 6, line 3, strike ``and'' at the end.

  Page 6, after line 3, insert the following new paragraph (and 
redesignate the subsequent paragraph accordingly):

          (7) an assessment of the impact and effectiveness of 
        U.S. economic sanctions programs against Iran; and
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          PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4324 MADE IN ORDER

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

  Page 6, line 18, strike ``or''.

  Page 6, after line 18 insert the following (and redesignate 
the subsequent subclause accordingly):

                                  (II) has knowingly 
                                transported items used to 
                                establish in Syria a permanent 
                                military presence of either 
                                Iranian military forces or 
                                Iranian backed militia; or

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