[House Report 115-476]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


115th Congress     }                                       {      Report
                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session       }                                       {    115-476

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 
  1) TO PROVIDE FOR RECONCILIATION PURSUANT TO TITLES II AND V OF THE 
        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018

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 December 20, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 668]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 668, 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 the consideration of the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The resolution 
makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee 
on Ways and Means or his designee that the House concur in the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 1. The resolution waives all points of 
order against consideration of the motion. The resolution 
provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be 
considered as read. The resolution provides 20 minutes of 
debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means. The resolution provides that clause 5(b) of rule XXI 
shall not apply to the motion.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the motion includes a waiver of Section 311 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits consideration 
of legislation that would cause revenues to be less than the 
level of total revenues for the first fiscal year or for the 
total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years 
for which allocations are provided.
    Although the resolution provides that clause 5(b) of rule 
XXI does not apply to the motion, the rule isolates only 
specified provisions and does not look at the essential 
interactions of all the tax provisions. While the underlying 
legislation as a whole provides broad tax relief, the provision 
is necessary because of the narrow focus of the rule.

                            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. Polis to provide for consideration of House 
Concurrent Resolution 97, which would include the regulation of 
virtual currency; protections for small marijuana businesses 
from tax burdens; restrictions and clarifications on special 
interests deducting certain lobbying expenses; and provisions 
to allow kombucha manufacturers to be taxed fairly for the 
product they produce. Defeated: 3-8, Present--1

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Ms. Slaughter.....................      Present
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................          Nay
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 167

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

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................  ............  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.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Buck........................................          Yea
Ms. Cheney......................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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