[House Report 115-547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


115th Congress   }                                     {        Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                     {       115-547

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 
 1892) TO AMEND TITLE 4, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FLYING 
    OF THE FLAG AT HALF-STAFF IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A FIRST 
                     RESPONDER IN THE LINE OF DUTY

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  February 6, 2018.--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. 727]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 727, 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. 1892, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act 
[Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018]. The 
resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House 
concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 115-58 modified by the 
amendment printed in this report. 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 one hour 
of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the motion includes a waiver of the following:
    Clause 7 of rule XVI, which requires that no motion or 
proposition on a subject different from that under 
consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment;
    Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits reporting a bill or 
joint resolution carrying an appropriation from a committee not 
having jurisdiction to report an appropriation;
    Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill or joint 
resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure from being reported 
by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff 
measures;
    Section 302(c) of the Congressional Budget Act, which 
prohibits consideration of a measure until the Committee on 
Appropriations has made the suballocations required under 
section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act;
    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; and
    Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which 
prohibits the consideration of legislation that provides budget 
authority for a fiscal year that exceeds either of the 
discretionary statutory spending limits.

                            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. 186

    Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #3, offered by Rep. Polis 
(CO), which inserts the text of H.R. 3440, the Dream Act. 
Defeated: 4-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................          Nay
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 187

    Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #4, offered by Rep. Polis 
(CO), which prevents the DEA from interfering with legal and 
well-regulated state laws. Defeated: 3-8, Present--1

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................         Pres
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................          Nay
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 188

    Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #2, offered by Rep. Polis 
(CO), which provides a one percent cut to overall defense 
spending, excluding health and personnel accounts. Defeated: 4-
8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................          Nay
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 189

    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 AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Brady, Kevin (TX), Walden (OR): Corrects Prevention and 
Public Health funding modification to reflect current law 
funding for FY 2028 and beyond. Corrects the date for the 
hospital-hospice policy, from 2023 to fiscal year 2023. 
Corrects the date for the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission's hospital-hospice study. Corrects the date of the 
home health market basket policy from calendar year 2019 to 
calendar year 2020. Corrects the market basket adjustment of 
the home health policy from 1.4-percent to 1.5-percent.

                TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 496, line 15 strike ``2023'' and insert ``2022''.
  Page 498, line 4, strike ``2020'' and insert ``2024''.
  Page 498, line 7, strike ``2021'' and insert ``2025''.
  Page 498, line 15, strike ``2019 shall be 1.4 percent'' and 
insert ``2020 shall be 1.5 percent''.
  Page 498, line 16, strike ``2019'' and insert ``2020''.
  Page 514, line 21, strike ``and''.
  Page 514, strike lines 22 and 23 and insert the following:
          ``(3) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027, 
        $1,100,000,000; and
          ``(4) for fiscal year 2028 and each subsequent fiscal 
        year, $2,000,000,000.''.

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