[House Report 116-426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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116th Congress }                                            { Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session    }                                            { 116-426

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL (H.R. 
  6172) TO AMEND THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 TO 
  PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS, AND FOR OTHER 
                                PURPOSES

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May 27, 2020.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 981]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 981, 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 
amendments to H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 
2020. The resolution makes in order a single motion offered by 
the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee 
that the House concur in the Senate amendments. The resolution 
waives all points of order against consideration of the motion 
and provides that it shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question. The resolution provides that the 
Senate amendments and the motion shall be considered as read. 
The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion 
equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence. The resolution provides that any motion 
pursuant to clause 4 of rule XXII relating to H.R. 6172 may be 
offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee. The 
resolution provides that if a veto message is laid before the 
House on H.J. Res. 76, then after the message is read, further 
consideration of the veto message and the joint resolution 
shall be postponed until the legislative day of Wednesday, July 
1, 2020; and on that legislative day, the House shall proceed 
to reconsideration and dispose of such question without 
intervening motion.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the motion and the Senate amendments, 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. 315

    Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to make in order 
amendment #2, offered by Rep. Gosar (AZ), which requires the 
Attorney General to disclose each time a person associated with 
a candidate for President of a major party, as defined by the 
IRS code, is under FISA surveillance to the majority and 
minority leadership of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. Defeated: 4-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Yea
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Woodall.......................          Yea
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................          Yea
Mr. Raskin......................................          Nay   Mrs. Lesko........................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Nay
Ms. Matsui......................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 316

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

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Hastings....................................  ............  Mr. Cole..........................          Nay
Mrs. Torres.....................................          Yea   Mr. Woodall.......................          Nay
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Yea   Mr. Burgess.......................          Nay
Mr. Raskin......................................          Yea   Mrs. Lesko........................          Nay
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Yea
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Yea
Ms. Shalala.....................................          Yea
Ms. Matsui......................................          Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Yea
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