[House Report 117-261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress    }                                      {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                      {     117-261

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 2471) 
   TO MEASURE THE PROGRESS OF POST-DISASTER RECOVERY AND EFFORTS TO 
  ADDRESS CORRUPTION, GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW, AND MEDIA FREEDOMS IN 
 HAITI; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION (H.J. RES. 
75) MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
     SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE; AND PROVIDING FOR 
 CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 6968) TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF 
   ENERGY PRODUCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   March 9, 2022.--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 972]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 972, 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 the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 2471, the Haiti Development, Accountability, 
and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act [Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2022]. The resolution makes in order a 
motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations 
or her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment 
with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 117-35. 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 general debate on the 
motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
designees. The resolution provides that the question of 
adoption of the motion shall be divided for a separate vote on 
all of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of 
the House other than divisions B, C, F, X, and Z, and titles 2 
and 3 of division N. The two portions of the divided question 
shall be considered in the order specified by the Chair. The 
resolution provides that if either portion of the divided 
question fails of adoption, then the House shall be considered 
to have made no disposition of the Senate amendment. The 
resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations and the chair of the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence may insert in the Congressional Record not 
later than March 11, 2022, such material as they may deem 
explanatory of the Senate amendment and the motion. The 
resolution further provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 75, 
the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022, under a 
closed 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 or their 
designees. The resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the joint resolution. The resolution provides 
that the joint resolution shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the 
joint resolution. The resolution provides for one motion to 
recommit. The resolution further provides for consideration of 
H.R. 6968, the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, under 
a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their 
designees. The resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the 
bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution 
provides one motion to recommit.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the motion includes waivers 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.
    --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.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.J. Res. 75 includes a waiver of clause 11 of rule XXI, which 
prohibits consideration of a bill or joint resolution which has 
not been reported by a committee until such measure has been 
available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner 
for 72 hours.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.J. Res. 75, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 6968 includes waivers of the following:
    --Clause 11 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a 
bill or joint resolution which has not been reported by a 
committee until such measure has been available to Members, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for 72 hours.
    --Clause 12 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a 
bill pursuant to a special order of business reported by the 
Committee on Rules that has not been reported by a committee.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the H.R. 6968, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.

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