[House Report 117-444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress    }                                    {    Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                    {    117-444

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 263) TO AMEND THE LACEY 
  ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981 TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS ENACTED BY THE CAPTIVE 
 WILDLIFE SAFETY ACT, TO FURTHER THE CONSERVATION OF CERTAIN WILDLIFE 
SPECIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 
  BILL (H.R. 4040) TO AMEND TITLE XVIII OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO 
  EXTEND TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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   July 26, 2022.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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        Mrs. Torres of California, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1256]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1256, 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. 263, the 
Big Cat Public Safety 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 Natural Resources or their designees. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 
Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as 
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in 
the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order the further 
amendment printed in part A 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 the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, 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 this report. The resolution provides 
one motion to recommit. The resolution further provides for 
consideration of H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond 
COVID-19 Act of 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 Energy and Commerce or their designees. 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 117-59, modified by the amendment printed in 
part B of this report, shall be considered as adopted and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as 
amended. The resolution provides one motion to recommit. The 
resolution provides that House Resolution 517 is hereby 
adopted.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 263, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver of all points of order prophylactic 
in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 263, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order 
prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendment printed in part A of this report, the Committee 
is not aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points 
of order prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 4040 includes a waiver of 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 H.R. 4040, as amended, 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. 268

    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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Mrs. Torres.....................................          Yea   Mr. Cole..........................          Nay
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Yea   Mr. Burgess.......................          Nay
Mr. Raskin......................................          Yea   Mr. Reschenthaler.................          Nay
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Yea   Mrs. Fischbach....................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Yea
Ms. Ross........................................          Yea
Mr. Neguse......................................  ............
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Yea
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      SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 263 IN PART A MADE IN ORDER

    1. Huffman (CA): Requires the Secretary of the Interior to 
submit a report to Congress on the implementation of this Act. 
(10 minutes)

 SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4040 IN PART B CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    1. Pallone (NJ): Changes the amount in the Medicare 
Improvement Fund to $5.153 billion and makes technical changes.

          PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 263 MADE IN ORDER

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

  At the end of the bill, add the following:

SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

  Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report describing the number and species of big cats 
registered under section 3(e)(2)(E) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372)(3)(e)(2)(E) (as added by this Act) and 
the status of any implementing regulations under section 
7(a)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3376(a)(3)) (as added by this 
Act).

      PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4040 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 4, line 11, strike the period preceding the end 
quotation marks.
  Page 4, line 24, strike the period preceding the end 
quotation marks.
  Page 6, line 10, strike ``$5,159,000,000'' and insert 
``$5,153,000,000''.

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