[House Report 117-643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress     }                                 {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session        }                                 {      117-643

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 8393) TO ENABLE THE 
  PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO TO CHOOSE A PERMANENT, NONTERRITORIAL, FULLY 
 SELF-GOVERNING POLITICAL STATUS FOR PUERTO RICO AND TO PROVIDE FOR A 
TRANSITION TO AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PERMANENT, NONTERRITORIAL, 
     FULLY SELF-GOVERNING POLITICAL STATUS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 December 14, 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. 1519]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1519, by a record vote of 8 to 3, 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. 8393, the 
Puerto Rico Status Act, under a closed rule. The resolution 
provides one hour of 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 an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 117-74 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.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes waivers of the following:
    --Clause 3(d) of rule XIII, which requires the inclusion of 
a committee cost estimate in a committee report. A CBO cost 
estimate on H.R. 8393 was not available at the time the 
Committee on Natural Resources filed its report.
    --Clause 4(a) of rule XIII, which prohibits the 
consideration of a measure or matter reported by a committee 
until the proposed text of the report has been available for 72 
hours.
    The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XXI, 
which prohibits reporting a bill carrying an appropriation from 
a committee not having jurisdiction to report an appropriation.

                            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. 307

    Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to amend the rule to H.R. 8393 
to make in order the following amendments: amendment #2, 
offered by Rep. Westerman (AR), which removes block grant 
funding for federal support for both independence and free 
association plebiscite options; amendment #3, offered by Rep. 
Westerman (AR), which conditions the implementation of the Act 
upon the terms of Sec. 209 of PROMESA first being met; and 
amendment #4, offered by Rep. Westerman (AR), which removes 
requirements from Title I and Title II portions of the Act that 
the U.S. cannot enforce, should Puerto Rico become an 
independent nation or a freely associated state. Defeated: 3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mrs. Torres.....................................          Nay   Mr. Cole..........................  ............
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Nay   Mr. Burgess.......................          Yea
Mr. Raskin......................................  ............  Mr. Reschenthaler.................          Yea
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Nay   Mrs. Fischbach....................          Yea
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Nay
Ms. Ross........................................          Nay
Mr. Neguse......................................          Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 308

    Motion by Mrs. Torres to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mrs. Torres.....................................          Yea   Mr. Cole..........................  ............
Mr. Perlmutter..................................          Yea   Mr. Burgess.......................          Nay
Mr. Raskin......................................  ............  Mr. Reschenthaler.................          Nay
Ms. Scanlon.....................................          Yea   Mrs. Fischbach....................          Nay
Mr. Morelle.....................................          Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier..................................          Yea
Ms. Ross........................................          Yea
Mr. Neguse......................................          Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................          Yea
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