[House Report 118-607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


118th Congress  }                                           {   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session     }                                           {  118-607

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION (H. RES. 1371) STRONGLY 
    CONDEMNING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND ITS BORDER CZAR, KAMALA 
          HARRIS'S, FAILURE TO SECURE THE UNITED STATES BORDER

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   July 23, 2024.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1376]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1376, by a record vote of 5 to 2, 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. Res. 1371, 
Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border 
Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States 
border, under a closed rule. The resolution provides that upon 
adoption of the resolution it shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order to consider H. Res. 1371. 
The resolution provides that the amendment printed in the 
report shall be considered as adopted and the resolution, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Homeland Security or their respective designees.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H. Res. 1371, 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. 264

    Motion by Mr. Austin Scott to report the rule. Adopted: 5-2

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler...............................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mrs. Fischbach..................................  ............  Ms. Scanlon.......................          Nay
Mr. Massie......................................  ............  Mr. Neguse........................  ............
Mr. Norman......................................          Yea   Ms. Leger Fernandez...............  ............
Mr. Roy.........................................          Yea
Mrs. Houchin....................................  ............
Mr. Langworthy..................................          Yea
Mr. Austin Scott................................          Yea
Mr. Burgess, Chairman...........................          Yea
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          SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 1371 CONSIDERED 
                               AS ADOPTED

    1. Roy (TX): Makes technical corrections.

        TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 1371 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Strike the first preamble clause and insert the following:

Whereas, on March 24, 2021, President Biden tasked Vice President Kamala 
Harris with working to address illegal immigration into the United States, 
including ``root causes'', and came to be known colloquially as the Biden 
administration's ``border czar'';

  Strike the 13th preamble clause and insert the following:

Whereas, in June 2024, NBC News reported that over 400 illegal immigrants 
with ties to an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network entered the United States 
under Border Czar Harris's leadership, and that the whereabouts of over 50 
of these individuals were unknown;

  Strike the 14th preamble clause and insert the following:

Whereas, under Border Czar Harris's leadership, multiple illegal aliens 
with terrorist ties have been released into the United States;

  In the 15th preamble clause, strike ``Communist''.

  Strike the 17th preamble clause and insert the following:

Whereas, in April 2024, Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland 
Security released documents showing the Biden administration, under Border 
Czar Harris, flew at least 400,000 illegal immigrants into the country 
through the abuse of parole programs; and

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