[House Report 112-60]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-60
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1473) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2011, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES. 35) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE A CORRECTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R.
1473; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H.
CON. RES. 36) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
MAKE A CORRECTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 1473
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April 12, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 218]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 218, 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. 1473, the
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011, 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 Appropriations. 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 the bill.
The resolution further provides that if the bill is passed,
it shall be in order to separately consider H. Con. Res. 35,
directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a
correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473 and H. Con. Res. 36,
directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a
correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473, each under a closed
rule. The resolution provides twenty minutes of debate on each
concurrent resolution, to be equally divided and controlled by
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations. The resolution waives all points of order
against consideration of each concurrent resolution and
provides that each concurrent resolution shall be considered as
read.
Finally, the rule provides that if the House receives a
message from the Senate transmitting its passage of H.R. 1473
without amendment, then the Clerk shall not certify an
enrollment of the bill until notified by the Speaker or by
message from the Senate that the Senate has taken the question
on adoption of H. Con. Res. 35 and H. Con. Res. 36, if
previously adopted by the House.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of section 302(f) of the
Congressional Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of a
measure which causes the applicable allocation of new budget
authority under subsections 302(a) or (b) to be exceeded.
Although the bill is in compliance with the Committee on
Appropriations' overall 302(a) allocation, the bill contains
provisions which cause the Committee on Appropriations to be in
breach of some of their 302(b) suballocations.
The Committee does not expect that the waiver of all points
of order against consideration will encompass a waiver of
clause 11 of rule XXI (prohibiting the consideration of an
unreported measure until the third calendar day on which it has
been available), as the bill is currently scheduled to be
considered on the third day on which it was made available or
thereafter.
Although the rule waives all points of order against
provisions in the bill, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order against provisions in the bill. The waiver of
all points of order against the provisions in the bill is
prophylactic in nature.
Although the rule waives all points of order against
consideration of each concurrent resolution, the Committee is
not aware of any points of order against consideration of
either concurrent resolution. The waiver of all points of order
against consideration of each resolution 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. 78
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to strike section
2 and section 3 of the resolution. Defeated: 3-6
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 79
Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers for amendment #4, offered by himself, which
would reduce the amount of troops permanently stationed in
Europe from 80,000 to 35,000 and would cut end-strength levels
by 7,500; and amendment #12, offered by himself, which would
strike all funding for the Office of National Drug Control
Policy, commonly known as the Drug Czar. Defeated: 3-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 80
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Mr. Reed........................................ Yea
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Yea
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