Hearings

February 1, 2012

Full Committee

H.R. 3578 — Baseline Reform Act of 2011

H-313 The Capitol
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Rule Hearing Information:

Meeting Time:  Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 3:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol

Amendment Deadline:  Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:00 PM in H-312 The Capitol

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Resources:

  • Text of H.R. 3578 — Baseline Reform Act of 2011 (Rules Committee Print 112-9, showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on the Budget) [PDF][XML]
  • Text of H. Rept. 112-378 — Report from the Committee on the Budget [PDF][XML]
        
  • Amendment Process Announcement 
     
  • Hearing Documents: 
        :: Rule  [PDF]
        :: H. Res. 534 [PDF][XML]
        :: H. Rept. 112-383 [PDF][XML]

Committee Votes: 


Rules Committee Record Vote No. 183
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 3578 to report open rules for H.R. 3578 and H.R. 3582. Defeated: 4–8
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mr. Sessions..................
Nay
Ms. Slaughter.................
Yea
Ms. Foxx......................
Nay
Mr. McGovern..................
Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............
Nay
Mr. Hastings of Florida.......
Yea
Mr. Woodall...................
Nay
Mr. Polis.....................
Yea
Mr. Nugent....................
Nay
 
 
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...
Nay
 
 
Mr. Webster...................
Nay
 
 
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........
Nay
 
 

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 184
Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 3578 to make in order the following amendments to H.R. 3578 and provide the appropriate waivers: amendment #4, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), would require the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve Bank, to the extent practicable, to jointly prepare a study on the Consumer Price Index, and other relevant indicators of inflation upon enactment of this bill; amendment #1, offered by Rep. Loebsack (IA), would exempt Department of Veterans Affairs discretionary appropriations, and to make in order the following amendments to H.R. 3582 and provide the appropriate waivers: amendment #10, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), would require the Congressional Budget Office, to the extent practicable, to include a microeconomic and statistical component in order to ascertain the potential impact of the Act on small businesses; amendment #7, offered by Rep. Quiqley (IL), would require the CBO to prepare a macroeconomic impact analysis for any bill or resolution that provides aggregate new budget authority for any fiscal year for infrastructure spending estimated under Section 402 to be greater than 0.25 percent of GDP. The analysis would only be done for those sections of the bill or resolution that contain infrastructure spending. Defeated: 4–8
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mr. Sessions..................
Nay
Ms. Slaughter.................
Yea
Ms. Foxx......................
Nay
Mr. McGovern..................
Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............
Nay
Mr. Hastings of Florida.......
Yea
Mr. Woodall...................
Nay
Mr. Polis.....................
Yea
Mr. Nugent....................
Nay
 
 
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...
Nay
 
 
Mr. Webster...................
Nay
 
 
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........
Nay
 
 

Written Testimony: