COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

FLOOR ACTION ON H.RES. 288:
Adopted by voice vote on Thursday, June 2, 2011. 
 

MANAGERS: Webster/Hastings

1. Open rule.

2. Provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.

5. Under the Rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph.

6. Provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

7. Authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.

8. Requires the Chair to put the question on retaining Title II (Department of Veterans Affairs) prior to putting the question on engrossment and third reading.

9. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

10. Directs the Clerk, in the engrossment of H.R. 2055, to make technical and conforming changes in the event a portion of the bill is not retained.