General and Amendment Debate

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 6-3 on Monday, July 23, 2012.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 738: 
Adopted by record vote of 244-170, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 238-177, on Tuesday, July 24, 2012.  
 

MANAGERS: Foxx/Hastings

1. Structured rule for H.R. 4078

2. Provides two hours of general debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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

4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-28, as modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

6. Makes in order only those further amendments to H.R. 4078 printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in Part B of the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit H.R. 4078 with or without instructions.

9. Structured rule for H.R. 6082.

10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources.

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

12. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-29 and provides that it shall be considered in read.

13. Waives all points or order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.

14. Makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 6082 printed in Part C of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

15. Waives all pints of order against the amendments printed in Part C of the report.

16. Provides one motion to recommit H.R. 6082 with or without instructions.

Further Consideration