H.R. 4628 - Interest Rate Reduction Act

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 4628 PDF

    Interest Rate Reduction Act 

Rule Information

 

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 631: 
Adopted by record vote of 236-185, after agreeing to the previous question of 241-179, on Thursday, April 26, 2012.  
 

MANAGERS: Nugent/Polis

1. Structured rule for H.R. 3523.

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

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

4. 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 112-20 and provides that it shall be considered as read.

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

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed int he 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 int he 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 amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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

9. Provides that it shall be in order at any time through the legislative day of April 27, 2012, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules, as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to the following measures: H.R. 2096, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R. 3834, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012; and H.R. 4257, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012.

10. Closed rule for H.R. 4628.

11. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read.

13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.

14. Provides one motion to recommit.

15. Provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

 

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Tierney (MA)DemocratSUBSTITUTE Would keep interest rates on need-based student loans at 3.4 percent next year, saving borrowers an average of $1,000 in loan repayment costs. The bill is fully paid for by ending tax subsidies to oil and gas companies. Additional savings achieved by ending these subsidies would go to reduce the deficit.Submitted