Hearing Information
Meeting Time
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 7-3 on Monday, May 7, 2012.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 643:
Adopted by record vote of 228-181, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 235-174, on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
MANAGERS: Woodall/Hastings (FL)
1. Open rule.
2. Provides 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. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Provides that, until the adoption of a conference report on the budget resolution, the allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 of the Budget Committee report accompanying the House-passed budget resolution shall be considered to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
10. Waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against any resolution reported on May 10, 2012, providing for consideration or disposition of any measure reported by the Committee on the Budget relating to section 201 of House Concurrent Resolution 112.
An Open Rule was reported, requiring amendments to be offered on the House floor during reading of the bill. For more information, please reference Amending Appropriations Bills: A Basic Guide from the Committee on Rules.
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 5326 to strike Section 3 of the resolution. Defeated: 3–7.
Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3.