H.R. 3973 - Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014

Bill Text

    Text of Rules Committee Print 113-42 PDF XML

    Showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on the Judiciary.  

    Text of H.R. 3973 PDF XML

    Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014 (as introduced)

    H. Rept. 113-376 PDF

    Report from the Committee on the Judiciary

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 511: 
AGREED to by record vote of 229-192, after agreeing to the previous question 227-190, on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. 

MANAGERS: Nugent/McGovern

1. Structured rule for H.R. 4138.

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

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

4. Makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-43 and provides that it shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in that nature of a substitute.

6. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part A 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.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.

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

9. Structured rule for H.R. 3973.

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

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

12. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee print 113-42 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

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

14. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, if offered by Representative Ellison of minnesota or his designee. The amendment shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes 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 points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.

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

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Conyers (MI), Pingree (ME)DemocratRevised Provides that nothing in this act or the amendments made by the act shall result in a diversion of funds for the law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. Submitted
2Version 1Ellison (MN)DemocratRevised Waives reporting requirements provided in the bill if sufficient funds are not available to generate the increased volume of reports. Made In Order