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Monday, May 18, 2015 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
H.R. 2250 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016
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Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Monday, May 18, 2015.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 271:
Agreed to by record vote of 242-179, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015
MANAGERS: Newhouse/Polis
1. Structured rule for H.R. 1806.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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 114-15 and provides that it shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part A 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. 2250.
10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
12. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
13. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part B 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.
14. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report.
15. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
16. Closed rule for H.R. 2353.
17. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
19. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
20. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
21. Provides one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Version 1 | Blackburn (TN) | Republican | Provides for a one percent across the board cut. Exempts Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and the Sergeant at Arms. | Made In Order |
| 17 | Version 1 | Blum (IA), Graham (FL), Gosar (AZ), Ruiz (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Prohibits funds to be used to pay the costs of first-class airline accommodations. | Submitted |
| 18 | Version 1 | Ellison (MN) | Democrat | Prohibits funds from being used to enter into a contract with an employer with a recorded Fair Labor Standards Act violation. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Flores (TX) | Republican | Prohibits any funds for delivering printed copies of the Congressional Pictorial Directory. | Made In Order |
| 1 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Redirects appropriations from the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund to the Capitol Power Plant so both accounts are at the Committee recommended level. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ), Black (TN) | Republican | Prohibits union dues from being automatically collected from the paychecks of federal employees within the Legislative Branch. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits funds for the Architect of the Capitol to conduct town halls. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits funds to be used by the Architect of the Capitol to hold week long supervisory academies. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Limits the amount of overtime payments for employees of the Architect of the Capitol to 121,428 aggregate hours or less. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the Government Printing Office from using internal labor for carpet installation. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Kaptur (OH) | Democrat | Reclassifies House of Representatives food services employees as federal workers. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Kaptur (OH) | Democrat | Prohibits funds to be used to enter into a Capitol food services contract with a foreign owned company. | Submitted |
| 21 | Version 1 | King, Steve (IA) | Republican | Late Designates funds in the bill to train Capitol Police to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain and transfer persons for the purposes of enforcing the immigration laws of the United States to the same extent as any other Federal law enforcement personnel. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | McCaul (TX) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits the use of funds to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register, Congressional Directory, or Senate Telephone Directory to House offices. | Withdrawn |
| 20 | Version 2 | Polis (CO) | Democrat | Late Revised Prevents funds made available by this act to be used by a food services contractor to interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of right guaranteed in sec. 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 1 | Ratcliffe (TX) | Republican | Zeros out $5,700,000 in funding for the Open World Leadership Center and applies the savings to the spending reduction account. | Made In Order |
| 19 | Version 1 | Scott, Bobby (VA), Green, Al (TX) | Democrat | Ensures that CAO food service contractors pay a livable wage to their employees. | Submitted |
| 22 | Version 1 | Speier (CA) | Democrat | Late Provides $500,000 for sexual harassment training for members and staff of the House of Representatives. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Lujan (NM) | Democrat | Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), offset from funds in the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Wenstrup (OH) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits funding for the use of salaries and expenses of any office of the House of Representatives unless the Chief Administration Officer makes publicly available the determinations for such office regarding the designation of employees as "official" for purposes of requiring such employees to enroll in health insurance coverage provided through an Exchange. | Withdrawn |
| 8 | Version 1 | Woodall (GA) | Republican | Prohibits House members from sending mail under the congressional franking privilege. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Yoho (FL) | Republican | Ensures that no public funding goes to a Member of Congress's annuity if they are convicted of a felony. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 50
Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #20, offered by Rep. Polis (CO), which prevents funds made available by this act to be used by a food services contractor to interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of right guaranteed in sec. 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. Defeated: 4-8
Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
Nay
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
No Vote
Mr. Newhouse
Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 51
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4
Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Yea
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Stivers
Yea
Mr. Collins
Yea
Mr. Byrne
Yea
Mr. Newhouse
Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mr. Polis
Nay