H.R. 2250 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 2250 PDF XML

    Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016 

    H. Rept. 114-110 PDF

    Report from the Committee on Appropriations

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)PartySummaryStatus
7Version 1Blackburn (TN)RepublicanProvides for a one percent across the board cut. Exempts Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and the Sergeant at Arms. Made In Order
17Version 1Blum (IA), Graham (FL), Gosar (AZ), Ruiz (CA)Bi-PartisanProhibits funds to be used to pay the costs of first-class airline accommodations.Submitted
18Version 1Ellison (MN)DemocratProhibits funds from being used to enter into a contract with an employer with a recorded Fair Labor Standards Act violation. Submitted
11Version 1Flores (TX)RepublicanProhibits any funds for delivering printed copies of the Congressional Pictorial Directory. Made In Order
1Version 1Gosar (AZ)RepublicanRedirects appropriations from the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund to the Capitol Power Plant so both accounts are at the Committee recommended level.Submitted
2Version 1Gosar (AZ), Black (TN)RepublicanProhibits union dues from being automatically collected from the paychecks of federal employees within the Legislative Branch.Submitted
3Version 1Gosar (AZ)RepublicanProhibits funds for the Architect of the Capitol to conduct town halls. Submitted
4Version 1Gosar (AZ)RepublicanProhibits funds to be used by the Architect of the Capitol to hold week long supervisory academies.Submitted
5Version 1Gosar (AZ)RepublicanLimits the amount of overtime payments for employees of the Architect of the Capitol to 121,428 aggregate hours or less.Submitted
6Version 2Gosar (AZ)RepublicanRevised Prohibits the Government Printing Office from using internal labor for carpet installation.Submitted
15Version 1Kaptur (OH)DemocratReclassifies House of Representatives food services employees as federal workers.Submitted
16Version 1Kaptur (OH)DemocratProhibits funds to be used to enter into a Capitol food services contract with a foreign owned company.Submitted
21Version 1King, Steve (IA)RepublicanLate 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
10Version 1McCaul (TX)RepublicanWithdrawn Prohibits the use of funds to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register, Congressional Directory, or Senate Telephone Directory to House offices.Withdrawn
20Version 2Polis (CO)DemocratLate 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
13Version 1Ratcliffe (TX)RepublicanZeros out $5,700,000 in funding for the Open World Leadership Center and applies the savings to the spending reduction account.Made In Order
19Version 1Scott, Bobby (VA), Green, Al (TX)DemocratEnsures that CAO food service contractors pay a livable wage to their employees.Submitted
22Version 1Speier (CA)DemocratLate Provides $500,000 for sexual harassment training for members and staff of the House of Representatives.Submitted
9Version 1Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Lujan (NM)DemocratAppropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), offset from funds in the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund. Submitted
14Version 1Wenstrup (OH)RepublicanWithdrawn 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
8Version 1Woodall (GA)RepublicanProhibits House members from sending mail under the congressional franking privilege.Submitted
12Version 1Yoho (FL)RepublicanEnsures that no public funding goes to a Member of Congress's annuity if they are convicted of a felony.Submitted