Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 2:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 2:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »
Rules Committee Print 116-52 PDF XML
Showing the text of H.R. 2214, NO BAN Act, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, with modifications.
Rules Committee Print 116-53 PDF XML
Showing the text of H.R. 5581, Access to Counsel Act of 2020, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, with modifications.
Text of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2486 PDF XML
Reports on Incorporated Bills
H. Rept. 116-413, Part 1 PDF
:: Report from the Committee on the Judiciary to accompany H.R. 2214
H. Rept. 116-412, Part 1 PDF
:: Report from the Committee on the Judiciary to accompany H.R. 5581
Comparative Print PDF
Comparative Print PDF
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 7-4 on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 891:
Agreed to by record vote of 223-188, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 226-186, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
MANAGERS: McGovern/Lesko
1. Closed rule for S.J. Res. 68.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution.
4. Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
6. Provides one motion to commit.
7. Provides for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486.
8. Makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment with two House amendments: • Amendment #1 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-52 (No Ban Act). • Amendment #2 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-53 (Access to Counsel Act).
9. Provides one hour of debate on each House amendment, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the motion and provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read.
11. Provides that the question of adoption shall be divided between the two House amendments, and that the two portions of the divided question shall be considered in the order specified by the chair.
12. Provides that if only one amendment is adopted, that amendment shall be engrossed as an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486.
13. Closed rule for H.R. 6172.
14. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
15. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
16. Provides that the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
17. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
18. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
19. Section 7 provides that on any legislative day during the period from March 13, 2020, through March 22, 2020: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment.
20. Provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 7.
21. Provides that each day during the period addressed by section 7 shall not constitute a legislative day for the purposes of clause 7 of rule XV (Consensus Calendar).
22. Provides that it shall be in order at any time through the calendar day of March 22, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section.
23. Waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of March 23, 2020.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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3 | Version 1 | Curtis (UT) | Republican | Clarifies that nothing in this bill would restrict the President from suspending or restricting the entry of individuals from countries that the CDC has issued a Warning Level 3 Travel Health Notice. | Submitted |
1 | Version 1 | Gaetz (FL) | Republican | States that no provision of this Act shall apply if the President's decision to prohibit travel to the United States is based on an outbreak of infectious disease, including those caused by COVID-19. | Submitted |
2 | Version 1 | Palmer (AL) | Republican | Gives the D.C. Circuit exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to an Executive order, action, or memorandum. | Submitted |
Motion by Mr. Cole to strike the sections providing for the consideration of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-52 and Rules Committee Print 116-53 and amend the rule to provide for separate consideration of H.R. 2214 and H.R. 5581, as reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, both under an open rule. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Cole to strike the sections providing consideration of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-52 and Rules Committee Print 116-53 and amend the rule to provide for separate consideration of H.R. 2214 and H.R. 5581, as reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, both under a closed rule. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Cole to provide an open rule for the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2486. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Cole to provide for one motion to recommit with or without instructions to Rules Committee Print 116-52 and Rules Committee Print 116-53 and make the necessary changes in the rule. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Cole to provide for one motion to recommit with or without instructions to the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2486, and to make the appropriate changes in the rule. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Woodall to strike the text of Title II from Rules Committee Print 116-52 and in its place insert the text of H.R. 5133, as ordered reported from the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Woodall to add a section to the rule that provides it shall be in order at any time through March 12, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules relating to the bill (H.R. 5133) to prohibit prescription drug companies from compensating other prescription drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug, biosimilar biological product, or interchangeable biological product into the market, as ordered reported from the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Burgess to add section 12 that would amend the text of Rules Committee Print 116-52 as follows: on page 7 line 3, strike “includes” and insert “does not include”, and on page 7, line 6, strike “regulation))." and insert “regulation)). The authorities and processes used for Presidential Proclamation 9984 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk) and Presidential Proclamation 9992 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus) shall continue to apply to a communicable disease of public health significance (as defined in section 34.2(b) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)).”. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mr. Burgess to add section 12 to amend the text of Rules Committee Print 116-52 to add at the end of section 4(b) of Rules Committee Print 116-52: “, except that no such action shall cease if such action prevented the entry of aliens inadmissible on terrorism grounds.” Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mrs. Lesko to add section 12 that would amend the text of Rules Committee Print 116-53 by stating that title III shall not take effect unless the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies in writing to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committees on the Judiciary in the House of Representatives and the Senate that the Department of Homeland Security –
(A) has sufficient resources to accommodate, during the secondary inspection process, the access to counsel and other assistance requirements contained in sec. 302 (a) of RCP 116-53; and
(B) determines that such requirements will not cause a substantial negative impact on the facilitation of lawful trade and travel into the United States. Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Mrs. Lesko to add section 12 that would amend the text of Rules Committee Print 116-53. On page 5, after line 18, insert the following: "except that such term does not include a person or organization that the examining immigration officer has reasonable suspicion to believe is involved in a criminal conspiracy with the covered individual." Defeated: 4–7
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4