H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act

Bill Text

    Rules Committee Print 117-18 [11/3/21] PDF XML

    Showing the text of H.R. 5376, as reported by the Committee on the Budget, with modifications.

     :: Section-by-Section Summary as provided by the Committee on the Budget  PDF

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     :: Comparative print of RCP 117-18 to RCP 117-17  PDF

    Text of H.R. 5376 PDF XML

    (as reported)

    H. Rept. 117-130

    Report from the Committee on the Budget to accompany H.R. 5376

    Rules Committee Print 117-17 [10/28/21] PDF XML

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    Manager's Amendments

Rule Information

RULE I COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Thursday, November 4, 2021.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 774: 
Agreed to by record vote of 221-213, after agreeing to the amendment offered by Mr. McGovern by unanimous consent, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 221-213, on Saturday, November 6, 2021.

MANAGERS: McGovern/Burgess

1. Closed rule.
2. Provides two hours of debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-18, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides one motion to recommit.

7. Provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by H. Res. 716, agreed to October 12, 2021), is amended by striking "November 18, 2021" each place it appears and inserting (in each instance) "December 3, 2021".

 

RULE II COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-3 on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 803: 
Agreed to by record vote of 221-211 after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 221-210, on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

MANAGERS: McGovern/Reschenthaler

1. Provides for further consideration of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
2. Provides that the further amendment printed in the Rules Committee Report shall be considered as adopted.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 2Budd (NC)RepublicanRevised Strikes Title VI, Subtitle A and replaces it with the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act.Revised
2Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Subtitle L of Title III.Submitted
3Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section N of title III (FTC Privacy Enforcement).Submitted
4Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike subtitle B of title VII - NOAA.Submitted
5Version 2Perry (PA)RepublicanRevised Strikes Subtitle C of Title I.Revised
6Version 1Budd (NC)RepublicanRemoves collective bargaining requirements from the definition of "domestic assembly qualifications" with respect to the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle tax credit.Submitted
7Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title III, Subtitle D – Energy.Submitted
8Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike subtitle B of Title I.Submitted
9Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 100102 (Expanding Surety Bond Program).Submitted
10Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 11001.Submitted
11Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 11002.Submitted
12Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 11003.Submitted
13Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title VII, Subtitle L – Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Submitted
14Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes subtitle F of title I.Submitted
15Version 2Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Makes funds available to provide relief to disaster victims.Revised
16Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title VII, Subtitle M – Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing.Submitted
17Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanProhibits funds from being distributed if the Department of the Treasury determines that this Act will result in an increase in interest rates above 5%.Submitted
18Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title XIII, Subtitle D – Green Energy.Submitted
19Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanProhibits funds from being distributed if the Department of the Treasury determines that this Act will result in an increase in inflation rates above 10%.Submitted
20Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title VII, Subtitle J – Offshore Wind.Submitted
21Version 2Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Authorizes 13 VA major medical facility leases.Revised
22Version 2Graves, Garret (LA), Letlow, Julia (LA)RepublicanRevised Repeals the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.Revised
23Version 2Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Makes funds available to reimburse first responders for costs associated with temporary housing in areas impacted by certain major disasters.Revised
24Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 60001.Submitted
25Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title XIII, Subtitle G – Responsibly Funding our Priorities.Submitted
26Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 60002.Submitted
27Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provision within "Subtitle N - Fossil Fuel Resources" shall take effect if determined to result in greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
28Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 60003.Submitted
29Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions of "Subtitle N - Fossil Fuel Resources" shall take effect if determined to result in greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
30Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on RussiaWithdrawn
31Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 60004.Submitted
32Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
33Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 60005.Submitted
34Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes subtitle A of title VI.Submitted
35Version 3Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Revised
36Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike section 13001.Submitted
37Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
38Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
39Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
40Version 1Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that no provisions within “Subtitle N – Fossil Fuel Resources” shall take if effect if determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to result in a greater reliance on Russia.Withdrawn
41Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes section 40104 (Strengthening Resilience Under National Flood Insurance Program) which, among other things, cancels NFIP debt.Submitted
42Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 20006.Submitted
43Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes sections 80001, 80002, 80003, 80004, and 80008, which fund electric vehicles and EV technology for the GSA, USPS, and District of Columbia and funding for OIGs to oversee GSA and USPS EV procurement.Submitted
44Version 2Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Delays the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 for one year.Revised
45Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title III, Subtitle A – Air Pollution.Submitted
46Version 2Graves, Garret (LA)RepublicanRevised Makes $5,000,000,000 available to the Economic Development Administration for the purposes of addressing unmet needs from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta.Revised
47Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Subtitle F of Title X of the bill, including reentry entrepreneurship counseling and a new start entrepreneurial development program.Submitted
48Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes $85 million to award grants to health professions schools to identify and address health risks associated with climate change.Submitted
49Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes several sections in Title X, including funding for increasing equity in the SBIC program, SBIC outreach, the Community Advantage Loan Program, and Small Dollar Loan Financing.Submitted
50Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Section 23002.Submitted
51Version 1Budd (NC)RepublicanStriking Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants from the bill.Submitted
52Version 1Budd (NC)RepublicanStriking new takes and fines imposed on oil and natural gas production.Submitted
53Version 1Foxx (NC)RepublicanProhibits funds appropriated to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from being used to rescind the “Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination,” issued by EEOC on January 15, 2021.Submitted
54Version 1Foxx (NC)RepublicanExempts employers with fewer than 10 employees or annual sales under $1,000,000 from the bill's increases in Fair Labor Standards Act civil monetary penalties.Submitted
55Version 1Harshbarger (TN)RepublicanExempts employers with fewer than 10 employees or annual sales under $1,000,000 from the National Labor Relations Act civil penalties provision.Submitted
56Version 1Mann (KS)RepublicanClarifies that there are no changes to the way the basis of property acquired from a decedent is made to the stepped-up basis for family farms and small businesses.Submitted
57Version 1Keller (PA)RepublicanStrikes increases to OSHA and FLSA civil monetary penalties.Submitted
58Version 2Cawthorn (NC)RepublicanRevised Strikes $707 million in additional funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).Revised
59Version 1Burgess (TX), Crenshaw (TX), Brady (TX)RepublicanStrikes section 30724, "Adjustments to Uncompensated Care Pools and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments."Submitted
60Version 1Owens (UT)RepublicanApplies National Labor Relations Act civil monetary penalties in the bill to labor unions.Submitted
61Version 1Walberg (MI)RepublicanStrikes the provision providing the Secretary of Labor the authority to impose civil monetary penalties for mental health parity violations and inserts language treating standalone telehealth plans as excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.Submitted
62Version 1Burgess (TX), Miller-Meeks (IA)RepublicanProvides resources for COVID-19 testing and screening at the United States border.Submitted
63Version 1Steel, Michelle (CA)RepublicanStrikes the additional appropriation to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.Submitted
64Version 1Miller, Mary (IL)RepublicanProhibits a local educational agency from receiving funding under this section if they vaccinate minors without parental consent.Submitted
65Version 1Foxx (NC), Keller (PA)RepublicanEnsures all institutions of higher education are treated equally.Submitted
66Version 1Allen (GA)RepublicanStrikes Section 21006, which adds civil monetary penalties for employers under the National Labor Relations Act.Submitted
67Version 1Allen (GA)RepublicanStrikes Section 21002, which increases appropriations to the National Labor Relations Board.Submitted
68Version 1Burgess (TX)RepublicanRemoves unfair incentives for electric vehicles manufactured at facilities operating under collective bargaining agreements.Submitted
69Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrikes Title II, Subtitle B - Labor Matters.Submitted
70Version 1Burgess (TX)RepublicanAllocates funding from the community-based violence intervention initiative to help reduce the rape kit backlog.Submitted
71Version 1Burgess (TX)RepublicanStrikes section 30602 to establish the Patient and State Stability Fund, and replaces it with an alternative state reinsurance program coupled with structural reform of the Affordable Care Act.Submitted
72Version 1Burgess (TX)RepublicanProhibit funds made available by this Act from being used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to interfere with a state’s ability to implement or pass a law.Submitted
73Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Section 12006 - Biofuel Infrastructure and Agriculture Product Market Expansion.Submitted
74Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanStrike Title II, Subtitle G - National Service and Workforce Development in Support of Climate Resilience and Mitigation.Submitted
75Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanStrikes Section 71415 annual pipeline owners fee.Submitted
76Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanReaffirms the United States commitment to the US - Canada Treaty of 1977.Submitted
77Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanRequires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest itself of any assets within 90 days of enactment. Allows CFIUS to approve a sale of TikTok. Requires the U.S. Secretary of State and the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress on the efforts by the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party to utilize mobile applications to perform espionage on U.S. citizens and how they plan to counter these efforts.Submitted
78Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanPrevents the Administration from reentering JCPOA until Iran meets several conditions.Submitted
79Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanPrevents funds in this Act being made to pay for an abortion procedure.Submitted
80Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanPrevents funds in the bill from being made available to support research on human fetal tissue obtained from an abortion procedure.Submitted
81Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanRescinds all appropriated funds in the bill.Submitted
82Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanPrevents all tax changes in the bill from taking effect.Submitted
83Version 1Burgess (TX), Walberg (MI)RepublicanStrikes section 317301 and replaces it with additional criteria to increase access to certain short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans, and association health plans.Submitted
84Version 1Burgess (TX)RepublicanStrikes Section 30114, the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, and inserts new incentives for stranded gas infrastructure.Submitted
85Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanPrevents funds in the bill from going to universities with a Confucius institute.Submitted
86Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanRequires intuitions of higher education to disclose information regarding foreign gifts exceeding $25,000.Submitted
87Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanStrikes section 138302.Submitted
88Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanNone of the funds in the reconciliation bill may be used for implementing vaccine mandates on places of business.Submitted
89Version 1Banks (IN)RepublicanRequires EPA, GSA, and VA to source certain construction materials from American companies.Submitted
90Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanNothing in this Act may be construed to benefit any individual who is not a US citizen.Submitted
91Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanWithdrawn Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for a payment pursuant to a settlement agreement or a court order to an alien who was present in the United States without lawful immigration status for harm that the alien suffered as a result of being separated from a family member pursuant to the memorandum of the Attorney General entitled ‘‘Zero-Tolerance for Offenses Under 8 U.S.C. §1325(a)"’.Withdrawn
92Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanInserts work requirement to qualify for Child Tax Credit.Submitted
93Version 1Owens (UT)RepublicanProhibits the use of federal funds to teach concepts that discriminate based on race, color, or national origin.Submitted
94Version 1Hern (OK)RepublicanPrecludes Members of Congress, the Vice President and President of the United States from benefitting from the modification of the limitation for the state and local tax deduction.Submitted
95Version 1Wenstrup (OH)RepublicanTakes away the 501c tax exempt status for any entity doing gain of function research with our adversaries.Submitted
96Version 1Reed (NY)RepublicanStrikes retirement tax increases and other changes to retirement tax rules.Submitted
97Version 1Budd (NC)RepublicanStrikes expansion of student aid to illegal immigrants.Submitted
98Version 1Nehls (TX)RepublicanProvides that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be made available to the Taliban, any other foreign terrorist organization, or the government of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban, or any other foreign terrorist organization.Submitted
99Version 1Grothman (WI)RepublicanRemoves the Competitive Integrated Employment Transformation Grant Program from the bill.Submitted
100Version 1Grothman (WI)RepublicanEliminates the provision to allow illegal immigrants to receive Pell Grants.Submitted
101Version 1Grothman (WI)RepublicanStrikes the creation of the new universal pre-K program.Submitted
102Version 1Grothman (WI)RepublicanReduces funding for additional Internal Revenue Service enforcement by 80% or $35,910,000,000.Submitted
103Version 1Carl, Jerry (AL)RepublicanProhibits funds appropriated for the Internal Revenue Service from being used to hire armed agents.Submitted
104Version 1Grothman (WI)RepublicanStrikes the provision in the bill that grants parole to illegal immigrants.Submitted
105Version 1Westerman (AR)RepublicanAllocates one-half of a percent of the funding for the Natural Resources title for oversight and accountability of the expenditure of title’s funds.Submitted
106Version 1Rice, Tom (SC)RepublicanStrikes funding for the Internal Revenue Service.Submitted
107Version 1Roy (TX)RepublicanStrikes the entire bill.Submitted
108Version 1Dunn (FL), Burgess (TX), Miller-Meeks (IA)RepublicanBlocks Subtitle H of Title III unless the Secretary of HHS determines that the Subtitle will not cause Part B, Medigap, or Medicare Advantage premiums to increase.Submitted
109Version 1Dunn (FL), Burgess (TX), Miller-Meeks (IA)RepublicanBlocks Title XIII Subtitle I- Drug Pricing unless the Secretary of HHS certifies that the subtitle will not result in fewer cures.Submitted
110Version 2Miller (WV)RepublicanRevised Ensures that none of the provisions in Section 139001 of the bill could go into effect until the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies to Congress that the provision would not result in reduction of access to medicine for seniors including fewer new cures and generic and biosimilar medication.Revised
111Version 1Dunn (FL), Miller-Meeks (IA)RepublicanDirects the Secretary of HHS to develop a national strategy for COVID-19 cellular immune response research.Submitted
112Version 1Yarmuth (KY)DemocratMANAGER’S AMENDMENT Clarifies the definition of qualifying single source drug and updates the year for the purposes of the non-federal average manufacturer price; adjusts the cap for the state and local tax deduction relief; restores funding to information technology programs; makes clarifying changes to ensure the District of Columbia is included in certain programs; and makes other technical and conforming corrections.Considered as Adopted
113Version 1Miller (WV)RepublicanPrecludes individuals or households making over $173,999 from utilizing the State and Local Tax deduction.Submitted
114Version 1Yarmuth (KY)DemocratMANAGER’S AMENDMENT Makes technical changes to narrow U.S. Code citations and references to comply with Senate procedural requirements.Considered as Adopted