H.R. 3236 - Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 3236 PDF XML

    Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (as introduced) 

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 388: 
 

MANAGERS: Sessions/Polis

1. Structured rule for H.R. 1994.

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

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

4. Makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs now printed in the bill 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 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 the report.

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

9. Closed rule for H.R. 3236.

10. Provides one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by the respective chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs.

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

12. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.

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

14. Provides one motion to recommit.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
2Version 1Carter, Buddy (GA)RepublicanWithdrawn Requires that each applicant who applies for assistance with the Ex-Im Bank must present three (3) letters of denial from three (3) different financial institutions stating that the private financial institution refuses to provide the requested financial assistance or offers to provide the requested financial assistance but at a rate or terms that would prevent the applicant from earning any profit on the transaction. Withdrawn
3Version 1Carter, Buddy (GA)RepublicanWithdrawn Requires that the Export-Import Bank issue a bi-annual report to Congress containing: 1. A justification for reach of the Bank’s transactions; 2. The types of businesses receiving assistance from the Bank; 3. The size of the businesses receiving assistance from the Bank; 4. And an explanation for why certain businesses were turned down for assistance by private financial institutions and had to seek assistance from the Bank as a lender of last resort. Withdrawn
1Version 1Fincher (TN)RepublicanReforms and reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank of the United States through September 30, 2019.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 94

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3236 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. Fincher (TN), which reforms and reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank of the United States through September 30, 2019. Defeated: 6–7

Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
Yea
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
Nay
Mr. Newhouse
Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 95

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 1994 and H.R. 3236. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
Nay
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
Nay
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. 96

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