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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–559 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 620) TO AMEND THE 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE THROUGH EDUCATION, TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEMAND LETTERS, TO PROVIDE FOR A NOTICE AND CURE PERIOD BEFORE 

THE COMMENCEMENT OF A PRIVATE CIVIL ACTION, AND FOR OTHER 

PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3299) TO 

AMEND THE REVISED STATUTES, THE HOME OWNERS’ LOAN ACT, THE 

FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACT, AND THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

ACT TO REQUIRE THE RATE OF INTEREST ON CERTAIN LOANS REMAIN 

UNCHANGED AFTER TRANSFER OF THE LOAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3978) TO 

AMEND THE REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT OF 1974 TO 

MODIFY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO MORTGAGE DISCLOSURES, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING 

THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2018, THROUGH FEBRUARY 23, 2018 

FEBRUARY 13, 2018.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 736] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 736, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 620, the ADA 

Education and Reform Act of 2017, under a structured rule. The 

resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 

controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the 

bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of 

order against provisions in the bill. The resolution makes in order 

only those amendments printed in part A of this report. Each such 

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this report, 

may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall 

be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in 

this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

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ject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of order 

against the amendments printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 

3299, the Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2017, 

under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Financial Services. The resolution 

waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 

3978, the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, under a structured rule. 

The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. The resolution waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that 

an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 

of Rules Committee Print 115–59, modified by the amendment 

printed in part B of this report, shall be considered as adopted and 

the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution 

waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment 

printed in part C of this report, if offered by the Member designated in this report, which shall be considered as read, shall be 

debatable for the time specified in this 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. The resolution waives all points of order against 

the amendment printed in part C of this report. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides that on any legislative day 

during the period from February 16, 2018, through February 23, 

2018: 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. 

Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 

of the period addressed by section 4 of the resolution as though 

under clause 8(a) of rule I. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 620, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 620, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

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mittee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3922, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3922, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3978, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3978 as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendment printed in part C of this report, the Committee is not 

aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 192 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... ...................

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Yea 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... ...................

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 620 IN PART A MADE IN

ORDER

1. Denham (CA): Ensures the Department of Justice’s Disability 

Rights Section takes action, to the extent practicable, to make ADA 

compliance publications available in languages commonly used by 

owners and operators of U.S. businesses. (10 minutes) 

2. Langevin (RI): Removes the requirement that a person who 

claims discrimination must first provide written notice that allows 

60 days for an owner to acknowledge receipt of the complaint and 

120 days to demonstrate substantial progress in removing the barrier before legal action may be pursued. (10 minutes) 

3. Foster (IL): Allows for punitive damages for noncompliance 

after the cure period. (10 minutes) 

4. Speier (CA), Schrader (OR), Bera (CA), Sinema (AZ): Clarifies 

that the defendant is still liable if the defendant fails to make substantial progress to remove the barrier. (10 minutes) 

5. Bera (CA), Schrader (OR), Peters, Scott (CA), Sinema (AZ): 

Shortens the timeline from 180 to 120 total days. (10 minutes) 


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6. McMorris Rodgers (WA): Strikes the requirement that the 

written notices of alleged violation include the specific sections of 

the ADA alleged to have been violated. (10 minutes) 

7. Hartzler (MO): Allows the use of portable pool lifts and allows 

the sharing of lifts between pools and spas to satisfy the pool accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act for 

places of public accommodation. (10 minutes) 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3978 IN PART B CONSIDERED

AS ADOPTED

Hill (AR): Reduces the amount of money that the SEC can deposit in its ‘‘Reserve Fund’’ to a maximum of $48 million for the 

current fiscal year (FY 18), and directs any amounts that exceed 

that limitation from the SEC to the Treasury General Fund, and 

strike Title VI. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3978 IN PART C MADE IN

ORDER

1. Foster (IL), Scott, David (GA): Clarifies that the requirement 

applies only to proprietary source code related to algorithmic trading, which contains prescriptive information. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 620 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DENHAM

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, line 7, strike ‘‘Based on existing funding’’ and insert the 

following: 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Based on existing funding 

Page 3, insert after line 18 the following: 

(b) MATERIALS PROVIDED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.—The Disability 

Rights Section of the Department of Justice shall take appropriate 

actions, to the extent practicable, to make technical assistance publications relating to compliance with this Act and the amendments 

made by this Act available in all the languages commonly used by 

owners and operators of United States businesses. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LANGEVIN

OF RHODE ISLAND OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 6, line 

2. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER OF

ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, line 10, insert after ‘‘in violation of section 303’’ the following: ‘‘, except that if a violation continues to occur after the expiration of the applicable period provided for under subparagraph 

(B), the court may, in addition to any other available relief, award 

punitive damages in such amount as the court determines appropriate’’. 


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4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SPEIER OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, line 12, insert after ‘‘barrier or’’ the following: ‘‘, in the 

case of a barrier, the removal of which requires additional time as 

a result of circumstances beyond the control of the owner or operator, fails’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, line 15, strike ‘‘120’’ and insert ‘‘60’’. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMORRIS

RODGERS OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 5, beginning on line 22, strike ‘‘the specific sections of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act alleged to have been violated,’’. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARTZLER

OF MISSOURI OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add, at the end of the bill, the following: 

SEC. 6. REVISION OF RULES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall revise section 36.304 

of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, and any other appropriate 

rules in part 36 of such title to provide that— 

(1) a place of public accommodation that has a pool and uses 

a portable pool lift on request shall be in compliance with the 

requirement under such rules to provide an accessible means 

of entry to such pool, even if installation of a permanent lift 

is readily achievable; and 

(2) a place of public accommodation that has more than one 

pool and uses one portable pool lift on request for all such 

pools shall be in compliance with the requirement under such 

rules to provide an accessible means of entry to each such pool. 

(b) POOL DEFINED.—The term ‘‘pool’’ means a swimming pool, 

wading pool, sauna, steam room, spa, wave pool, lazy river, sand 

bottom pool, other water amusement, or any other man-made body 

of water to which part 36 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, 

requires places of public accommodation to provide an accessible 

means of entry. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3978 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Insert after section 1 the following: 

SEC. 2. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RESERVE FUND. 

Notwithstanding section 4(i)(2)(B)(i) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d(i)(2)(B)(i)), the amount deposited in the 

Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund for fiscal year 

2018 may not exceed $48,000,000. 

Strike title VI. 


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PART C—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3978 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER OF

ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, line 4, strike ‘‘source code, including’’. 

Page 3, line 6, insert ‘‘algorithmic trading’’ before ‘‘source code’’. 

Page 3, line 15, strike ‘‘source code, including’’. 

Page 3, line 17, insert ‘‘algorithmic trading’’ before ‘‘source code’’. 

Page 3, line 25, strike ‘‘source code, including’’. 

Page 4, line 2, insert ‘‘algorithmic trading’’ before ‘‘source code’’. 

Page 4, line 11, strike ‘‘source code, including’’. 

Page 4, line 13, insert ‘‘algorithmic trading’’ before ‘‘source code’’. 

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