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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–518 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3326) TO INCREASE 

ACCOUNTABILITY, COMBAT CORRUPTION, AND STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS AT THE WORLD BANK, AND PROVIDING FOR 

CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2954) TO AMEND THE HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1975 TO SPECIFY WHICH DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JANUARY 16, 2018.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BUCK, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 693] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 693, by a record vote of 8 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. 3326, the World 

Bank Accountability 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 Financial Services. The resolution waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill. The resolution makes in 

order as original text for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

on Financial Services now printed in the bill and provides that it 

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

order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The 

resolution makes in order only those further 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 opponent, shall not be subject 

to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

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ed 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. 

2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act, 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 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in 

the bill, 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 provides 

one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3326, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute to H.R. 3326 made in order as original text 

includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI, which requires that no 

motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments to H.R. 3326 printed in part A of this report, 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. 2954, 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. 2954, as amended, 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. 175 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #5, offered by Rep. Moore (WI), which 

strikes provisions that condition disbursement of U.S. funds to IDA 

for next 6 years and replaces with instructions to Secretary of 

Treasury to use the ‘‘voice and vote’’ of the U.S. at the Bank to promote all policy reforms contained in legislation. Defeated: 4–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... ...................

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 176 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4 

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 .......................................................... Yea 

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

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

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... ...................

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3326 IN PART A MADE IN

ORDER

1. Norman (SC): Modifies a Treasury reporting requirement to 

ensure that the World Bank is promoting reduction of government 

barriers to entrepreneurship as an important component of poverty 

reduction. (10 minutes) 

2. Connolly (VA): Requires a report on steps taken by the World 

Bank to ensure G–5 visa holders (foreign domestic workers) employed by World Bank diplomats and staff are informed of the protections afforded to them pursuant to the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. (10 minutes) 

3. Barr (KY): Makes U.S. opposition to IDA assistance for a foreign government mandatory if the government knowingly fails to 

enforce UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea. The 

amendment includes Presidential waiver authority. (10 minutes) 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2954 IN PART B CONSIDERED

AS ADOPTED

Emmer (MN): 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 must be transferred from the SEC to the Treasury 

General Fund. The amendment fully offsets CBO’s estimated $1 

million cost of H.R. 2954. 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3326 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NORMAN

OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 6, line 2, after ‘‘economic freedom’’ insert ‘‘, including reduction of government barriers to entrepreneurship,’’. 

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2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, line 22, insert ‘‘, to institute the measures described in 

section 203 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1375c), and to ensure 

that persons to whom a G–5 visa (as defined in such section 203) 

has been issued and who are employed by a diplomat or staff of the 

Bank are informed of their rights and protections under such section 203’’ before the period. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BARR OF

KENTUCKY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, line 13, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’. 

Page 8, line 13, strike ‘‘should’’ and insert ‘‘shall’’. 

Page 8, line 16, insert ‘‘financial’’ before ‘‘assist-’’. 

Page 8, line 17, after ‘‘ance’’ insert ‘‘, other than assistance to 

support basic human needs,’’. 

Page 8, line 24, strike the close quotation marks and the period 

that follows. 

Page 8, after line 24, insert the following: 

‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) for not 

more than 180 days at a time with respect to a foreign government 

if the President reports to the Congress that— 

‘‘(1) the failure described in subsection (a) by the foreign government is due exclusively to a lack of capacity of the foreign 

government; 

‘‘(2) the foreign government is taking effective steps to prevent the failure from recurring; or 

‘‘(3) the waiver is vital to the national security interests of 

the United States.’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2954 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Add at the end the following: 

SEC. 3. 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. 

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