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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–157 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 160) TO AMEND THE 

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO REPEAL THE EXCISE TAX ON 

MEDICAL DEVICES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL 

(H.R. 1190) TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION 

AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD 

JUNE 16, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 319] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 319, by a 7 to 3 vote, 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. 160, the Protect 

Medical Innovation Act of 2015, 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 Ways and 

Means. 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 Ways 

and Means now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment 

printed in part A 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. 

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

1190, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2015, under 

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

divided among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority 

members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that 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 


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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

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 

160 includes a waivers of the following: • Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which 

prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the 

Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the 

Budget Committee; and • Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which 

prohibits consideration of legislation that would cause revenues to 

be less than the level of total revenues for the first fiscal year or 

for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years 

for which allocations are provided. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 160, 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 consideration of H.R. 1190, 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. 1190, 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. 75 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 160 and 

H.R. 1190. Defeated: 3—7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 76 

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to strike the section of the 

rule that self-executes the amendment by Representative Pitts 

amendment to H.R. 1190. Defeated: 3—7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 77 

Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #2 to H.R. 160, offered by Rep. Polis 

(CO), Rep. Adams (NC) and Rep. Cartwright (PA), which offsets the 

cost of the bill by eliminating certain tax deductions and subsidies 

for oil and gas companies. Defeated: 3—7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 78 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea 

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

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 160 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS

ADOPTED

Ryan, Paul (WI): Excludes the budgetary effects of the bill from 

being entered onto the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1190 IN PART B CONSIDERED

AS ADOPTED

Pitts (PA): Rescinds funding from the Affordable Care Act’s prevention and public health fund. 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 160 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

At the end, add the following: 

SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either 

PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


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PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1190 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Add at the end the following new section: 

SEC. 3. RESCINDING FUNDING AMOUNTS FOR PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 

Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

(42 U.S.C. 300–11(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’; 

(2) in paragraph (5)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 

(B) by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (7); 

and 

(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2017, $390,000,000; 

‘‘(4) for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019, $487,000,000; 

‘‘(5) for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, $585,000,000; 

‘‘(6) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025, $780,000,000; 

and’’. 

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