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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–849 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE 

BILL (H.R. 2028) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER 

DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING 

FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (S. 612) TO DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL 

BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 1300 VICTORIA STREET IN LAREDO, TEXAS, AS THE ‘‘GEORGE P. KAZEN FEDERAL 

BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE’’ 

DECEMBER 7, 2016.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 949] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 949, by a nonrecord 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 the Senate amendment to H.R. 2028, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016. The resolution makes in 

order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2028 with an amendment consisting of the text of 

Rules Committee Print 114–70 modified by the amendment printed 

in this report. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. The resolution provides that the Senate 

amendment and motion shall be considered as read. The resolution 

provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of S. 612, 

to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the ‘‘George P. 

Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse,’’ under a 

closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by the respective chairs and ranking 

minority members of the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 

Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure. The 


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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 114– 

69 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

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the motion related to H.R. 2028 includes waivers of the following: • 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; • 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 Committee on the Budget; • Section 3304 of S. Con. Res. 11, which prohibits consideration of a continuing appropriation that provides for advance 

appropriations; and • Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

which prohibits consideration of legislation that provides budget authority for a fiscal year that exceeds either of the discretionary statutory spending limits. The waiver is necessary because the non-defense limit as established under law has been 

exceeded. 

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of S. 612 

includes waivers of the following: • Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

which prohibits consideration of legislation that provides a 

change in revenues for a fiscal year until the budget resolution 

for that year has been agreed to; • 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 Committee on the Budget; 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 S. 612, 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. 220 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #3 to S. 612, offered by Rep. Doyle 

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visions permanent for projects financed through the EPA’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ ...................

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

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 221 

Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1 to Senate amendment to H.R. 

2028, offered by Rep. Harris (MD) and Rep. Polis (CO), which 

would allow the H–2b returning worker exemption in current law 

(passed in the previous Omnibus and included in the House FY 17 

DHS appropriations bill) to continue for the duration of the Continuing Resolution. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ ...................

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

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

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

1. Rogers, Harold (KY): MANAGER’S Makes technical corrections 

to section 192 regarding HUD Community Development Block 

Grant disaster and emergency funds. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 40, lines 9 and 10, insert ‘‘except that ‘enactment of this 

Act’ shall be treated as referring to enactment of this section, and’’ 

before ‘‘except for the last proviso under such subsection’’. 

Page 41, line 4, strike ‘‘such amounts’’ and insert ‘‘amounts in 

section 145 and all amounts in this section’’. 

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