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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–13 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 596) TO REPEAL THE 

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND HEALTH CARERELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

FEBRUARY 2, 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. 70] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 70, by a record vote of 7 to 2, 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. 596, to repeal 

the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 

Act of 2010, and for other purposes, under a closed rule. The resolution provides 90 minutes of debate equally divided among and 

controlled by the respective chairs and ranking minority members 

of the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and 

Commerce, and Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 

of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides 

that the amendment printed in 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 the bill, 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 the bill, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

It is important to note that a CBO cost estimate of the legislation 

was not available at the time of the preparation of this report, as 


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a result, the chair of the Committee on the Budget has not advised 

the committee on possible budget related points of order. 

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. 19 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 2–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 20 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7–2 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Byrne (AL): Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act and the heath related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act effective 180 days after enactment of this 

act and adds other clarifying and technical corrections. The amendment also excludes the budgetary effects of the bill from the Statutory Pay-go scorecard. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 2, beginning on line 5, strike ‘‘Effective as of the enactment 

of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

148), such Act is repealed’’ and insert ‘‘Effective on the date that 

is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is repealed’’. 

Page 2, beginning on line 12, strike ‘‘Effective as of the enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 

(Public Law 111–152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act 

are repealed’’ and insert ‘‘Effective on the date that is 180 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, title I and subtitle B 

of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 

2010 (Public Law 111–152) are repealed’’. 

Page 2, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 3, line 

2, and insert the following: 


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SEC. 2. 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. 

Page 3, line 25, insert ‘‘while reducing costs under such programs’’ after ‘‘Medicaid programs’’. 

Page 4, line 8, strike ‘‘insolvency’’ and insert ‘‘growth’’. 

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