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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 115–331 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2824) TO AMEND 

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO EXTEND THE MATERNAL, INFANT, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING PROGRAM; PROVIDING 

FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2792) TO AMEND THE SOCIAL 

SECURITY ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN REVISIONS TO PROVISIONS LIMITING 

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO FUGITIVE FELONS UNDER TITLES II, VIII, 

AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017.—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. 533] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 533, by a record vote of 9 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. 2824, the Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents 

through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act, 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 Ways and Means. 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 an 

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

Rules Committee Print 115–33 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against that 

amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in 

order only the further amendments printed in 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 resolution waives all points 


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

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

2792, the Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons 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 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 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 3 of the resolution directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 2824, add the text of H.R. 2792, as passed by the 

House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 2824 and to make conforming modifications in the engrossment. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

2824 includes a waiver of the following: 

• Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) allocation of such authority. • Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of legislation, providing a change in revenues for a 

fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been 

agreed to. 

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

nature of a substitute to H.R. 2824 made in order as original text, 

includes a waiver of Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits reporting 

a bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation from a committee not having jurisdiction to report an appropriation. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments to H.R. 2824 printed in 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. 2792, 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. 2792, 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: 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 112 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9–2 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea 

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

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

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2824 MADE IN ORDER

1. Smith, Adrian (NE): Allows states to take into account staffing, community resource, and other requirements when determining how to operate at least one home visiting model in communities in need of services. (10 minutes) 

2. Pascrell (NJ): Maintains MIECHV’s current focus of funding 

evidence-based home visiting programs that strengthen families to 

make kids healthier, safer, and more ready to learn when they 

start school by striking the provision in the bill that would add ‘‘increasing employment and earnings’’ to the program’s measured outcomes. (10 minutes) 

3. DelBene (WA), O’Halleran (AZ): Eliminates the bill’s matching 

requirement for tribal home visiting programs. (10 minutes) 

4. Murphy, Stephanie (FL), Gonza ́lez-Colo ́n (PR): Requires 

HRSA, to the extent it continues to allocate Home Visiting funding 

to states and territories based in whole or in part on the relative 

share of families with young children living at or below the federal 

poverty line in each state and territory, to utilize the most accurate 

federal data available for each jurisdiction. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2824 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH OF

NEBRASKA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, beginning on line 17, strike ‘‘of the service delivery model 

or models that the eligible entity may need to develop for the model 

to operate’’ and inserting ‘‘to operate at least 1 approved model of 

home visiting’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PASCRELL

JR. OF NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, strike lines 21 through 26. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DELBENE

OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 9, line 16, strike ‘‘Organization’’ and all that follows 

through line 21 and insert ‘‘Organization, 100 percent.’’. 


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4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY

OF FLORIDA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 14, after line 9, insert the following: 

SEC. 11. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

Section 511(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(j)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—To the extent that the grant 

amount awarded under this section to an eligible entity is determined on the basis of relative population or poverty considerations, the Secretary shall make the determination using the 

most accurate Federal data available for the eligible entity.’’. 

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