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116TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 116–183 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3877) TO AMEND THE 

BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985, 

TO ESTABLISH A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 

AND 2021, TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE DEBT LIMIT, AND FOR 

OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 

549) TO DESIGNATE VENEZUELA UNDER SECTION 244 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO PERMIT NATIONALS OF VENEZUELA TO 

BE ELIGIBLE FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS UNDER SUCH SECTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF 

CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES 

JULY 24, 2019.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. PERLMUTTER, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 519] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 519, 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. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, 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 the Budget. 

The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 

the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as 

read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions 

in the bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit. The 

resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 549, the Venezuela 

TPS Act of 2019, under a closed rule. The resolution provides thirty 

minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The 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 116–28 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 

amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 

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lution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The resolution waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 

two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported 

from the Rules Committee) against any resolution reported through 

the legislative day of July 26, 2019. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

3877 includes waivers of the following: 

• Section 103(i) of H. Res. 6, which prohibits consideration of an 

unreported bill pursuant to a rule. 

• Clause 11 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a bill 

which has not been reported by a committee until such measure 

has been available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for 72 hours. 

• Clause 12(a)(1) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a 

bill unless there is a searchable electronic comparative print that 

shows how the bill proposes to change current law. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3877, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

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

549 includes waivers of the following: 

• Clause 4 of rule XIII, which prohibits consideration of a reported bill which has not been available to Members, Delegates, 

and the Resident Commissioner for 72 hours. 

• Section 306 of the Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of 

legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget 

unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee. 

• Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a measure that has a net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the 

surplus over the five- or 10-year period. 

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

consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority. 

• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of legislation that would cause the level of total new 

budget authority for the first fiscal year to be exceeded, or 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, except when 

a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect. 

The waiver of all points of order against provisions in H.R. 549 

includes a waiver of clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill 

carrying a tax or tariff measure from being reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures. 

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. 164 

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


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Nay 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Yea Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Yea Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Nay 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Yea Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Nay 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Yea 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Yea 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Yea 

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