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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 115–5 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 7) 

TO PROHIBIT TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS 

JANUARY 23, 2017.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. CHENEY, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 55] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 55, 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. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure 

Act of 2017, under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour 

of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader 

and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. 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 one motion to recommit. 

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, 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. 15 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 4–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 16 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to make in order and 

provide the appropriate waivers to following amendments offered 

en bloc: amendment # 1, offered by Rep. Norton (DC) and Rep. 

Peters (CA) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Lee (CA) and Rep. 

Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Grijalva (AZ), which allows the District of 

Columbia to spend its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and strikes the bill’s applicability to the District of 

Columbia government; amendment # 2 by Rep. Lee (CA) and Rep. 

DeGette (CO) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Johnson (GA) and Rep. 

Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Slaughter (NY) and Rep. Schakowsky (IL), 

which expresses the sense of the Congress that women, not the employers of such women, nor politicians, should be making their own 

decisions regarding abortion and decisions that might impact access to or coverage of abortion care services; and amendment #3 by 

Rep. Schakowsky (IL) and Rep. DeGette (CO) and Rep. Keating 

(MA) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Johnson (GA) and Rep. Jayapal 

(WA) and Rep. Grijalva (AZ) and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which stipulates that H.R. 7 cannot take effect if it would reduce access to 

comprehensive reproductive health services. Defeated: 4–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

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


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Rules Committee record vote No. 17 

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

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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