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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 112–21 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4) TO REPEAL THE 

EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENTS OF $600 OR MORE TO CORPORATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

MARCH 1, 2011.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 129] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 129, 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 a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 4, 

the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011. 

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 the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in 

H.R. 705 shall be considered as adopted. 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 for two hours and 30 minutes of debate equally divided 

and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution provides for one 

motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

includes a waiver of section 303(a) of the Budget Act of 1974, which 

prohibits consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new 

budget authority, change in revenues, change in public debt, new 

entitlement authority, or new credit authority for a fiscal year until 

the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to. Since the 

bill being considered has a revenue effect in fiscal year 2012, the 

bill requires a waiver of section 303(a). While the Committee is also 

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tion 3(d) of H. Res. 5, which passed the House on January 5, 2011, 

provides an exemption for the bill and allows the Budget Committee Chairman to make the appropriate budgetary adjustments. 

The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the bill, 

as amended, 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. 42 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 4 to make 

in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. Crowley (NY), which would prohibit the new rules 

created by section 4 of the bill from going into effect, effectively 

eliminating the offset. Defeated: 4–7. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Sessions ..................................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

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

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Scott of South Carolina ............................. Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Dreier, Chairman ....................................... Nay 

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