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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–517 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5016) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND FOR OTHER 

PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 

4718) TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO MODIFY 

AND MAKE PERMANENT BONUS DEPRECIATION 

JULY 9, 2014.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. COLE, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 661] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 661, by a record vote of 8 to 3, 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. 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 

2015, under a modified-open rule. The resolution provides one hour 

of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 

resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the 

bill. The resolution waives points of order against provisions in the 

bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI 

except for section 627 (relating to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010). The resolution provides that after general debate the bill shall be considered for 

amendment under the five-minute rule. During consideration of the 

bill for amendment: (1) amendments shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment; and (2) no pro forma 

amendments shall be in order except that the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

at any point for the purpose of debate. Under the rules of the 

House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The resolution authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 

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sional Record. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with 

or without instructions. 

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

4718, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and 

make permanent bonus depreciation, 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, as modified by 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

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

5016 includes a waiver of: • Clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which prohibits consideration of a 

general appropriations bill reported by the Committee on 

Appropriations from being considered in the House until 

the third calendar day on which printed hearings of the 

Committee on Appropriations thereon have been available 

to Members; and • Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, prohibiting consideration of legislation that 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. 

The waiver of points of order against provisions in H.R. 5016 for 

failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill, is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions included in the bill. The 

waiver applies to all provisions in the bill except for section 627 

(relating to the Multinational Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010). 

The waiver of points of order against provisions in H.R. 5016 for 

failure to comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which provides that 

a bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure may not 

be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or 

tariff measures is necessary because section 111 (relating to the individual mandate) of the bill violates the rule. 

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

4718 includes a waiver of: 

• Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

which prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred 

to or reported by the Budget Committee; and 

• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, prohibiting consideration of legislation that 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. 


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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. 

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. 149 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 4718 and 

H.R. 5016. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

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

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 150 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike the waiver of clause 2 of rule 

XXI in the rule for H.R. 5016 for the sections that pertain to the 

District of Columbia and Federal Employee Health Benefits. Defeated: 3–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

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

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 151 

Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to report the rule. Adopted: 8–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Webster ..................................................... Yea 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4718 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Camp (MI): Excludes from the Statutory PAYGO scorecards the 

budgetary impacts of permanently extending current tax policy, 


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which ensures that permanent enactment of current tax policy will 

not trigger a sequester under Statutory PAYGO. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4718 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 17, after line 6, add the following: 

SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—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-YouGo Act of 2010. 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for 

purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 

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