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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–552 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3393) TO AMEND THE 

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN TAX 

BENEFITS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, 

AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4935) TO 

AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHILD TAX CREDIT 

JULY 23, 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. 680] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 680, by a record vote of 5 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. 3393, the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act, 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. 

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

4935, the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014, 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 an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting 

of the text of Rules Committee Print 113–54 shall be considered as 

adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 


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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. 3393, add the text of H.R. 4935, as passed by the 

House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 3393 and make conforming modifications in the engrossment. The resolution provides 

that upon the addition of the text of H.R. 4935, as passed by the 

House, to the engrossment of H.R. 3393, H.R. 4935 shall be laid on 

the table. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

3393 includes a waiver of the following: 

• Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a bill 

if it has the net effect of increasing mandatory spending over 

the five- or ten-year period. 

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

consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in 

excess of a committee’s 302(a) allocation of such authority. 

• Section 306 of the Congressional 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. 

• 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. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 3393, as amended, 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. 

4935 includes a waivers of the following: 

• Section 306 of the Congressional 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. 

• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

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. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 4935, 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: 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 156 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 3393 and 

H.R. 4935. Defeated: 3–6. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... ................... 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. 157 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 5–4. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay 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. 3393 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

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

budgetary impacts of permanently extending current tax policy. 

This ensures that permanent enactment of current tax policy will 

not trigger a sequester under Statutory PAYGO. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3393 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Add at the end the following: 

SEC. 4. 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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