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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–591 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5055) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

MAY 23, 2016.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. NEWHOUSE, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 743] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 743, 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 for consideration of H.R. 5055, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2017, 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 of rule XXI. The resolution provides that after general debate the bill shall be considered 

for amendment under the five-minute rule except that: 1) amendments shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent 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. The resolution authorizes 

the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 

pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides that section 508 of H.R. 5055 

shall be considered to be a spending reduction account for purposes 

of section 3(d) of House Resolution 5. 


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Section 3 of the resolution provides that during consideration of 

H.R. 5055, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall 

not apply. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (Ramsey), requiring 

a committee report accompanying a bill amending or repealing 

statutes to show, by typographical device, parts of statute affected. 

The waiver is provided because the submission provided by the 

Committee on Appropriations was insufficient to meet the standards established by the rule in its current form. The Committee on 

Rules continues to work with the House Office of Legislative Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to comply 

with the updated rule. 

The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, 

which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver is necessary because 

H.R. 5055 contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative 

provisions. 

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. 176 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 4–6 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

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

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ ...................

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... ...................

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

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