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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–611 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5325) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JUNE 8, 2016.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 771] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 771, by a record vote of 9 to 2, 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. 5325, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, under a structured 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 and provides that it shall be 

considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 

against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 

rule XXI. The resolution makes in order only those amendments 

printed in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only 

in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be 

debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and 

controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 

to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

resolution waives all points of order against the amendments printed in this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit 

with or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides that during consideration of 

H.R. 5325, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall 

not apply. 


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EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

includes a waiver of the following: 

• Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (‘‘Ramseyer’’), 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; 

• Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5, which prohibits the consideration of a general appropriation bill, unless it includes a spending reduction account; and 

• 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. 

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 

the bill contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in this report, 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. 183 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #12, offered by Rep. Wasserman 

Schultz (FL), which provides for the restatement of the Library of 

Congress’ existing policy regarding certain Subject Headings and 

amendment #24, offered by Rep. Maloney (NY); Rep. Peters (CA) 

and Rep. Hanna (NY), which prohibits funds from being used to 

contravene the President’s Executive Order pertaining to equal employment in Federal government contracting. Defeated: 2–8 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

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

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

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

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

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

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


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Rules Committee record vote No. 184 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9–2 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea 

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

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Speier (CA): Increases funding for the Sergeant at Arms by 

$100,000 for additional clearance investigations, and decreases the 

Office of the Clerk by the same amount. (10 minutes) 

2. Ellison (MN), Grijalva (AZ): Reprograms funds to create an Office of Good Jobs for the House of Representatives. (10 minutes) 

3. Blumenauer (OR): Requires the Architect of the Capitol to conduct a feasibility study regarding the installation and operation of 

Capital Bikeshare stations on Capitol Grounds. (10 minutes) 

4. Welch (VT), Matsui (CA): Transfers $500,000 from the Capital 

Construction and Operations account to the Capitol Building and 

House Office Buildings accounts, appropriating $250,000 to each. 

This amendment would bring the Capitol and House office buildings into compliance with General Services Administration requirements for federal buildings regarding lactation stations for 

breastfeeding mothers. (10 minutes) 

5. Sanford (SC): Transfers $430,000 from the John C. Stennis 

Center for Public Service Training and Development to the spending reduction account. (10 minutes) 

6. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the board 

cut to the bill’s spending levels. Accounts for the Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol-Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security, and Office of the Sergeant At Arms shall not be reduced. (10 

minutes) 

7. Flores (TX), Blackburn (TN), Walker (NC): Prohibits funds 

from being used for the manufacturing of government security credentials by the Government Publishing Office (GPO) for any agency 

other than Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms of the House 

of Representatives. (10 minutes) 

8. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits any funds for delivering printed copies 

of the United States House of Representatives Telephone Directory 

to the office of any Member of the House of Representatives. (10 

minutes) 

9. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits any funds for delivering printed copies 

of the President’s Budget to the office of any Member of the House 

of Representatives. (10 minutes) 

10. Grayson (FL): Expands the list of parties with whom the federal government is prohibited from contracting due to serious misconduct on the part of the contractors. (10 minutes) 

11. Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Lujan (NM): Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology AssessVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 059008 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR611.XXX HR611

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ment (OTA), offset from funds from the Architect of the Capitol’s 

Capital Construction and Operations Account. (10 minutes) 

12. Russell (OK): Prohibits use of funds under this Act to be used 

to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to a Member of 

the House of Representatives. (10 minutes) 

13. Pearce (NM): Reduces the Office of Congressional Ethics 

budget to FY16 levels and transfers remaining funds to the deficit 

reduction account. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SPEIER OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, line 13, after the second dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced 

by $100,000)’’. 

Page 4, line 18, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased 

by $100,000)’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON

OF MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, line 22, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLUMENAUER OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$100,000) (increased by $100,000)’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELCH OF

VERMONT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$500,000)’’. 

Page 17, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$250,000)’’. 

Page 17, line 23, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased 

by $250,000)’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SANFORD

OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 39, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$430,000)’’. 

Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$430,000)’’. 


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6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACK- BURN OF TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) Each amount made available by this Act is hereby 

reduced by 1 percent. 

(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 

to— 

(1) accounts under the heading ‘‘Capitol Police’’; 

(2) ‘‘Architect of the Capitol—Capitol Police Buildings, 

Grounds and Security’’; or 

(3) the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms under the heading ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries, Officers and Employees’’. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLORES OF

TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Government Publishing Office for the manufacture of 

secure credentials for any agency other than the United States 

Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to deliver a printed copy of the United States House of Representatives Telephone Directory to the office of any Member of the 

House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget of the United States 

Government; Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States 

Government; or the Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, to the office of any Member of the House of Representatives 

(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRAYSON

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition 

Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals— 


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(1) within a three-year period preceding the offer, has been 

convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for 

commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with 

obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, 

falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, 

tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

stolen property; 

(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any 

of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph (1); or 

(3) within a three-year period preceding the offer, has been 

notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TAKANO

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses of the 

Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the Technology 

Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) $2,500,000, to be derived from a reduction of $2,500,000 in the amount provided in this 

Act for the item for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capital Construction 

and Operations’’. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUSSELL

OF OKLAHOMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to a Member 

of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 

Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests a copy. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARCE

OF NEW MEXICO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$190,970)’’. 

Page 5, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$190,970)’’. 

Page 6, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$190,970)’’. 

Page 42, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$190,970)’’. 

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