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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–95 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2216) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING 

FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2217) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS 

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FISCAL 

YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JUNE 3, 2013.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WEBSTER, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 243] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 243, by a 9 to 2 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. 2216, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 and H.R. 2217, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014, under open rules. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on each bill 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 each bill. The resolution 

waives points of order against provisions in each bill for failure to 

comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, except for section 563 of H.R. 

2217. The resolution provides that each bill shall be considered for 

amendment under the five-minute rule. The resolution provides 

that the Chair may accord priority in recognition to Members who 

have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. 

The resolution provides one motion to recommit each bill with or 

without instructions. Section 3 of the resolution provides that pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2014, the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 25, as 

adopted by the House, shall have force and effect in the House as 

though Congress has adopted such concurrent resolution, and the 

allocations of spending authority printed in Tables 11 and 12 of 


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House Report 113–17 shall be considered for all purposes in the 

House to be the allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

2216 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. 

The resolution waives clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill, against all provisions in H.R. 2216. The waiver is necessary because H.R. 2216 contains unauthorized appropriations 

and legislative provisions. 

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

2217 includes a waiver of the following: 

Clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which prohibits consideration of a general appropriations bill reported by the Committee on Appropriations in the House until the third calendar day on which printed 

hearings of the Committee on Appropriations thereon have been 

available to Members. 

Section 306 of the Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits the consideration of a bill dealing with any matter within the jurisdiction 

of the Committee on the Budget unless it is a bill or resolution 

which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget. The bill 

includes an emergency designation, which is within the jurisdiction 

of the House Budget Committee. 

The resolution waives clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill, against all provision in H.R. 2217, except for section 563. 

The waiver is necessary because H.R. 2217 contains unauthorized 

appropriations and legislative provisions. Section 563 prohibits the 

use of funds made available by the Act to approve a classification 

petition filed for or by a citizen or national of Brazil in order to 

render such individual eligible to receive an immigrant visa. The 

Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary has requested that the 

provision be exposed to a point of order on the House floor. 

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. 40 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to strike section 3 of the rule and insert 

the text of amendment #2, offered by Rep. Van Hollen (MD), which 

calls on the Speaker to follow regular House procedure and immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to negotiate a 

fiscal year 2014 budget resolution conference agreement with the 

Senate. 

Defeated: 2–9. 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 41 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9–2. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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