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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–89 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1911) TO AMEND THE 

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO ESTABLISH INTEREST RATES FOR 

NEW LOANS MADE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2013, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

MAY 22, 2013.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 232] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 232, by a record vote of 7 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. 1911, the 

Smarter Solutions for Students 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 

Education and the Workforce. 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 113–12 shall be considered as adopted. 

The resolution provides that 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 directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 1911, add the text of H.R. 1949 as passed by the 

House as a new matter at the end of H.R. 1911 and make conforming modifications in the engrossment. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that on any legislative day 

during the period from May 24, 2013, through May 31, 2013: the 

Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered 

as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time within the limits of clause 4, 

section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the 

Chair in declaring the adjournment. 


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Section 4 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 

of the period addressed by section 3 of the resolution as though 

under clause 8(a) of rule I. 

Section 5 of the resolution provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 

29, 2013, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. 

Section 6 of the resolution provides that the Committee on Agriculture may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 

2013, file a report to accompany H.R. 1947. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

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

includes waivers of: 

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

consideration of legislation that exceeds a committee’s 302(a) or 

302(b) allocations. However, it is important to note that while the 

bill does exceed the Committee’s 302(a) allocation, the bill reduces 

direct spending over the 5 and 10-year periods, by $1.0 billion and 

by $3.7 billion respectively. 

• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of legislation if it would cause the level of total new 

budget authority or total outlays for the first fiscal year to be exceeded. However, it is important to note that while the bill does 

provide new budget authority in excess of applicable budgetary limits in the first year, the bill reduces direct spending over the 5 and 

10-year periods, by $1.0 billion and by $3.7 billion respectively. 

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. 37 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 2–7. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 38 

Motion by Mr. Polis to a make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #5, offered by Rep. Davis (CA), 

which would add a section of Congressional findings to the bill with 

projections of student loan interest rates; amendment #6, offered by 


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Rep. Courtney (CT), Rep. Horsford (NV), Rep. Miller (CA), Rep. 

Tierney (MA), Rep. Welch (VT), Rep. Kuster (NH), Rep. Peters 

(MI), Rep. Sinema (AZ), Rep. Duckworth (IL) and Rep. Titus (NV), 

which extends the current 3.4% interest rate on subsidized Stafford 

student loans for a period of two years; amendment #9, offered by 

Rep. Edwards (MD), which reduces the cap on Stafford loans to 6.8 

percent and PLUS loans to 7.9 percent in the underlying bill; 

amendment #10 offered by Rep. Edwards (MD), which reduces the 

Stafford loan cap in the underlying bill to 3.4 percent for students 

pursuing a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, 

or mathematics; amendment #11 offered by Rep. Miller (CA), which 

implements President Obama’s revenue neutral student loan proposal and sets fixed variable interest rates to save students $30 billion in the next six years while expanding Income Based Repayment to support struggling borrowers. Defeated: 2–7. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 39 

Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to report the rule. Adopted: 7–2. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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