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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–919 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1635) TO AMEND THE 

LOAN COUNSELING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION 

ACT OF 1965, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4606) TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICATIONS 

UNDER THE NATURAL GAS ACT FOR THE IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF SMALL VOLUMES OF NATURAL GAS SHALL BE GRANTED 

WITHOUT MODIFICATION OR DELAY 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. CHENEY, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 1049] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 1049, by a record vote of 8 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. 1635, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act, 

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 Education and the Workforce. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against 

provisions in the bill. The resolution makes in order only those 

amendments printed in part A of 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 part A of this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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

4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, 

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 Energy and Commerce. The 

resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the 

bill. The resolution makes in order as original text for the purpose 

of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. The 

resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only those 

amendments printed in part B of 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 part B of this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 1635, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 1635, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against amendments to H.R. 1635 printed in part A of this report, the Committee 

is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 

nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 4606, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original 

text, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver 

is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against amendments to H.R. 4606 printed in part B of 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. 271 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the necessary waivers to amendment # 12, offered by Rep. Lamb (PA) and 


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Rep. Peters (CA), which requires the Department of Education to 

disaggregate by veteran status when conducting the longitudinal 

study on the effectiveness of student loan counseling. Defeated: 4– 

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Yea 

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

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

Mr. Buck ........................................................... ...................

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

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

Rules Committee record vote No. 272 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

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

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

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

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea Mrs. Torres ....................................................... Nay 

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

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

Mr. Buck ........................................................... ...................

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Yea 

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

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1635 IN PART A MADE IN

ORDER

1. Stefanik (NY): Provides all students with an explanation of 

how to seek additional assistance from the financial aid office 

should they experience a change of financial circumstance. Additionally, the amendment would specify that a borrower receives the 

loan amount they requested. (10 minutes) 

2. Murphy, Stephanie (FL): Requires institutions of higher education, as part of the annual counseling process mandated by the 

bill, to inform a student borrower that the loan amounts the student uses during an academic term will count towards the student’s aggregate loan amounts, regardless of whether the credits 

transfer. (10 minutes) 

3. O’Halleran (AZ), Bera (CA): Requires counseling to disclose the 

anticipated monthly payment to borrowers for any income-driven 

repayment plan for which they are eligible, improving borrowers’ 

awareness of income-driven repayment plan options. (10 minutes) 

4. Lewis, Jason (MN): Clarifies all payment options for Parent 

PLUS loans and notifies Parent PLUS borrowers that their dependent may qualify for and should consider scholarships, grants, and 

federal work-study jobs prior to borrowing. (10 minutes) 

5. Allen (GA): Provides that nothing prohibits institutions from 

providing additional financial counseling. (10 minutes) 

6. Hartzler (MO): Encourages institutions of higher education to 

have students attend in-person loan counseling sessions. (10 minutes) 


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7. Jayapal (WA): Adds requirement that student loan exit counseling includes a warning about illegitimate third-party debt relief 

companies, which offer services for a fee already provided to borrowers free of charge through loan servicers. (10 minutes) 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4606 IN PART B MADE IN

ORDER

1. Pallone (NJ): States that on Page 3, line 18, insert ‘‘after opportunity for hearing and public input,’’ after ‘‘delay,’’. (10 minutes) 

2. DeGette (CO): Requires export applications to show that the 

natural gas to be exported was produced using available techniques 

to minimize methane emissions from leaks or venting. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1635 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANIK

OF NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, after line 11, insert the following: 

‘‘(E) An explanation of how the student may seek additional financial assistance from the institution’s financial 

aid office due to a change in the student’s financial circumstances, and the contact information for such office. 

Page 5, strike lines 12 through 16. 

Page 15, line 15, insert ‘‘and for such amount as is specified by 

the borrower’’ after ‘‘such award year’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY

OF FLORIDA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, strike lines 4 through 11 and insert the following: 

‘‘(E) An explanation that, in the case of a student who 

transfers to another institution, the amount of time remaining for which a student may be eligible to receive a 

Federal Pell Grant, as provided under subparagraph (D), 

will not change, regardless of whether all of the courses 

completed by such student are accepted for purposes of 

meeting specific degree or program requirements by the institution to which such student transfer.’’ 

In section 485(l)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as proposed to be amended by section 2 of the bill— 

(1) redesignate subparagraphs (H) through (Q) as subparagraphs (I) through (R), respectively; and 

(2) insert after subparagraph (G) the following: 

‘‘(H) An explanation that, in the case of a student who 

transfers to another institution, the loan amounts such 

student received before such transfer shall be used in determining the aggregate loan amount of the student, regardless of whether all of the courses completed by such 

student are accepted for purposes of meeting specific degree or program requirements by the institution to which 

such student transfers.’’ 

Page 12, beginning on line 17, strike ‘‘(N) through (Q)’’ and insert 

‘‘(O) through (R)’’. 


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3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

O’HALLERAN OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 9, line 10, strike ‘‘an income-based repayment plan under 

section 493C’’ and insert ‘‘the income-driven repayment plans the 

borrower is eligible for’’. 

Page 10, beginning on line 14, strike ‘‘an income-based repayment plan under section 493C’’ and insert ‘‘the income-driven repayment plans the borrower is eligible for’’. 

Page 17, beginning on line 11, strike ‘‘the income-based repayment plan under section 493C’’ and insert ‘‘the income-driven repayment plans the borrower is eligible for’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS OF

MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 12, strike lines 19 through 21 and insert the following: 

‘‘(B) A notification that some students may qualify for 

other financial aid and an explanation that the student for 

whom the borrower is taking out the loan should consider 

accepting any grant, scholarship, or State or Federal workstudy jobs for which such student is eligible prior to borrowing Parent PLUS Loans. 

Page 14, line 23, insert ‘‘pay each loan while the dependent child 

is still in school, pay the interest on the loan while the loan is in 

deferment,’’ after ‘‘a shorter schedule,’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN OF

GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 15, line 24, strike the period and quotation mark at the 

end. 

Page 15, after line 24, insert the following: 

‘‘(7) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an eligible institution from providing additional information and counseling services to recipients of Federal student aid under this title, provided that any additional 

information and counseling services for recipients of Federal 

student aid shall not preclude or be considered a condition for 

disbursement of such aid.’’. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARTZLER

OF MISSOURI OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 15, line 24, strike the period and quotation mark at the 

end. 

Page 15, after line 24, insert the following: 

‘‘(7) COUNSELING SESSIONS CONDUCTED IN PERSON.—Institutions of higher education may encourage individuals to attend 

in-person loan counseling sessions under paragraph (1)(A).’’. 


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7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL

OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 16, line 13, strike ‘‘(iv) through (xii), respectively’’ and insert ‘‘(v) through (xiii), respectively’’. 

Page 16, line 14, strike ‘‘before clause (iv)’’ and insert ‘‘before 

clause (v)’’. 

Page 17, line 2, strike the quotation mark and semicolon at the 

end. 

Page 17, after line 2, insert the following: 

‘‘(iv) an explanation that the borrower may be approached during the repayment process by third-party 

student debt relief companies, that they should use 

caution in any such dealings, and that the typical 

services provided by these companies are already offered to borrowers free of charge through servicers;’’; 

Page 17, line 3, strike ‘‘in clause (iv)’’ and insert ‘‘in clause (v)’’. 

Page 17, line 13, strike ‘‘in clause (ix)’’ and insert ‘‘in clause (x)’’. 

Page 17, line 20, strike ‘‘in clause (x)’’ and insert ‘‘in clause (xi)’’. 

Page 17, line 23, strike ‘‘in clauses (xi) and (xii)’’ and insert ‘‘in 

clauses (xii) and (xiii)’’. 

Page 18, line 1, strike ‘‘(xiii)’’ and insert ‘‘(xiv)’’. 

Page 18, line 6, strike ‘‘(xiv)’’ and insert ‘‘(xv)’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4606 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PALLONE

JR. OF NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, line 18, insert ‘‘after opportunity for hearing and public 

input,’’ after ‘‘delay,’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEGETTE

OF COLORADO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, line 22, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a semicolon. 

Page 4, line 2, strike ‘‘of 1969’’ and all that follows through the 

end and insert ‘‘of 1969; and’’. 

Page 4, after line 2, insert the following: 

‘‘(C) with respect to an application for such exportation, 

the application includes sufficient information to demonstrate that the natural gas to be exported was produced 

using available designs, systems, and practices to minimize methane emissions from leaks or venting.’’. 

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