Hearings

September 19, 2012

Full Committee

H.J. Res. 118—Congressional Disapproval of Waiver of Work Requirements

H-313 The Capitol

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Rule Hearing Information:

Meeting Time: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol

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Text of H.J. Res. 118 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. [PDF][XML]
Text of H. Rept. 112-677, Part 1 — Report from the Committee on Ways and Means [PDF][XML]
Text of H. Rept. 112-677, Part 2 — Report from the Committee on Education and the Workforce [PDF][XML]
Hearing Documents:
   :: Rule [PDF]
   :: H. Res. 788 [PDF][XML]
   :: H. Rept. 112-680 [PDF][XML]

Submitted for the Record:

Committee Votes:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 353

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.J. Res. 118 to report H.R. 3409 and H.J. Res. 118 each an open rule. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 354

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #10, offered by Rep. Boswell (IA), which would insert the text of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 355

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #25, offered by Rep. Moore (WI), which would add S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Act, at the end of H.R. 3409. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 356

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #27, offered by Rep. Levin (MI), which would strike and replace the text of the act in consideration with the “Middle Class Tax Cut Act.” Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 357

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendments to H.R. 3409: #24, offered by Rep. Blumenauer (OR), which would strike the text of H.R. 3409 and replaces it with H.R. 3307, bipartisan legislation that will extend the Production Tax Credit until January 1, 2017 and #21, offered by Rep. Boswell (IA), which would extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit through the end of 2016. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 358

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #19 to H.R. 3409, offered by Rep.Connolly (VA), which would insert the text of S. 1789, the "21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012." Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 359

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendments to H.R. 3409: #20, offered by Rep. Connolly (VA), which would provide protection from illness and death that may result from H.R. 3409, #2, offered by Rep. DeFazio (OR), which would clarify that nothing in Title I of the bill would preempt other federal departments or state and local agencies from enforcing rules to protect the environment, public health, and public safety from the impacts of mining and transporting coal, #4, offered by Rep. Deutch (FL),which would block the provisions of the Act until the National Cancer Institute determines that the Act will not result in an increased cancer risk for vulnerable populations, #17, offered by Rep. Holt (NJ), which would ensure that underlying bill does not prohibit the Secretary of Interior from issuing regulations that are necessary to protect public health, protect the safety of workers, or to ensure a proper return to American taxpayers, and #3, offered by Rep. Tonko (NY), which would prohibit the Secretary from awarding a lease to a bidder on coal leases if the bidder does not disclose information about the campaign and SuperPac contributions the bidder made to influence an election for federal office during the 5-year period preceding the submission of the bid to the Secretary. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Nay	Ms. Slaughter.................	Yea
Ms. Foxx......................	Nay	Mr. McGovern..................	Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Nay
Mr. Woodall...................	Nay
Mr. Nugent....................	Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Nay
Mr. Webster...................	Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 360

Motion by Mr. Sessions to amend the rule to H.R. 3409 to report the rule. Adopted: 8-2

Majority Members	Vote	Minority Members	Vote
Mr. Sessions..................	Yea	Ms. Slaughter.................	Nay
Ms. Foxx......................	Yea	Mr. McGovern..................	Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah............	Yea
Mr. Woodall...................	Yea
Mr. Nugent....................	Yea
Mr. Scott of South Carolina...	Yea
Mr. Webster...................	Yea
Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........	Yea