Hearings

November 28, 2012

Full Committee

H.R. 6429—STEM Jobs Act of 2012

H-313 The Capitol

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Rule Hearing Information:

UPDATED Meeting Time: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 4:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol

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Resources:

Text of H.R. 6429 — STEM Jobs Act of 2012 [Rules Committee Print 112-34, showing the text of the bill as introduced with modifications] [PDF][XML]
:: Summary of modifications contained in RCP 112-34
(as provided by the Committee on the Judiciary) [PDF]
:: Text of H.R. 6156 (as introduced in House) [PDF][XML]
Hearing Documents:
   :: Rule [PDF]
   :: H. Res. 821 [PDF][XML]
   :: H. Rept. 112-697 [PDF][XML]

Submitted for the Record:

Statement of the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)

Committee Votes:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 362

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 6429 to report an open rule. Defeated: 3–7

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

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 363

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 6429 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), which would strike section 3 to protect the Diversity Immigration Visa Program.; and the amendment #2 offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), which would authorize Congress or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reallocate unused STEM visas to other classes of immigrant visas, while protecting the Diversity Immigration Visa program and adding an additional 55,000 visas to the STEM program. Defeated: 3–7

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

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 364

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 6429 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the following amendments offered by Rep. Lofgren (CA) en bloc: amendment #4 which would strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the text of H.R. 2161, the Immigration Driving Entrepreneurship in America Act of 2012 or the IDEA Act of 2012.; and amendment #5 which would strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the text of H.R. 6412, the Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012. Defeated: 3–7

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

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 365

Motion by Mr. Polis to amend the rule to H.R. 6429 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #3, offered by Rep. Polis (CO), which would create a “Start-up Visa” for entrepreneurs and update the EB-5 visa system to help create American jobs by encouraging investment in U.S. companies. Defeated: 3–7

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

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 366

Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to amend the rule to H.R. 6429 to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3

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