H.R. 6429— STEM Jobs Act of 2012
H.R. 6429 - STEM Jobs Act of 2012
Hearing Information
Meeting Time
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 3:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Bill Text
STEM Jobs Act of 2012 [ Rules Committee Print 112-34, showing the text of the bill as introduced with modifications ]
:: Summary of modifications contained in RCP 112-34 (as provided by the Committee on the Judiciary) [ PDF ]
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 112-697PDF
Submitted for Record
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 7-3 on Wednesday, November 28, 2012.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 821:
Adopted by record vote of 243-170 on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
MANAGERS: Nugent/Polis
1. Closed rule.
2. Provides 90 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 112-34, as modified by the amendment printed in the rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted.
5. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
6. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
7. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
8. Provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of December 6, 2012, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules.
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
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
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
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
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