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H.R. 2289—Commodity End-User Relief Act

H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act

Hearing Information

Amendment Deadline

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 10:00am in H-312, the Capitol View Announcement »

Meeting Announcement for H.R. 2289

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 3:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »

Bill Text

Rules Committee Print 114-18PDFXML

Showing text based on H.R. 2289 as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture
         :: Section-by-Section summary, as prepared by the Committee on Agriculture PDF

Text of H.R. 2289 PDFXML

Commodity End-User Relief Act (as introduced)

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-2 on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 288: 
Agreed to by record vote of 243-182 on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

MANAGERS: Newhouse/McGovern

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-18 and provides that it shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.

6. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 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.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

9. Section 2 provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2015, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.

Amendments (click each header to sort table by that column)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
5Version 1Conaway (TX)RepublicanMANAGER’S AMENDMENT Late Makes conforming and technical changes.Made In Order
1Version 1DeLauro (CT), Welch (VT), Courtney (CT)DemocratRequires that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission.Submitted
2Version 1Gallego (AZ)DemocratExpresses a sense of Congress that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should take all appropriate actions to encourage applications for positions in the Office of the Chief Economist from members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans.Made In Order
6Version 2Moore, Gwen (WI), Huizenga (MI), Maloney, Sean (NY), Crawford (AR)Bi-PartisanLate Revised Narrows the scope of the provisions in the bill to ensure that only swap data, and not any other data, held by an SDR is required to be shared with other regulators. It also ensures that the language in the Securities Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act mirror each other.Made In Order
4Version 1Takai (HI)DemocratRequires a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a summary of any plans of action and milestones for any known information security vulnerability.Made In Order
7Version 2Walorski (IN)RepublicanLate Revised Adds "Status of consultations with all US market participants including major producers and consumers."Made In Order
3Version 1Waters (CA)DemocratProhibits the CFTC from waiving bad actor disqualifications arising under a law other than the Commodity Exchange Act.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 58

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

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
No Vote
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
Nay
Mr. Newhouse
No Vote
Mr. Sessions, Chair
Nay
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
No Vote
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
No Vote

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 59

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and provide the necessary waivers for amendment #3, offered by Rep. Waters (CA), which prohibits the CFTC from waiving bad actor disqualifications arising under a law other than the Commodity Exchange Act. Defeated: 2–8

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
Nay
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
Nay
Mr. Newhouse
No Vote
Mr. Sessions, Chair
Nay
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
No Vote
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
No Vote

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 60

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-2

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Ms. Foxx
Yea
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Stivers
Yea
Mr. Collins
Yea
Mr. Byrne
Yea
Mr. Newhouse
No Vote
Mr. Sessions, Chair
Yea
Ms. Slaughter
Nay
Mr. McGovern
No Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mr. Polis
No Vote