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H.R. 692—Default Prevention Act

H.R. 692 - Default Prevention Act

Hearing Information

Meeting Information

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »

Bill Text

Text of H.R. 692PDFXML

Default Prevention Act (as reported)

H. Rept. 114-265PDF

Report from the Committee on Ways and Means

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, October 20, 2015.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 480:
Agreed to by record vote of 245-182, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 241-181, on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.

MANAGERS:Foxx/Hastings

1. Structured rule for H.R. 10.

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

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

4. Provides that the amendments recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

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. Closed rule for H.R. 692.

10. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

12. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.

13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.

14. Provides one motion to recommit.

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

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
2Version 1Amash (MI)RepublicanAdds a “claw back” provision that requires debt issued over the debt limit to be repaid with subsequent receipts.Submitted
1Version 1Huelskamp (KS)RepublicanRequires Secretary of the Treasury to provide daily reporting of extraordinary measures and projected exhaustion date upon notification the debt limit has been reached.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 113

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 10 and H.R. 692. Defeated: 3–6

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

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