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H.R. 6270—Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020

H.R. 6270 - Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020

Hearing Information

Meeting Information

Monday, September 21, 2020 - 1:00pm Cisco Webex View Announcement »

Bill Text

Rules Committee Print 116-64 PDF XML

Showing the text of H.R. 6270, as introduced, with modifications.

Text of H.R. 6270PDFXML

(as introduced)

Comparative Print PDF

Comparing the base document H.R. 6270, as introduced, with the Rules Committee Print 116-64.

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 7-3 on Monday, September 21, 2020.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1129:
Agreed to by record vote of 229-187, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 231-190, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.

MANAGERS: McGovern/Lesko

1. Structured rule for H.R. 4447.
2. Provides 90 minutes of general debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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 Rules Committee Print 116-63, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report, 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. Section 2 provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered 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debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Section 3 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described in section 3.
9. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
10. Closed rule for H.R. 6270.
11. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-64 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

16. Closed rule for H.R. 8319.
17. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and provides that the bill shall not be subject to a question of consideration.
19. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
20. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
21. Provides that clause 2(e) of Rule XXI shall not apply during consideration of the bill.
22. Provides one motion to recommit.

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

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Waltz (FL)RepublicanIncludes companies that produce or operate a service in the XUAR under the reporting requirements of the bill. Specifically, the provision applies to companies that directly or indirectly engage with any person or entity to produce or operate a service in the XUAR.Submitted
2Version 1Huizenga (MI)RepublicanStates that an issuer is not required to disclose information pursuant to this subsection if such information is not material to a reasonable investor.The Commission may not deem any information required to be disclosed pursuant to this subsection to be presumptively material.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 348

Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule for H.R. 4447 and H.R. 6270. Defeated: 3–7

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mr. Hastings
No Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
No Vote
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Ms. Matsui
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Nay
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mrs. Lesko
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 350

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 7–3

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mr. Hastings
No Vote
Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
No Vote
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Ms. Shalala
Yea
Ms. Matsui
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Yea
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mrs. Lesko
Nay