H.R. 447 - National Apprenticeship Act of 2021

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 85: 
Agreed to by record vote of 216-210, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 219-207, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

MANAGERS: Morelle/Burgess

1. Structured rule for H.R. 447.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that 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. 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debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the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. Provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor 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 Education and Labor 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 the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
9. Provides one motion to recommit.
10. Closed rule for H. Con. Res. 11.
11. Provides three hours of general debate, with two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, and one hour, on the subject of economic goals and policies, divided and controlled by Representatives Beyer of Virginia and Schweikert of Arizona or their respective designees.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution.
13. Provides that the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the concurrent resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the concurrent resolution, as amended.
15. Provides that rule XXVIII (statutory limit on the public debt) shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the House of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021.
16. Provides that H.Res. 73 is hereby adopted.
17. Amends Clause 3(g)(3)(C) of rule II to read as follows: “(C) Upon receipt of an appeal pursuant to subdivision (B), the Committee on Ethics shall have 30 calendar days or five legislative days, whichever is later, to consider the appeal. The fine will be upheld unless the appeal is agreed to by a majority of the Committee. Upon a determination regarding the appeal or if no appeal has been filed at the expiration of the period specified as subdivision (B), the chair of the Committee on Ethics shall promptly notify the Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer and make such notification publicly available. The Speaker shall promptly lay such notification before the House.”.
18. Amends section 4(a)(2) of H.Res. 38 to read as follows: “(2) a fine imposed pursuant to this section shall be treated as though imposed under clause 3(g) of rule II, and shall be administered as though pursuant to clause 4(d) of rule II, except that the time periods described in clause 3(g)(3)(C) of rule II shall not commence until the Committee on Ethics has adopted written rules, and the chair of the Committee on Ethics shall notify all Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner with pending appeals upon such commencement.”.
19. Amends H. Res. 8, agreed to January 4, 2021 (as amended by H.Res. 41, agreed to January 13, 2021), by striking “February 11” each place that it appears and inserting “March 12”.