Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 10:00am Online View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 5:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 10:00am Online View Announcement »
Monday, February 6, 2023 - 5:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-3 on Monday, February 6, 2023.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 97:
Agreed to by record vote of 217-208 on February 7, 2023.
MANAGERS: Langworthy/Scanlon
1. Structured rule for H.R. 185.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
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.
9. Closed rule for H.J. Res. 24.
10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability or their respective designees.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution.
12. Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
14. Provides that pursuant to section 604(h) of the Home Rule Act, a motion to recommit is not in order to the joint resolution if under consideration while the act of the D.C. Council is within the congressional review period prescribed in section 602 of such Act.
15. Closed rule for H.J. Res. 26.
16. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability or their respective designees.
17. Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution.
18. Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
19. Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
20. Provides that pursuant to section 604(h) of the Home Rule Act, a motion to recommit is not in order to the joint resolution if under consideration while the act of the D.C. Council is within the congressional review period prescribed in section 602 of such Act.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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1 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Strikes the entire bill text. | Submitted |
2 | Version 1 | Allred (TX) | Democrat | Adds an exemption in the event of any future public health emergency declaration. | Submitted |
3 | Version 1 | Huizenga (MI), McClain (MI) | Republican | Terminates the Department of Homeland Security's "Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada." Bars successor or subsequent decisions of the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue guidance requiring proof of vaccination of entry for foreign travelers. | Submitted |
4 | Version 1 | Payne, Jr. (NJ) | Democrat | Adds a sense of Congress that vaccines are a scientifically proven way of preventing death and disease and have been one of humanity’s greatest achievements to prevent unnecessary death and suffering. | Submitted |
5 | Version 1 | Payne, Jr. (NJ) | Democrat | Adds a rule of construction that nothing in this act should be construed as an endorsement of COVID vaccine ineffectiveness or contradictory to the CDC COVID vaccine guidance. | Submitted |
6 | Version 1 | Payne, Jr. (NJ) | Democrat | Adds a rule of construction to not limit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using existing authorities to implement a future negative testing requirement for any new variant of COVID-19 or other SARS-CoV for all airline or aircraft passengers arriving to the United States. | Submitted |
7 | Version 1 | Higgins, Brian (NY) | Democrat | Directs DHS to make virtual interviews available for applicants for NEXUS enrollment and renewal within 45 days of enactment. | Submitted |
8 | Version 1 | Higgins, Brian (NY) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Replaces the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for entering the U.S. via air travel with the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for entering the U.S. at Land Ports of Entry along the U.S.-Canada border. | Submitted |
9 | Version 1 | Perez (WA), Golden (ME) | Democrat | Eliminates the prohibition on future rulemaking. | Made in Order |
10 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Requires CDC to produce a report to Congress on the number of visitors denied entry under this policy. | Made in Order |
11 | Version 1 | Torres, Ritchie (NY) | Democrat | Authorizes the reinstatement of COVID-19 vaccination requirement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the event of new COVID-19 infections equal or exceed 80,000 new cases a day over a rolling 7 day period. | Submitted |
12 | Version 1 | Larsen, Rick (WA) | Democrat | Withdrawn Adds a rule of construction that nothing in this act should be construed to prevent the CDC from taking actions during future pandemics or public health emergencies. | Withdrawn |
13 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to certify that such provision will not result in an increase in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 prior to the provisions of section 1 taking effect. | Made in Order |
14 | Version 1 | Moulton (MA) | Democrat | Directs BARDA and the FDA to support the rapid advancement of the most promising next-generation vaccine technologies. Directs ARPA-H to establish novel Centers for Pandemic Vaccine Innovation. | Submitted |
15 | Version 1 | McGovern (MA) | Democrat | Clarifies that this legislation will not affect the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to mandate vaccination requirements against any other disease in the future for noncitizens who are nonimmigrants entering the U.S. | Made in Order |
16 | Version 1 | Takano (CA) | Democrat | The amendment clarifies that nothing in this bill may be construed to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the FDA are not safe and effective in reducing hospitalization and death from the virus. | Submitted |
17 | Version 1 | Rose (TN) | Republican | Clarifies that nothing in the underlying bill impacts the CDC order requiring a pre-departure COVID-19 test for people traveling from the People's Republic of China. | Made in Order |
18 | Version 1 | Norcross (NJ) | Democrat | Late Requires the CDC to report on COVID-19 related hospitalizations and if COVID-19 hospitalizations increase after 6 months, federal funding may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers. | Submitted |
Motion by Mr. Langworthy to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3