H.R. 277 - REINS Act of 2023

H.R. 277 - REINS Act of 2023

Bill Text

Rules Committee Print 118-6 PDF

Showing the text of H.R. 277, as ordered reported by the Committee on the Judiciary

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(as introduced)

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Monday, June 5, 2023.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 463:
Not agreed to by a record vote of 206-220, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 215-203, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

MANAGERS: Massie/Scanlon

  1. Structured rule for H.R. 277.
  2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  3. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-6 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 part A of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.
  8. Provides one motion to recommit.
  9. Structured rule for H.R. 288.
  10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  11. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-7 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
  12. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
  13. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  14. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in part B of 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.
  15. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.
  16. Provides one motion to recommit.
  17. Structured rule for H.R. 1615.
  18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  19. 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.
  20. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
  21. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
  22. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part C of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  23. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part C of the report.
  24. Provides one motion to recommit.
  25. Structured rule for H.R. 1640.
  26. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  27. 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.
  28. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
  29. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
  30. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part D of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  31. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report.
  32. Provides one motion to recommit.

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Monday, June 12, 2023.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 495:
Agreed to by record vote of 218-209 on June 13, 2023.

MANAGERS: Massie/McGovern

  1. Closed rule for H.J. Res. 44.
  2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution.
  3. Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
  4. Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
  5. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  6. Provides one motion to recommit.
  7. Structured rule for H.R. 277.
  8. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  9. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  10. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-6 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
  11. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
  12. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part A of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  13. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.
  14. Provides one motion to recommit.
  15. Structured rule for H.R. 288.
  16. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  17. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-7 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
  18. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
  19. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
  20. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in part B of 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.
  21. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.
  22. Provides one motion to recommit.
  23. Structured rule for H.R. 1615.
  24. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  25. 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.
  26. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
  27. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
  28. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part C of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  29. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part C of the report.
  30. Provides one motion to recommit.
  31. Structured rule for H.R. 1640.
  32. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  33. 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.
  34. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
  35. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
  36. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part D of 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  37. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report.
  38. Provides one motion to recommit.
  39. Provides that the ordering of the yeas and nays on the question of reconsideration of the vote on adoption of H. Res. 463 is vacated and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

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

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Houlahan (PA)DemocratRequires Congress to approve by vote any regulation with an economic impact over $1 billion instead of $100 million.Made in Order
2Version 1Biggs (AZ)RepublicanLowers the threshold for designation as a "major rule" to $50 million.Made in Order
3Version 2Joyce (OH)RepublicanRevised Amends the definition of 'rule' to include interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other agency guidance documents.Made in Order
4Version 2Biggs (AZ), Brecheen (OK)RepublicanRevised Revises the definition of "rule" to include agency guidance documents.Revised
5Version 2Lieu (CA)DemocratRevised Requires agencies to notify Congress when an Inspector General vacancy has been open for 210 days.Revised
6Version 1McClain (MI)RepublicanWithdrawn Exempts major deregulation from the congressional review process to protect an administration’s ability to cut red tape.Withdrawn
7Version 1Green, Al (TX)DemocratExempts rules intended to protect constitutional rights from this bill's provisions.Submitted
8Version 1Gonzales, Tony (TX)RepublicanRequires any executive agency to submit a constitutional authority statement with any proposed rule.Made in Order
9Version 1Gonzales, Tony (TX)RepublicanRequires the passage of a Joint Resolution for both major and non-major rule proposals in order to be enacted.Submitted
10Version 1Clyde (GA)RepublicanDirects the Comptroller General, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, to make a determination on whether an agency action qualifies as a major rule under the definition of this act, if requested in writing by a member of Congress. Codifies in statute existing procedures for the Comptroller General to make a determination on whether an agency action qualifies as a rule under the definition of this act, if requested in writing by a member of Congress.Made in Order
11Version 1Landsman (OH)DemocratExcludes the Department of Veterans Affairs from the implementation of the REINS Act.Submitted
12Version 1Plaskett (VI)DemocratAllows an exception for rules to provide benefits or health services to veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.Submitted
13Version 1Green, Al (TX)DemocratDelays implementation of the legislation by 1 year and requires a study be conducted in that time by the GAO on the effects of implementation.Made in Order
14Version 1Johnson (GA)DemocratExempts any rule that improves employment conditions, retention, or wages of workers, including workers facing significant barriers to employment.Submitted
15Version 1Roy (TX)RepublicanWithdrawn Expands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule likely to result in increased access to abortion, abortion-related services, or abortion-related travel.Withdrawn
16Version 1Roy (TX)RepublicanExpands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule that references one of President Biden's major diversity, equity, and inclusion executive orders.Made in Order
17Version 3Good (VA)RepublicanRevised Creates a process for Congress to review all rules currently in effect over a 5 year period.Made in Order
18Version 1Roy (TX)RepublicanExpands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule likely to result in an increase in mandatory vaccinations.Made in Order
19Version 1Gonzales, Tony (TX)RepublicanLate Requires the Administration to submit a report on USCIS's "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements" proposed rule creating an asylum program fee and its adverse impacts on employers that utilize employment-based visas, including small and seasonal businesses.Submitted
20Version 1Green, Al (TX)DemocratLate Creates a rapid-review requirement which would allow executive branch rules to go into effect if Congress does not pass a joint resolution within 70 legislative days.Made in Order
21Version 1Gonzales, Tony (TX)RepublicanLate Requires DHS to submit a report on how the implementation of immigration related regulations has impacted border communities, including landowners, farmers, ranchers, and emergency services.Submitted
22Version 1Cloud (TX)RepublicanLate Closes a loophole created by Biden's EO on Modernizing Regulatory Review by clarifying that Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs must issue a finding for each rule determining whether the rule has a significant economic impact.Made in Order
23Version 1Good (VA), Roy (TX)RepublicanLate Expands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule likely to result in increased access to abortion, abortion-related services, or abortion-related travel.Made in Order
24Version 1Clyde (GA)RepublicanLate Withdrawn Expands the REINS Act so that the ATF's pistol brace rule is covered in the definition of "major rule."Withdrawn
25Version 1Boebert (CO)RepublicanLate Revises the Comptroller General's Congressional Review Report to include an estimate of the effect on inflation.Made in Order
26Version 1Boebert (CO)RepublicanLate Requires the Comptroller General to publish the GAO Study of Rules on its website.Made in Order
27Version 1Boebert (CO)RepublicanLate Requires the GAO Study of Rules to include an estimate of the impact previous rules have had on inflation.Submitted
28Version 1Boebert (CO)RepublicanLate Requires the Comptroller General's Congressional Review Report to also be made available to the Congressional committees of jurisdiction.Made in Order
29Version 1Ogles (TN)RepublicanLate Defines monetary policy for the purposes of the exemption from this act, restricting it to those activities conducted to set the federal funds rate or the discount rate.Submitted
30Version 1Jackson Lee (TX)DemocratLate Exempts from the bill’s Congressional approval requirement any proposed rule made to ensure the safety of products used or consumed by children under the age of 2.Submitted
31Version 1Boebert (CO)RepublicanLate Allows the President to make an emergency rule for increased production and leasing in order to lower gasoline prices.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 63

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in order amendment #12 to H.R. 277, offered by Representative Plaskett, which allows an exception for rules to provide benefits or health services to veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chair
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 64

Motion by Mr. Massie to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
Yea
Mr. Norman
Yea
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Cole, Chair
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 65

Motion by Mr. Massie to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
Yea
Mr. Newhouse
Yea
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Cole, Chair
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay