Announcements
Consideration of the following measure has been postponed subject to the call of the chair:
- H.R. 5620—VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
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The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, July 11, 2016 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 4992—United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 5119—No 2 H2O from Iran Act
- H.R. 5631—Iran Accountability Act of 2016
- H.R. 5538—Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 5620—VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016
Consideration of the following measure has been postponed subject to the call of the chair:
- H.R. 5611—Homeland Safety and Security Act
Please Note: The Committee will meet on H.R. 4361 as scheduled.
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The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measures:
Dear Colleague:
I would like to remind all Members that H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, will be before the Committee on Rules the week of May 16th.
Due to the large number of amendments received, and in order to accommodate the House floor schedule, the Committee intends to make in order a group of amendments as part of the general debate rule, which was previously announced for Monday, May 16, 2016 at 5:00 PM.
This group of amendments will be posted on the Rules Committee website after filing of the rule on Monday evening. While sponsors of these amendments made in order will not have the opportunity to testify before the Committee, any statement for the official committee record is welcome to be submitted before 3:00 PM on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in H-312 The Capitol.
Additional amendments will be made in order at the Committee’s amendment consideration meeting on Tuesday. Members whose amendments were not made in order under the general debate rule and who wish to testify before the Committee are invited to do so at this meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact myself or Stephen Cote of the Committee staff at 225-9191.
Sincerely,
PETE SESSIONS
Dear Colleague:
As you begin to contemplate possible amendments to the House Budget Resolution, I want to remind all Members of a continuing requirement that was adopted as part of the opening day Rules Package. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes, but the new requirement is applicable to all amendments.
Section 3(h) of H. Res. 5 (114th Congress) prohibits the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget, or any proposed amendment to or conference report thereon, unless it includes specified information and estimates related to direct spending, including means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending. Specifically, the subsection requires the inclusion of: (1) the average rate of growth for each category in the total amount of outlays during the 10-year period preceding the budget year; (2) estimates for each such category under current law for the period covered by the concurrent resolution; and (3) information on proposed reforms in such categories.
This section also requires the chair of the Committee on the Budget to publish a description in the Congressional Record of each category. The description of each category was submitted for printing by Chairman Price on March 15, 2016 and is available on the Rules Committee website. Title V of H. Con. Res. ___, posted by Chairman Price on March 15, 2016, provides an example of how to comply with this requirement.
All Members are reminded to work with the Congressional Budget Office and the Committee on the Budget to ensure that accurate estimates for each category, as well as any information on proposed reforms, are included in their amendment. If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Cote of the Committee staff or myself at 225-9191.
Sincerely,
PETE SESSIONS
The Committee on Rules will meet on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 2596—Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Dear Colleague:
As you begin to contemplate possible amendments to the House Budget Resolution, I want to remind all Members of a continuing requirement that was adopted as part of the opening day Rules Package. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes, but the new requirement is applicable to all amendments.
Section 3(h) of H. Res. 5 (114th Congress) prohibits the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget, or any proposed amendment to or conference report thereon, unless it includes specified information and estimates related to direct spending, including means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending. Specifically, the subsection requires the inclusion of: (1) the average rate of growth for each category in the total amount of outlays during the 10-year period preceding the budget year; (2) estimates for each such category under current law for the period covered by the concurrent resolution; and (3) information on proposed reforms in such categories.
This section also requires the chair of the Committee on the Budget to publish a description in the Congressional Record of each category. The description of each category was submitted for printing by Chairman Price on March 17, 2015 and is available on the Rules Committee website. Title VI of H. Con. Res. ___, posted by Chairman Price on March 17, 2015, provides an example of how to comply with this requirement.
All Members are reminded to work with the Congressional Budget Office and the Committee on the Budget to ensure that accurate estimates for each category, as well as any information on proposed reforms, are included in their amendment. If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Cote of the Committee staff or myself at 225-9191.
Sincerely,
PETE SESSIONS
The Committee on Rules will meet on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measures:
Due to the Majority Leader's scheduling announcement, consideration of the following item has been postponed subject to the call of the chair:
Dear Colleague:
As you begin to contemplate possible amendments to the House Budget Resolution, I want to remind all Members of the requirement that was adopted as part of the opening day Rules Package. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes, but the new requirement is applicable to all amendments.
Section 3(e) of H. Res. 5 (113th Congress) prohibits the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget, or any proposed amendment to or conference report thereon, unless it includes specified information and estimates related to direct spending, including means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending. Specifically, the subsection requires the inclusion of: (1) the average rate of growth for each category in the total amount of outlays during the 10-year period preceding the budget year; (2) estimates for each such category under current law for the period covered by the concurrent resolution; and (3) information on proposed reforms in such categories.
The section also requires the chair of the Committee on the Budget to publish a description in the Congressional Record of each category. The description of each category was submitted for printing by Chairman Ryan on April 1, 2014 and is available on the Rules Committee website. Title IV of H. Con. Res. ___, posted by Chairman Ryan on April 1, 2014, provides an example of how to comply with this requirement.
All Members are reminded to work with the Congressional Budget Office and the Committee on the Budget to ensure that accurate estimates for each category are included in the amendment, as well as any information on proposed reforms. If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Cote of the Committee staff or myself at 225-9191.
Sincerely,
PETE SESSIONS
Dear Colleague:
The Committee on Rules may meet the week of March 3rd to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 2641, the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013.
Any Member wishing to offer an amendment must submit a searchable electronic copy of the amendment, which should be provided by the Office of Legislative Counsel, via the Rules Committee’s website. Members must also submit 30 hard copies of the amendment, one copy of a brief explanation of the amendment, and an amendment login form to the Rules Committee in room H-312 of the Capitol by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 3, 2014. Both electronic and hard copies must be received by the date and time specified. Members should draft their amendments to the text of Rules Committee Print 113-39, which is posted on the Rules Committee website and contains the text of H.R. 2641, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, with technical modifications.
Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format. Members should also check with the Congressional Budget Office for a preliminary assessment of their amendments’ budgetary effects. Finally, members should check with the Office of the Parliamentarian and the Committee on the Budget to be certain their amendments comply with the rules of the House and the Congressional Budget Act. If you have any questions, please contact myself or Karas Pattison of the Committee staff at 225-9191.
Sincerely,
PETE SESSIONS