HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACTIONS 02/26/2014

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

 

February 26, 2014

 

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

H.R. 3308 — "To require a Federal agency to include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense." – ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL – PASSED BY VOICE

 

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 487 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3865) to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2804) to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish information about rules on the Internet, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules." – ADOPTED 224 – 192

 

H. Res. 487 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3865) to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2804) to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish information about rules on the Internet, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules." -  ADOPTED 231 – 185

 

H.R. 1944 — "To protect private property rights." – ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL – PASSED 353 – 65

 

Democrat Motion to Recommit – FAILED 191 – 230

 

Final Passage of H.R. 3865 — "To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986." – PASSED 243 – 176

 

Polis Motion to Amend the Title – FAILED 177 – 241   

 

Cartwright (D-PA) – Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Strikes the requirement that information on the timing and costs of expected new regulations be published online for six months before a new regulation can become effective. – FAILED BY VOICE

 

Murphy (D-FL) – Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Eliminates reforms to notice-and-comment rulemaking and regulatory consent decree and settlement practices by striking titles II and IV from the bill. – FAILED BY VOICE

 

Rothfus (R-PA), Barr, (R-KY) – Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Adds terms to define “negative-impact on jobs and wages” rules, helps agencies better identify such rules, and requires agency heads that approve such rules to state formally that they knew of the rules’ negative impacts on jobs and wages before approving them. – VOTE REQUESTED

 

Brady (R-TX) – Amendment No 4 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Requires federal agencies to identify in notices of proposed rulemaking an achievable objective for the proposed rule and metrics by which the agencies will determine if the final rule achieves that objective. Also requires agencies to determine that final regulations meets those objectives and that they applied their stated metrics to make that determination. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Rigell (R-VA) – Amendment No. 5 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Expands requirements for initial regulatory flexibility analyses to include analysis of whether new regulations may impair small entities’ ability to gain access to credit. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Tipton (R-CO) – Amendment No. 6 to H.R. 2804 (ALERT Act) – Makes a technical correction to make clear the retention of the Regulatory Flexibility Act’s requirement that each agency annually publish a list of regulations to be reviewed pursuant to its periodic review plan. – ADOPTED BY VOICE