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Additional Waivers for S. H.R. and H.R. 3684

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 8, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, when the Committee on Rules filed its report (House Report 117-205) to accompany House Resolution 838, the Committee was unaware that the waiver of all points of order against consideration of S. 610 included a waiver of the following:

Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority.

When the Committee on Rules filed its report (House Report 117-201) to accompany House Resolution 829, the Committee was unaware that the waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 6119 included waivers of the following:

Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of a measure that has a net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the five- or 10-year period; and

Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority.

When the Committee on Rules filed its report (House Report 117-74) to accompany House Resolution 504, the Committee was unaware that the waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 3684 included a waiver of the following:

Section 425 of the Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of (1) any legislation referred by a committee until the committee publishes the CBO's statement on the direct costs of Federal mandates and (2) any legislation that would increase the direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates beyond $50,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) unless the legislation provides for new budget authority or the legislation appropriates sufficient funds to cover the new costs.

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