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H.R. 5973

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Rule Hearing Information:

Meeting Time:  Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM in H-313 The Capitol

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Type of Rule: 

Open Rule, requiring amendments to be offered on the House floor during reading of the bill.  
For more information, please reference Amending Appropriations Bills: A Basic Guide from the Committee on Rules.

Resources:

  • Text of H.R. 5973 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 [PDF][XML]
  • Text of H. Rept. 112-542 — Report from the Committee on Appropriations [PDF][XML]
      
  • Hearing Documents: 
        :: Rule  [PDF]
        :: H. Res. 697  [PDF][XML]
        :: H. Rept. 112-545  [PDF][XML] 

 

Amendments:

An Open Rule was reported, requiring amendments to be offered on the House floor during reading of the bill.  For more information, please reference Amending Appropriations Bills: A Basic Guide from the Committee on Rules.

Rule Information for H.R. 5973 and H.R. 5972

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Thursday, June 21, 2012.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 697: 
Adopted by record vote of 229-166, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 226-168, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. 

MANAGERS: Foxx/McGovern

1. Open rule for H.R. 5973.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.

5. Provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

6. Authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.

7. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

8. Open rule for H.R. 5972.

9. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

11. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI except for section 169C (regarding fuel for vehicle operations).

12. Provides that the amendment specified in section 3 of the resolution inserting the caption for the Spending Reduction Account shall be considered as adopted.

13. Provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

14. Authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.

15. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

16. Provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of July.