Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Monday, January 23, 2017 at 5:00 pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Monday, January 23, 2017 at 5:00 pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Monday, January 23, 2017.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 55:
MANAGERS:Cheney/Slaughter
1. Closed rule.
2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their respective designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
6. Provides one motion to recommit.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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2 | Version 1 | Lee, Barbara (CA), Johnson, Hank (GA), Schakowsky (IL), DeGette (CO), Slaughter (NY), Jayapal (WA), Chu (CA) | Democrat | Expresses the sense of the Congress that women, not the employers of such women, nor politicians, should be making their own decisions regarding abortion and decisions that might impact access to or coverage of abortion care services. | Submitted |
1 | Version 1 | Norton (DC), Lee, Barbara (CA), Grijalva (AZ), Peters, Scott (CA), Jayapal (WA), Chu (CA) | Democrat | Allows the District of Columbia to spend its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and strikes the bill's applicability to the District of Columbia government. | Submitted |
3 | Version 1 | Schakowsky (IL), DeGette (CO), Slaughter (NY), Johnson, Hank (GA), Grijalva (AZ), Jayapal (WA), Chu (CA), Keating (MA) | Democrat | Stipulates that H.R. 7 cannot take effect if it would reduce access to comprehensive reproductive health services. | Submitted |
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to following amendments offered en bloc: amendment # 1, offered by Rep. Norton (DC) and Rep. Peters (CA) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Lee (CA) and Rep. Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Grijalva (AZ), which allows the District of Columbia to spend its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and strikes the bill's applicability to the District of Columbia government; amendment # 2 by Rep. Lee (CA) and Rep. DeGette (CO) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Johnson (GA) and Rep. Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Slaughter (NY) and Rep. Schakowsky (IL), which expresses the sense of the Congress that women, not the employers of such women, nor politicians, should be making their own decisions regarding abortion and decisions that might impact access to or coverage of abortion care services; and amendment #3 by Rep. Schakowsky (IL) and Rep. DeGette (CO) and Rep. Keating (MA) and Rep. Chu (CA) and Rep. Johnson (GA) and Rep. Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Grijalva (AZ) and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which stipulates that H.R. 7 cannot take effect if it would reduce access to comprehensive reproductive health services. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4