HRES 40 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 78) to improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 238) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Dan Newhouse R-WA

Latest action · Jan 11, 2017 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 10, 2017
Agreed to in HouseJan 11, 2017

Summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 78) to improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 238) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes.

Recorded votes 2

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 33	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Passed233–170	Jan 11, 2017

House 32	On Ordering the Previous Question	Passed232–168	Jan 11, 2017

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Rules Committee	Reported as an original measure Jan 10, 2017

Actions 9

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Jan 11, 2017Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H316-322)
Jan 11, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 40.
Jan 11, 2017On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 168 (Roll no. 32). (consideration: CR H321-322)
Jan 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 233 - 170 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H316)
Jan 11, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 10, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 10, 2017The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 115-3, by Mr. Newhouse.
Jan 10, 2017The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on both H.R. 78 and H.R. 238. The resolution provides for suspension authority at any time on the legislative day of January 13, 2017. The resolution also provides for legislative proceedings during the period of January
Jan 10, 2017Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 3.

In the Congressional Record 1

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Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H316–H322Text printed H316Amendments H321Recorded votes H321, H322consideration (H. Res. 40), previous questionclarifyclarify, previous question	Dan Newhouse R-WA, Jared Polis D-CO (amendment), K. Michael Conaway R-TX, Katherine M. Clark D-MA	Jan 11, 2017

Research

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Committee report

H. Rept. 115-3

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 78	SEC Regulatory Accountability Act	Related bill	Jan 17, 2017
HR 238	Commodity End-User Relief Act	Procedurally related	Jan 17, 2017

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 78) to improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 238) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Subjects

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Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 11, 2017Engrossed in House
Jan 10, 2017Reported in House

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