H.R.1227: Employee Commuting Flexibility Act of 1996

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.

Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Economic and Educational. H. Rept. 104-585.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 289.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 440 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3448 and H.R. 1227 with 5 hours of general debate. Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3448 and H.R. 1227 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means to H.R. 3448 now printed in the bill shall be considered as read and all points of order against the amendment (except those arising under sec. 425(a) of the Budget Act, shall be waived. The bill and amendment shall be debatable for one hour. The previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion except a motion to recommit with or without instructions. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on passage and on any conference report. After disposition of H.R. 3448, it shall be in order without intervening point of order to consider the bill H.R. 1227 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitut...

Rule H. Res. 440 passed House.

Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent that during consideration of the bill H.R. 1227 pursuant to H. Res. 440, notwithstanding the order of the previous question, it may be in order after 30 minutes of the 90 minutes provided for initial debate on the bill, as amended pursuant to the rule, for the Chair to postpone further consideration of the bill until the following legislative day, on which consideration may resume at a time designated by the Speaker. Agreed to without objection.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 440.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3448 and H.R. 1227 with 5 hours of general debate. Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3448 and H.R. 1227 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means to H.R. 3448 now printed in the bill shall be considered as read and all points of order against the amendment (except those arising under sec. 425(a) of the Budget Act, shall be waived. The bill and amendment shall be debatable for one hour. The previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion except a motion to recommit with or without instructions. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on passage and on any conference report. After disposition of H.R. 3448, it shall be in order without intervening point of order to consider the bill H.R. 1227 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitut...

After disposition of H.R. 3448, it shall be in order without intervening point of order to consider the bill H.R. 1227 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Economic Opportunities now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendment printed in sec. 3 of the report accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and any further amendment without intervening motion except:

90 minutes of debate on the bill; an amendment printed in part 2 of the report accompanying this resolution, which shall be separately debatable for one hour, and on which the question shall be divided between the proposed subsection 3(d) and the remainder of the proposed section 3; and one motion to recommit with or without instructions. In the engrossment of the bill H.R. 3448, the text of H.R. 1227 shall be added to the bill and, H.R. 1227 shall be

DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of the 90 minutes of general debate provided by the rule.

Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the bill would be postponed until Thursday, May, 23, 1996. When consideration continues, there will be an additional period of one hour for general debate.

Further consideration suspended, leaving H.R. 1227 as unfinished business.

Considered as unfinished business.

GENERAL DEBATE - The House continued with general debate on the bill. At the time debate resumed, 60 minutes of general debate remained from last evening.

Mr. Riggs moved to consider the Riggs amendment.

On motion to consider the Riggs amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 267 - 161 (Roll no. 191).

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on the Riggs amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 440, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Goodling amendment.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 440, the amendment will be divided into two parts on the question of its adoption. The Speaker will first put the question on agreeing to sections A, B, and C of the Goodling amendment. The Speaker will then put the question on the remaining section D, which would exempt small businesses with gross annual sales under $500,000 from the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 281 - 144 (Roll no. 195).

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Laid on the table. See H.R. 3448 for further action.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 440, the House appended the text of H.R. 1227 as passed by the House to H.R. 3448. See H.R. 3448 for further action.