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Chris Van Hollen: I have a motion to commit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2015
I have a motion to commit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Van Hollen moves that the resolution (H. Res. 5) be committed to a select committee composed of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader with instructions to report it forthwith back to the House with the following amendment: At the end of the resolution, add the following new sections: Sec. 6. CEO-EMPLOYEE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT OF 2015. Not later than January 31, 2015, the Speaker shall, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of a bill consisting of the text specified in section 8 of this resolution, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived.…
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Jan 6, 2015

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