THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

House Meets At:	First Vote Predicted:	Last Vote Predicted:
10:00 a.m.: Morning Hour 12:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Fifteen “One Minutes”	1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

H.Res. 526 – Rule providing for consideration of both H.R. 511 – Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (Rep. Rokita – Education and the Workforce) and H.R. 1737 – Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act (Rep. Guinta – Financial Services) (One hour of debate). The Rules Committee has recommended one Rule which would provide for consideration of two bills.

For H.R. 511, the Rules Committee has recommended a closed Rule that provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.  The Rule allows one motion to recommit, with or without instructions, and waives all points of order against the legislation.

For H.R. 1737, the Rules Committee has recommended a structured Rule that provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services.  The Rule allows for 3 amendments, debatable for 10 minutes equally divided between the offeror and an opponent.  The Rule allows one motion to recommit, with or without instructions, and waives all points of order against the legislation.

The Rules Committee rejected a motion by Ms. Slaughter of New York to consider both H.R. 511 and H.R. 1737 under open Rules. Members are urged to VOTE NO.

H.R. 511 – Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 (Rep. Rokita – Education and the Workforce) (One hour of debate). H.R. 511 would expand tribal sovereignty by amending the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to add Native American tribes and any commercial enterprise or other institution owned and operated by a tribe on tribal lands to the list of entities (such as state and local governments) that are excluded from the definition of employer and therefore are excluded from coverage under the NLRA.

By expanding sovereignty to commercial and other enterprises owned by tribes, H.R. 511 would take away federally guaranteed labor rights from hundreds of thousands of American workers (both Native and non-Native) and give businesses owned by tribes an advantage over identical businesses not owned by tribal governments. Additionally, thousands of workers employed in commercial enterprises on tribal lands are not tribal members and cannot have any influence or say over tribal policy-making.  For example, nearly 75% of the 600,000 workers employed in tribal casinos are not tribal members.

The Rule provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Bill Text for H.R. 511:
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Background for H.R. 511:
House Report (HTML Version)
House Report (PDF Version)

Motion to go to Conference on S. 1177 – Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 and Democratic Motion to Instruct Conferees

Suspension (1 bill)

1. H.Res. 524 – Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015, that resulted in the loss of at least 129 lives (Rep. Royce – Foreign Affairs)

Postponed Suspensions (2 bills)

1. H.R. 1694– Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015 (Rep. Fitzpatrick – Transportation and Infrastructure)
2. H.R. 3114 – To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposes (Rep. Napolitano – Transportation and Infrastructure)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, November 18: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 1737 – Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act (Rep. Guinta – Financial Services) and H.R. 1210 – Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (Rep. Barr – Financial Services) (Subject to a Rule). 

The Daily Quote

“The Wisconsin Republican's own immigration position has come under scrutiny since he decided to pursue the top job in the House last month. [House Speaker Paul] Ryan [R-OH], who has previously called for comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, said Sunday he still personally supports a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants ‘as a way to make amends with the law… You need to have a vibrant legal immigration system,’ he said.”     -    ABC News, 11/15/2015