H.R. 3355: To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events. H.R. 3355: Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 2007-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. 2007-09-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. 2007-09-05 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 2007-09-06 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 2007-09-06 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 2007-09-25 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 2007-09-26 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 27. 2007-09-26 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-419. 2007-10-31T18:55:00-04:00 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 264. 2007-10-31T18:55:00-04:00 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 802 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3355 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waive except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill. 2007-11-06T21:35:00-05:00 Rule H. Res. 802 passed House. 2007-11-08T14:58:00-05:00 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 802. 2007-11-08T15:08:00-05:00 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3355 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waive except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill. 2007-11-08T15:08:00-05:00 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 802 and Rule XVIII. 2007-11-08T15:08:00-05:00 The Speaker designated the Honorable Mike Ross to act as Chairman of the Committee. 2007-11-08T15:08:00-05:00 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3355. 2007-11-08T15:09:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Klein amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:02:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Klein amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Capito demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T16:14:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Roskam amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:15:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roskam amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Roskam demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T16:26:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Murphy (CT) amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:28:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Roskam amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:37:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roskam amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Roskam demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T16:51:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Castor amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:53:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Manzullo amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T16:57:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Manzullo amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Manzullo demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T17:11:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Matheson amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T17:12:00-05:00 The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a communication from the President. 2007-11-08T17:16:00-05:00 The Committee resumed its sitting. 2007-11-08T17:17:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Brown-Waite (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T17:19:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Putnam amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T17:27:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Putnam amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Putnam demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T17:33:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Shays amendment in the nature of a substitute under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T17:34:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Shays amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2007-11-08T17:48:00-05:00 VACATING REQUEST FOR RECORDED VOTE - Mr. Putnam asked unanimous consent to vacate his earlier request for a recorded vote on his amendment, to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection. 2007-11-08T17:48:00-05:00 DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Campbell amendment under the five-minute rule. 2007-11-08T17:51:00-05:00 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3355. 2007-11-08T19:06:00-05:00 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. 2007-11-08T19:07:00-05:00 The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. 2007-11-08T19:07:00-05:00 Mrs. Capito moved to recommit with instructions to Financial Services. 2007-11-08T19:08:00-05:00 DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Capito motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion see to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments adding a new section pertaining to prohibiting cross-subsidization from middle america. 2007-11-08T19:09:00-05:00 The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. 2007-11-08T19:20:00-05:00 On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 175 - 239 (Roll no. 1073). 2007-11-08T19:38:00-05:00 pass On passage Passed by recorded vote: 258 - 155 (Roll no. 1074). 2007-11-08T19:45:00-05:00 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3355. 2007-11-08T19:46:00-05:00 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 2007-11-13 H.R. 3355: Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 h H.R. 3355: Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 (110th Congress) Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events. 2007-08-03 110 2007-08-03 3355 vote HouseBill LegislativeAction VoteAction ShortTitle OfficialTitle