H. Res. 1486 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 24, 2024. 

Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, 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 the bill 

(H.R. 3334) to provide for the imposition of sanctions on 

members of the National Communist Party Congress of the 

People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 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 Foreign Affairs or their 

respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The 

amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the 

Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be 
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considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of 

the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the 

original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the 

five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

waived. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall 

be in order except those printed in part B of the report of 

the Committee on Rules. Each such further amendment may 

be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 

considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 

in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

of order against such further amendments are waived. At the 

conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the 

House with such further amendments as may have been 

adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 

on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 

thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

one motion to recommit. 

SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 8205) to amend 
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the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety 

report systems, and for other purposes. All points of order 

against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

text of Rules Committee Print 118–51 shall be considered as 

adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, 

are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 

thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: 

(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

Judiciary or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to 

recommit. 

SEC. 3. At any time after adoption of this resolution the 

Speaker may, 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 the bill (H.R. 

8790) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
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lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested 

lands, and for other purposes. 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 Natural Resources or their respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment in 

the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

Natural Resources now printed in the bill, modified by the 

amendment printed in part C of the report of the Committee 

on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 

adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 

The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No 

further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 

except those printed in part D of the report of the Committee 

on Rules. Each such further amendment may be offered only 

in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 

Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
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shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 

to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

further amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage 

without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. 

SEC. 4. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order without intervention of any point of order to consider 

in the House the resolution (H. Res. 1469) ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution shall be 

considered as read. The previous question shall be considered 

as ordered on the resolution and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question 

except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. 

SEC. 5. Section 3(j) of House Resolution 5 is amended 

by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, ‘non-governmental capacity’ shall mean any capacity except representing the executive branch of the 

United States government.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk.