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House Calendar No. 41 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 275 

[Report No. 115–95] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1695) to amend title 17, United 

States Code, to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of 

Copyrights, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2017 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1695) to amend 

title 17, United States Code, to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1695) to amend title 17, United 


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1 States Code, to provide additional responsibilities for the 

2 Register of Copyrights, and for other purposes. The first 

3 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

4 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

5 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

6 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

7 ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judici8 ary. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

9 amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

10 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

11 the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 

12 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

13 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

14 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

15 text of Rules Committee Print 115-13. That amendment 

16 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

17 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

18 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend19 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

20 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac21 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

22 be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

23 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

24 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

25 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 


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1 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

2 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi3 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

4 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

5 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

6 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

7 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

8 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

9 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

10 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

11 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

12 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

13 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

14 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in15 structions. 

16 SEC. 2. House Resolution 254 is laid on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 41 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 275 

[Report No. 115–95] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1695) 

Copyrights, and for other purposes. additional responsibilities for the Register of to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide 

APRIL 25, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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