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House Calendar No. 66 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 454 

[Report No. 115–235] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2910) to provide for Federal 

and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations 

under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2883) to establish a more uniform, transparent, 

and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, 

and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import 

and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 218) to provide for the 

exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Alaska 

for the construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay; and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2017 

Ms. CHENEY, 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. 2910) to provide 

for Federal and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations under the Natural Gas 

Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 2883) to establish a more uniform, 

transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of 


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international border-crossing facilities for the import and 

export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of 

electricity; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

218) to provide for the exchange of Federal land and 

non-Federal land in the State of Alaska for the construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay; 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. 2910) to provide for Federal and 

6 State agency coordination in the approval of certain au7 thorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other pur8 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

9 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

10 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

11 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

12 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com13 mittee on Energy and Commerce. After general debate the 

14 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five15 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 

16 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

17 rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting 

18 of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-28. That amend19 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as 

20 read. All points of order against that amendment in the 


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1 nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that 

2 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 

3 except those printed in part A of the report of the Com4 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

5 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

6 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

7 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat8 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

9 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

10 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

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

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

13 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid14 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

15 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

16 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

17 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

18 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend19 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi20 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or21 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

22 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

23 with or without instructions. 

24 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

25 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 


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1 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

2 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

3 of the bill (H.R. 2883) to establish a more uniform, trans4 parent, and modern process to authorize the construction, 

5 connection, operation, and maintenance of international 

6 border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil 

7 and natural gas and the transmission of electricity. The 

8 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

9 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen10 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex11 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

12 and ranking minority member of the Committee on En13 ergy and Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be 

14 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In 

15 lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec16 ommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

17 now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider 

18 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

19 the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

21 115-29. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 

22 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

23 that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 

24 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub25 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part B 


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1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

2 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 

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

4 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

5 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

10 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con11 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

12 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

13 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

14 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend15 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

16 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 

17 in order as original text. The previous question shall be 

18 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

19 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

20 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

22 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

23 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

24 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

25 of the bill (H.R. 218) to provide for the exchange of FedVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Jul 18, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR454.RH HR454

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1 eral land and non-Federal land in the State of Alaska for 

2 the construction of a road between King Cove and Cold 

3 Bay. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

4 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

5 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

6 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

7 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com8 mittee on Natural Resources. After general debate the bill 

9 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

10 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill 

11 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule 

12 an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 

13 the text of Rules Committee Print 115-27. That amend14 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as 

15 read. All points of order against that amendment in the 

16 nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that 

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 

18 except those printed in part C of the report of the Com19 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

20 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

21 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

22 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat23 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

24 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

25 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 


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

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

3 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid4 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

5 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

6 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

7 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

8 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend9 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi10 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or11 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

12 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

13 with or without instructions. 

14 SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time on the legisla15 tive day of July 20, 2017, for the Speaker to entertain 

16 motions that the House suspend the rules, as though 

17 under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to the bill (H.R. 2825) 

18 to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 

19 certain improvements in the laws administered by the Sec20 retary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 

21 SEC. 5. The Committee on Appropriations may, at 

22 any time before 5 p.m. on Friday, July 21, 2017, file privi23 leged reports to accompany measures making appropria24 tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. 


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House Calendar No. 66 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 454 

[Report No. 115–235] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2910) 

and for other purposes. tion of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay; eral land in the State of Alaska for the construcfor the exchange of Federal land and non-Fedconsideration of the bill (H.R. 218) to provide and the transmission of electricity; providing for for the import and export of oil and natural gas nance of international border-crossing facilities struction, connection, operation, and mainteparent, and modern process to authorize the con-(H.R. 2883) to establish a more uniform, transposes; providing for consideration of the bill under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purnation in the approval of certain authorizations to provide for Federal and State agency coordiJULY 18, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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