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House Calendar No. 98 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 607 

[Report No. 115–391] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3043) to modernize hydropower 

policy, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 3441) to clarify the treatment of two or more employers 

as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the 

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2017 

Mr. BYRNE, 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. 3043) to modernize hydropower policy, and for other purposes, and 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3441) to 

clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint 

employers under the National Labor Relations Act and 

the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 

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 


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1 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 3043) to modernize hydropower pol3 icy, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 

4 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid5 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con6 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di7 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

8 member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

9 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

10 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

11 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend12 ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na13 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

14 Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill. The com15 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

16 considered as read. All points of order against the com17 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

18 waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 

19 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

20 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom21 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of22 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of23 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

24 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec25 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 


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1 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend2 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

3 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

4 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

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

6 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

7 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 committee amendment in 

11 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

12 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

13 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

14 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

16 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3441) 

17 to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint 

18 employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the 

19 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. All points of order 

20 against consideration of the bill are waived. The amend21 ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

22 Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed 

23 in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 

24 amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 

25 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 


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1 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

2 bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, 

3 to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one 

4 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

5 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Edu6 cation and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit 

7 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 98 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 607 

[Report No. 115–391] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3043) 

Labor Standards Act of 1938. National Labor Relations Act and the Fair or more employers as joint employers under the bill (H.R. 3441) to clarify the treatment of two purposes, and providing for consideration of the to modernize hydropower policy, and for other 

NOVEMBER 6, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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