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House Calendar No. 21 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 198 

[Report No. 115–39] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1259) to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, 

and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

1367) to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to amend title 38, United States Code, 

to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated 

as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2017 

Mr. BUCK, 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. 1259) to amend 

title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal 

or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for 

other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 1367) to improve the authority of the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and 


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other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

and for other purposes; and providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 1181) to amend title 38, United States 

Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent 

for certain 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. 1259) to amend title 38, United 

6 States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 

7 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based 

8 on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes. 

9 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

10 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

11 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

12 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

13 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Vet14 erans’ Affairs. After general debate the bill shall be con15 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

16 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

17 of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment 

18 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

19 Committee Print 115-7. That amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 


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1 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub2 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 

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

4 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

5 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

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

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

9 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

11 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi12 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

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

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

15 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

18 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

21 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

22 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

23 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in24 structions. 


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

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

3 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

4 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

5 of the bill (H.R. 1367) to improve the authority of the 

6 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians 

7 and other employees of the Department of Veterans Af8 fairs, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 

9 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid10 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con11 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di12 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

13 member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. After gen14 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

16 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

17 the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub18 stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

19 115-6. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

20 be considered as read. All points of order against that 

21 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No 

22 amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub23 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part B 

24 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

25 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 


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

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

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

4 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

8 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con9 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

11 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

12 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend13 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

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

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

16 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

17 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

18 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

19 SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

20 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1181) 

21 to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the condi22 tions under which certain persons may be treated as adju23 dicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes. All 

24 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

25 The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 


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1 against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous 

2 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on 

3 any amendment thereto to final passage without inter4 vening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di5 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

6 member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; and (2) 

7 one motion to recommit. 


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House Calendar No. 21 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 198 

[Report No. 115–39] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1259) 

for certain purposes. be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent the conditions under which certain persons may to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) erans Affairs, and for other purposes; and proand other employees of the Department of Vetof Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians 1367) to improve the authority of the Secretary providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. formance or misconduct, and for other purposes; Department of Veterans Affairs based on perfor the removal or demotion of employees of the to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 

MARCH 15, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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