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House Calendar No. 90 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 553 

[Report No. 115–339] 

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 71) 

establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2017 

Mr. WOODALL, 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 concurrent resolution (H. 

Con. Res. 71) establishing the congressional budget for 

the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and 

setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

years 2019 through 2027. 

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 lishing the congressional budget for the United States 

2 Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the ap3 propriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 

4 2027. The first reading of the concurrent resolution shall 

5 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider6 ation of the concurrent resolution are waived. General de7 bate shall not exceed four hours, with three hours of gen8 eral debate confined to the congressional budget equally 

9 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

10 member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour 

11 of general debate on the subject of economic goals and 

12 policies equally divided and controlled by Representative 

13 Tiberi of Ohio and Representative Carolyn Maloney of 

14 New York or their respective designees. After general de15 bate the concurrent resolution shall be considered for 

16 amendment under the five-minute rule. The concurrent 

17 resolution shall be considered as read. No amendment 

18 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 

19 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

20 such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 

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

22 in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall be 

23 debatable for the time specified in the report equally di24 vided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. 

25 All points of order against such amendments are waived 


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1 except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature 

2 of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consider3 ation of the concurrent resolution for amendment. After 

4 the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolu5 tion for amendment and a final period of general debate, 

6 which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and con7 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

8 Committee on the Budget, the Committee shall rise and 

9 report the concurrent resolution to the House with such 

10 amendment as may have been adopted. The previous ques11 tion shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent reso12 lution and amendments thereto to adoption without inter13 vening motion except amendments offered by the chair of 

14 the Committee on the Budget pursuant to section 

15 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 

16 achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolu17 tion shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 

18 question of its adoption. 


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House Calendar No. 90 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 553 

[Report No. 115–339] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resothrough 2027. appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 ment for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the gressional budget for the United States Govern- lution (H. Con. Res. 71) establishing the conOCTOBER 3, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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