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House Calendar No. 79 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 500 

[Report No. 115–295] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations 

for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; 

providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving 

a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration 

of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 

Mr. COLE, 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. 3354) making 

appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; providing 

for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and 

waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 

respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported 

from the Committee on Rules. 


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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. 3354) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

7 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 

8 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 

9 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider10 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con11 fined to the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally 

12 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

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

15 under the five-minute rule. An amendment in the nature 

16 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

17 Print 115-31, modified by Rules Committee Print 115-32 

18 and the amendment printed in part A of the report of the 

19 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall 

20 be considered as adopted in the House and in the Com21 mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be consid22 ered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend23 ment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered 

24 as read. Points of order against provisions in the bill, as 

25 amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5(a) 


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1 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: beginning with 

2 the colon on page 327, line 22, through ′′crime′′ on page 

3 328, line 2; beginning with the semicolon on page 535, 

4 line 12, through ′′(12 U.S.C. 3907(b)(2).’′′ on page 536, 

5 line 14; and section 7080. Where points of order are 

6 waived against part of a section, points of order against 

7 a provision in another part of such section may be made 

8 only against such provision and not against the entire sec9 tion. 

10 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall 

11 be in order except those printed in part B of the report 

12 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 

13 amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu14 tion, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 

15 of this resolution. 

16 (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 

17 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

21 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

22 an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 

23 time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amend24 ment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, 


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1 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 

2 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

3 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

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

5 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

6 this resolution are waived. 

7 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

8 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

9 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend10 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

11 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

12 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

13 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min14 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank15 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

16 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

17 amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu18 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

19 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

20 Whole. 

21 SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend22 ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com23 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

24 offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at any point 

25 for the purpose of debate. 


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1 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

2 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

3 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid4 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

5 subsequent order of the House. 

6 SEC. 6. (a) During consideration of H.R. 3354, it 

7 shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing 

8 both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant 

9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase 

11 in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa. 

12 (b) This paragraph shall not apply to an amendment 

13 between the Houses. 

14 SEC. 7. It shall be in order at any time through the 

15 legislative day of September 9, 2017, for the Speaker to 

16 entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as 

17 though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or his 

18 designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her des19 ignee on the designation of any matter for consideration 

20 pursuant to this section. 

21 SEC. 8. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 

22 for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com23 mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 

24 House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 

25 through the legislative day of September 9, 2017. 


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House Calendar No. 79 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 500 

[Report No. 115–295] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) 

ported from the Committee on Rules. spect to consideration of certain resolutions requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with remotions to suspend the rules; and waiving a refor other purposes; providing for consideration of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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