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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 616 

[Report No. 115–408] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2874) to achieve reforms to 

improve the financial stability of the National Flood Insurance Program, 

to enhance the development of more accurate estimates of flood risk 

through new technology and better maps, to increase the role of private 

markets in the management of flood insurance risks, and to provide 

for alternative methods to insure against flood peril, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 

construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 

to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 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. 2874) to achieve 

reforms to improve the financial stability of the National 

Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the development 

of more accurate estimates of flood risk through new 

technology and better maps, to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risks, 

and to provide for alternative methods to insure against 

flood peril, and for other purposes, and providing for 


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consideration of the conference report to accompany the 

bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 

year 2018 for military activities of the Department of 

Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 

2 shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 

3 2874) to achieve reforms to improve the financial stability 

4 of the National Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the 

5 development of more accurate estimates of flood risk 

6 through new technology and better maps, to increase the 

7 role of private markets in the management of flood insur8 ance risks, and to provide for alternative methods to in9 sure against flood peril, and for other purposes. All points 

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

11 lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec12 ommended by the Committee on Financial Services now 

13 printed in the bill, the amendment printed in part A of 

14 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

15 resolution, modified by the amendment printed in part B 

16 of that report, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, 

17 as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of 

18 order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

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1 ment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion 

2 except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and con3 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

4 Committee on Financial Services; and (2) one motion to 

5 recommit with or without instructions. 

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

7 in order to consider the conference report to accompany 

8 the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 

9 year 2018 for military activities of the Department of De10 fense, for military construction, and for defense activities 

11 of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military per12 sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other pur13 poses. All points of order against the conference report 

14 and against its consideration are waived. The conference 

15 report shall be considered as read. The previous question 

16 shall be considered as ordered on the conference report 

17 to its adoption without intervening motion except: (1) one 

18 hour of debate; and (2) one motion to recommit if applica19 ble. 

20 SEC. 3. The Clerk shall not transmit to the Senate 

21 a message that the House has adopted the conference re22 port to accompany H.R. 2810 until notified by the Speak23 er or by message from the Senate that the Senate has 

24 passed H.R. 4374 without amendment. 


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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 616 

[Report No. 115–408] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2874) 

and for other purposes. military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe for military construction, and for defense activimilitary activities of the Department of Defense, thorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for port to accompany the bill (H.R. 2810) to auproviding for consideration of the conference reagainst flood peril, and for other purposes, and and to provide for alternative methods to insure kets in the management of flood insurance risks, better maps, to increase the role of private martimates of flood risk through new technology and to enhance the development of more accurate esbility of the National Flood Insurance Program, to achieve reforms to improve the financial staNOVEMBER 13, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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