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House Calendar No. 57 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 382 

[Report No. 115–179] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1215) to improve patient access 

to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing 

the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery 

system. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2017 

Mr. BURGESS, 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. 1215) to improve patient access to health care services and provide 

improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden 

the liability system places on the health care delivery 

system. 

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. 1215) to improve patient access 


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1 to health care services and provide improved medical care 

2 by reducing the excessive burden the liability system 

3 places on the health care delivery system. The first read4 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

5 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de6 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

7 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank8 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

9 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

10 amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

12 the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 

13 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

14 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

15 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

16 text of Rules Committee Print 115-10. That amendment 

17 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

18 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

19 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend20 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

21 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac22 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

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

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


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1 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

3 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi4 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

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

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

7 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

10 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

13 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

14 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

15 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in16 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 57 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 382 

[Report No. 115–179] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1215) 

on the health care delivery system. the excessive burden the liability system places and provide improved medical care by reducing to improve patient access to health care services 

JUNE 13, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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