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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–642 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 2577) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 23, 2016, THROUGH JULY 4, 

2016; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND 

THE RULES 

JUNE 23 (legislative day, June 22), 2016.—Referred to the House Calendar and 

ordered to be printed. 

Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 797] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 797, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of the conference report 

to accompany H.R. 2577, the Military Construction and Veterans 

Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. The resolution waives all points of order against the conference report and 

against its consideration. The resolution provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. The resolution provides 

that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

conference report to its adoption without intervention of any motion. During consideration of the conference report, the second sentence of clause 1(a) of rule XIX shall not apply. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of 

July, 2016. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that on any legislative day 

during the period from June 23, 2016, through July 4, 2016: the 

Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered 

as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair 

in declaring the adjournment. 


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Section 4 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 

of the period addressed by section 3. 

Section 5 of the resolution provides that it shall be in order at 

any time on the legislative day of June 23, 2016, or June 24, 2016, 

for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the 

rules and that the Speaker or his designee shall consult with the 

Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of any matter 

for consideration pursuant to this section. 

Section 6 of the resolution provides that upon adoption of the 

conference report specified in the first section of the resolution, 

House Concurrent Resolution 139 shall be considered as adopted. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against the conference report 

and its consideration includes a waiver of the following: 

• Clause 9 of rule XXII, which prohibits the inclusion of 

matter in a conference report not committed to the conference 

by either House; and 

• Clause 8 of rule XXII, which prohibits the consideration of 

a conference report until the third calendar day on which the 

conference report has been available in Congressional Record 

and requiring printed copies of a conference report. 

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