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House Calendar No. 129 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 748 

[Report No. 115–583] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not 

prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to 

sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 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. 1865) to amend 

the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 

230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement 

against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating 

to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 


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1 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

2 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communica4 tions Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act 

5 does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and 

6 users of interactive computer services of Federal and State 

7 criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of 

8 children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. The 

9 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

10 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen11 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex12 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

13 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

14 Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

15 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

16 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

17 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

18 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

19 on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 

20 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid21 ered as read. All points of order against the committee 

22 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No 

23 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

24 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

25 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 


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1 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

2 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 

3 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

5 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

6 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

7 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

8 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

9 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con10 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

11 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

12 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

13 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend14 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

15 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub16 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or17 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

18 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

19 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 129 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 748 

[Report No. 115–583] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) 

other purposes. ploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exof interactive computer services of Federal and hibit the enforcement against providers and users clarify that section 230 of such Act does not proto amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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