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House Calendar No. 168 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 996 

[Report No. 115–830] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6147) making appropriations 

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

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2018 

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. 6147) making 

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

September 30, 2019, 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 

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. 6147) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 


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1 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

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

3 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider4 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con5 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di6 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

7 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen8 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

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

10 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

11 Print 115-81 shall be considered as adopted in the House 

12 and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, 

13 shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of 

14 further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall 

15 be considered as read. Points of order against provisions 

16 in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 

17 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived except as follows: 

18 beginning with the colon on page 251, line 5, through 

19 ′′2012′′ on page 251, line 8. Where points of order are 

20 waived against part of a paragraph, points of order 

21 against a provision in another part of such paragraph may 

22 be made only against such provision and not against the 

23 entire paragraph. No further amendment to the bill, as 

24 amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re25 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resoluVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jul 16, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR996.RH HR996

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1 tion and pro forma amendments described in section 2 of 

2 this resolution. Each further amendment printed in the 

3 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

7 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

9 time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amend10 ment except as provided by section 2 of this resolution, 

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

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

13 All points of order against such further amendments are 

14 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

15 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, 

16 as amended, to the House with such further amendments 

17 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall 

18 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

19 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

20 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

21 SEC. 2. During consideration of H.R. 6147 for 

22 amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 

23 the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des24 ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

25 at any point for the purpose of debate. 


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House Calendar No. 168 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 996 

[Report No. 115–830] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6147) 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

JULY 16, 2018 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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