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House Calendar No. 146 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 905 

[Report No. 115–698] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense 

and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration 

of the bill (S. 204) to authorize the use of unapproved medical products 

by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State 

law, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the 

bill (S. 2155) to promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory 

relief, and enhance consumer protections, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2018 

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. 5515) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 

such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for 

consideration of the bill (S. 204) to authorize the use 

of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed 

with a terminal illness in accordance with State law, 


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and for other purposes; and providing for consideration 

of the bill (S. 2155) to promote economic growth, provide 

tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, 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. 5515) to authorize appropriations 

6 for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Depart7 ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 

8 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 

9 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis10 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

11 the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 

12 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

13 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

14 the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate 

15 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five16 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

17 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 

18 Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na19 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com20 mittee Print 115-70 shall be considered as adopted in the 

21 House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 

22 amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the 


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1 purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule 

2 and shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

3 provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

4 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 

5 amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re6 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu7 tion and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

8 resolution. (b) Each further amendment printed in the re9 port of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

13 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

16 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. (c) All 

17 points of order against the further amendments printed 

18 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

19 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

20 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

21 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

22 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print23 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

24 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

25 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 


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1 as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 

2 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

3 of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, 

4 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub5 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

6 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

7 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

8 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

9 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid10 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

11 subsequent order of the House. 

12 SEC. 5. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

13 in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 204) to au14 thorize the use of unapproved medical products by pa15 tients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with 

16 State law, and for other purposes. All points of order 

17 against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall 

18 be considered as read. All points of order against provi19 sions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall 

20 be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amend21 ment thereto to final passage without intervening motion 

22 except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and con23 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

24 Committee on Energy and Commerce; and (2) one motion 

25 to recommit. 


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

2 in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 2155) to 

3 promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory re4 lief, and enhance consumer protections, and for other pur5 poses. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

6 are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points 

7 of order against provisions in the bill are waived. The pre8 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

9 and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 

10 intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 

11 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

12 member of the Committee on Financial Services; and (2) 

13 one motion to commit. 

14 SEC. 7. Notwithstanding clause 8 of rule XX, further 

15 proceedings on the recorded vote ordered on the question 

16 of reconsideration of the vote on the question of passage 

17 of H.R. 2 may continue to be postponed through the legis18 lative day of Friday, June 22, 2018. 


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House Calendar No. 146 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 905 

[Report No. 115–698] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) 

other purposes. lief, and enhance consumer protections, and for economic growth, provide tailored regulatory refor consideration of the bill (S. 2155) to promote State law, and for other purposes; and providing nosed with a terminal illness in accordance with unapproved medical products by patients diagation of the bill (S. 204) to authorize the use of and for other purposes; providing for considermilitary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, fense and for military construction, to prescribe for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 

MAY 21, 2018 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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