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House Calendar No. 137 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 715 

[Report No. 113–581] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5078) to preserve existing rights 

and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and 

for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the resolution 

(H. Res. 644) condemning and disapproving of the Obama administration’s failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify 

Congress before releasing individuals detained at United States Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of five Taliban leaders and the repercussions 

of negotiating with terrorists. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 5078) to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to 

waters of the United States, and for other purposes, 

and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. 

Res. 644) condemning and disapproving of the Obama 

administration’s failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify Congress before releasing indiVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:48 Sep 08, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\HR715.RH HR715

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viduals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of five Taliban leaders and the 

repercussions of negotiating with terrorists. 

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. 5078) to preserve existing rights 

6 and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United 

7 States, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

8 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

9 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

10 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal11 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor12 ity member of the Committee on Transportation and In13 frastructure. After general debate the bill shall be consid14 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 

15 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

16 provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the 

17 bill shall be in order except those printed in the report 

18 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

19 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

20 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

21 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

22 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 


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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

5 against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

6 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

7 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

8 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

9 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

10 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

11 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in12 structions. 

13 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

14 in order without intervention of any point of order to con15 sider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 644) con16 demning and disapproving of the Obama administration’s 

17 failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to 

18 notify Congress before releasing individuals detained at 

19 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 

20 and expressing national security concerns over the release 

21 of five Taliban leaders and the repercussions of negoti22 ating with terrorists. The amendments to the resolution 

23 and the preamble recommended by the Committee on 

24 Armed Services now printed in the resolution shall be con25 sidered as adopted. The resolution, as amended, shall be 


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1 considered as read. The previous question shall be consid2 ered as ordered on the resolution and preamble, as amend3 ed, to adoption without intervening motion except: (1) one 

4 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

5 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

6 Services; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 

7 instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 137 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 715 

[Report No. 113–581] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5078) 

ating with terrorists. Taliban leaders and the repercussions of negotitional security concerns over the release of five tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing nadividuals detained at United States Naval Staquirement to notify Congress before releasing infailure to comply with the lawful statutory reand disapproving of the Obama administration’s ation of the resolution (H. Res. 644) condemning for other purposes, and providing for considerwith respect to waters of the United States, and to preserve existing rights and responsibilities 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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