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House Calendar No. 14 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 138 

[Report No. 114–37] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1029) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act 

of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, 

public participation, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the Environmental Protection 

Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2015 

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. 1029) to amend 

the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, 

or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon 

science that is not transparent or reproducible. 

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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. 1029) to amend the Environmental 

6 Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization 

7 Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board mem8 ber qualifications, public participation, and for other pur9 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

10 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

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

12 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

13 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com14 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology. After general 

15 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

16 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

18 Science, Space, and Technology now printed in the bill, 

19 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

20 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

21 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

22 text of Rules Committee Print 114-10. That amendment 

23 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

24 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

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1 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

2 those printed in part A of the report of the Committee 

3 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend4 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re5 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

6 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

7 the time specified in the report equally divided and con8 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

9 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de10 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

11 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

12 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider13 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

14 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

15 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

16 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

17 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend18 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi19 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or20 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

21 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

22 with or without instructions. 

23 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

24 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

25 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

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1 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

2 of the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the Environmental Pro3 tection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or dissemi4 nating regulations or assessments based upon science that 

5 is not transparent or reproducible. The first reading of 

6 the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

7 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

8 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal9 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor10 ity member of the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology. After general debate the bill shall be consid12 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

13 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

14 of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment 

15 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

16 Committee Print 114-11. That amendment in the nature 

17 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 

18 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub19 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 

20 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

21 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

22 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

24 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

25 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

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1 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

2 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

3 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi4 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

5 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

6 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

7 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

8 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

9 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

10 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

11 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

12 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

13 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

14 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

15 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in16 structions. 

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House Calendar No. 14 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 138 

[Report No. 114–37] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1029) 

or reproducible. ments based upon science that is not transparent finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessvironmental Protection Agency from proposing, ation of the bill (H.R. 1030) to prohibit the Enfor other purposes, and providing for considermember qualifications, public participation, and 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board ment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of to amend the Environmental Research, DevelopMARCH 3, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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