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House Calendar No. 44 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 333 

[Report No. 114–177] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2822) making appropriations 

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

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2042) to allow for judicial 

review of any final rule addressing carbon dioxide emissions from existing 

fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before requiring compliance with such rule, and to allow States to protect households and 

businesses from significant adverse effects on electricity ratepayers or 

reliability; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 

26, 2015, through July 6, 2015. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 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. 2822) making 

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

September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2042) to allow for 

judicial review of any final rule addressing carbon dioxide 

emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility 


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generating units before requiring compliance with such 

rule, and to allow States to protect households and businesses from significant adverse effects on electricity ratepayers or reliability; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 26, 2015, through July 6, 

2015. 

1 Resolved, That (a) at any time after adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 2822) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

7 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

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

9 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider10 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con11 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di12 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

13 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen14 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi16 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 

17 XXI are waived. 

18 (b) During consideration of the bill for amendment— 

19 (1) each amendment, other than amendments 

20 provided for in paragraph (2), shall be debatable for 


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1 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 

2 proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject 

3 to amendment except as provided in paragraph (2); 

4 (2) no pro forma amendment shall be in order 

5 except that the chair and ranking minority member 

6 of the Committee on Appropriations or their respec7 tive designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amend8 ments each at any point for the purpose of debate; 

9 and 

10 (3) the chair of the Committee of the Whole 

11 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of 

12 whether the Member offering an amendment has 

13 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con14 gressional Record designated for that purpose in 

15 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 

16 be considered as read. 

17 (c) When the committee rises and reports the bill 

18 back to the House with a recommendation that the bill 

19 do pass, 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. 2042) to allow for judicial review of any 

3 final rule addressing carbon dioxide emissions from exist4 ing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before 

5 requiring compliance with such rule, and to allow States 

6 to protect households and businesses from significant ad7 verse effects on electricity ratepayers or reliability. The 

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

9 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen10 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex11 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

12 and ranking minority member of the Committee on En13 ergy and Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be 

14 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It 

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

16 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

18 text of Rules Committee Print 114-20. That amendment 

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

20 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

21 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend22 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

23 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac24 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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


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

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

3 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

5 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi6 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

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

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

9 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

12 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

15 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

16 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

17 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in18 structions. 

19 SEC. 3. It shall be in order without intervention of 

20 any point of order to consider concurrent resolutions pro21 viding for adjournment during the month of July, 2015. 

22 SEC. 4. On any legislative day during the period from 

23 June 26, 2015, through July 6, 2015— 

24 (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

25 shall be considered as approved; and 


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1 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad2 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

3 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an4 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

5 SEC. 5. The Speaker may appoint Members to per6 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 

7 addressed by section 4 of this resolution as though under 

8 clause 8(a) of rule I. 


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House Calendar No. 44 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 333 

[Report No. 114–177] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2822) 

June 26, 2015, through July 6, 2015. providing for proceedings during the period from fects on electricity ratepayers or reliability; and holds and businesses from significant adverse efsuch rule, and to allow States to protect housegenerating units before requiring compliance with sions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility of any final rule addressing carbon dioxide emisthe bill (H.R. 2042) to allow for judicial review for other purposes; providing for consideration of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

JUNE 23, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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