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House Calendar No. 79 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 556 

[Report No. 114–375] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2130) to provide legal certainty 

to property owners along the Red River in Texas, and for other purposes, 

and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2015 

Mr. NEWHOUSE, 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. 2130) to provide 

legal certainty to property owners along the Red River 

in Texas, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 

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. 2130) to provide legal certainty to 

6 property owners along the Red River in Texas, and for 


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1 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis2 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

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

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

5 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

6 the Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate 

7 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five8 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 

9 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

10 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec11 ommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 

12 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na13 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

14 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the com16 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

17 in order except those printed in the report of the Com18 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

19 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

20 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

21 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat22 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

23 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

24 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

25 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 


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1 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

2 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid3 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

4 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

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

6 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

7 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com8 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre9 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

10 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter11 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

12 without instructions. 

13 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time through the 

14 calendar day of December 13, 2015, for the Speaker to 

15 entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as 

16 though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or his 

17 designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her des18 ignee on the designation of any matter for consideration 

19 pursuant to this section. 


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House Calendar No. 79 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 556 

[Report No. 114–375] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2130) 

to suspend the rules. poses, and providing for consideration of motions along the Red River in Texas, and for other purto provide legal certainty to property owners 

DECEMBER 8, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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