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House Calendar No. 85 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 581 

[Report No. 114–389] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1927) to amend title 28, United 

States Code, to improve fairness in class action litigation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2016 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 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. 1927) to amend 

title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class 

action litigation. 

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. 1927) to amend title 28, United 

6 States Code, to improve fairness in class action litigation. 

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

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1 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

2 General debate shall be confined to the bill and amend3 ments specified in this resolution and shall not exceed one 

4 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank5 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

6 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

7 amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

8 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

9 the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 

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

11 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

12 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

13 text of Rules Committee Print 114-38. That amendment 

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

15 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

16 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend17 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

18 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac19 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

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

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

23 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

25 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divimstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

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

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

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions. 

14 SEC. 2. Further proceedings on any question on a 

15 motion relating to the disposition of the veto message and 

16 the bill, H.R. 3762, may be postponed through the legisla17 tive day of January 25, 2016, as though under clause 8 

18 of rule XX. 

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House Calendar No. 85 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 581 

[Report No. 114–389] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1927) 

prove fairness in class action litigation. to amend title 28, United States Code, to imJANUARY 6, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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