H. Res. 512 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

November 4, 2015. 

Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union for further consideration of 

the Senate amendment to the text of the bill (H.R. 22) to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 

Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 

determining the employers to which the employer mandate 

applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act. 

SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the amendment referred to in section 2(a) of House Resolution 507 shall be in 

order except those printed in part A of the report of the 

Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and 

amendments en bloc described in subsection (c). 

(b) Each further amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in 
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the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 

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

shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action 

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

subject to a demand for division of the question. 

(c) It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 

printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant 

to this subsection shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure or their designees, shall 

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

demand for division of the question. 

(d) All points of order against the further amendments 

printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

or amendments en bloc described in subsection (c) are 

waived. 

SEC. 3. No further amendment to the Senate amendment, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in 

part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
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panying this resolution. Each such further amendment shall 

be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be 

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

considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 

in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 

time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 

the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

All points of order against such further amendments are 

waived. 

SEC. 4. (a) At the conclusion of consideration of the 

Senate amendment for amendment the Committee of the 

Whole shall rise and report the Senate amendment, as 

amended, to the House with such further amendments as 

may have been adopted. 

(b) If the Committee reports the Senate amendment, as 

amended, back to the House with a further amendment or 

amendments, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the question of adoption of such further amendment 

or amendments without intervening motion. In the case of 

sundry further amendments reported from the Committee, 

the question of their adoption shall be put to the House en 

gros and without division of the question. 
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(c) If the Committee reports the Senate amendment, as 

amended, back to the House without further amendment or 

the question of adoption referred to in subsection (b) fails, 

no further consideration of the Senate amendments shall be 

in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. 

SEC. 5. The Chair may postpone further consideration of 

the Senate amendments in the House to such time as may 

be designated by the Speaker. 

SEC. 6. Upon adoption of the further amendment or 

amendments in the House pursuant to section 4(b) of this 

resolution— 

(a) a motion that the House concur in the Senate 

amendment to the text, as amended, with such further 

amendment or amendments shall be considered as adopted; 

(b) the Clerk shall engross the action of the House 

under subsection (a) as a single amendment in the nature of 

a substitute; 

(c) a motion that the House concur in the Senate 

amendment to the title shall be considered as adopted; and 

(d) it shall be in order for the chair of the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure or his designee to move 

that the House insist on its amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 22 and request a conference with the Senate 

thereon. 
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SEC. 7. The chair of the Committee on Armed Services 

may insert in the Congressional Record not later than November 16, 2015, such material as he may deem explanatory 

of defense authorization measures for the fiscal year 2016. 

Attest: 

Clerk.