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House Calendar No. 91 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 618 

[Report No. 114–428] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3624) to amend title 28, United 

States Code, to prevent fraudulent joinder. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 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. 3624) to amend 

title 28, United States Code, to prevent fraudulent joinder. 

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. 3624) to amend title 28, United 

6 States Code, to prevent fraudulent joinder. The first read7 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 


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1 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de2 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

3 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank4 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

5 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

6 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

7 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend8 ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na9 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

10 the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid12 ered as read. All points of order against the committee 

13 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No 

14 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

16 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

17 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

18 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 

19 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

20 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

21 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

22 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

23 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

24 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

25 of order against such amendments are waived. At the conVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:01 Feb 23, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR618.RH HR618

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1 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

2 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

3 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

4 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend5 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

6 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub7 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or8 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

9 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

10 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 91 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 618 

[Report No. 114–428] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3624) 

fraudulent joinder. to amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent 

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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