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House Calendar No. 140 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 844 

[Report No. 114–725] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2357) to direct the Securities 

and Exchange Commission to revise Form S-3 so as to add listing 

and registration of a class of common equity securities on a national 

securities exchange as an additional basis for satisfying the requirements 

of General Instruction I.B.1. of such form and to remove such listing 

and registration as a requirement of General Instruction I.B.6. of such 

form, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5424) to amend 

the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and to direct the Securities and 

Exchange Commission to amend its rules to modernize certain requirements relating to investment advisers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 2357) to direct 

the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Form 

S-3 so as to add listing and registration of a class 

of common equity securities on a national securities exchange as an additional basis for satisfying the requirements of General Instruction I.B.1. of such form and 

to remove such listing and registration as a requirement 


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of General Instruction I.B.6. of such form, and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5424) to amend the 

Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its rules to 

modernize certain requirements relating to investment 

advisers, and for other purposes. 

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. 2357) to direct the Securities and 

6 Exchange Commission to revise Form S-3 so as to add 

7 listing and registration of a class of common equity securi8 ties on a national securities exchange as an additional 

9 basis for satisfying the requirements of General Instruc10 tion I.B.1. of such form and to remove such listing and 

11 registration as a requirement of General Instruction I.B.6. 

12 of such form. The first reading of the bill shall be dis13 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

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

15 the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall 

16 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

17 chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

18 Financial Services. After general debate the bill shall be 

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

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


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1 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

2 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

3 text of Rules Committee Print 114-62. That amendment 

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

5 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

6 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend7 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

8 those printed in part A of the report of the Committee 

9 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend10 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re11 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

12 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

13 the time specified in the report equally divided and con14 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

15 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de16 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

17 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

18 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider19 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

20 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

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

22 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

23 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend24 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi25 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as orVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:02 Sep 06, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR844.RH HR844

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1 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

2 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

3 with or without instructions. 

4 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

5 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 5424) 

6 to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and to di7 rect the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend 

8 its rules to modernize certain requirements relating to in9 vestment advisers, and for other purposes. All points of 

10 order against consideration of the bill are waived. The 

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

12 the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 

13 bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, 

14 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

15 provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The pre16 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 

17 as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to 

18 final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one 

19 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

20 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Finan21 cial Services; (2) the further amendment printed in part 

22 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

23 this resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the 

24 report, which shall be in order without intervention of any 

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1 rately debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

2 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

3 and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 

4 question; and (3) one motion to recommit with or without 

5 instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 140 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 844 

[Report No. 114–725] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2357) 

and for other purposes. tain requirements relating to investment advisers, Commission to amend its rules to modernize cer1940 and to direct the Securities and Exchange 5424) to amend the Investment Advisers Act of and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. ment of General Instruction I.B.6. of such form, remove such listing and registration as a requireGeneral Instruction I.B.1. of such form and to tional basis for satisfying the requirements of ties on a national securities exchange as an addiregistration of a class of common equity securision to revise Form S-3 so as to add listing and to direct the Securities and Exchange CommisSEPTEMBER 6, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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