H. Res. 767 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

June 8, 2016. 

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 consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 4775) to facilitate efficient State implementation of 

ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes. The 

first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

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

to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of 

a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 
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points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 

order except those printed in the report of the Committee on 

Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment 

may be offered 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, 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 amendments are waived. At the 

conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 

adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the 

committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

order to consider in the House any concurrent resolution 
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specified in section 3 of this resolution. All points of order 

against consideration of each such concurrent resolution are 

waived. Each such concurrent resolution shall be considered 

as read. All points of order against provisions in each such 

concurrent resolution are waived. The previous question shall 

be considered as ordered on each such concurrent resolution 

and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question except one hour of debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 

SEC. 3. The concurrent resolutions referred to in section 

2 of this resolution are as follows: 

(1) The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 89) expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would 

be detrimental to the United States economy. 

(2) The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 112) 

expressing the sense of Congress opposing the President’s proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil. 

Attest: 

Clerk.