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House Calendar No. 135 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 820 

[Report No. 114–683] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5538) making appropriations 

for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; 

providing for proceedings during the period from July 15, 2016, through 

September 5, 2016; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2016 

Mr. NEWHOUSE, 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. 5538) making 

appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; providing 

for proceedings during the period from July 15, 2016, 

through September 5, 2016; 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 


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1 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 5538) making appropriations for 

3 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

4 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 

5 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 

6 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider7 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con8 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di9 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

10 member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

11 SEC. 2. (a) After general debate the bill shall be con12 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 

13 shall be considered as read through page 184, line 21. 

14 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 

15 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except 

16 as follows: page 71, line 19, through page 71, line 25. 

17 (b) No amendment to the bill shall be in order except 

18 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac19 companying this resolution, amendments en bloc described 

20 in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments 

21 described in section 4 of this resolution. 

22 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

23 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

24 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

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


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1 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

2 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

3 shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by 

4 section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to 

5 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

6 the Committee of the Whole. 

7 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

8 in the report of the Committee on Rules or against amend9 ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are 

10 waived. 

11 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

12 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

13 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print14 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

15 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

16 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

17 as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 

18 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

19 of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 

20 designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as 

21 provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be 

22 subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

23 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

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1 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

2 offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point 

3 for the purpose of debate. 

4 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

5 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

7 adopted. 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. 

11 SEC. 6. Section 454 of H.R. 5538 shall be considered 

12 to be a spending reduction account for purposes of section 

13 3(d) of House Resolution 5. 

14 SEC. 7. During consideration of H.R. 5538, section 

15 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall not apply. 

16 SEC. 8. On any legislative day during the period from 

17 July 15, 2016, through September 5, 2016— 

18 (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

19 shall be considered as approved; and 

20 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad21 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

22 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an23 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

24 SEC. 9. The Speaker may appoint Members to per25 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 


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1 addressed by section 8 of this resolution as though under 

2 clause 8(a) of rule I. 

3 SEC. 10. Each day during the period addressed by 

4 section 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 

5 day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolu6 tion (50 U.S.C. 1546). 

7 SEC. 11. Each day during the period addressed by 

8 section 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a legislative 

9 day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII. 

10 SEC. 12. Each day during the period addressed by 

11 section 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 

12 or legislative day for purposes of clause 7(c)(1) of rule 

13 XXII. 

14 SEC. 13. It shall be in order at any time on the legis15 lative day of July 14, 2016, or July 15, 2016, for the 

16 Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the 

17 rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker 

18 or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or 

19 her designee on the designation of any matter for consid20 eration pursuant to this section. 

21 SEC. 14. The Committee on Appropriations may, at 

22 any time before 5 p.m. on Friday, July 29, 2016, file privi23 leged reports to accompany measures making appropria24 tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. 


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House Calendar No. 135 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 820 

[Report No. 114–683] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5538) 

September 5, 2016; and for other purposes. during the period from July 15, 2016, through for other purposes; providing for proceedings the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

JULY 11, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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