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House Calendar No. 149 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 879 

[Report No. 114–781] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5931) to provide for the prohibition on cash payments to the Government of Iran, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect 

to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on 

Rules. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 

Mr. BYRNE, 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. 5931) to provide 

for the prohibition on cash payments to the Government 

of Iran, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee 

on Rules. 

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. 5931) to provide for the prohibition 

3 on cash payments to the Government of Iran, and for 

4 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis5 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

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

7 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

8 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

9 the Committee on Foreign Affairs. After general debate 

10 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

12 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Foreign 

13 Affairs now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con14 sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 

16 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

17 Print 114-64. That amendment in the nature of a sub18 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

19 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

20 waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature 

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

22 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

23 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

25 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 


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

2 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

6 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con7 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

9 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

10 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend11 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

12 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 

13 in order as original text. The previous question shall be 

14 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

15 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

16 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

17 SEC. 2. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 

18 for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com19 mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 

20 House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 

21 through the legislative day of September 27, 2016, relat22 ing to a measure making or continuing appropriations for 

23 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. 


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House Calendar No. 149 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 879 

[Report No. 114–781] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5931) 

Rules. tain resolutions reported from the Committee on of rule XIII with respect to consideration of cerposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) to the Government of Iran, and for other purto provide for the prohibition on cash payments 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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