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House Calendar No. 112 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 720 

[Report No. 114–551] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4641) to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update 

best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, 

and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

5046) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to assist State 

and local governments in addressing the national epidemic of opioid 

abuse, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 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. 4641) to provide 

for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to 

review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other 

purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 5046) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to assist State and local governments 


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in addressing the national epidemic of opioid abuse, 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. 4641) to provide for the establish6 ment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and 

7 update best practices for pain management and pre8 scribing pain medication, and for other purposes. The first 

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

10 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

11 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

12 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

13 ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy 

14 and Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be con15 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

16 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

17 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 

18 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com19 mittee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill. 

20 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

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

22 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

23 are waived. No amendment to the committee amendment 

24 in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 


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1 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

2 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

3 be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

4 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

5 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

6 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

7 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

8 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi9 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

10 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

11 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

12 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

14 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

15 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

16 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

17 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

18 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

19 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

20 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

21 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

22 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

23 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

24 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

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1 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attor2 ney General to make grants to assist State and local gov3 ernments in addressing the national epidemic of opioid 

4 abuse, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

5 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

6 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

7 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal8 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor9 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen10 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

11 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

12 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

13 the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

15 114-52. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 

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

17 that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 

18 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub19 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part B 

20 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

21 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 

22 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 

23 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

25 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 


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

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

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

4 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con5 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

7 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

8 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend9 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

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

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

12 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

13 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

14 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 112 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 720 

[Report No. 114–551] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4641) 

demic of opioid abuse, and for other purposes. local governments in addressing the national epiney General to make grants to assist State and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attor5046) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. pain medication, and for other purposes, and practices for pain management and prescribing cy task force to review, modify, and update best to provide for the establishment of an inter-agenMAY 10, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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