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House Calendar No. 98 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 653 

[Report No. 114–461] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to amend the Clayton 

Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal 

Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only 

under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as 

the Attorney General exercises such authority, and providing for proceedings during the period from March 24, 2016, through April 11, 

2016. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 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. 2745) to amend 

the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act 

to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the 

Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner 

as the Attorney General exercises such authority, and 

providing for proceedings during the period from March 

24, 2016, through April 11, 2016. 


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1 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 

2 shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 

3 2745) to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade 

4 Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Com5 mission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers 

6 only under the Clayton Act and only in the same proce7 dural manner as the Attorney General exercises such au8 thority. All points of order against consideration of the 

9 bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All 

10 points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. 

11 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

12 the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage 

13 without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate 

14 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

15 minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary; and 

16 (2) one motion to recommit. 

17 SEC. 2. On any legislative day during the period from 

18 March 24, 2016, through April 11, 2016— 

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

20 shall be considered as approved; and 

21 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad22 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

23 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an24 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 


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1 SEC. 3. The Speaker may appoint Members to per2 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 

3 addressed by section 2 of this resolution as though under 

4 clause 8(a) of rule I. 

5 SEC. 4. Each day during the period addressed by sec6 tion 2 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 

7 day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolu8 tion (50 U.S.C. 1546). 

9 SEC. 5. The Committee on Energy and Commerce 

10 may, at any time before 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 

11 2016, file a report to accompany H.R. 2666. 


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House Calendar No. 98 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 653 

[Report No. 114–461] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) 

March 24, 2016, through April 11, 2016. providing for proceedings during the period from Attorney General exercises such authority, and and only in the same procedural manner as the respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act Trade Commission shall exercise authority with Commission Act to provide that the Federal to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade 

MARCH 21, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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