H. Res. 844 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 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. 2357) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Form S–3 so as to add listing and registration 

of a class of common equity securities on a national securities 

exchange as an additional basis for satisfying the requirements of General Instruction I.B.1. of such form and to remove such listing and registration as a requirement of General Instruction I.B.6. of such form. 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 amendments specified in this section and 

shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Financial Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be 
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in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the 

nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114–62. That amendment in the nature of a 

substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of 

a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part A 

of 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 amendment in the nature of 

a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
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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 the bill (H.R. 5424) to amend 

the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its rules to modernize certain requirements relating to investment advisers, 

and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The amendment in the nature 

of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 

Services now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All 

points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 

on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 

thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: 

(1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services; (2) the further amendment printed in part 

B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the report, 

which shall be in order without intervention of any point of 

order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
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controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not 

be subject to a demand for a division of the question; and 

(3) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Attest: 

Clerk.