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House Calendar No. 10 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 145 

[Report No. 116–14] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background 

check for every firearm sale, and providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 1112) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 

to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before 

a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who 

is not such a licensee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2019 

Mr. RASKIN, 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. 8) to require 

a background check for every firearm sale, and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1112) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 

the background check procedures to be followed before 

a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to 

a person who is not such a licensee. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 


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1 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

2 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background check 

4 for every firearm sale. The first reading of the bill shall 

5 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider6 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con7 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di8 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

9 member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After general 

10 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

11 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the na12 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary now printed in the bill, it shall be in order 

14 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend15 ment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the na16 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com17 mittee Print 116-5. That amendment in the nature of a 

18 substitute 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 part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom23 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of24 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of25 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 


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1 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec2 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

3 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend4 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

5 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

6 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

7 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

8 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

9 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

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

11 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

12 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

13 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

14 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

15 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

16 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in17 structions. 

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

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

20 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

21 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

22 of the bill (H.R. 1112) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, 

23 United States Code, to strengthen the background check 

24 procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms li25 censee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such 


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1 a licensee. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

2 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

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

4 and amendments specified in this section and shall not ex5 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

6 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

7 Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

8 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

9 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

10 the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 

11 an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 

12 the text of Rules Committee Print 116-6 shall be consid13 ered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of 

14 the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as 

15 the original bill for the purpose of further amendment 

16 under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. 

17 All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend18 ed, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, as 

19 amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 

20 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

21 this resolution. Each such further amendment may be of22 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of23 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

24 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec25 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 


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1 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend2 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

3 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

4 Whole. All points of order against such further amend5 ments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 

6 the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re7 port the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 

8 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

9 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 

10 amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 

11 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

12 recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 10 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 145 

[Report No. 116–14] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to 

to a person who is not such a licensee. Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm ground check procedures to be followed before a United States Code, to strengthen the back-(H.R. 1112) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, sale, and providing for consideration of the bill require a background check for every firearm 

FEBRUARY 25, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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