H. Res. 199 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

March 8, 2023. 

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. 140) to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit 

Federal employees from advocating for censorship of viewpoints in their official capacity, and for other purposes. 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 shall not exceed one 

hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability or their respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 

five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability now printed in the bill, it shall be in order 

to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
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under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a 

substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

118–1. 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 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 amendments thereto to final passage 

without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. 
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SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order to consider in the House the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 

27) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 

of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of 

Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 

‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’. All 

points of order against consideration of the joint resolution 

are waived. The joint resolution shall be considered as read. 

All points of order against provisions in the joint resolution 

are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution and on any 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 Transportation and Infrastructure or their respective designees; and 

(2) one motion to recommit. 

SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order to consider in the House the bill (S. 619) to require 

the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information 

relating to the origin of COVID–19, and for other purposes. 

All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of 

order against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any 
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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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence or their respective 

designees; and (2) one motion to commit. 

SEC. 4. If a veto message is laid before the House on 

House Joint Resolution 30, then after the message is read 

and the objections of the President are spread at large upon 

the Journal, further consideration of the veto message and 

the joint resolution shall be postponed until the legislative 

day of March 23, 2023; and on that legislative day, the 

House shall proceed to the constitutional question of reconsideration and dispose of such question without intervening 

motion. 

Attest: 

Clerk.