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House Calendar No. 5 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 199 

Report No. 118–7 

Providing 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; 

providing for consideration of 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’ ’’; and providing for consideration of 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. MASSIE, 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. 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; providing for 

consideration of 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 


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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’ ’’; and providing for consideration of 

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. 

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. 140) to amend title 5, United States 

6 Code, to prohibit Federal employees from advocating for 

7 censorship of viewpoints in their official capacity, and for 

8 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis9 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

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

11 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

12 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

13 the Committee on Oversight and Accountability or their 

14 respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

15 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In 

16 lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec17 ommended by the Committee on Oversight and Account18 ability now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con19 sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

20 under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 


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1 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

2 Print 118-1. That amendment in the nature of a sub3 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

4 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

5 waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature 

6 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

7 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

8 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

9 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 

10 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

12 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

16 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con17 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

19 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

20 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend21 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

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

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

24 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 


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1 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

2 motion to recommit. 

3 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

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

5 Res. 27) providing for congressional disapproval under 

6 chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule sub7 mitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engi8 neers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Pro9 tection Agency relating to ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters 

10 of the United States’ ’’. All points of order against consid11 eration of the joint resolution are waived. The joint resolu12 tion shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

13 provisions in the joint resolution are waived. The previous 

14 question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolu15 tion and on any amendment thereto to final passage with16 out intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate 

17 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

18 minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 

19 Infrastructure or their respective designees; and (2) one 

20 motion to recommit. 

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

22 in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 619) to re23 quire the Director of National Intelligence to declassify in24 formation relating to the origin of COVID–19, and for 

25 other purposes. All points of order against consideration 


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1 of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. 

2 All points of order against provisions in the bill are 

3 waived. The previous question shall be considered as or4 dered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final 

5 passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour 

6 of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

7 ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Com8 mittee on Intelligence or their respective designees; and 

9 (2) one motion to commit. 

10 SEC. 4. The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers 

11 Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply to a concur12 rent resolution introduced during the first session of the 

13 One Hundred Eighteenth Congress pursuant to section 5 

14 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544) with re15 spect to Syria. 

16 SEC. 5. If a veto message is laid before the House 

17 on House Joint Resolution 30, then after the message is 

18 read and the objections of the President are spread at 

19 large upon the Journal, further consideration of the veto 

20 message and the joint resolution shall be postponed until 

21 the legislative day of March 23, 2023; and on that legisla22 tive day, the House shall proceed to the constitutional 

23 question of reconsideration and dispose of such question 

24 without intervening motion. 


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House Calendar No. 5 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 199 

Report No. 118–7 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 140) 

COVID–19, and for other purposes. declassify information relating to the origin of require the Director of National Intelligence to providing for consideration of the bill (S. 619) to Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’; and mental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘Revised neers, Department of Defense and the Environthe Department of the Army, Corps of Engi5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 27) providing for for other purposes; providing for consideration of ship of viewpoints in their official capacity, and Federal employees from advocating for censorto amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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