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House Calendar No. 24 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 495 

[Report No. 118–108] 

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) providing 

for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 

Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 

and Explosives relating to ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘stabilizing braces’ ’’; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

277) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 

that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect 

unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; providing for 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States 

Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations 

of statutory and regulatory provisions; providing for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas 

stoves; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1640) to prohibit 

the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the 

proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation 

Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 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 joint resolution (H.J. Res. 

44) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted 


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by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with 

Attached ‘stabilizing braces’ ’’; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 277) to amend chapter 8 of 

title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules 

of the executive branch shall have no force or effect 

unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 288) to 

amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature 

of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory 

and regulatory provisions; providing for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds 

to ban gas stoves; and providing for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 1640) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy 

from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed 

rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking 

Products’’, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 

2 shall be in order to consider in the House the joint resolu3 tion (H.J. Res. 44) providing for congressional dis4 approval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, 

5 of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

6 Firearms, and Explosives relating to ‘‘Factoring Criteria 

7 for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’. All 

8 points of order against consideration of the joint resolu9 tion are waived. The joint resolution shall be considered 

10 as read. All points of order against provisions in the joint 

11 resolution are waived. The previous question shall be conVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Jun 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR495.RH HR495

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1 sidered as ordered on the joint resolution and on any 

2 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

3 motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 

4 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

5 the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective des6 ignees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 

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

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

9 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

10 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

11 of the bill (H.R. 277) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive 

13 branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolu14 tion of approval is enacted into law. The first reading of 

15 the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

16 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

17 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal18 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor19 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their 

20 respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

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

22 lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec23 ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed 

24 in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 

25 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-6 


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1 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 

2 Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 

3 considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 

4 amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be consid5 ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 

6 bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment to 

7 the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed 

8 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom9 panying this resolution. Each such further amendment 

10 may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 

11 may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

12 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

13 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

14 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

15 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi16 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

17 of the Whole. All points of order against such further 

18 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider19 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

20 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such 

21 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre22 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 

23 as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to 

24 final passage without intervening motion except one mo25 tion to recommit. 


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

2 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 288) to 

3 amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature 

4 of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory 

5 and regulatory provisions. All points of order against con6 sideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment 

7 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com8 mittee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amend9 ment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 

10 of Rules Committee Print 118-7 shall be considered as 

11 adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

12 All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend13 ed, are waived. The previous question shall be considered 

14 as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further 

15 amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening 

16 motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 

17 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

18 the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective des19 ignees; (2) the further amendment printed in part B of 

20 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

21 resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the re22 port, which shall be in order without intervention of any 

23 point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be sepa24 rately debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

25 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 


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1 and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 

2 question; and (3) one motion to recommit. 

3 SEC. 4. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

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

5 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

6 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

7 of the bill (H.R. 1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds 

8 to ban gas stoves. The first reading of the bill shall be 

9 dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 

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

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

12 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

13 of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their re14 spective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

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

16 bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

17 provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the 

18 bill shall be in order except those printed in part C of 

19 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

20 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

22 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

24 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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


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

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

3 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con4 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

6 such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

7 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

8 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

9 motion except one motion to recommit. 

10 SEC. 5. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

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

12 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

13 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

14 of the bill (H.R. 1640) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy 

15 from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed 

16 rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Con17 servation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking 

18 Products’’, and for other purposes. The first reading of 

19 the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

20 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

21 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal22 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor23 ity member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

24 or their respective designees. After general debate the bill 

25 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 


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1 rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of 

2 order against provisions in the bill are waived. No amend3 ment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in 

4 part D of the report of the Committee on Rules accom5 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of6 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of7 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

8 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec9 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

10 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend11 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

12 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

13 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

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

15 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

16 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

17 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or18 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

19 without intervening motion except one motion to recom20 mit. 

21 SEC. 6. The ordering of the yeas and nays on the 

22 question of reconsideration of the vote on adoption of 

23 House Resolution 463 is vacated to the end that the mo24 tion to reconsider be laid on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 24 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 495 

[Report No. 118–108] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. 

and for other purposes. ards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standmenting, or enforcing the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, impleproviding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1640) to hibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves; and viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1615) to propretations of statutory and regulatory provisions; proto clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interbill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States Code, is enacted into law; providing for consideration of the no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval vide that major rules of the executive branch shall have amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 277) to for Firearms with Attached ‘stabilizing braces’ ’’; proarms, and Explosives relating to ‘‘Factoring Criteria submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firechapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule Res. 44) providing for congressional disapproval under 

JUNE 12, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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