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House Calendar No. 45 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 756 

[Report No. 118–242] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4394) making appropriations 

for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4364) making appropriations for 

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2023 

Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 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. 4394) making 

appropriations for energy and water development and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2024, and for other purposes, and providing for 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 4364) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2024, 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 


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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. 4394) making appropriations for 

4 energy and water development and related agencies for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur6 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

7 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

8 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

9 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

10 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com11 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees. 

12 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

13 amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment 

14 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

15 accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt16 ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

17 bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points 

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

19 waived. 

20 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 4394, as 

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

22 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

23 this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 

24 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described 

25 in section 4 of this resolution. 


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1 (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 

2 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

4 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

7 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except 

8 as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not 

9 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

10 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

11 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

12 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

13 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

14 this resolution are waived. 

15 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

16 of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee to 

17 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend18 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

19 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

20 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

21 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min22 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank23 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

24 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

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1 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

2 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

3 Whole. 

4 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 4394 for 

5 amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 

6 the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des7 ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

8 at any point for the purpose of debate. 

9 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 

10 4394 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

11 the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 

12 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

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

14 amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 

15 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

16 recommit. 

17 SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

18 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 4364) 

19 making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

20 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur21 poses. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

22 are waived. The amendment printed in part C of the re23 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu24 tion shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, 

25 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 


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1 provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The pre2 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 

3 as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to 

4 final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one 

5 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

6 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro7 priations or their respective designees; and (2) one motion 

8 to recommit. 

9 SEC. 7. House Resolution 699 is laid on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 45 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 756 

[Report No. 118–242] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4394) 

tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes. islative Branch for the fiscal year ending Sep-(H.R. 4364) making appropriations for the Legposes, and providing for consideration of the bill ending September 30, 2024, and for other purvelopment and related agencies for the fiscal year making appropriations for energy and water deOCTOBER 3, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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