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House Calendar No. 68 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 385 

[Report No. 113–251] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3080) to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for 

the conservation and development of water and related resources, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2013 

Mr. WEBSTER, 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. 3080) to provide 

for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United 

States, to provide for the conservation and development 

of water and related resources, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3080) to provide for improvements 


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1 to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide 

2 for the conservation and development of water and related 

3 resources, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

4 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

5 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

6 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal7 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor8 ity member of the Committee on Transportation and In9 frastructure. After general debate the bill shall be consid10 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

11 SEC. 2. (a) In lieu of the amendment in the nature 

12 of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Trans13 portation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill, it 

14 shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

15 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

16 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

17 text of Rules Committee Print 113-24. That amendment 

18 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

19 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute are waived. 

21 (b) No amendment to the amendment in the nature 

22 of a substitute made in order as original text shall be in 

23 order except those printed in the report of the Committee 

24 on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments 

25 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution. 


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1 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

2 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

3 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

4 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

5 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

6 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

7 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub8 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

9 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

10 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

11 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

12 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

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

14 of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

15 or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of 

16 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 

17 Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. 

18 Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall 

19 be considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes 

20 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

21 minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 

22 Infrastructure or their designees, shall not be subject to 

23 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi24 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

25 of the Whole. The original proponent of an amendment 


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1 included in such amendments en bloc may insert a state2 ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the 

3 disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

4 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

5 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

6 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

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

8 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

11 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

12 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

13 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in14 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 68 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 385 

[Report No. 113–251] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3080) 

lated resources, and for other purposes. conservation and development of water and reharbors of the United States, to provide for the to provide for improvements to the rivers and 

OCTOBER 22, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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