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House Calendar No. 34 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 271 

[Report No. 113–117] 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for 

the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 

Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2013 

Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) 

to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 

and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 

through fiscal year 2018, 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 further 

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the 


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1 reform and continuation of agricultural and other pro2 grams of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal 

3 year 2018, and for other purposes. No further general de4 bate shall be in order. 

5 SEC. 2. (a) In lieu of the amendments recommended 

6 by the Committees on Agriculture and the Judiciary now 

7 printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an 

8 original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five9 minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute 

10 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-14, 

11 modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report 

12 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

13 That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

14 considered as read. All points of order against that amend15 ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 

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

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

18 order except those printed in part B of the report of the 

19 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and 

20 amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu21 tion. 

22 (c) Each amendment printed in part B of the report 

23 of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 

24 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem25 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 


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1 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

2 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

3 opponent, may be withdrawn by its proponent at any time 

4 before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, 

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

6 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

7 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

8 in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules or 

9 against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

10 resolution are waived. 

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

12 of the Committee on Agriculture or his designee to offer 

13 amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 

14 part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom15 panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend16 ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con17 sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 

18 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

19 member of the Committee on Agriculture or their des20 ignees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 

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

22 House or in the Committee of the Whole. The original pro23 ponent of an amendment included in such amendments en 

24 bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 


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1 immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 

2 bloc. 

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

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 34 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 271 

[Report No. 113–117] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 

2018, and for other purposes. partment of Agriculture through fiscal year of agricultural and other programs of the De1947) to provide for the reform and continuation 

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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