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House Calendar No. 53 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 347 

[Report No. 113–214] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 761) to require the Secretary 

of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently 

develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national 

security and manufacturing competitiveness. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 761) to require 

the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of 

the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national 

security and manufacturing competitiveness. 

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 


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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 761) to require the Secretary of 

3 the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more effi4 ciently develop domestic sources of the minerals and min5 eral materials of strategic and critical importance to 

6 United States economic and national security and manu7 facturing competitiveness. The first reading of the bill 

8 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid9 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con10 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di11 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

12 member of the Committee on Natural Resources. After 

13 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

14 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

15 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

16 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub17 stitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Re18 sources now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

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

20 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

21 the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to 

22 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

23 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 

24 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

25 such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 


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

2 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat3 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

4 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

5 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

6 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

7 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

8 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid9 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

10 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

11 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

12 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

13 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com14 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre15 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

16 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter17 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

18 without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 53 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 347 

[Report No. 113–214] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 761) 

and manufacturing competitiveness. to United States economic and national security eral materials of strategic and critical importance velop domestic sources of the minerals and minSecretary of Agriculture to more efficiently deto require the Secretary of the Interior and the 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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