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House Calendar No. 27 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 228 

[Report No. 113–88] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to approve the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 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. 3) to approve 

the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, 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. 3) to approve the construction, op6 eration, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, 

7 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 


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1 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider2 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con3 fined to the bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally 

4 divided among and controlled by the respective chairs and 

5 ranking minority members of the Committees on Trans6 portation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and 

7 Natural Resources. After general debate the bill shall be 

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

9 lieu of the amendments in the nature of a substitute rec10 ommended by the Committees on Transportation and In11 frastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Re12 sources now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con13 sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

14 under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

16 Print 113–11. That amendment in the nature of a sub17 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

18 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

19 waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

21 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

22 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

24 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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


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1 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

5 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con6 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

8 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

9 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend10 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

11 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 

12 in order as original text. The previous question shall be 

13 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

14 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

15 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 27 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 228 

[Report No. 113–88] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to 

purposes. nance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other approve the construction, operation, and mainteMAY 21, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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