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House Calendar No. 96 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 539 

[Report No. 113–400] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of 

the impact of legislation, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

1871) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal 

budgeting, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 3, 2014 

Mr. WOODALL, 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. 1874) to amend 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for 

macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1871) to amend 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 


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of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal budgeting, 

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 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis 

7 of the impact of legislation. 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 the Budget. After general 

13 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

14 the five-minute rule. The amendments recommended by 

15 the Committee on the Budget now printed in the bill and 

16 the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Com17 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con18 sidered as adopted in the House and in the Committee 

19 of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered 

20 as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 

21 as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, 

22 as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 

23 B of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each further 

24 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 


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1 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 further amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

9 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

10 shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House 

11 with such further amendments as may have been adopted. 

12 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

13 the bill, as amended, and any further amendment thereto 

14 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

15 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

16 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

17 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1871) 

18 to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

19 Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. All 

20 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

21 The amendment recommended by the Committee on the 

22 Budget now printed in the bill shall be considered as 

23 adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

24 All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend25 ed, are waived. The previous question shall be considered 


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1 as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any amendment 

2 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: 

3 (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 

4 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

5 on the Budget; and (2) one motion to recommit with or 

6 without instructions. 

7 SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

8 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1872) 

9 to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

10 Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal 

11 budgeting, and for other purposes. All points of order 

12 against consideration of the bill are waived. The amend13 ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

14 Committee on the Budget now printed in the bill shall be 

15 considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be con16 sidered as read. All points of order against provisions in 

17 the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question 

18 shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, 

19 and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 

20 intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 

21 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

22 member of the Committee on the Budget; and (2) one mo23 tion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 96 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 539 

[Report No. 113–400] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) 

poses. parency in Federal budgeting, and for other purDeficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transto amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872) 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and proBudget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of the bill (H.R. 1871) to amend the Balanced pact of legislation, providing for consideration of to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the imto amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

APRIL 3, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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