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House Calendar No. 19 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 180 

[Report No. 115–29] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) to amend Rule 11 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, 

and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

985) to amend the procedures used in Federal court class actions and 

multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2017 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 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. 720) to amend 

Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 

improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 985) 

to amend the procedures used in Federal court class 

actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure 

fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants, and for other purposes. 


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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. 720) to amend Rule 11 of the Fed6 eral Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney account7 ability, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

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

9 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

10 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal11 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor12 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen13 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

14 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered 

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

16 are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be in order 

17 except those printed in part A of the report of the Com18 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

19 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

20 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

21 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat22 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

23 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

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

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


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

2 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid3 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

4 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

5 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall 

6 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

7 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

8 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

9 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

10 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

11 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

12 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

13 of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend the procedures used in 

14 Federal court class actions and multidistrict litigation pro15 ceedings to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for 

16 claimants and defendants, and for other purposes. The 

17 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

18 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen19 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex20 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

21 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

22 Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

23 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

24 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

25 amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in 


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1 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

2 Committee Print 115-5. That amendment in the nature 

3 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 

4 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub5 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 

6 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

7 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

8 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

9 be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

10 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

11 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

12 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

13 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

14 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi15 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

16 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

17 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

18 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

21 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

24 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

25 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 


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1 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in2 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 19 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 180 

[Report No. 115–29] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) 

fendants, and for other purposes. er, more efficient outcomes for claimants and demultidistrict litigation proceedings to assure faircedures used in Federal court class actions and eration of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend the proand for other purposes, and providing for considProcedure to improve attorney accountability, to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

MARCH 8, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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