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House Calendar No. 11 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 172 

[Report No. 116–16] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to expand Americans’ access 

to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and 

strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes, and 

providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2019 

Ms. SCANLON, 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. 1) to expand 

Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence 

of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules 

for public servants, and for other purposes, and providing 

for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 

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. 1) to expand Americans’ access to 


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1 the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in poli2 tics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and 

3 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 

4 dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 

5 of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 

6 to the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally divided 

7 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

8 of the Committee on House Administration. After general 

9 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

10 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the na11 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

12 House Administration now printed in the bill, an amend13 ment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 

14 of Rules Committee Print 116-7, modified by the amend15 ment printed in part A of the report of the Committee 

16 on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered 

17 as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 

18 Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the 

19 original bill for the purpose of further amendment under 

20 the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. All 

21 points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, 

22 are waived. 

23 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 

24 amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 

25 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 


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1 this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec2 tion 3 of this resolution. 

3 (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 

4 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

6 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

8 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

11 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

12 (c) All points of order against the further amend13 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

14 on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 

15 of this resolution are waived. 

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

17 of the Committee on House Administration or her des18 ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend19 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

20 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

21 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

22 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min23 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank24 ing minority member of the Committee on House Adminis25 tration or their designees, shall not be subject to amendVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Mar 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR172.RH HR172

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1 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

2 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

3 Whole. 

4 SEC. 4. After the conclusion of consideration of the 

5 bill for amendment and a final period of general debate, 

6 which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and con7 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

8 Committee on House Administration, the Committee shall 

9 rise and report the bill to the House with such further 

10 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

11 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

12 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

13 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in14 structions. 

15 SEC. 5. It shall be in order at any time on the legisla16 tive day of March 7, 2019, or March 8, 2019, for the 

17 Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the 

18 rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker 

19 or her designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or 

20 his designee on the designation of any matter for consider21 ation pursuant to this section. 


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House Calendar No. 11 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 172 

[Report No. 116–16] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to 

ation of motions to suspend the rules. for other purposes, and providing for considerstrengthen ethics rules for public servants, and duce the influence of big money in politics, and expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reMARCH 5, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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