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House Calendar No. 46 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 629 

[Report No. 116–237] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1815) to require the Securities 

and Exchange Commission, when developing rules and regulations about 

disclosures to retail investors, to conduct investor testing, including a 

survey and interviews of retail investors, and for other purposes, and 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3624) to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number 

of domestic and foreign employees of certain public companies, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Mr. DESAULNIER, 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. 1815) to require 

the Securities and Exchange Commission, when developing rules and regulations about disclosures to retail 

investors, to conduct investor testing, including a survey 

and interviews of retail investors, and for other purposes, 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3624) 

to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 

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eign employees of certain public companies, 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. 1815) to require the Securities and 

6 Exchange Commission, when developing rules and regula7 tions about disclosures to retail investors, to conduct in8 vestor testing, including a survey and interviews of retail 

9 investors, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

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

11 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

12 be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this 

13 section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

14 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

15 the Committee on Financial Services. After general debate 

16 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five17 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

18 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 

19 Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na20 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com21 mittee Print 116-34, modified by the amendment printed 

22 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom23 panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 

24 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 


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1 as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for 

2 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

3 rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

4 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No 

5 further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in 

6 order except those printed in part B of the report of the 

7 Committee on Rules. Each such further amendment may 

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

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

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

11 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

13 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi14 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

15 of the Whole. All points of order against such further 

16 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider17 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

18 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such 

19 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre20 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 

21 as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to 

22 final passage without intervening motion except one mo23 tion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

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


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1 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

2 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

3 of the bill (H.R. 3624) to amend the Securities Exchange 

4 Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number 

5 of domestic and foreign employees of certain public com6 panies, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

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

8 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

9 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal10 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor11 ity member of the Committee on Financial Services. After 

12 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

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

14 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

15 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub16 stitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Serv17 ices now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

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

19 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

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

21 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

22 shall be in order except those printed in part C of the 

23 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso24 lution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

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1 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

2 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

3 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

4 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

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

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

7 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con8 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

10 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

11 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend12 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

13 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or15 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

16 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

17 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 46 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 629 

[Report No. 116–237] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1815) 

companies, and for other purposes. mestic and foreign employees of certain public require the disclosure of the total number of doto amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3624) tail investors, and for other purposes, and protesting, including a survey and interviews of redisclosures to retail investors, to conduct investor sion, when developing rules and regulations about to require the Securities and Exchange CommisOCTOBER 15, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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