H. Res. 491 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 16, 2019. 

Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 3494) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 

for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 

United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 

Disability System, and for other purposes. The first reading 

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

consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be 

confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section 

and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

by the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the 

bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
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ligence now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

Print 116–22, modified by the amendment printed in part A 

of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the House and 

in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall 

be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 

amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 

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

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

of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each such further 

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the 

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

report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 

time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

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

Whole. All points of order against such further amendments 

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

amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as 

amended, to the House with such further amendments as 

may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any fur-
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ther amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 2. If House Report 116–125 is called up by direction of the Committee on Oversight and Reform: (a) all 

points of order against the report are waived and the report 

shall be considered as read; and (b)(1) an accompanying resolution offered by direction of the Committee on Oversight and 

Reform shall be considered as read and shall not be subject 

to a point of order; and (2) the previous question shall be 

considered as ordered on such resolution to adoption without 

intervening motion or demand for division of the question except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Oversight and Reform. 

SEC. 3. (a) A joint resolution described in section 4 shall 

be privileged if called up by the chair of the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs or a designee on the day after the calendar 

day on which the Majority Leader or a designee announces 

an intention that the House consider the joint resolution. The 

joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of 

order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived. The previous question shall be considered 

as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without intervening motion except: (1) 20 minutes of debate equally di-
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vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective 

designees; and (2) one motion to recommit (or commit, as the 

case may be). A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 

the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

(b) On demand of the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or a designee, debate pursuant to subsection 

(a)(1) shall be one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. 

SEC. 4. A joint resolution referred to in section 3 is a 

Senate joint resolution, or a House joint resolution reported 

by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, prohibiting any of the 

following under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 

(22 U.S.C. 2776): 

(1) a proposed sale pursuant to subsection (b); 

(2) a proposed export pursuant to subsection (c); or 

(3) an approval pursuant to subsection (d). 

SEC. 5. Sections 36(b)(3), 36(c)(3)(B), and 36(d)(5)(B) 

of the Arms Export Control Act shall not apply in the House 

during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 

SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order without intervention of any point of order to consider 

in the House the resolution (H. Res. 489) condemning Presi-
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dent Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress. The resolution shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or 

demand for division of the question except one hour of debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Attest: 

Clerk.