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House Calendar No. 28 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 431 

[Report No. 116–109] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations 

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2020, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the 

resolution (H. Res. 430) authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary 

to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2019 

Mr. RASKIN, 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. 2740) making 

appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 

for other purposes, and providing for consideration of 

the resolution (H. Res. 430) authorizing the Committee 

on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas 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. 2740) making appropriations for 

6 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

7 and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

8 ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The 

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

10 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen11 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex12 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

13 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro14 priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

15 for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment 

16 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

17 Committee Print 116-17, modified by the amendment 

18 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

19 accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 

20 adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 

21 The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original 

22 bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five23 minute rule and shall be considered as read. Points of 

24 order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure 

25 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 


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

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

3 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

4 this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 

5 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described 

6 in section 4 of this resolution. 

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

8 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

12 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

13 an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 

14 time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amend15 ment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, 

16 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 

17 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

18 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

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

20 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

21 this resolution are waived. 

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

23 of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee to 

24 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend25 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 


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1 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

2 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

3 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min4 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank5 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

6 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

7 amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu8 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

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

10 Whole. 

11 SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend12 ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com13 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

14 offer up to 15 pro forma amendments each at any point 

15 for the purpose of debate. 

16 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

17 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

18 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid19 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

20 subsequent order of the House. 

21 SEC. 6. (a) During consideration of H.R. 2740, it 

22 shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing 

23 both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant 

24 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 


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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase 

2 in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa. 

3 (b) This section shall not apply to an amendment be4 tween the Houses. 

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

6 in order without intervention of any point of order to con7 sider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 430) author8 izing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or inter9 vene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas 

10 and for other purposes. The amendment in the nature of 

11 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Rules now 

12 printed in the resolution shall be considered as adopted. 

13 The resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

14 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

15 the resolution, as amended, to adoption without inter16 vening motion or demand for division of the question ex17 cept one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 

18 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

19 on Rules. 


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House Calendar No. 28 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 431 

[Report No. 116–109] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) 

for other purposes. cial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judiolution (H. Res. 430) authorizing the Committee poses, and providing for consideration of the resending September 30, 2020, and for other purcation, and related agencies for the fiscal year Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edumaking appropriations for the Departments of 

JUNE 10, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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