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House Calendar No. 30 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 445 

[Report No. 116–119] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations 

for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other 

purposes; relating to 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 proceedings during 

the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2019 

Mr. MCGOVERN, 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. 3055) making 

appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 

Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; 

relating to 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 


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for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during 

the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019. 

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. 3055) making appropriations for 

6 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and 

7 Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

8 2020, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 

9 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid10 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con11 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di12 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

13 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen14 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule. An amendment in the nature 

16 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

17 Print 116-18, modified by the amendment printed in part 

18 A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

19 this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the 

20 House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 

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

22 purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule 

23 and shall be considered as read. Points of order against 

24 provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply 


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1 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Clause 2(e) of rule 

2 XXI shall not apply during consideration of the bill. 

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

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

5 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

6 this resolution considered pursuant to subsection (b), 

7 amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu8 tion, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 

9 of this resolution. 

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

11 report of the Committee on Rules not earlier considered 

12 as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 of 

13 this resolution shall be considered only in the order printed 

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

15 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat16 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

17 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may 

18 be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action 

19 thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except as pro20 vided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be sub21 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

22 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

23 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

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


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1 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

2 this resolution are waived. 

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

4 of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee to 

5 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend6 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

7 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

8 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

9 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min10 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank11 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

12 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

13 amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu14 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

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

16 Whole. 

17 SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend18 ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com19 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

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

21 for the purpose of debate. 

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

23 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

24 bill, as amended, to the House with such further amend25 ments as may have been adopted. In the case of sundry 


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1 further amendments reported from the Committee, the 

2 question of their adoption shall be put to the House en 

3 gros and without division of the question. The previous 

4 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

5 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

6 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in7 structions. 

8 SEC. 6. During consideration of H.R. 3055 in the 

9 Committee of the Whole pursuant to this resolution, it 

10 shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing 

11 both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant 

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

13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase 

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

15 SEC. 7. During the further consideration of H.R. 

16 2740— 

17 (a) the amendment printed in part C of the report 

18 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 

19 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 

20 Committee of the Whole; and 

21 (b) the question of the adoption of further sundry 

22 amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole 

23 shall be put to the House en gros and without division 

24 of the question. 


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1 SEC. 8. During consideration of H.R. 3055 or during 

2 the further consideration of H.R. 2740, the Chair may en3 tertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered 

4 by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her 

5 designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion to strike 

6 out the enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 

7 9 of rule XVIII). 

8 SEC. 9. On any legislative day during the period from 

9 June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019— 

10 (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

11 shall be considered as approved; and 

12 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad13 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

14 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an15 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

16 SEC. 10. The Speaker may appoint Members to per17 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 

18 addressed by section 9 of this resolution as though under 

19 clause 8(a) of rule I. 

20 SEC. 11. Each day during the period addressed by 

21 section 9 of this resolution shall not constitute a legislative 

22 day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XV. 

23 SEC. 12. It shall be in order without intervention of 

24 any point of order to consider concurrent resolutions pro25 viding for adjournment during the month of July, 2019. 


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1 SEC. 13. It shall be in order at any time on the legis2 lative day of June 27, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain 

3 motions that the House suspend the rules as though under 

4 clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her designee shall 

5 consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the 

6 designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to 

7 this section. 


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House Calendar No. 30 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 445 

[Report No. 116–119] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) 

2019, through July 8, 2019. proceedings during the period from June 28, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, and Human Services, and Education, and related priations for the Departments of Labor, Health eration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appro2020, and for other purposes; relating to considAgencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related making appropriations for the Departments of 

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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