H. Res. 695 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

November 14, 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. 4863) to promote the competitiveness of the United 

States, to reform and reauthorize the United States Export 

Finance Agency, 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 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. 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 Committee on Financial 

Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

Print 116–36 shall be considered as adopted in the House 
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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 the 

report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 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 further amendment thereto to final passage 

without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

with or without instructions. 

SEC. 2 Section 201 of House Resolution 6 is amended 

as follows: 
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(1) In subsection (f)(3), strike ‘‘At the conclusion of 

the first session of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress’’ and insert ‘‘By October 30, 2020’’. 

(2) In subsection (g)(1), strike ‘‘on February 1, 

2020’’ and insert ‘‘at the conclusion of the One Hundred 

Sixteenth Congress’’. 

SEC. 3. House Resolution 661 is hereby adopted. 

SEC. 4. House Resolution 693 is hereby adopted. 

SEC. 5. (a) At any time on the legislative day of Thursday, November 21, 2019, it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House a motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign Affairs from further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 

70) directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the 

War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed 

Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have 

not been authorized by Congress, if offered by Representative 

Gabbard of Hawaii. The motion shall be considered as read. 

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

motion to its adoption without intervening motion except 20 

minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by Representative Gabbard of Hawaii and an opponent. The question of adoption of the motion may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule XX. 
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(b) The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply during the remainder 

of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent 

Resolution 70. 

Attest: 

Clerk.