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House Calendar No. 56 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 739 

[Report No. 116–320] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2534) to amend the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related 

communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information, 

and relating to consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 

77) 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Mr. PERLMUTTER, 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. 2534) to amend 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain 

securities trading and related communications by those 

who possess material, nonpublic information, and relating 

to consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. 

Res. 77) 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. 


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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. 2534) to amend the Securities Ex6 change Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading 

7 and related communications by those who possess mate8 rial, nonpublic information. 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 Financial Services. After 

14 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in 

16 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

17 on Financial Services now printed in the bill, an amend18 ment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 

19 of Rules Committee Print 116-39 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. All points 

24 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

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


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1 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 

2 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

3 such further amendment may be offered only in the order 

4 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

5 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

6 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

7 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

8 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub9 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

10 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

11 against such further amendments are waived. At the con12 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

13 Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to 

14 the House with such further amendments as may have 

15 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

16 as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further 

17 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

18 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in19 structions. 

20 SEC. 2. (a) At any time on the legislative day of 

21 Wednesday, December 11, 2019, it shall be in order with22 out intervention of any point of order to consider in the 

23 House a motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign 

24 Affairs from further consideration of the concurrent reso25 lution (H. Con. Res. 77) directing the President pursuant 


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1 to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove 

2 United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Syrian 

3 Arab Republic that have not been authorized by Congress, 

4 if offered by Representative Gabbard of Hawaii. The mo5 tion shall be considered as read. The previous question 

6 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adop7 tion without intervening motion except 20 minutes of de8 bate equally divided and controlled by Representative 

9 Gabbard of Hawaii and an opponent. The question of 

10 adoption of the motion may be subject to postponement 

11 as though under clause 8 of rule XX. 

12 (b) The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers 

13 Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply during the 

14 remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to 

15 House Concurrent Resolution 77. 


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House Calendar No. 56 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 739 

[Report No. 116–320] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2534) 

thorized by Congress. the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been auUnited States Armed Forces from hostilities in 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove 77) directing the President pursuant to section ation of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. nonpublic information, and relating to considercommunications by those who possess material, prohibit certain securities trading and related to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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