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House Calendar No. 59 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 758 

[Report No. 116–334] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to establish a fair price 

negotiation program, protect the Medicare program from excessive price 

increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part 

D enrollees, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 5038) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 

provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing 

agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes; and providing 

for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 

1790) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 

defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Ms. SHALALA, 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. 3) to establish 

a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare 

program from excessive price increases, and establish 

an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, 

and for other purposes; providing for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 5038) to amend the Immigration and 


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Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for 

nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or 

services, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the 

bill (S. 1790) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities 

of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

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. 3) to establish a fair price negotia6 tion program, protect the Medicare program from exces7 sive price increases, and establish an out-of-pocket max8 imum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other pur9 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

10 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

11 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

12 shall not exceed four hours, with three hours equally di13 vided among and controlled by the respective chairs and 

14 ranking minority members of the Committees on Edu15 cation and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and 

16 Means, and one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

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1 tive designees. After general debate the bill shall be con2 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu 

3 of the amendments in the nature of a substitute rec4 ommended by the Committees on Education and Labor, 

5 Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means now printed 

6 in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 

7 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-41, 

8 modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report 

9 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 

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

11 Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 

12 considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 

13 amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be consid14 ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 

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

16 the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed 

17 in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each 

18 such further amendment may be offered only in the order 

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

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

21 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

22 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

23 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub24 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

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


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1 against such further amendments are waived. At the con2 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

4 the House with such further amendments as may have 

5 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

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

7 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

8 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in9 structions. 

10 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

11 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 5038) 

12 to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 

13 for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers per14 forming agricultural labor or services, and for other pur15 poses. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

16 are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 

17 substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judici18 ary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature 

19 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

20 Print 116–42, modified by the amendment printed in part 

21 C of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

22 this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, 

23 as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of 

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

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1 dered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amend2 ment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion 

3 except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and con4 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

5 Committee on the Judiciary; and (2) one motion to recom6 mit with or without instructions. 

7 SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

8 in order to consider the conference report to accompany 

9 the bill (S. 1790) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 

10 year 2020 for military activities of the Department of De11 fense, for military construction, and for defense activities 

12 of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military per13 sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other pur14 poses. All points of order against the conference report 

15 and against its consideration are waived. The conference 

16 report shall be considered as read. The previous question 

17 shall be considered as ordered on the conference report 

18 to its adoption without intervening motion except: (1) one 

19 hour of debate; and (2) one motion to recommit if applica20 ble. 

21 SEC. 4. The chair of the Permanent Select Committee 

22 on Intelligence may insert in the Congressional Record not 

23 later than December 13, 2019, such material as he may 

24 deem explanatory of intelligence authorization measures 

25 for the fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020. 


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1 SEC. 5. It shall be in order at any time through the 

2 legislative day of December 20, 2019, for the Speaker to 

3 entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as 

4 though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her 

5 designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his des6 ignee on the designation of any matter for consideration 

7 pursuant to this section. 

8 SEC. 6. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 

9 for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com10 mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 

11 House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 

12 through the legislative day of December 20, 2019. 

13 SEC. 7. On any legislative day of the first session of 

14 the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress after December 12, 

15 2019— 

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

17 shall be considered as approved; and 

18 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad19 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

20 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an21 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

22 SEC. 8. On any legislative day of the second session 

23 of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress before January 

24 7, 2020— 


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1 (a) the Speaker may dispense with organizational and 

2 legislative business; 

3 (b) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

4 shall be considered as approved if applicable; and 

5 (c) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad6 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

7 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an8 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

9 SEC. 9. The Speaker may appoint Members to per10 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the periods 

11 addressed by sections 7 and 8 of this resolution as though 

12 under clause 8(a) of rule I. 

13 SEC. 10. Each day during the periods addressed by 

14 sections 7 and 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a 

15 calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers 

16 Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). 

17 SEC. 11. Each day during the periods addressed by 

18 sections 7 and 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a 

19 legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII. 

20 SEC. 12. Each day during the periods addressed by 

21 sections 7 and 8 of this resolution shall not constitute a 

22 legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XV. 


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House Calendar No. 59 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 758 

[Report No. 116–334] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to 

other purposes. personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for the Department of Energy, to prescribe military military construction, and for defense activities of tary activities of the Department of Defense, for ize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for milireport to accompany the bill (S. 1790) to authorand providing for consideration of the conference cultural labor or services, and for other purposes; tions for nonimmigrant workers performing agriNationality Act to provide for terms and condibill (H.R. 5038) to amend the Immigration and other purposes; providing for consideration of the imum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maxtect the Medicare program from excessive price establish a fair price negotiation program, proDECEMBER 10, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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