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House Calendar No. 34 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 271 
[Report No. 113–117] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for 
the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2013 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) 
to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the 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 further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the 
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shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, may be withdrawn by its proponent at any time 
before action thereon, 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. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed 
in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules or 
against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 
resolution are waived. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Agriculture or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 
part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Agriculture or their des-
ignees, 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. The original pro-
ponent of an amendment included in such amendments en 
bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 
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immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 
bloc. 
SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
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House Calendar No. 34 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 271 
[Report No. 113–117] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1947) to provide for the reform and continuation 
of agricultural and other programs of the De-
partment of Agriculture through fiscal year 
2018, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2013 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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