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House Calendar No. 122 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 770 
[Report No. 114–610] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5278) to establish an Oversight 
Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, including instrumental-
ities, in managing its public finances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2016 
Mr. BYRNE, 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. 5278) to estab-
lish an Oversight Board to assist the Government of 
Puerto Rico, including instrumentalities, in managing its 
public finances, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso-
lution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 5278) to establish an Oversight 
Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, including 
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instrumentalities, in managing its public finances, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Natural Resources. 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 rec-
ommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five- 
minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-57. 
That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against that amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amend-
ment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 
such 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 debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided 
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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 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration 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 amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi-
nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. Upon passage of H.R. 5278 the House shall 
be considered to have: (1) stricken all after the enacting 
clause of S. 2328 and inserted in lieu thereof the provi-
sions of H.R. 5278, as passed by the House; and (2) 
passed the Senate bill as so amended. 
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House Calendar No. 122 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 770 
[Report No. 114–610] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5278) 
to establish an Oversight Board to assist the 
Government of Puerto Rico, including instrumen-
talities, in managing its public finances, and for 
other purposes. 
JUNE 8, 2016 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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