H. Res. 500 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 6, 2017. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolu-
tion 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. 3354) making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2018, 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 de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed two 
hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. An amendment in the nature of 
a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
115–31, modified by Rules Committee Print 115–32 and the 
amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as
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adopted in the House 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. Points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with 
clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived except as fol-
lows: beginning with the colon on page 327, line 22, through 
‘‘crime’’ on page 328, line 2; beginning with the semicolon on 
page 535, line 12, through ‘‘(12 U.S.C. 3907(b)(2).’’ on page 
536, line 14; and section 7080. Where points of order are 
waived against part of a section, points of order against a 
provision in another part of such section may be made only 
against such provision and not against the entire section. 
SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall be 
in order except those printed in part B of the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, amend-
ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and 
pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this resolu-
tion. 
(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the re-
port of the Committee on Rules shall be considered 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,
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may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action 
thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except as pro-
vided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole. 
(c) All points of order against further 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 Appropriations or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments print-
ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments 
en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, 
shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by sec-
tion 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole. 
SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amendment, 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to