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Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
3648) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employ-
ment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country nu-
merical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and 
for other purposes. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. The amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Ju-
diciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment 
printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 
adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend-
ed, are waived. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further 
amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening 
motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective des-
ignees; (2) the further amendment printed in part B of 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the re-
port, which shall be in order without intervention of any 
point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be sepa-
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rately debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question; and (3) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7946) 
to provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived. The amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 
on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as 
amended, are waived. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any 
further amendment thereto, to final passage without inter-
vening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respec-
tive designees; (2) the further amendment printed in part 
C of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the 
report, which shall be in order without intervention of any 
point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be sepa-
rately debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question; and (3) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 3. (a) At any time through the legislative day 
of Thursday, December 8, 2022, the Speaker may enter-
tain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee 
that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 
1 of rule XV with respect to multiple measures described 
in subsection (b), and the Chair shall put the question on 
any such motion without debate or intervening motion. 
(b) A measure referred to in subsection (a) includes 
any measure that was the object of a motion to suspend 
the rules on the legislative day of December 5, 2022, De-
cember 6, 2022, December 7, 2022, or December 8, 2022, 
in the form as so offered, on which the yeas and nays 
were ordered and further proceedings postponed pursuant 
to clause 8 of rule XX. 
(c) Upon the offering of a motion pursuant to sub-
section (a) concerning multiple measures, the ordering of 
the yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the 
rules with respect to such measures is vacated to the end 
that all such motions are considered as withdrawn. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on a vote by the yeas and nays on the question 
of adoption of a motion that the House suspend the rules 
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offered on the legislative day of December 5, 2022 may 
be postponed through the legislative day of December 8, 
2022. 
SEC. 5. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com-
mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 
House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 
through the remainder of the One Hundred Seventeenth 
Congress. 
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House Calendar No. 155 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1508 
[Report No. 117–590] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3648) 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for 
employment-based immigrants, to increase the 
per-country numerical limitation for family-spon-
sored immigrants, and for other purposes; pro-
viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7946) 
to provide benefits for noncitizen members of the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes; and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 6, 2022 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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