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House Calendar No. 163 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 985 
[Report No. 115–812] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional 
safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, and for other 
purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3281) to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the transfer to non- 
Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2018 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 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. 50) to provide 
for additional safeguards with respect to imposing Fed-
eral mandates, and for other purposes, and providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3281) to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the transfer 
to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation 
projects or facilities, 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 
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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. 50) to provide for additional safe-
guards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, 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 debate shall be confined 
to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment 
recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend-
ed, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re-
port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion. Each such further 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 debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
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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 further amendments are waived. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment 
the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, 
to the House with such further amendments as may have 
been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the bill, as amended, and any further 
amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3281) 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclama-
tion projects or facilities, and for other purposes. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on 
any 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 
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member of the Committee on Natural Resources; and (2) 
one motion to recommit. 
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House Calendar No. 163 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 985 
[Report No. 115–812] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 50) to 
provide for additional safeguards with respect to 
imposing Federal mandates, and for other pur-
poses, and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3281) to authorize the Secretary of the In-
terior to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal 
ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or 
facilities, and for other purposes. 
JULY 10, 2018 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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