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House Calendar No. 168 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 996 
[Report No. 115–830] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6147) making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2018 
Mr. COLE, 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. 6147) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, envi-
ronment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, 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. 6147) making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
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agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen-
eral 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 115-81 shall be considered as 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 follows: 
beginning with the colon on page 251, line 5, through 
″2012″ on page 251, line 8. Where points of order are 
waived against part of a paragraph, points of order 
against a provision in another part of such paragraph may 
be made only against such provision and not against the 
entire paragraph. 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-
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tion and pro forma amendments described in section 2 of 
this resolution. Each further amendment printed in the 
report 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 
time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amend-
ment except as provided by section 2 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. 
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 and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. During consideration of H.R. 6147 for 
amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des-
ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 
at any point for the purpose of debate. 
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House Calendar No. 168 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 996 
[Report No. 115–830] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6147) 
making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 16, 2018 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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