IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 616 
[Report No. 115–408] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2874) to achieve reforms to 
improve the financial stability of the National Flood Insurance Program, 
to enhance the development of more accurate estimates of flood risk 
through new technology and better maps, to increase the role of private 
markets in the management of flood insurance risks, and to provide 
for alternative methods to insure against flood peril, and for other pur-
poses, and providing for consideration of the conference report to accom-
pany the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
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. 2874) to achieve 
reforms to improve the financial stability of the National 
Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the development 
of more accurate estimates of flood risk through new 
technology and better maps, to increase the role of pri-
vate markets in the management of flood insurance risks, 
and to provide for alternative methods to insure against 
flood peril, and for other purposes, and providing for 
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consideration of the conference report to accompany the 
bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
2874) to achieve reforms to improve the financial stability 
of the National Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the 
development of more accurate estimates of flood risk 
through new technology and better maps, to increase the 
role of private markets in the management of flood insur-
ance risks, and to provide for alternative methods to in-
sure against flood peril, and for other purposes. All points 
of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In 
lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Financial Services now 
printed in the bill, the amendment printed in part A of 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution, modified by the amendment printed in part B 
of that report, 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 considered as or-
dered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amend-
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