H. Res. 739 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 4, 2019. 
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. 2534) to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
to prohibit certain securities trading and related communica-
tions by those who possess material, nonpublic information. 
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 ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Financial Services now printed in the bill, an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 116–39 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. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No 
further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. 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 speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion 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 on any further amendment 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. (a) At any time on the legislative day of 
Wednesday, December 11, 2019, it shall be in order without
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intervention of any point of order to consider in the House 
a motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 
further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. 
Res. 77) directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of 
the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed 
Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have 
not been authorized by Congress, if offered by Representative 
Gabbard of Hawaii. The motion shall be considered as read. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
motion to its adoption without intervening motion except 20 
minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by Rep-
resentative Gabbard of Hawaii and an opponent. The ques-
tion of adoption of the motion may be subject to postpone-
ment as though under clause 8 of rule XX. 
(b) The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Reso-
lution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply during the remainder 
of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent 
Resolution 77. 
Attest: 
Clerk.