IV 
House Calendar No. 37 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 288 
[Report No. 114–136] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) to reauthorize the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, 
to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to 
ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farm-
ers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs 
low, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Mr. NEWHOUSE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) to reau-
thorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to 
better protect futures customers, to provide end-users 
with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure 
transparency and accountability at the Commission, to 
help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to 
help keep consumer costs low, 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. 2289) to reauthorize the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect fu-
tures customers, to provide end-users with market cer-
tainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and 
accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranch-
ers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer 
costs low, 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 amendments specified in this 
section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Agriculture. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five- 
minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Agri-
culture now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con-
sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 114-18. That amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
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waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution. Each such 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 
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 amendments are waived. At the con-
clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 
or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order as original text. 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. The Committee on Appropriations may, at 
any time before 5 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2015, file privi-
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leged reports to accompany measures making appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 
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House Calendar No. 37 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 288 
[Report No. 114–136] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) 
to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, to better protect futures customers, 
to provide end-users with market certainty, to 
make basic reforms to ensure transparency and 
accountability at the Commission, to help farm-
ers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to 
help keep consumer costs low, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 2, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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