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House Calendar No. 79 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 500 
[Report No. 115–295] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; 
providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving 
a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration 
of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 
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. 3354) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, envi-
ronment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; providing 
for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and 
waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported 
from the Committee on Rules. 
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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. 3354) making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 
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 two hours equally 
divided 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 115-31, modified by Rules Committee Print 115-32 
and the amendment printed in part A of the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall 
be considered as adopted in the House and in the Com-
mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be consid-
ered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend-
ment 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) 
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of rule XXI are waived except as follows: beginning with 
the colon on page 327, line 22, through ″crime″ on page 
328, line 2; beginning with the semicolon on page 535, 
line 12, through ″(12 U.S.C. 3907(b)(2).’″ on page 536, 
line 14; and section 7080. Where points of order are 
waived against part of a section, points of order against 
a provision in another part of such section may be made 
only against such provision and not against the entire sec-
tion. 
SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall 
be in order except those printed in part B of the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu-
tion, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 
of this resolution. 
(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of 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 4 of this resolution, 
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and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
(c) All points of order against further amendments 
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 
or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
this resolution are waived. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend-
ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 
of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min-
utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 
or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu-
tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. 
SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend-
ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 
offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at any point 
for the purpose of debate. 
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