IV 
House Calendar No. 56 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 739 
[Report No. 116–320] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2534) to amend the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related 
communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information, 
and relating to 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2019 
Mr. PERLMUTTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be print-
ed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2534) to amend 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain 
securities trading and related communications by those 
who possess material, nonpublic information, and relating 
to 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 Repub-
lic that have not been authorized by Congress. 
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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. 2534) to amend the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading 
and related communications by those who possess mate-
rial, nonpublic information. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
eration 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 Financial Services. 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 Financial Services now printed in the bill, an amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 116-39 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. All points 
of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 
waived. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, 
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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 specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject 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 con-
clusion 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 in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. (a) At any time on the legislative day of 
Wednesday, December 11, 2019, it shall be in order with-
out 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 reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 77) directing the President pursuant 
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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 mo-
tion shall be considered as read. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adop-
tion without intervening motion except 20 minutes of de-
bate equally divided and controlled by Representative 
Gabbard of Hawaii and an opponent. The question of 
adoption of the motion may be subject to postponement 
as though under clause 8 of rule XX. 
(b) The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546) shall not apply during the 
remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to 
House Concurrent Resolution 77. 
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