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Resolved, That (a) at any time after adoption of this 
resolution 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 any bill specified in section 2 of this resolution. 
The first reading of each such bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of each such bill 
are waived. General debate on each such bill shall be con-
fined to that bill and shall not exceed one hour equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen-
eral debate each such bill shall be considered for amend-
ment under the five-minute rule. Points of order against 
provisions in each such bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 
(b) During consideration of each such bill for amend-
ment— 
(1) each amendment, other than amendments 
provided for in paragraph (2), shall be debatable for 
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject 
to amendment except as provided in paragraph (2); 
(2) no pro forma amendment shall be in order 
except that the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their respec-
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tive designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amend-
ments each at any point for the purpose of debate; 
and 
(3) the chair of the Committee of the Whole 
may accord priority in recognition on the basis of 
whether the Member offering an amendment has 
caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con-
gressional Record designated for that purpose in 
clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 
be considered as read. 
(c) When the committee rises and reports any such 
bill back to the House with a recommendation that the 
bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on that bill and amendments thereto to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. The bills referred to in the first section of 
this resolution are as follows: 
(a) The bill (H.R. 2577) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
(b) The bill (H.R. 2578) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and 
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Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, and for other purposes. 
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House Calendar No. 36 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 287 
[Report No. 114–135] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2577) 
making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur-
poses, and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2578) making appropriations for the De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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