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House Calendar No. 142 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 859 
[Report No. 114–742] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 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. 5620) to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal 
or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs based on performance or misconduct, 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 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
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•HRES 859 RH 
ation of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based 
on performance or misconduct, 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 shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the 
bill 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 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 amendments are waived. At the conclusion 
of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
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shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. 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 in-
structions. 
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House Calendar No. 142 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 859 
[Report No. 114–742] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the removal or demotion of employees of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs based on per-
formance or misconduct, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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