H. Res. 491 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 16, 2019. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolu-
tion 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 consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3494) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, 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 Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence. 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 Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
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ligence now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 116–22, modified by 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 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 consid-
ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 
as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, 
as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part B 
of the report of the Committee on Rules. 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 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 further amendments 
are waived. At the conclusion 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 con-
sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any fur-
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ther amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. If House Report 116–125 is called up by direc-
tion of the Committee on Oversight and Reform: (a) all 
points of order against the report are waived and the report 
shall be considered as read; and (b)(1) an accompanying reso-
lution offered by direction of the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform shall be considered as read and shall not be subject 
to a point of order; and (2) the previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on such resolution to adoption without 
intervening motion or demand for division of the question ex-
cept one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform. 
SEC. 3. (a) A joint resolution described in section 4 shall 
be privileged if called up by the chair of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs or a designee on the day after the calendar 
day on which the Majority Leader or a designee announces 
an intention that the House consider the joint resolution. The 
joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against the joint resolution and against its consider-
ation are waived. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without in-
tervening motion except: (1) 20 minutes of debate equally di-
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vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective 
designees; and (2) one motion to recommit (or commit, as the 
case may be). A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 
the joint resolution shall not be in order. 
(b) On demand of the chair of the Committee on For-
eign Affairs or a designee, debate pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) shall be one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. 
SEC. 4. A joint resolution referred to in section 3 is a 
Senate joint resolution, or a House joint resolution reported 
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, prohibiting any of the 
following under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2776): 
(1) a proposed sale pursuant to subsection (b); 
(2) a proposed export pursuant to subsection (c); or 
(3) an approval pursuant to subsection (d). 
SEC. 5. Sections 36(b)(3), 36(c)(3)(B), and 36(d)(5)(B) 
of the Arms Export Control Act shall not apply in the House 
during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Con-
gress. 
SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
order without intervention of any point of order to consider 
in the House the resolution (H. Res. 489) condemning Presi-
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dent Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Con-
gress. The resolution shall be considered as read. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the resolu-
tion and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or 
demand for division of the question except one hour of debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
Attest: 
Clerk.