IV 
House Calendar No. 98 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 607 
[Report No. 115–391] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3043) to modernize hydropower 
policy, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 3441) to clarify the treatment of two or more employers 
as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2017 
Mr. BYRNE, 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. 3043) to mod-
ernize hydropower policy, and for other purposes, and 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3441) to 
clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint 
employers under the National Labor Relations Act and 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 
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 
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the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3043) to modernize hydropower pol-
icy, and for other purposes. 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 Energy and Commerce. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill. The com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
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proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, 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 amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. 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 instructions. 
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3441) 
to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint 
employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. All points of order 
against consideration of the bill are waived. The amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed 
in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 
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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: (1) one 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
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