H. Res. 566 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 17, 2015. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 
2029) making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur-
poses, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider 
in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a 
motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropria-
tions or his designee that the House concur in the Senate 
amendment with each of the two amendments specified in 
section 3 of this resolution. The Senate amendment and the 
motion shall be considered as read. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 
without intervening motion or demand for division of the 
question except as specified in section 2 of this resolution. 
Clause 5(b) of rule XXI shall not apply to the motion. 
SEC. 2. (a) The question of adoption of the motion shall 
be divided between the two House amendments specified in
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section 3 of this resolution. The two portions of the divided 
question shall be considered in the order specified by the 
Chair. Either portion of the divided question may be subject 
to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule XX. 
(b) The portion of the divided question comprising the 
amendment specified in section 3(a) of this resolution shall 
be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The portion of the divided question com-
prising the amendment specified in section 3(b) of this reso-
lution shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means. 
SEC. 3. The amendments referred to in the first and sec-
ond sections of this resolution are as follows: 
(a) An amendment consisting of the text of Rules Com-
mittee Print 114–39 modified by the amendment printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this res-
olution. 
(b) An amendment consisting of the text of Rules Com-
mittee Print 114–40. 
SEC. 4. If only the portion of the divided question com-
prising the amendment specified in section 3(b) of this reso-
lution is adopted, that portion shall be engrossed as an
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amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 2029. 
SEC. 5. The chair of the Committee on Appropriations 
may insert in the Congressional Record at any time during 
the remainder of the first session of the 114th Congress such 
material as he may deem explanatory of the Senate amend-
ment and the motion specified in the first section of this reso-
lution. 
SEC. 6. On any legislative day of the first session of the 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress after December 18, 
2015— 
(a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and 
(b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad-
journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 
clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an-
nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 
SEC. 7. On any legislative day of the second session of 
the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress before January 5, 
2016— 
(a) the Speaker may dispense with organizational and 
legislative business; 
(b) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved if applicable; and
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(c) the Chair at any time may declare the House ad-
journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 
clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an-
nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 
SEC. 8. The Speaker may appoint Members to perform 
the duties of the Chair for the duration of the periods ad-
dressed by sections 6 and 7 of this resolution as though 
under clause 8(a) of rule I. 
SEC. 9. Each day during the periods addressed by sec-
tions 6 and 7 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 
day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1546). 
SEC. 10. Each day during the periods addressed by sec-
tions 6 and 7 of this resolution shall not constitute a legisla-
tive day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII. 
SEC. 11. It shall be in order at any time through the 
legislative day of December 18, 2015, for the Speaker to en-
tertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though 
under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or his designee shall 
consult with the Minority Leader or her designee on the des-
ignation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 12. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for 
a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on 
Rules on the same day it is presented to the House is waived