IV 
House Calendar No. 52 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 388 
[Report No. 114–234] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) 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, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3236) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, 
motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the 
Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2015 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) 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, and providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 3236) to provide an extension of Federal- 
aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, tran-
sit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 
Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department 
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of Veterans Affairs for health care services, 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-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1994) 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. It shall 
be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs now printed in the bill. The 
committee 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 
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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 
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. 3236) 
to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway 
safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 
funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide re-
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