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of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 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 committee amend-
ment 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 part A of 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 des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable 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 de-
mand 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 consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
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passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, de-
clare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1582) to protect consumers by prohibiting the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from pro-
mulgating as final certain energy-related rules that are esti-
mated to cost more than $1 billion and will cause significant 
adverse effects to the economy. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation 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 Energy and Commerce. 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 sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113–19. That 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against that amendment in the
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nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment 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 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 
amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as 
original text. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
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without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.