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lishing the budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. The first read-
ing of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the concurrent 
resolution are waived. General debate shall not exceed four 
hours, with three hours of general debate confined to the 
congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Budget and one hour of general debate on the subject 
of economic goals and policies equally divided and con-
trolled by Representative Brady of Texas and Representa-
tive Carolyn Maloney of New York or their respective des-
ignees. After general debate the concurrent resolution 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as 
read. No amendment shall be in order except those printed 
in 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 designated in the report, shall be considered 
as read, and shall be debatable for the time specified in 
the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent. All points of order against such amend-
ments are waived. If more than one such amendment is 
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adopted, then only the one receiving the greater number 
of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted. 
In the case of a tie for the greater number of affirmative 
votes, then only the last amendment to receive that num-
ber of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally 
adopted. After the conclusion of consideration of the con-
current resolution for amendment and a final period of 
general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Budget, the Committee 
shall rise and report the concurrent resolution to the 
House with such amendment as may have been finally 
adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the concurrent resolution and amendments there-
to to adoption without intervening motion except amend-
ments offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budg-
et pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. 
The concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question of its adoption. 
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House Calendar No. 17 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 163 
[Report No. 114–49] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 27) establishing the budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 
MARCH 23, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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