Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 500 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  House Calendar No. 79
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 500

                          [Report No. 115-295]

      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making 
  appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for 
 other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
   rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
   respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
                          Committee on Rules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 2017

     Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making 
  appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for 
 other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
   rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
   respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
                          Committee on Rules.

    Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 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 two hours equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment in 
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 115-31, modified by Rules Committee Print 115-32 and the 
amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the 
House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment 
under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. Points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply 
with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived except as follows: 
beginning with the colon on page 327, line 22, through "crime" on page 
328, line 2; beginning with the semicolon on page 535, line 12, through 
"(12 U.S.C. 3907(b)(2).'" on page 536, line 14; and section 7080. Where 
points of order are waived against part of a section, points of order 
against a provision in another part of such section may be made only 
against such provision and not against the entire section.
    Sec. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall be in order 
except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 3 
of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of 
this resolution.
    (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the report of the 
Committee on Rules shall be considered 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, 
may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 
shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of 
this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    (c) All points of order against further amendments printed in part 
B of the report of the Committee on Rules or against amendments en bloc 
described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
    Sec. 3.  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 
of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this 
resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    Sec. 4.  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees may offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at 
any point for the purpose of debate.
    Sec. 5.  At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee of the Whole shall 
rise without motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in 
order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
    Sec. 6. (a) During consideration of H.R. 3354, it shall not be in 
order to consider an amendment proposing both a decrease in an 
appropriation designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an 
increase in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa.
    (b) This paragraph shall not apply to an amendment between the 
Houses.
    Sec. 7.  It shall be in order at any time through the legislative 
day of September 9, 2017, for the Speaker to entertain 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 designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to 
this section.
    Sec. 8.  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 with respect to any 
resolution reported through the legislative day of September 9, 2017.
                                                  House Calendar No. 79

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 500

                          [Report No. 115-295]

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                               RESOLUTION

      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making 
  appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for 
 other purposes; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
   rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
   respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
                          Committee on Rules.

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                           September 5, 2017

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed