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H. Res. 491
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
July 16, 2019.
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolu-
tion 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. 3494) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020
for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
United States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System, 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 amendments specified in this section
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence. 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 substitute
recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
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ligence now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee
Print 116–22, modified by 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 consid-
ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill,
as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill,
as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part B
of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each such further
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, 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
amendment, 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 further amendments
are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as
amended, to the House with such further amendments as
may have been adopted. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any fur-
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ther amendment thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions.
SEC. 2. If House Report 116–125 is called up by direc-
tion of the Committee on Oversight and Reform: (a) all
points of order against the report are waived and the report
shall be considered as read; and (b)(1) an accompanying reso-
lution offered by direction of the Committee on Oversight and
Reform shall be considered as read and shall not be subject
to a point of order; and (2) the previous question shall be
considered as ordered on such resolution to adoption without
intervening motion or demand for division of the question ex-
cept one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Oversight and Reform.
SEC. 3. (a) A joint resolution described in section 4 shall
be privileged if called up by the chair of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs or a designee on the day after the calendar
day on which the Majority Leader or a designee announces
an intention that the House consider the joint resolution. The
joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of
order against the joint resolution and against its consider-
ation are waived. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without in-
tervening motion except: (1) 20 minutes of debate equally di-
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vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective
designees; and (2) one motion to recommit (or commit, as the
case may be). A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of
the joint resolution shall not be in order.
(b) On demand of the chair of the Committee on For-
eign Affairs or a designee, debate pursuant to subsection
(a)(1) shall be one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs or their respective designees.
SEC. 4. A joint resolution referred to in section 3 is a
Senate joint resolution, or a House joint resolution reported
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, prohibiting any of the
following under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776):
(1) a proposed sale pursuant to subsection (b);
(2) a proposed export pursuant to subsection (c); or
(3) an approval pursuant to subsection (d).
SEC. 5. Sections 36(b)(3), 36(c)(3)(B), and 36(d)(5)(B)
of the Arms Export Control Act shall not apply in the House
during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Con-
gress.
SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in
order without intervention of any point of order to consider
in the House the resolution (H. Res. 489) condemning Presi-
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dent Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Con-
gress. The resolution shall be considered as read. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the resolu-
tion and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or
demand for division of the question except one hour of debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Attest:
Clerk.