[House Calendars for January 9, 2019 - 116th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




                CALENDAR OF MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEES                

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Rule XV, clause 2:

``(a)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing to discharge--

``(A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or public resolution 
that has been referred to it for 30 legislative days; or

``(A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or public resolution 
that has been referred to it for 30 legislative days; or 

'`(B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution that has been 
referred to it for seven legislative days and that proposes a special order of 
business for the consideration of a public bill or public resolution that has 
been reported by a committee or has been referred to a committee for 30 
legislative days. 

``(2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or resolution. A Member may 
not file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration of a 
resolution providing for the consideration of more than one public bill or 
public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane amendment to a public 
bill or public resolution. 

``(b) A motion presented under paragraph (a) shall be placed in the custody of 
the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient place for the signatures of Members. 
A signature may be withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time before a motion 
is entered on the Journal. The Clerk shall make the signatories a matter of public 
record, causing the names of the Members who have signed a discharge motion during 
a week to be published in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for 
that purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making cumulative lists 
of such names available each day for public inspection in an appropriate office 
of the House. The Clerk shall devise a means for making such lists available to 
offices of the House and to the public in electronic form. When a majority of the 
total membership of the House shall have signed the motion, it shall be entered 
on the Journal, published with the signatories thereto in the Record, and referred 
to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees. 

``(c)(1) A motion to discharge that has been on the calendar for at least seven 
legislative days (except during the last six days of a session of Congress) shall 
be privileged only at a time or place, designated by the Speaker, in the legislative 
schedule within two legislative days after the day on which a Member whose signature 
appears thereon announces to the House an intention to offer the motion. When such a 
motion is called up, the House shall proceed to its consideration under this paragraph 
without intervening motion except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to 
discharge shall have precedence in the order of their entry on the Journal.

``(2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or resolution to which it 
relates shall be read by title only. The motion is debatable for 20 minutes, one-half 
in favor of the motion and one-half in opposition thereto. 

``(d)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration 
of a resolution, the House shall immediately consider the resolution, pending which 
the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn but may not entertain any 
other dilatory motion until the resolution has been disposed of. If the resolution is 
adopted, the House shall immediately proceed to its execution.

``(2) If a motion prevails to discharge a committee from consideration of a public bill 
or public resolution, a motion that the House proceed to the immediate consideration of 
such bill or resolution shall be privileged if offered by a Member whose signature 
appeared on the motion to discharge. The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion 
to proceed is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be considered immediately under the 
general rules of the House. If unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it is 
called up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished business until it is disposed 
of. If the motion to proceed is rejected, the bill or resolution shall be referred to the 
appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same status as if the committee from which 
it was discharged had duly reported it to the House.

``(e)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this clause has once been acted on 
by the House, it shall not be in order to entertain during the same session of Congress--

``(A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of that bill or resolution or 
of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in substance to or dealing with the same 
subject matter, is substantially the same; or 

``(B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution 
providing a special order of business for the consideration of that bill or resolution or 
of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in substance to or dealing with the same 
subject matter, is substantially the same. 

``(2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees that is 
rendered out of order under subparagraph (1) shall be stricken from that calendar.''
      
      
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Motion No.                                                              Calen- 
 and date           Title           Committee     Motion filed by-       dar  
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