[House Report 114-256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                        {     Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                        {    114-256

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION (H.J. RES. 64) 
DISAPPROVING OF THE AGREEMENT TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT 
  ON JULY 19, 2015, RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN; AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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 September 8, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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              Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 408]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 408, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 64, 
disapproving of the agreement transmitted to Congress by the 
President on July 19, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of 
Iran, under a closed rule. The resolution provides ten hours of 
debate equally divided among and controlled by the respective 
chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees on 
Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Oversight 
and Government Reform, and Ways and Means. The resolution 
waives all points of order against consideration of the joint 
resolution. The resolution provides that the joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points 
of order against provisions in the joint resolution. The 
resolution provides a final period of debate, which shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
The resolution provides one motion to recommit.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides that upon receipt of a 
message from the Senate transmitting H.J. Res. 61 with a Senate 
amendment to the text thereof consisting only of the text of 
H.J. Res. 64 as passed by the House, the House shall be 
considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment or 
amendments.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the joint resolution, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 
nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the joint resolution, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.

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