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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 276, GULF OF AMERICA ACT; AND 
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 881, DHS RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS 
             INSTITUTES AND CHINESE ENTITIES OF CONCERN ACT

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the 
Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 377 and ask for its 
immediate consideration.

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  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 377

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 276) to 
     rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of America''. All 
     points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
     The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
     the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill 
     shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall 
     be considered as read. All points of order against provisions 
     in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question 
     shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and 
     on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without 
     intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 
     divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their 
     respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
       Sec. 2.  Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
     order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 881) to 
     establish Department of Homeland Security funding 
     restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a 
     relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other 
     purposes. All points of order against consideration of the 
     bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security 
     now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
     119-2 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, 
     shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
     provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
     amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final 
     passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of 
     debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
     ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security 
     or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to 
     recommit.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 
1 hour.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate 
only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon), pending which I yield myself such time as I 
may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded 
is for the purpose of debate only.


                             General Leave

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their 
remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, last night the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, 
House Resolution 377, providing for consideration of two measures.
  The first one is H.R. 276, the Gulf of America Act, under a closed 
rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources 
or their respective designees, and provides one motion to recommit.
  Additionally, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 881, the 
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of 
Concern Act, to be considered under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
member of the Committee on Homeland Security or their respective 
designees, and provides one motion to recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, we are here to debate a rule on two pieces of 
legislation beginning with H.R. 276, the Gulf of America Act.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 276 is straightforward. It permanently renames the 
Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and directs Federal agencies to 
update their documents and maps to incorporate the new name.
  President Trump directed the name change a few months ago, Mr. 
Speaker, and there have been no issues during that time. We are simply 
using our Article I authority to reflect the Gulf's importance to our 
country.
  Moving on, Mr. Speaker, the rule also provides for the consideration 
of H.R. 881, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese 
Entities of Concern Act.
  It goes without saying, Mr. Speaker, that the Chinese Communist Party 
does not share our interests or our values.
  Confucius Institutes were originally established in America in 2004 
and marketed as a way to promote Chinese language and culture, support 
local Chinese teaching internationally, and facilitate cultural 
exchanges; however, it has become clear that this was not the real 
goal, Mr. Speaker. The true intent was a sophisticated and global 
influence campaign, allowing the CCP to conduct espionage in our 
country and steal our intellectual property and trade secrets.
  While there are less than five Confucius Institutes still currently 
active in the United States, the Government Accountability Office has 
reported that 43 of the 74 schools it surveyed still maintain a 
relationship with the entity that supported their Confucius Institute.
  Further, the Department of Education has shown that over $3 billion 
has been collected by U.S. universities from entities connected to the 
People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
  This bill, which has been worked on and will pass in a bipartisan 
manner, I believe, simply bans eligibility for DHS funding from an 
institution with a relationship to a Confucius Institute, Thousand 
Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern until such a relationship 
is terminated.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to consideration of these pieces of 
legislation and urge passage of this rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as much as it pains me to say this, we are here on the 
House floor today because the House Republican majority has chosen to 
prioritize debate and passage of a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as 
the Gulf of America. That is not what my constituents think is the most 
important thing Congress should tackle this week or this year, and I 
bet it is not what your constituents think either.
  It is easy to mock this legislation because it is so inane and 
embarrassing, and we have, but its very existence and the fact that 
House Republicans have chosen to waste time and taxpayer dollars to 
bring it up for a vote, is worth considering.
  Let's talk about the real gulf of America--the gulf in America--the 
gulf between the ambitions and priorities of this White House, aided 
and abetted by the House majority, and the needs of the American 
people.
  That is the gulf that makes Republicans think that it is more 
important to give tax cuts to billionaires than to make sure that 
America's children, veterans, and seniors have food, housing, and 
medical services, and that we protect the air we breathe, the water we 
drink, and the food we eat.
  It is the gulf that causes the Speaker to bring ridiculous 
legislation to the floor to flatter the President and appease his base 
rather than meet the needs of the American people.
  Americans want a Congress and a White House that solves problems 
rather than creates them. Americans aren't asking to rename the Gulf of 
Mexico. In fact, public polling, including on FOX, says that nearly 70 
percent of Americans oppose that executive order and this legislation 
to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  Like many Americans, I follow the news each day with trepidation. 
Many folks tell me that the chaos and missteps of this administration 
are too painful or upsetting to follow. They have tuned it out because 
the only guarantee we have is that every day the President or his 
administration will have done something dumber or more dangerous than 
the day before.

  Each day brings its own self-inflicted crisis with this White House, 
and millions of Americans are exhausted by it. They are pleading with 
their elected officials to act, to do something, anything, to bring 
normalcy back to this country, to bring decency back to this country.
  There was a time when American public life was guided by a genuine 
sense of duty and a converse fear of shame, but today neither appear to 
hold much sway.
  Instead, we have a White House filled with charlatans, con men, snake 
oil salesmen, grifters, billionaires, and criminals, all using the 
power of the Federal Government to enrich themselves at the expense of 
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people and to punish their political opponents.
  Last week was President Trump's 100th day in office, a customary 
benchmark by which we measure the successes and failures of a new 
President's term. I think it is safe to say that Trump's first 100 days 
have been a disaster. His tariff policies are likely to cause a 
recession. Millions of people have seen their retirement savings 
evaporate. Families don't know if they are going to be able to afford 
basic goods, much less Christmas dolls. Businesses, big and small, are 
paralyzed by uncertainty and reducing their spending, and many small 
businesses may not survive.
  To add insult to injury, when faced with these facts, the President 
says: Deal with it. Those are the President's own words. The tariffs 
will be painful, but it is a price that must be paid; but paid by whom? 
It won't be Trump or the billionaires in his Cabinet or at his golf 
clubs. No, it is going to be real people, people who work for a living, 
who will have to pay the price for his ill-conceived trade war. It is 
not going to be guys like Bessent and Lutnick, who have multimillion-
dollar mansions and fly on private planes. They will be just fine.
  However, for working parents, according to Trump, maybe the kids will 
have 2 dolls instead of 30. I don't know who has 30 dolls. Maybe the 
moms who live in my district will have to pay more for the stroller 
they use to transport their kids to daycare and doctors and the grocery 
store. So much for the guy who said he was going to bring down prices 
on day one.
  It is worth noting that just yesterday in our Rules markup, our 
Republican colleagues voted, once again, to keep the Trump tariffs in 
place. Over a month ago, they rigged the rules of the House to prevent 
Congress from voting to end the Trump tariffs. They literally voted to 
stop time, to say that for the purposes of protecting the Trump 
tariffs, there is only one day between now and the end of September in 
order to prevent anyone from being able to force a vote on whether to 
end Trump's tariffs. They are dragging down our economy and American 
families with it.
  That is just the terrible Trump tariffs. In these first 100 days, the 
administration has cut services at Social Security, fired medical staff 
at VA hospitals, and withheld aid to food banks, children's health 
programs, and community violence prevention efforts. They have waged a 
political war against universities and scientific research, and 
illegally froze over $400 billion in congressionally appropriated 
funds, including billions of dollars to FEMA, to everyone from local 
firefighters to States that have been affected by natural disasters.
  This White House has issued hundreds of controversial executive 
orders, many of which courts have deemed illegal or unconstitutional. 
Every day this administration is disappearing hundreds of people, 
sending them to faraway detention centers without any due process, due 
process that would expose mistakes and lies about some people who are 
not criminals and, in some cases, are even citizens and, therefore, 
should not be deported.
  The damage that is being caused right now by this administration to 
our communities, to our international standing, to our national 
security and national fabric, will take years to unwind. Eager to do 
their part and contribute to the chaos, House Republicans continue to 
find novel ways to bring this Chamber to new lows.
  This week, Republicans are putting forward two bills, one that is 
pretty much a redundant effort to counter Confucius Institutes and 
another to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of 
America.
  The second bill may be the dumbest bill brought to the floor during 
the 6 years I have served in Congress. With all of the important work 
this Congress should be tackling, the Speaker and House Republicans 
have chosen to indulge the President in a whim that the American public 
does not support.
  Frankly, if I had to vote on a bill like this, I would find it deeply 
embarrassing. I know my Republican colleagues are smart people. They 
are not dumb, so I have to think that they share this embarrassment, 
unless they are members of a cult, a cult of personality based around a 
dear leader who they are required to obey or risk retribution, and upon 
whom they bestow endless compliments and praise in order to seek 
personal favors.

  It doesn't matter how much damage he causes, how much money he 
wastes, how many lives and families he hurts. It doesn't matter if he 
causes a recession. It doesn't matter if he encourages influence 
peddling and grift with a Trump coin, or his Gulf of America merch, or 
if he gives insider stock tips before taking executive action. House 
Republicans seem to always do what Trump says.
  If he wants to do something as dumb as rename the Gulf of Mexico, 
Republicans apparently will fall in line. We will watch them twist 
themselves into pretzels to come up with increasingly convoluted 
rationales for the President's actions. Today will surely be a master 
class in delusion.
  Further adding to the chaos, this month, House Republicans are 
expected to finish drafting the text of the reconciliation bill through 
which they are planning to cut healthcare benefits to seniors, 
children, and people with disabilities and cut nutrition assistance to 
the poor in order to pay for a huge tax giveaway to billionaires and 
big business.
  Despite more than 40 years of empirical evidence showing that 
Republican trickle-down economics are a resounding failure, Republicans 
are nonetheless pushing ahead with their party orthodoxy. We have more 
than enough evidence that trickle-down economics does not work. It 
doesn't help the middle class. It doesn't create jobs. It doesn't 
increase business investment, and it doesn't grow the economy.

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  What these policies actually do is allow companies and their 
shareholders to pocket more profits at the expense of everyone else. It 
is because of trickle-down economics that we now have some of the most 
extreme income inequality in this country in our Nation's history.
  To pay for this giveaway to the rich, Republicans are going to take 
away healthcare benefits and food assistance and cut critical Federal 
investments in our local communities, our democracy, the environment, 
and our national security, all so millionaires and billionaires can get 
an extra buck. It is horrifying, immoral, and un-American.
  Unlike many of my Republican colleagues, I have participated in 
multiple townhalls this year to hear from my constituents. One message 
that I hear consistently is that people are scared. These are good, 
honest, hardworking Americans who in one way or another have been 
forced to rely on Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, WIC, Head Start, Social 
Security, or LIHEAP in order to make ends meet for their families, and 
they are rightfully scared that Republicans are planning to gut those 
programs.
  We will surely hear all kinds of mental gymnastics from our 
colleagues about how millionaires really need that extra tax cut or how 
cutting Medicaid won't really lead to a loss of coverage or service. We 
will hear tortured arguments from Republicans to hide what they are 
really doing.
  When you take a step back and look at everything that is happening, 
this White House, in concert with Elon Musk and congressional 
Republicans, have put the country on a dark and troubling path, a fear-
based path. It is leading us to a place that has more in common with 
Stalin's Russia than the free society envisioned by our Founding 
Fathers. It is heartbreaking to see the lengths to which some people 
will go to destroy the ideas and institutions that for decades have 
made this country great.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it goes without saying that I rise in strong 
opposition to this rule, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I would just remind my 
colleagues that Donald Trump was elected President of the United 
States. While we are yet to put many of his policies into law, where 
the Democrats left us was with an interest payment of $2.6 billion a 
day.
  If you took 100 percent of the money from the people that are 
billionaires in this country, you probably couldn't pay the interest on 
the national debt for a year.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Johnson).
  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this 
complete waste of time, the Gulf of America Act.
  While Americans are struggling with real problems, while Trump is 
trampling over the constitutional rights of the citizens he swore to 
protect, Republicans are wasting this Chamber's time with performative 
nonsense.
  Here is the choice this comes down to:
  We could focus on helping 40 million Americans saddled with medical 
debt, or we could rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  We could ensure that the 10 million children going hungry every night 
have enough food to eat, or we could rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  We could address our Nation's highest maternal mortality rate, where 
women are dying in this country every day while giving birth, or we 
could rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  We could address our Nation's lack of affordable housing, where 
families are struggling to find safe shelter, or we could rename the 
Gulf of Mexico.
  We could make sure our veterans, who are waiting for weeks for 
appointments at VA clinics, get the desperate care they need after 
making such extreme sacrifices in the honor of service to our country, 
or we could rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  We could be protecting Social Security and Medicare, protecting 
Medicaid, finding affordable childcare for the millions of children in 
this country and reducing the high cost of living that so many families 
in all of our districts are struggling to afford basic necessities, or 
we could rename the Gulf of Mexico.
  Republicans have made their choice. They want to focus on renaming a 
body of water that doesn't need renaming instead of the emergent needs 
of the people that we all represent. The bill's cosponsor, the woman 
from Georgia, in her district one in five residents live below the 
poverty line. Her district ranks near the bottom in Georgia for health 
outcomes, and opioid overdose rates continue to climb. Broadband access 
remains limited, and public schools are underresourced.
  However, again, instead of working on bills to bring down the high 
cost of healthcare, making broadband accessible for Americans all over 
the country, or helping families struggling with addiction, we are 
renaming the Gulf of Mexico as if it is the most important, pressing 
issue facing this country.
  This is not governing. It is a distraction. It is political theater, 
and it is an insult to the intelligence of every American who expects 
us in Congress to do the serious work of solving real problems and 
making their lives better.
  This bill does not achieve any of those ends. The American people did 
not send us here to troll and suck up to a President. They sent us here 
to legislate, lead, and make their lives better.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this stupid bill and focus on 
what matters to the American people.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to point 
out that in the State of Georgia in the district that was referenced, 
68 percent of the voters in that district, as patriots, voted for 
Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States because they don't 
believe they need the Federal Government to micromanage their life.

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  In January when House and Senate Republicans punted once again on 
passing a budget and instead passed a continuing resolution, they 
forgot to include the funding to operate the District of Columbia.
  The Senate moved to rectify that mistake and has passed a bill to fix 
it, and the President has said that he will sign that bill. The Mayor 
of D.C. has repeatedly spoken to House Republicans about the urgency of 
fixing the city's budget. The clock is ticking, and if the fix isn't 
passed, D.C. will have to lay off hundreds of teachers and police 
officers and curtail critical services in the District.
  While this is going on, House Republicans are instead using floor 
time to prioritize removing the longfin smelt from the endangered 
species list, to rename the Gulf of Mexico, and to do other, frankly, 
stupid messaging bills like those we are considering today.
  The Speaker may claim that it is just a matter of schedule, but once 
again, clearly, the gulf in America is between what Americans--the 
people who live in D.C. and most of the country--think is important and 
what House Republicans are willing to do.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I would remind you that the 
Chinese Communist Party is no longer an economic adversary. They are an 
enemy. They have been very creative in the way they have embedded 
themselves into the university systems in this country. This rule gives 
us a vote on kicking them the rest of the way out of this country. I 
think, Mr. Speaker, that that is going to pass in a very bipartisan 
manner.
  With all of the antics, yelling, screaming, and pointing of fingers, 
I just remind you, there is a very serious piece of legislation to deal 
with the Chinese Communist Party in this rule that I believe will pass 
in very much a bipartisan manner.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will 
offer an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 2753, the Hands Off 
Medicaid and SNAP Act, which will prevent the Republican budget from 
cutting Medicaid or SNAP benefits.
  Mr. Speaker, this week the House is voting to rename the Gulf of 
Mexico as the Gulf of America. I am not joking. This is what House 
Republicans are spending their time doing publicly. However, privately, 
behind closed doors, according to reports, Republican leadership is 
meeting with vulnerable, moderate Republicans to try to sell them on 
trading devastating cuts to Medicaid for tax cuts for billionaires.
  Under their plan, they have to cut $880 billion from Medicaid and 
$230 billion from food assistance just to make the math work for their 
disastrous reconciliation bill. Mr. Speaker, what is worse is they 
continue to argue that they aren't doing that, but the math doesn't 
lie. They can't reach the levels of billionaire tax cuts they want 
without gutting vital programs like Medicaid and SNAP, programs that 
the most vulnerable in our country rely upon.
  Republicans are publicly claiming that they won't make those cuts, so 
today I will give them a chance to prove that to the American people by 
putting their money where their mouths are and voting to ensure those 
devastating cuts can't move forward in this House.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my 
amendment into the Record, along with any extraneous material, 
immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to 
close.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question. The 
country deserves better leadership, leadership focused on the common 
good and public service rather than culture wars and private profit.
  The United States faces enormous challenges, and the American people 
want Congress to act on their behalf. They want us to lower the cost of 
groceries, rent, and healthcare. They don't want Congress wasting time 
on performance, on pointless legislation like the bills we are debating 
today.
  The American people want real solutions. They want their elected 
officials to collaborate, to govern with decency and discipline in ways 
that benefit the American people, not deep-pocketed donors. They don't 
want politicians who chase headlines or who try to flatter the whims of 
erratic leaders with insane ideas like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, 
invading Greenland, annexing Canada, or reinstituting Alcatraz.
  While many Americans are struggling just to get by, the last thing 
they want is a Republican tax bill that guts their healthcare and 
denies food and housing to children and seniors so that millionaires 
can pay less in taxes. It is obscene.

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  If Republicans carry out their stated plans, it will be one of the 
largest government handouts in American history, paid for by those who 
can least afford it and delivered to those who need it least. Talk 
about corporate welfare.
  While the rich will get their tax cut, working families will be stuck 
footing the bill for Trump's tariffs. It is not too late for 
Republicans to change course. I pray that enough of them find the 
courage to push back against this plan, to listen to their 
constituents, and to do the right thing.
  We don't need to slash Medicaid and SNAP, and we can move forward 
with a sensible tax bill that invests in families and the middle class, 
not just billionaires and the Fortune 500. I urge my colleagues to vote 
down this resolution, reject these unserious bills, and join us in the 
business of governing for the public good, the common good.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance 
of my time for the purpose of closing.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot over the last few minutes about the 
$2.6 billion a day interest payment that the Democrats, under Joe 
Biden's lead, left the United States citizens with. Now we hear their 
demand that we allow the current tax rates to expire, thereby raising 
taxes on virtually every American citizen.
  It is very convenient that they say billionaires. Now, they have 
acknowledged millionaires, but just factually speaking, if the tax 
rates are allowed to expire, virtually every American that works would 
receive a tax increase. We as Republicans are committed to stopping 
that.
  Today, and this week, the House has the ability to advance two pieces 
of legislation under this rule:
  H.R. 276, the Gulf of America Act, which simply reflects the Gulf's 
importance to our country, the United States of America, and H.R. 881, 
the DHS restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of 
Concern Act which puts our national security first and bans eligibility 
for DHS funding from an institution with a relationship to a Confucius 
Institute, Thousand Talents Program, or Chinese entities of concern 
until such relationship is terminated.
  Mr. Speaker, the Chinese Communist Party is our enemy. That is a 
decision that they have made. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting 
``yes'' on the previous question and ``yes'' on the rule.
  The material previously referred to by Ms. Scanlon is as follows:

   An Amendment to H. Res. 377 Offered by Ms. Scanlon of Pennsylvania

       At the end of the resolution, add the following:
       Sec. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the 
     House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the 
     bill (H.R. 2753) to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide for a point of order against reconciliation 
     measures that cut benefits for Medicaid or the Supplemental 
     Nutrition Assistance Program, and for other purposes. All 
     points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
     The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
     against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on 
     any amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening 
     motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 
     controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
     Committee on Rules or their respective designees; and (2) one 
     motion to recommit.
       Sec. 4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the 
     consideration of H.R. 2753.

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  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of 
my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this question will be postponed.

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