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H.Res. 694 (115th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4712) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion, and providing for proceedings during the period from January 22, 2018, through January 26, 2018.

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This resolution sets the rules for debate for H.R. 4712 (115th), such as limiting who can submit an amendment and setting floor debate time.

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Liz Cheney

Sponsor. Representative for Wyoming At Large. Republican.

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Last Updated: Jan 18, 2018
Length: 2 pages
Introduced
Jan 16, 2018
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status

Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on Jan 18, 2018

This simple resolution was agreed to on January 18, 2018. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

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History

Jan 16, 2018
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Jan 16, 2018
 
Reported by House Committee on Rules

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Jan 18, 2018
 
Agreed To

The resolution was passed in a vote in the House. A simple resolution is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

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H.Res. 694 (115th) was a simple resolution in the United States Congress.

A simple resolution is used for matters that affect just one chamber of Congress, often to change the rules of the chamber to set the manner of debate for a related bill. It must be agreed to in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.Res. 694. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This simple resolution was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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