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House Calendar No. 37 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 269 

[Report No. 109–77] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster and 

smarter funding for first responders, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2005 

Mr. SESSIONS from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide 

faster and smarter funding for first responders, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster and smarter 

6 funding for first responders, and for other purposes. The 

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
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1 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen2 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex3 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair4 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

5 Homeland Security. After general debate the bill shall be 

6 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It 

7 shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

8 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the 

9 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

10 the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the 

11 bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub12 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

13 against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 

15 XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the 

16 nature of substitute shall be in order except those printed 

17 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

18 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 

19 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 

20 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

21 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

22 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

23 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

24 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

25 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 
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1 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con2 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

3 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

4 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

5 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend6 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

7 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub8 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or9 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

10 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

11 with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 37 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 269 

[Report No. 109–77] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) 

responders, and for other purposes. to provide faster and smarter funding for first 

MAY 10, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed