IV 

House Calendar No. 38

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 278

[Report No. 109–83] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2360) making appropriations 

for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 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. 2360) making 

appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 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. 2360) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 
2

•HRES 278 RH 

1 ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. The 

2 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

3 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen4 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex5 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair6 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

7 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con8 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points 

9 of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 

10 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: 

11 beginning with the colon on page 6, line 8, through ‘‘Of12 fice’’ on page 7, line 7; beginning with ‘‘of’’ on page 7, 

13 line 17, through the semicolon on line 23; beginning with 

14 the colon on page 8, line 19, through ‘‘108–541’’ on page 

15 9, line 15; beginning with the colon on page 9, line 23, 

16 through ‘‘checkpoint’’ on page 10, line 3; beginning with 

17 the colon on page 10, line 9, through ‘‘Office’’ on page 

18 11, line 6; beginning with the colon on page 11, line 24, 

19 through ‘‘Representatives’’ on page 12, line 7; beginning 

20 with the colon on page 17, line 2, through ‘‘intent’’ on 

21 line 11; page 17, lines 21 through 24; beginning with the 

22 colon on page 18, line 5, through ‘‘Act’’ on line 18; begin23 ning with the colon on page 21, line 2, through ‘‘assets’’ 

24 on page 22, line 12; beginning with the comma on page 

25 26, line 22, through ‘‘law’’ on line 23; beginning with the 
3

•HRES 278 RH 

1 colon on page 27, line 2, through ‘‘funds’’ on page 27, 

2 line 13: page 27, line 19, through page 28, line 5; begin3 ning with the colon on page 28, line 15, through ‘‘funds’’ 

4 on page 29, line 2; beginning with the colon on page 29, 

5 line 6, through ‘‘2005’’ on page 30, line 8; beginning with 

6 the comma on page 36, line 19, through ‘‘funds’’ on line 

7 22; and sections 507, 512, 515, 517, 518, 522, 523, 524, 

8 525, 527, 529, 530, 532, and 534. Where points of order 

9 are waived against part of a paragraph or section, points 

10 of order against a provision in another part of such para11 graph or section may be made only against such provision 

12 and not against the entire paragraph or section. During 

13 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of 

14 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec15 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an 

16 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of 

17 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 

18 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be 

19 considered as read. When the committee rises and reports 

20 the bill back to the House with a recommendation that 

21 the bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered 

22 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

23 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

24 recommit with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 38

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 278

[Report No. 109–83] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2360) 

September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending making appropriations for the Department of 

MAY 16, 2005

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed