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House Calendar No. 63 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 369 

[Report No. 109–178] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3199) to extend and modify 

authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2005 

Mr. GINGREY, 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. 3199) to extend 

and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, 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. 3199) to extend and modify authori6 ties needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. 

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 
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1 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

2 General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend3 ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex4 ceed two hours, with one hour and 30 minutes equally di5 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor6 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 30 

7 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

8 and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select 

9 Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the bill 

10 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

11 rule. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Com12 mittee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Com13 mittee on Intelligence now printed in the bill, it shall be 

14 in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

15 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

16 the nature of a substitute printed in part A of the report 

17 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

18 That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

19 considered as read. All points of order against that amend20 ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwith21 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that 

22 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 

23 except those printed in part B of the report of the Com24 mittee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered only 

25 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 
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1 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

3 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

6 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

7 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con8 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

10 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

11 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend12 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

13 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 

14 in order as original text. The previous question shall be 

15 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

16 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

17 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 63 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 369 

[Report No. 109–178] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3199) 

bat terrorism, and for other purposes. to extend and modify authorities needed to comJULY 20, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed