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House Calendar No. 40 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 287 

[Report No. 109–87] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations 

for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2005 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 2361) making 

appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 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. 2361) making appropriations for 
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1 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

2 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 

3 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 

4 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider5 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con6 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di7 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor8 ity member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 

9 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

10 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi11 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 

12 XXI are waived except as follows: beginning with the colon 

13 on page 46, line 3, through ‘‘account’’ on line 14; section 

14 109; page 67, line 17 through the semicolon on page 67, 

15 line 22; beginning with ‘‘That’’ on page 68, line 23, 

16 through ‘‘and’’ on page 69, line 3; beginning with ‘‘That’’ 

17 on page 69, line 19, through the comma on line 22; page 

18 73, line 14 through line 22; section 413; beginning with 

19 ‘‘notwithstanding’’ on page 121, line 11, through the 

20 comma on line 12; beginning with ‘‘notwithstanding’’ on 

21 page 121, line 22, through ‘‘laws’’ on line 23; beginning 

22 with ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ on page 124, line 6, through line 

23 7; and page 124, line 15 through 25. Where points of 

24 order are waived against part of a paragraph or section, 

25 points of order against a provision in another part of such 
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1 paragraph or section may be made only against such pro2 vision and not against the entire paragraph or section. 

3 During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair4 man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority 

5 in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering 

6 an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion 

7 of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 

8 in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 

9 be considered as read. When the committee rises and re10 ports the bill back to the House with a recommendation 

11 that the bill do pass, the previous question shall be consid12 ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 

13 final passage without intervening motion except one mo14 tion to recommit with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 40 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 287 

[Report No. 109–87] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2361) 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

MAY 18, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed