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House Calendar No. 109 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 527 

[Report No. 109–266] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) to protect private property 

rights. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 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. 4128) to protect 

private property rights. 

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. 4128) to protect private property 

6 rights. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

7 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

8 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
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1 shall not exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes equally di2 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor3 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 30 

4 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

5 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agri6 culture. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

7 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

8 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

9 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

10 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

11 on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 

12 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid13 ered as read. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 

14 no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

16 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

17 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

18 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 

19 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

21 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

25 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con-
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1 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

3 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

4 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend5 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

6 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub7 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or8 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

9 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

10 with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 109 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 527 

[Report No. 109–266] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) 

to protect private property rights. 

NOVEMBER 2, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed