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House Calendar No. 51

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 319

[Report No. 109–132] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to reform the United 

Nations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 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. 2745) to reform 

the United Nations, 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. 2745) to reform the United Na6 tions, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 

7 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
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1 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con2 fined to the bill and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally 

3 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi4 nority member of the Committee on International Rela5 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

6 amendment under the five-minute rule. 

7 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi8 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five9 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

10 recommended by the Committee on International Rela11 tions now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

12 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

13 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

14 the nature of a substitute are waived. 

15 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

16 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

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

18 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

19 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

20 3 of this resolution. 

21 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

22 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

5 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

6 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

7 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

8 (e)(1) Consideration of amendments printed in sub9 part A of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules 

10 shall begin with an additional period of general debate, 

11 which shall be confined to the subject of accountability of 

12 the United Nations and shall not exceed 20 minutes equal13 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi14 nority member of the Committee on International Rela15 tions. 

16 (2) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 

17 B of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 

18 begin with an additional period of general debate, which 

19 shall be confined to the subject of United Nations peace20 keeping operations and shall not exceed 10 minutes equal21 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi22 nority member of the Committee on International Rela23 tions. 

24 (3) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 

25 C of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 
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1 begin with an additional period of general debate, which 

2 shall be confined to the subject of the International Atom3 ic Energy Agency and shall not exceed 10 minutes equally 

4 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi5 nority member of the Committee on International Rela6 tions. 

7 (4) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 

8 D of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 

9 begin with an additional period of general debate, which 

10 shall be confined to the subject of human rights and shall 

11 not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

12 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com13 mittee on International Relations. 

14 (5) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 

15 E of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 

16 begin with an additional period of general debate, which 

17 shall be confined to the subject of the Oil-for Food Pro18 gram and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and 

19 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 

20 of the Committee on International Relations. 

21 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair22 man of the Committee on International Relations or his 

23 designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend24 ments printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee 

25 on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications 
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1 of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pur2 suant to this section shall be considered as read (except 

3 that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable 

4 for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair5 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

6 International Relations or their designees, shall not be 

7 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de8 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

9 Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in 

10 such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the 

11 form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form 

12 of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 

13 proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 

14 amendment included in such amendments en bloc may in15 sert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately 

16 before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

17 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

18 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

19 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

20 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

21 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

22 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

23 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

24 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
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1 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

2 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

House Calendar No. 51

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 319

[Report No. 109–132] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) 

poses. to reform the United Nations, and for other purJUNE 15, 2005

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed