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House Calendar No. 104 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 508 

[Report No. 109–253] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule 11 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 25, 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. 420) to amend 

Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 

improve attorney accountability, 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. 420) to amend Rule 11 of the Fed6 eral Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney account7 ability, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 
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1 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

2 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

3 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal4 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi5 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After 

6 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

7 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

8 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

9 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 

11 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 

12 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Not13 withstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to 

14 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

15 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 

16 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

17 such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 

18 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

19 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat20 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

21 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

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

23 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

24 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

25 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
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1 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

2 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

3 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

4 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

5 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com6 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre7 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

8 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter9 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

10 without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 104 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 508 

[Report No. 109–253] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 420) 

and for other purposes. Procedure to improve attorney accountability, to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

OCTOBER 25, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed