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House Calendar No. 114 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 540 

[Report No. 109–279] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1751) to amend title 18, United 

States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their 

family members, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 8, 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. 1751) to amend 

title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, 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. 1751) to amend title 18, United 

6 States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, vic-
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1 tims, and their family members, and for other purposes. 

2 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

3 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

4 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

5 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

6 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 

7 on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be con8 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

9 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

10 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 

11 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com12 mittee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The com13 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

14 considered as read. All points of order against the com15 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

16 waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

17 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

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

19 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

20 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

22 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

24 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

25 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
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1 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

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

3 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con4 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

6 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

7 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend8 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

9 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or11 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

12 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

13 with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 114 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 540 

[Report No. 109–279] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1751) 

family members, and for other purposes. judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 

NOVEMBER 8, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed