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House Calendar No. 7 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 125 

[Report No. 109–10] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold 

special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not 

later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2005 

Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

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RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) to require 

States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the 

House of Representatives not later than 45 days after 

the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, 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 
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold spe3 cial elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representa4 tives not later than 45 days after the vacancy is an5 nounced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 

6 in extraordinary circumstances, and for other purposes. 

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen8 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex9 ceed 60 minutes, with 40 minutes equally divided and con10 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

11 the Committee on House Administration and 20 minutes 

12 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank13 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

14 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

15 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

16 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend17 ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na18 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

19 House Administration now printed in the bill. The com20 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

21 considered as read. All points of order against the com22 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

23 waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 

24 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

25 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
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1 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of2 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of3 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

4 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec5 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

6 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend7 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

8 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

9 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

10 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

11 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

12 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

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

14 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

17 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

18 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

19 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 7 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 125 

[Report No. 109–10] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) 

for other purposes. resentatives in extraordinary circumstances, and nounced by the Speaker of the House of Replater than 45 days after the vacancy is anvacancies in the House of Representatives not to require States to hold special elections to fill 

MARCH 1, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed