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House Calendar No. 66 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 380 

[Report No. 109–184] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to reform the postal laws 

of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2005 

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 22) to reform 

the postal laws of the United States. 

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. 22) to reform the postal laws of 

6 the United States. The first reading of the bill shall be 

7 dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 

8 of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 
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1 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided 

2 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 

3 member of the Committee on Government Reform. After 

4 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

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

6 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

7 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub8 stitute recommended by the Committee on Government 

9 Reform now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

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

11 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

12 the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwithstanding 

13 clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee 

14 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 

15 except those printed in the report of the Committee on 

16 Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend17 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re18 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

19 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

20 the time specified in the report equally divided and con21 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

22 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de23 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

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

25 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider-
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1 ation 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. 66 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 380 

[Report No. 109–184] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to 

reform the postal laws of the United States. 

JULY 25, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed