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House Calendar No. 208 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 897 

[Report No. 109–540] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) to provide for exploration, 

development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer 

Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 29 (legislative day, JUNE 28), 2006 

Mrs. CAPITO, 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. 4761) to provide 

for exploration, development, and production activities 

for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, 

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. 4761) to provide for exploration, 

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1 sources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other pur2 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

3 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

4 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

5 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

6 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

7 Committee on Resources. After general debate the bill 

8 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

9 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill 

10 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule 

11 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 

12 by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill. 

13 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

14 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

15 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

16 are 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. 

14 SEC. 2. House Resolutions 162, 163, 181, 182, 393, 

15 395, 400, 401, 468, and 620 are laid upon the table. 


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House Calendar No. 208 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 897 

[Report No. 109

–540] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) 

outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. duction activities for mineral resources on the to provide for exploration, development, and proJUNE 29 (legislative day, June 28), 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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