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House Calendar No. 118 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 553 

[Report No. 109–295] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1065) to establish the United 

States Boxing Commission to protect the general welfare of boxers and 

to ensure fairness in the sport of professional boxing. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2005 

Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, 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. 1065) to establish the United States Boxing Commission to protect 

the general welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness 

in the sport of professional boxing. 

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. 1065) to establish the United States 
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1 Boxing Commission to protect the general welfare of box2 ers and to ensure fairness in the sport of professional box3 ing. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

4 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

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

6 shall not exceed one hour, with 40 minutes equally divided 

7 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 

8 member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 

9 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

10 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

11 Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

13 amendments recommended by the Committees on Energy 

14 and Commerce and the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 

15 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

16 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the 

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 

18 A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

19 this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

21 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

22 waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

23 amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub24 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part B 

25 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment 
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1 may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 

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

3 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

4 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

5 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

6 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi7 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

8 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

9 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

10 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

11 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

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

13 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

14 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

16 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

17 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

18 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in19 structions. 
House Calendar No. 118 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 553 

[Report No. 109–295] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1065) 

boxing. to ensure fairness in the sport of professional sion to protect the general welfare of boxers and to establish the United States Boxing CommisNOVEMBER 15, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed