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House Calendar No. 199 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 878 

[Report No. 109–516] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Voting Rights 

Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2006 

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. 9) to amend 

the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

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. 9) to amend the Voting Rights Act 

6 of 1965. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

7 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 


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1 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 

2 and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally divided and con3 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

4 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the 

5 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five6 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 

7 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

8 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec9 ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed 

10 in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of 

11 a substitute shall be considered as read. Notwithstanding 

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

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

14 except those printed in the report of the Committee on 

15 Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend16 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re17 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

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

19 the time specified in the report equally divided and con20 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

21 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de22 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

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

24 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider25 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 


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1 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

2 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

3 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

4 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com5 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre6 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

7 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter8 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

9 without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 199 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 878 

[Report No. 109

–516] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to 

amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

JUNE 20, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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