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House Calendar No. 98 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 470 

[Report No. 109–240] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) to amend and reauthorize 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving 

and recovering listed species, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 3824) to amend 

and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, 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. 3824) to amend and reauthorize 
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1 the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 

2 results conserving and recovering listed species, and for 

3 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis4 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

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

6 the bill and shall not exceed ninety minutes equally divided 

7 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 

8 member of the Committee on Resources. After general de9 bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 

10 five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment recommended 

11 by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill, 

12 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill an 

13 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

14 text of the Resources Committee Print dated September 

15 26, 2005. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 

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

17 that committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

18 are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

19 amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 

21 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

22 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

5 against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

6 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

7 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

8 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 

9 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 

10 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to 

11 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order 

12 as original text. The previous question shall be considered 

13 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

14 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

15 recommit with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 98 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 470 

[Report No. 109–240] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) 

other purposes. serving and recovering listed species, and for cies Act of 1973 to provide greater results conto amend and reauthorize the Endangered SpeSEPTEMBER 28, 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed