H. Res. 952

In the House of Representatives, U.S., 

July 27, 2006.

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology. The first reading of 

the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be 

confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour, with 35 

minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce and 25 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 

on Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be 

considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu 

of the amendments recommended by the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means now printed in the 
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bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in 

part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, modified by the amendment printed 

in part B of such report, shall be considered as adopted in 

the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 

amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and 

shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. Notwithstanding 

clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part C of the 

report of the Committee on Rules. Each such amendment 

may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 

and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 

points of order against such amendments are waived. At the 

conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the 

House with such further amendments as may have been 

adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 

on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
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intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

without instructions. 

SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 4157, it shall be in order 

to consider in the House S. 1418. All points of order against 

the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It 

shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting 

clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 4157 as passed by the House. All points of 

order against that motion are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall 

be in order to move that the House insist on its amendments 

to S. 1418 and request a conference with the Senate thereon. 

SEC. 3. House Resolution 924 is laid upon the table. 

Attest:

Clerk.