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House Calendar No. 185 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 836 

[Report No. 109–481] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations 

for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2006 

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 5441) making 

appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 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. 5441) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 


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1 ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. The 

2 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

3 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen4 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex5 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair6 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

7 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con8 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points 

9 of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 

10 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except: beginning 

11 with the comma on page 38, line 11 through ‘‘funds’’ on 

12 line 14; section 512; beginning with ‘‘or’’ on page 54, line 

13 12 through ‘‘appropriation’’ on line 13; and section 536. 

14 Where points of order are waived against part of a para15 graph or section, points of order against a provision in 

16 another part of such paragraph or section may be made 

17 only against such provision and not against the entire 

18 paragraph or section. During consideration of the bill for 

19 amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 

20 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether 

21 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be 

22 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des23 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend24 ments so printed shall be considered as read. When the 

25 committee rises and reports the bill back to the House 


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1 with a recommendation that the bill do pass, the previous 

2 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

3 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

4 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in5 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 185 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 836 

[Report No. 109

–481] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5441) 

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending making appropriations for the Department of 

MAY 24, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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