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House Calendar No. 211 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 910 

[Report No. 109–554] 

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

Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 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 Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 

4 or their designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

5 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It 

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

7 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the 

8 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

9 the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. 

10 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

11 shall be considered as read. Notwithstanding clause 11 of 

12 rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment 

13 in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

14 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom15 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of16 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of17 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

18 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec19 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

20 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend21 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

22 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

23 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

24 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

25 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 


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1 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

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

3 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

4 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

5 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

6 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

7 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

8 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 211 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 910 

[Report No. 109

–554] 

RESOLUTION 

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

amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

JULY 12, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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