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House Calendar No. 221 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 952 

[Report No. 109–603] 

Providing 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 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. 4157) to amend 

the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, 

security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology. 

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. 4157) to amend the Social Security 


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1 Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confiden2 tiality, and usefulness of health information technology. 

3 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

4 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

5 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

6 exceed one hour, with 35 minutes equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

8 the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 25 minutes 

9 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank10 ing minority member of the Committee on Ways and 

11 Means. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

13 amendments recommended by the Committees on Energy 

14 and Commerce and Ways and Means now printed in the 

15 bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed 

16 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom17 panying this resolution, modified by the amendment print18 ed in part B of such report, shall be considered as adopted 

19 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

20 bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

21 for the purpose of further amendment under the five22 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

23 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

24 waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

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1 cept those printed in part C of the report of the Committee 

2 on Rules. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

4 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

5 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

7 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

8 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

9 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

10 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con11 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

13 the House with such further amendments as may have 

14 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

15 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

16 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

17 recommit with or without instructions. 

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

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

20 against the Senate bill and against its consideration are 

21 waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the 

22 enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu 

23 thereof the provisions of H.R. 4157 as passed by the 

24 House. All points of order against that motion are waived. 

25 If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, 


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1 is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the House 

2 insist on its amendments to S. 1418 and request a con3 ference with the Senate thereon. 

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


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House Calendar No. 221 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 952 

[Report No. 109

–603] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) 

usefulness of health information technology. the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and to amend the Social Security Act to encourage 

JULY 26, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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