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House Calendar No. 224 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 981 

[Report No. 109–642] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other 

equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 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. 503) to amend 

the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines 

to be slaughtered for human consumption, 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 


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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse Protection 

3 Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, deliv4 ering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or dona5 tion of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for 

6 human consumption, and for other purposes. The first 

7 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

8 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

9 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

10 one hour and twenty minutes equally divided and con11 trolled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 

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

13 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The 

14 bill shall be considered as read. Notwithstanding clause 

15 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment shall be in order except 

16 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac17 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

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

20 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

21 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

22 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

23 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi24 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

25 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 


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1 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

2 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

3 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

4 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or5 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

6 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

7 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 224 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 981 

[Report No. 109

–642] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) 

poses. tered for human consumption, and for other purtion of horses and other equines to be slaughceiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donathe shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, reto amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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