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House Calendar No. 204

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 502

[Report No. 107–615]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5005) to establish the

Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 25, 2002

Ms. PRYCE, 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. 5005) to establish the Department of Homeland Security, 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. 5005) to establish the Department

6 of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. The first

7 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
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1 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General

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

3 90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

4 and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on

5 Homeland Security. After general debate the bill shall be

6 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

7 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi8 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five9 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute

10 recommended by the Select Committee on Homeland Se11 curity now printed in the bill. The committee amendment

12 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

13 All points of order against the committee amendment in

14 the nature of a substitute are waived.

15 (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in

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

17 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom18 panying this resolution and amendments en bloc described

19 in section 3 of this resolution.

20 (c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,

21 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

22 on Rules may be offered only in the order printed in the

23 report, may be offered only by a Member designated in

24 the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable

25 for the time specified in the report equally divided and
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1 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not

2 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a

3 demand for division of the question in the House or in

4 the Committee of the Whole.

5 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

6 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments

7 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.

8 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair9 man of the Select Committee on Homeland Security or

10 his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of

11 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on

12 Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of

13 any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursu14 ant to this section shall be considered as read (except that

15 modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20

16 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

17 and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on

18 Homeland Security or their designees, shall not be subject

19 to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for

20 division of the question in the House or in the Committee

21 of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amend22 ments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a

23 motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane

24 perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to

25 be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in-
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1 cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state2 ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the

3 disposition of the amendments en bloc.

4 SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

5 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

6 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order

7 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman

8 of the Select Committee on Homeland Security or his des9 ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.

10 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

11 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

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

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

14 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

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

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

17 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

18 to final passage without intervening motion except one

19 motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 204

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 502

[Report No. 107–615]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5005)

to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

JULY 25, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed