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House Calendar No. 248 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1343 

[Report No. 110–759] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5959) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 

of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, 

and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2008 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 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. 5959) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence 

and intelligence-related activities of the United States 

Government, the Community Management Account, and 

the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 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. 5959) to authorize appropriations 

3 for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-re4 lated activities of the United States Government, the Com5 munity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence 

6 Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 

7 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

8 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

9 are waived except those arising under clause 9 of rule 

10 XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 

11 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

12 chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent 

13 Select Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the 

14 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five15 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 

16 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

17 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec18 ommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intel19 ligence now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

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

21 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

22 the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwithstanding 

23 clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee 

24 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 

25 except those printed in the report of the Committee on 


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1 Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend2 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re3 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

4 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

5 the time specified in the report equally divided and con6 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

7 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de8 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

9 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

10 amendments are waived except those arising under clause 

11 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration 

12 of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 

13 report the bill to the House with such amendments as may 

14 have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate 

15 vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com16 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend17 ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question 

18 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

19 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

20 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

21 SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

22 5959 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op23 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

24 further consideration of the bill to such time as may be 

25 designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 248 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1343 

[Report No. 110

–759] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5959) 

tem, and for other purposes. ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sysnity Management Account, and the Central Intelof the United States Government, the Commufor intelligence and intelligence-related activities to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 

JULY 15, 2008 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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