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House Calendar No. 34 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 270 

[Report No. 110–74] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) to improve the security 

of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2007 

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. 1401) to improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and 

over-the-road buses in the United States, 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. 1401) to improve the security of 

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1 railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses 

2 in the United States, and for other purposes. The first 

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

4 order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

5 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General 

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

7 one hour and 20 minutes, with one hour equally divided 

8 and controlled by the chairman and the ranking minority 

9 member of the Committee on Homeland Security and 20 

10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

11 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Trans12 portation and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill 

13 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

14 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill 

15 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule 

16 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 

17 by the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in 

18 the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub19 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

20 against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub21 stitute are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

22 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 

23 no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

24 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

25 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

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1 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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

3 a Member designated in the the report, shall be considered 

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

5 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

9 of order against such amendments are waived except those 

10 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion 

11 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

12 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

13 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 

14 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 

15 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to 

16 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

17 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

18 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 

19 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 

20 or without instructions. 

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

22 1401 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. 34 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 270 

[Report No. 110

–74] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) 

States, and for other purposes. portation, and over-the-road buses in the United to improve the security of railroads, public transMARCH 26, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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