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House Calendar No. 78 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 502 

[Report No. 110–201] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2771) making appropriations 

for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2008, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2007 

Mr. CARDOZA, 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. 2771) making 

appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2008, 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. 2771) making appropriations for 

6 the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending Sep7 tember 30, 2008, and for other purposes. The first reading 


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1 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

2 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

3 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate 

4 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 

5 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank6 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

7 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

8 amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be 

9 considered as read. All points of order against provisions 

10 in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI 

11 are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

12 amendment to the bill shall be in order except those print13 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

14 this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only 

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

16 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

18 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

22 of order against such amendments are waived except those 

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

24 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

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


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1 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

2 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

3 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

4 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in5 structions. 

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

7 2771 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op8 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

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

10 designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 78 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 502 

[Report No. 110

–201] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2771) 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

JUNE 20, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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