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House Calendar No. 26 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 242 

[Report No. 110–49] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) to reform acquisition 

practices of the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Ms. CASTOR, 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. 1362) to reform 

acquisition practices of the Federal Government. 

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. 1362) to reform acquisition prac6 tices of the Federal Government. The first reading of the 

7 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

8 consideration of the bill are waived except those arising 


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1 under clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall 

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

3 20 minutes, with one hour equally divided and controlled 

4 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

5 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 20 

6 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

7 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

8 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

9 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

10 amendments recommended by the Committee on Oversight 

11 and Government Reform and the Committee on Armed 

12 Services now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to 

13 consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

14 under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature 

15 of a substitute printed in part A of the report of the Com16 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That 

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid18 ered as read. All points of order against that amendment 

19 in the nature of a substitute are waived except those aris20 ing under clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding 

21 clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that amend22 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

23 those printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

24 on Rules. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

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


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1 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

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

3 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

7 of order against such amendments are waived except those 

8 arising under clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclu9 sion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Com10 mittee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

11 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 

12 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 

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

14 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order 

15 as original text. The previous question shall be considered 

16 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

17 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

18 recommit with or without instructions. 

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

20 1362 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op21 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

22 further consideration of the bill to a time designated by 

23 the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 26 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 242 

[Report No. 110

–49] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) 

Government. to reform acquisition practices of the Federal 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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