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House Calendar No. 108 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 636 

[Report No. 110–319] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1908) to amend title 35, United 

States Code, to provide for patent reform. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 

Mr. WELCH of Vermont, 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. 1908) to amend 

title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. 

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. 1908) to amend title 35, United 

6 States Code, to provide for patent reform. The first read7 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 


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1 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

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

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

4 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank5 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

6 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

7 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

8 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend9 ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na10 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

11 the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 

12 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid13 ered as read. All points of order against the committee 

14 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except 

15 those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwith16 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

17 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

18 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com19 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

20 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

21 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

22 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat23 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

24 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

25 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 


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1 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

2 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

3 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

4 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider5 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

6 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

7 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

8 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

9 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com10 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre11 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

12 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter13 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

14 without instructions. 

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

16 1908 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op17 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

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

19 designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 108 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 636 

[Report No. 110

–319] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1908) 

for patent reform. to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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