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House Calendar No. 92 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 574 

[Report No. 110–261] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2419) to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26 (legislative day, JULY 25), 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. 2419) to provide 

for the continuation of agricultural programs through 

fiscal year 2012, 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. 2419) to provide for the continu6 ation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, 

7 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 


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1 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider2 ation of the bill are waived except those arising under 

3 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be con4 fined to the bill and the amendments considered as adopt5 ed by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally 

6 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi7 nority member of the Committee on Agriculture. After 

8 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

9 under the five-minute rule. 

10 SEC. 2. (a) The amendment in the nature of a sub11 stitute recommended by the Committee on Agriculture 

12 now printed in the bill, modified by the amendments print13 ed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules ac14 companying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted 

15 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

16 bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

17 for the purpose of further amendment under the five18 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

19 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

20 waived. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no fur22 ther amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 

23 except those printed in part B of the report of the Com24 mittee on Rules and amendments en bloc described in sec25 tion 3 of this resolution. 


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1 (c) Each further amendment printed in the report of 

2 the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 

3 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem4 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

5 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

6 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

7 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

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

9 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

10 (d) All points of order against further amendments 

11 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

12 or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this reso13 lution are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

14 10 of rule XXI. 

15 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair16 man of the Committee on Agriculture or his designee to 

17 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print18 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules not 

19 earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such 

20 amendments. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to 

21 this section shall be considered as read (except that modi22 fications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 min23 utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

24 ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture 

25 or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 


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1 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques2 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For 

3 the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 

4 amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may 

5 be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend6 ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The 

7 original proponent of an amendment included in such 

8 amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con9 gressional Record immediately before the disposition of 

10 the amendments en bloc. 

11 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

12 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

13 bill, as amended, to the House with such further amend14 ments as may have been adopted. The previous question 

15 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

16 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

17 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

18 SEC. 5. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

19 2419 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op20 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

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

22 designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 92 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 574 

[Report No. 110

–261] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2419) 

purposes. programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other to provide for the continuation of agricultural 

JULY 26 (legislative day, JULY 25), 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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