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House Calendar No. 106 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 615 

[Report No. 110–300] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) moving the United States 

toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative 

new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 

modernizing our energy infrastructure, and for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 2776) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 

tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 3, 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. 3221) moving 

the United States toward greater energy independence 

and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting 

consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, 

and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2776) to amend the Internal 


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Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the 

production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 

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. 3221) moving the United States 

6 toward greater energy independence and security, devel7 oping innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emis8 sions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increas9 ing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing 

10 our energy infrastructure. The first reading of the bill 

11 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid12 eration of the bill are waived except those arising under 

13 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be con14 fined to the bill and shall not exceed two hours, with 15 

15 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

16 and ranking minority member of each of the Committees 

17 on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Science 

18 and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Edu19 cation and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Small Business, and 

20 Oversight and Government Reform. The amendment 

21 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

22 accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt23 ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

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


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1 for the purpose of further amendment under the five2 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

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

4 waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no fur5 ther amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 

6 except those printed in part B of the report of the Com7 mittee on Rules. Each such amendment may be offered 

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

9 only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con10 sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 

11 in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro12 ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend13 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

14 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

15 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

16 waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 

17 XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

18 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, 

19 as amended, to the House with such further amendments 

20 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall 

21 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

22 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

23 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

24 SEC. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall 

25 be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2776) 


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1 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 

2 tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and 

3 energy conservation. All points of order against consider4 ation of the bill are waived except those arising under 

5 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature 

6 of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways 

7 and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as 

8 adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

9 All points of order against provisions of the bill, as amend10 ed, are waived. The previous question shall be considered 

11 as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage with12 out intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate 

13 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank14 ing minority member of the Committee on Ways and 

15 Means; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 

16 instructions. 

17 SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 3221, the 

18 Clerk shall— 

19 (1) add the text of H.R. 2776, as passed by the 

20 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 3221; 

21 (2) conform the title of H.R. 3221 to reflect the 

22 addition of the text of H.R. 2776 to the engross23 ment; 

24 (3) assign appropriate designations to provi25 sions within the engrossment; and 


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1 (4) conform cross-references and provisions for 

2 short titles within the engrossment. 

3 (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2776 to 

4 the engrossment of H.R. 3221, H.R. 2776 shall be laid 

5 on the table. 

6 SEC. 4. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

7 3221 or H.R. 2776 pursuant to this resolution, notwith8 standing the operation of the previous question, the Chair 

9 may postpone further consideration of either bill to such 

10 time as may be designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 106 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 615 

[Report No. 110

–300] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) 

and energy conservation. centives for the production of renewable energy Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax insideration of the bill (H.R. 2776) to amend the ernizing our energy infrastructure, and for coning clean renewable energy production, and modating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasnew technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creindependence and security, developing innovative moving the United States toward greater energy 

AUGUST 3, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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