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House Calendar No. 194 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1344 

[Report No. 111–479] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation 

through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of 

the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2010 

Mr. PERLMUTTER, 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. 5116) to invest 

in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, 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. 5116) to invest in innovation 


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1 through research and development, to improve the com2 petitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. 

3 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

4 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived 

5 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

6 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

7 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

8 and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

9 Science and Technology. After general debate the bill shall 

10 be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

11 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi12 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five13 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

14 recommended by the Committee on Science and Tech15 nology now printed in the bill modified by the amendment 

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

17 accompanying this resolution. The committee amendment 

18 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

19 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

20 the nature of a substitute are waived except those arising 

21 under clause 10 of rule XXI. (b) Notwithstanding clause 

22 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee amend23 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

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

25 on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments 


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1 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution. (c) Each 

2 amendment printed in part B of the report of the Com3 mittee on Rules may be considered only in the order print4 ed in the report, may be offered only by a Member des5 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

6 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

7 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

8 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub9 ject to a demand for division of the question. (d) All points 

10 of order against amendments printed in part B of the re11 port of the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc 

12 described in section 3 of this resolution are waived except 

13 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

14 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

15 of the Committee on Science and Technology or his des16 ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend17 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

18 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

19 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

20 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 min21 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank22 ing minority member of the Committee on Science and 

23 Technology or their designees, shall not be subject to 

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1 ment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a 

2 statement in the Congressional Record immediately before 

3 the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

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

5 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

6 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

7 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or8 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

9 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

10 with or without instructions. 

11 SEC. 5. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

12 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com13 mittee on Science and Technology or his designee. The 

14 Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enact15 ing words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule 

16 XVIII). 


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House Calendar No. 194 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1344 

[Report No. 111–479] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5116) 

United States, and for other purposes. velopment, to improve the competitiveness of the to invest in innovation through research and deMAY 11, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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