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House Calendar No. 236 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1620 

[Report No. 111–594] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4785) to amend the miscellaneous 

rural development provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans 

to certain entities that will use the funds to make loans to consumers 

to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 

Mr. MCGOVERN, 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. 4785) to amend 

the miscellaneous rural development provisions of the 

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 

authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans 

to certain entities that will use the funds to make loans 

to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures 

involving structural improvements and investments in 

cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use. 


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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. 4785) to amend the miscellaneous 

6 rural development provisions of the Farm Security and 

7 Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary 

8 of Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that will 

9 use the funds to make loans to consumers to implement 

10 energy efficiency measures involving structural improve11 ments and investments in cost-effective, commercial off12 the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use. The first 

13 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

14 order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

15 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General 

16 debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments speci17 fied in this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equal18 ly divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking 

19 minority member of the Committee on Agriculture and the 

20 chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

21 Energy and Commerce. After general debate the bill shall 

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

23 In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

24 recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now print25 ed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original 


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1 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

2 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed 

3 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom4 panying this resolution. That amendment in the nature 

5 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 

6 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub7 stitute are waived except those arising under clause 10 

8 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

9 amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part B 

11 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment 

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

13 may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

14 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

15 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

16 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

17 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi18 sion of the question. All points of order against such 

19 amendments are waived except those arising under clause 

20 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration 

21 of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 

22 report the bill to the House with such amendments as may 

23 have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid24 ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 


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1 final passage without intervening motion except one mo2 tion to recommit with or without instructions. 

3 SEC. 2. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

4 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com5 mittee on Agriculture or his designee. The Chair may not 

6 entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the 

7 bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 


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House Calendar No. 236 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1620 

[Report No. 111–594] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4785) 

technologies to reduce home energy use. ments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf involving structural improvements and investsumers to implement energy efficiency measures that will use the funds to make loans to conof Agriculture to make loans to certain entities vestment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Into amend the miscellaneous rural development 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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