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House Calendar No. 84 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 609 

[Report No. 111–191] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations 

for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 

and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2009 

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. 2997) making 

appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

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. 2997) making appropriations for 


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1 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis2 tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

3 ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. The 

4 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

5 of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

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

7 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

8 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria10 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

11 amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 

12 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 

13 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Notwithstanding clause 

14 11 of rule XVIII, except as provided in section 2, no 

15 amendment shall be in order except: (1) the amendment 

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

17 accompanying this resolution; (2) the amendments printed 

18 in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules; (3) 

19 not to exceed one of the amendments printed in part C 

20 of the report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Rep21 resentative Campbell of California or his designee; (4) not 

22 to exceed three of the amendments printed in part D of 

23 the report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Rep24 resentative Flake of Arizona or his designee; and (5) not 

25 to exceed one of the amendments printed in part E of the 


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1 report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent2 ative Hensarling of Texas or his designee. Each such 

3 amendment may be offered only by a Member designated 

4 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat5 able for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 

6 proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to 

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

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

9 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

10 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI and except that an amendment 

11 printed in part B through E of the report of the Com12 mittee on Rules may be offered only at the appropriate 

13 point in the reading. At the conclusion of consideration 

14 of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 

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

16 have been adopted. In the case of sundry amendments re17 ported from the Committee, the question of their adoption 

18 shall be put to the House en gros and without division 

19 of the question. The previous question shall be considered 

20 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

21 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

22 recommit with or without instructions. 

23 SEC. 2. After consideration of the bill for amendment, 

24 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

25 on Appropriations or their designees each may offer one 


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1 pro forma amendment to the bill for the purpose of debate, 

2 which shall be controlled by the proponent. 

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

4 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com5 mittee on Appropriations or his designee. The Chair may 

6 not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 

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

8 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 2997, the Chair 

9 may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec10 tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 

11 and 9 of rule XX. 


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House Calendar No. 84 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 609 

[Report No. 111–191] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2997) 

poses. ending September 30, 2010, and for other purRelated Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural DeJULY 7, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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