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House Calendar No. 90 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 645 

[Report No. 111–209] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3183) making appropriations 

for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2009 

Ms. MATSUI, 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. 3183) making 

appropriations for energy and water development and 

related agencies 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. 3183) making appropriations for 

6 energy and water development and related agencies for the 


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1 fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur2 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

3 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

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

5 XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 

6 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

7 chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

8 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con9 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 

10 shall be considered as read through page 63, line 12. 

11 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 

12 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Notwith13 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, except as provided in 

14 section 2, no amendment shall be in order except: (1) the 

15 amendments printed in part A of the report of the Com16 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution; (2) not to 

17 exceed one of the amendments printed in part B of the 

18 report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent19 ative Campbell of California or his designee; (3) not to 

20 exceed six of the amendments printed in part C of the 

21 report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent22 ative Flake of Arizona or his designee; and (4) not to ex23 ceed three of the amendments printed in part D of the 

24 report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent25 ative Hensarling of Texas or his designee. Each such 


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1 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

2 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

3 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat4 able for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 

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

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

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

8 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

9 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider10 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

11 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

12 as may have been adopted. In the case of sundry amend13 ments reported from the Committee, the question of their 

14 adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without 

15 division of the question. The previous question shall be 

16 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

17 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

18 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

19 SEC. 2. After disposition of the amendments specified 

20 in the first section of this resolution, the chair and ranking 

21 minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 

22 their designees each may offer one pro forma amendment 

23 to the bill for the purpose of debate, which shall be con24 trolled by the proponent. 


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

2 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com3 mittee on Appropriations or his designee. The Chair may 

4 not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 

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

6 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 3183, the Chair 

7 may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec8 tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 

9 and 9 of rule XX. 

10 SEC. 5. House Resolution 618 is laid on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 90 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 645 

[Report No. 111–209] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3183) 

poses ending September 30, 2010, and for other purvelopment and related agencies for the fiscal year making appropriations for energy and water deJULY 14, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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