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House Calendar No. 81 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 578 

[Report No. 111–184] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2996) making appropriations 

for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2009 

Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 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. 2996) making 

appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 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. 2996) making appropriations for 


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1 the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

2 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

3 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 

4 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider5 ation of the bill are waived except those arising under 

6 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be con7 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di8 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

9 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen10 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

11 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi12 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 

13 XXI are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 

14 except as provided in section 2, no amendment shall be 

15 in order except: (1) the amendment printed in part A of 

16 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

17 resolution; (2) the amendments printed in part B of the 

18 report of the Committee on Rules; (3) not to exceed three 

19 of the amendments printed in part C of the report of the 

20 Committee on Rules if offered by Representative Flake of 

21 Arizona or his designee; (4) not to exceed one of the 

22 amendments printed in part D of the report of the Com23 mittee on Rules if offered by Representative Campbell of 

24 California or his designee; and (5) not to exceed one of 

25 the amendments printed in part E of the report of the 


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1 Committee on Rules if offered by Representative 

2 Hensarling of Texas or his designee. Each such amend3 ment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

4 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro5 ponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a 

6 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 and except that an amendment 

10 printed in part B, C, D, or E of the report of the Com11 mittee on Rules may be offered only at the appropriate 

12 point in the reading. At the conclusion of consideration 

13 of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 

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

15 have been adopted. In case of sundry amendments re16 ported from the Committee, the question of their adoption 

17 shall be put to the House en gros and without intervening 

18 demand for division of the question. The previous question 

19 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

20 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

21 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

23 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

24 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. 2996, 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. 81 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 578 

[Report No. 111–184] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2996) 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for making appropriations for the Department of the 

JUNE 24, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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