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House Calendar No. 86 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 617 

[Report No. 111–193] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3081) making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 8, 2009 

Mr. CARDOZA, 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. 3081) making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 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. 3081) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 


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1 programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

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

3 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider4 ation of the bill are waived except those arising under 

5 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be con6 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di7 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

8 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen9 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

10 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi11 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 

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

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

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

15 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

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

17 the report of the Committee on Rules. Each such amend18 ment may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

19 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

20 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro21 ponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a 

22 demand for division of the question in the House or in 

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

24 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

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


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1 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

2 may be offered only at the appropriate point in the read3 ing. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

4 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

5 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

6 adopted. In the case of sundry amendments reported from 

7 the Committee, the question of their adoption shall be put 

8 to the House en gros and without division of the question. 

9 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

10 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 

11 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 

12 or without instructions. 

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

14 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

15 on Appropriations or their designees each may offer one 

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

17 which shall be controlled by the proponent. 

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

19 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com20 mittee on Appropriations or his designee. The Chair may 

21 not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 

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

23 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 3081, the Chair 

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1 tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 

2 and 9 of rule XX. 


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House Calendar No. 86 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 617 

[Report No. 111–193] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3081) 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, State, foreign operations, and related programs making appropriations for the Department of 

JULY 8, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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