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House Calendar No. 88 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 622 

[Report No. 111–195] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3082) making appropriations 

for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2009 

Ms. PINGREE of Maine, 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. 3082) making 

appropriations for military construction, the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 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. 3082) making appropriations for 


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1 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

2 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

3 30, 2010, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

4 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

5 consideration of the bill are waived except those arising 

6 under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall 

7 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal8 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor9 ity member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 

10 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

11 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered 

12 as read through page 58, line 6. Points of order against 

13 provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 

14 of rule XXI are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 

15 XVIII, except as provided in section 2, no amendment 

16 shall be in order except the amendments printed in the 

17 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso18 lution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

19 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem20 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

21 shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided and con22 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not 

23 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

24 House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 

25 order against such amendments are waived except those 


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1 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion 

2 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

3 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

4 amendments as may have been adopted. In the case of 

5 sundry amendments reported from the Committee, the 

6 question of their adoption shall be put to the House en 

7 gros and without division of the question. The previous 

8 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

9 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

10 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in11 structions. 

12 SEC. 2. After disposition of the amendments specified 

13 in the first section of the resolution, the chair and ranking 

14 minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 

15 their designees each may offer one pro forma amendment 

16 to the bill for the purpose of debate, which shall be con17 trolled 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. 3082, 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. 88 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 622 

[Report No. 111–195] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3082) 

2010, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related making appropriations for military construction, 

JULY 9, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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