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House Calendar No. 122 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 846 

[Report No. 111–304] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3585) to guide and provide 

for United States research, development, and demonstration of solar 

energy technologies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 20, 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. 3585) to guide 

and provide for United States research, development, 

and demonstration of solar energy technologies, 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. 3585) to guide and provide for 


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1 United States research, development, and demonstration 

2 of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes. The 

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

4 of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

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

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

7 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

8 ranking minority member of the Committee on Science 

9 and Technology. After general debate the bill shall be con10 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

11 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

12 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 

13 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com14 mittee on Science and Technology now printed in the bill. 

15 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

16 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

17 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

18 are waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule 

19 XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amend20 ment to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub21 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 

22 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

23 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

24 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

25 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 


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1 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

2 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

3 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub4 ject to a demand for division of the question. All points 

5 of order against such amendments are waived except those 

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

7 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

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

9 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions. 

14 SEC. 2. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

15 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com16 mittee on Science and Technology or his designee. The 

17 Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enact18 ing words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule 

19 XVIII). 


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House Calendar No. 122 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 846 

[Report No. 111–304] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3585) 

technologies, and for other purposes. development, and demonstration of solar energy to guide and provide for United States research, 

OCTOBER 20, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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