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House Calendar No. 124 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 875 

[Report No. 111–317] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3854) to amend the Small 

Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve 

programs providing access to capital under such Acts, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 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. 3854) to amend 

the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve programs providing access 

to capital under such Acts, 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. 3854) to amend the Small Business 


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1 Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to 

2 improve programs providing access to capital under such 

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

4 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid5 eration 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 Small Business. After gen10 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

11 under the five-minute rule. The amendment printed in 

12 part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom13 panying this resolution shall be considered as adopted in 

14 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 

15 as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for 

16 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

17 rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

18 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

19 Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no further 

20 amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order ex21 cept the amendments printed in part B of the report of 

22 the Committee on Rules. Each such amendment may be 

23 offered only in the order printed in the report, may be 

24 offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

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1 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

2 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend3 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

4 of the question. All points of order against such amend5 ments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

6 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the 

7 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

8 the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 

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

10 sundry further amendments reported from the Committee, 

11 the question of their adoption shall be put to the House 

12 en gros and without division of the question. The previous 

13 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

14 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

15 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in16 structions. 

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

18 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com19 mittee on Small Business or her designee. The Chair may 

20 not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 

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

22 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time through the 

23 legislative day of October 30, 2009, for the Speaker to 

24 entertain motions that the House suspend the rules relat25 ing to a measure addressing unemployment compensation. 


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House Calendar No. 124 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 875 

[Report No. 111–317] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3854) 

Acts, and for other purposes. grams providing access to capital under such Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve proto amend the Small Business Act and the Small 

OCTOBER 28, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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