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House Calendar No. 14

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 147

[Report No. 108–42] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 975) to amend title 11 of 

the United States Code, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2003

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 975) to amend 

title 11 of the United States Code, 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. 975) to amend title 11 of the United 

6 States Code, and for other purposes. The first reading of 

7 the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

8 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 
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1 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal2 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi3 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After 

4 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

5 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

6 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

7 the five minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 

8 substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judici9 ary now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

10 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

11 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

12 the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to 

13 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

14 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 

15 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

16 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

17 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

18 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat19 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

20 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

21 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

22 a 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. At the conclusion of consid25 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
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1 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

2 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

3 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

4 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com5 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre6 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

7 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter8 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

9 without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 14

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 147

[Report No. 108–42] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 975) 

to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 18, 2003

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed