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may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
All points of order against such amendments are waived. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, de-
clare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1249) to amend title 35, United States Code, to pro-
vide for patent reform. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. An initial period of general debate shall 
be confined to the question of the constitutionality of the bill 
and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by Representative Smith of Texas and Representative
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Kaptur of Ohio or their respective designees. A subsequent 
period of general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 
now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute are waived. No amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
All points of order against such amendments are waived. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
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Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
SEC. 3. Upon receipt of a message from the Senate 
transmitting H.R. 1249 with a Senate amendment or amend-
ments thereto, it shall be in order to consider in the House 
without intervention of any point of order a single motion of-
fered by the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his 
designee that the House disagree to the Senate amendment 
or amendments and request or agree to a conference with the 
Senate thereon. The motion shall be debatable for one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the motion
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to its adoption without intervening motion or demand for di-
vision of the question. 
Attest: 
Clerk.