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House Calendar No. 197
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 701
[Report No. 108–583] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4754) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2004
Mr. LINDER, 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. 4754) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4754) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: section 
108; beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 48, line 13, 
through the colon on line 19; beginning with ‘‘and’’ on 
page 57, line 24, through page 58, line 2; section 603; 
beginning with ‘‘or (6)’’ on page 97, line 21, through the 
semicolon on line 23; and section 607. Where points of 
order are waived against part of a paragraph or section, 
points of order against a provision in another part of such 
paragraph or section may be made only against such pro-
vision and not against the entire paragraph or section. 
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority 
in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering 
an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion
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of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 
be considered as read. 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 consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 197
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 701
[Report No. 108–583] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4754) 
making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
JULY 6, 2004
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed