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House Calendar No. 141 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 964 
[Report No. 111–370] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for 
financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to en-
hance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over- 
the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2009 
Mr. PERLMUTTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be print-
ed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) 
to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect 
consumers and investors, to enhance Federal under-
standing of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the- 
counter derivatives markets, 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 further 
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consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for finan-
cial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, 
to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to 
regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for 
other purposes. No further general debate shall be in 
order. 
SEC. 2. (a) The bill, as amended, shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions 
in the bill, as amended, are waived. 
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no fur-
ther amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
except the amendments printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amend-
ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution. 
(c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 
printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 
this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated 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 amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question. 
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(d) All points of order against amendments printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Financial Services or his designee 
to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Financial Services or their 
designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. 
The original proponent of an amendment included in such 
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con-
gressional Record immediately before the disposition of 
the amendments en bloc. 
SEC. 4. The Chair of the Committee of the Whole 
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 
than 30 minutes after the chair of the Committee on Fi-
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nancial Services or his designee announces from the floor 
a request to that effect. 
SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
bill, as amended, to the House with such further amend-
ments as may have been adopted. In the case of sundry 
amendments reported from the Committee, the question 
of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and 
without division of the question. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 6. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com-
mittee on Financial Services or his designee. The Chair 
may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting 
words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 
SEC. 7. During consideration of H.R. 4173, the Chair 
may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 
and 9 of rule XX. 
SEC. 8. In the engrossment of H.R. 4173, the Clerk 
is authorized to make technical and conforming changes 
to amendatory instructions. 
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