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House Calendar No. 103 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 494 
[Report No. 109–249] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 554) to prevent legislative and 
regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought 
or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, adver-
tisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to 
a person’s weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with 
weight gain or obesity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2005 
Mr. GINGREY, 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. 554) to prevent 
legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped 
by civil liability actions brought or continued against 
food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, 
sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relat-
ing to a person’s weight gain, obesity, or any health 
condition associated with weight gain or obesity. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
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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. 554) to prevent legislative and regu-
latory functions from being usurped by civil liability ac-
tions brought or continued against food manufacturers, 
marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade as-
sociations for claims of injury relating to a person’s weight 
gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with 
weight gain or obesity. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen-
eral 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 sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 
now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Not-
withstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each
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such amendment 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 debat-
able 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 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 consid-
eration of the bill for amendment the 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 com-
mittee 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 inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 103 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 494 
[Report No. 109–249] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 554) 
to prevent legislative and regulatory functions 
from being usurped by civil liability actions 
brought or continued against food manufactur-
ers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, 
and trade associations for claims of injury relat-
ing to a person’s weight gain, obesity, or any 
health condition associated with weight gain or 
obesity. 
OCTOBER 17, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed