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House Calendar No. 199 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 878 
[Report No. 109–516] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2006 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
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. 9) to amend the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
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are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman 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 rec-
ommended 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. Notwithstanding 
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 such amend-
ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re-
port, 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 con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand 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 consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
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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. 
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House Calendar No. 199 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 878 
[Report No. 109–516] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
JUNE 20, 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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