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House Calendar No. 63 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 369 
[Report No. 109–178] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3199) to extend and modify 
authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 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. 3199) to extend 
and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, 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. 3199) to extend and modify authori-
ties needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. 
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All
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points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend-
ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex-
ceed two hours, with one hour and 30 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 30 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence now printed in the bill, 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 printed in part A of the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 
That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against that amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwith-
standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 
except those printed in part B of the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered only 
in the order printed in the report, may be offered only
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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 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 con-
clusion 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. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 
or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order as original text. 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.