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House Calendar No. 39 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 307 
[Report No. 111–72] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1256) to protect the public 
health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain 
authority to regulate tobacco products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 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. 1256) to protect 
the public health by providing the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
1256) to protect the public health by providing the Food 
and Drug Administration with certain authority to regu-
late tobacco products. All points of order against consider-
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ation of the bill are waived except those arising under 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment printed in 
part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. 
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, 
are waived. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without 
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the 
bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce; (2) the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute printed in part B of the report on the Com-
mittee on Rules, if offered by Representative Buyer of In-
diana, or his designee, which shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order except those arising 
under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI, shall be considered as 
read, and shall be separately debatable for thirty minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent; and (3) one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. 
SEC. 2. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1256, the 
Clerk shall— 
(1) add the text of H.R. 1804, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1256; 
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(2) conform the title of H.R. 1256 to reflect the 
addition to the engrossment of H.R. 1804; 
(3) assign appropriate designations to provi-
sions within the engrossment; and 
(4) conform provisions for short titles within 
the engrossment. 
(b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 1804 to 
the engrossment of H.R. 1256, H.R. 1804 shall be laid 
on the table. 
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House Calendar No. 39 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 307 
[Report No. 111–72] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1256) 
to protect the public health by providing the 
Food and Drug Administration with certain au-
thority to regulate tobacco products. 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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