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House Calendar No. 151
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 547
[Report No. 108–431] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) to amend title 35, United 
States Code, with respect to patent fees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2004
Mr. LINDER, 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. 1561) to amend 
title 35, United States Code, with respect to patent fees, 
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. 1561) to amend title 35, United 
States Code, with respect to patent fees, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
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with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered 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 recommended by the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. 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 accom-
panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, 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 consideration of the bill for
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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 committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. 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.
House Calendar No. 151
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 547
[Report No. 108–431] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) 
to amend title 35, United States Code, with re-
spect to patent fees, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 2, 2004
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed