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House Calendar No. 7 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 125 
[Report No. 109–10] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold 
special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not 
later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005 
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, 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. 841) to require 
States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the 
House of Representatives not later than 45 days after 
the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, 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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold spe-
cial elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representa-
tives not later than 45 days after the vacancy is an-
nounced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
in extraordinary circumstances, and for other purposes. 
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed 60 minutes, with 40 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on House Administration and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing 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 amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
House Administration 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-
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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 
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. 7 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 125 
[Report No. 109–10] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) 
to require States to hold special elections to fill 
vacancies in the House of Representatives not 
later than 45 days after the vacancy is an-
nounced by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives in extraordinary circumstances, and 
for other purposes. 
MARCH 1, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed