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House Calendar No. 98 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 470 
[Report No. 109–240] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) to amend and reauthorize 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving 
and recovering listed species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 3824) to amend 
and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
to provide greater results conserving and recovering list-
ed species, 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. 3824) to amend and reauthorize
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the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 
results conserving and recovering listed species, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and shall not exceed ninety minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Resources. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment recommended 
by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill, 
it shall be in order to consider as an original bill an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of the Resources Committee Print dated September 
26, 2005. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
that committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, 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
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject 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 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.
House Calendar No. 98 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 470 
[Report No. 109–240] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) 
to amend and reauthorize the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 to provide greater results con-
serving and recovering listed species, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed