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House Calendar No. 207 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 725 
[Report No. 108–616] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require the mandatory 
expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2004 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require 
the mandatory expensing of stock options granted to 
executive officers, 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. 3574) to require the mandatory 
expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall
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be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Financial Services. 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 amendment under 
the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
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 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 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
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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 committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 207 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 725 
[Report No. 108–616] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) 
to require the mandatory expensing of stock op-
tions granted to executive officers, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 19, 2004 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed