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House Calendar No. 226 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 781 
[Report No. 108–693] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2028) to amend title 28, United 
States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior 
to the Supreme Court over certain cases and controversies involving 
the Pledge of Allegiance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 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. 2028) to amend 
title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdic-
tion of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court 
over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge 
of Allegiance. 
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. 2028) to amend title 28, United
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States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal 
courts inferior to the Supreme Court over certain cases 
and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered 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
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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. 226 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 781 
[Report No. 108–693] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2028) 
to amend title 28, United States Code, with re-
spect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior 
to the Supreme Court over certain cases and con-
troversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance. 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed