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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. 556) to ensure national security 
while promoting foreign investment and the creation and 
maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such 
investments are examined for any effect they may have 
on national security, to establish the Committee on For-
eign Investment in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 
XXI. 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 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 substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 
bill. Each section of the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Notwith-
standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be in order except those printed in the portion of the Con-
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gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 
8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments for 
the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed may 
be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed 
or his designee and shall be considered as read. 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 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. 
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House Calendar No. 17 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 195 
[Report No. 110–25] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) 
to ensure national security while promoting for-
eign investment and the creation and mainte-
nance of jobs, to reform the process by which 
such investments are examined for any effect 
they may have on national security, to establish 
the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 27, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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