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House Calendar No. 40 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 287 
[Report No. 109–87] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2005 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 2361) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, envi-
ronment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, 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. 2361) making appropriations for
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the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
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 Appropriations. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi-
sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 
XXI are waived except as follows: beginning with the colon 
on page 46, line 3, through ‘‘account’’ on line 14; section 
109; page 67, line 17 through the semicolon on page 67, 
line 22; beginning with ‘‘That’’ on page 68, line 23, 
through ‘‘and’’ on page 69, line 3; beginning with ‘‘That’’ 
on page 69, line 19, through the comma on line 22; page 
73, line 14 through line 22; section 413; beginning with 
‘‘notwithstanding’’ on page 121, line 11, through the 
comma on line 12; beginning with ‘‘notwithstanding’’ on 
page 121, line 22, through ‘‘laws’’ on line 23; beginning 
with ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ on page 124, line 6, through line 
7; and page 124, line 15 through 25. Where points of 
order are waived against part of a paragraph or section, 
points of order against a provision in another part of such
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paragraph or section may be made only against such pro-
vision and not against the entire paragraph or section. 
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority 
in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering 
an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion 
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 
be considered as read. When the committee rises and re-
ports the bill back to the House with a recommendation 
that the bill do pass, the previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 40 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 287 
[Report No. 109–87] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2361) 
making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes. 
MAY 18, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed