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House Calendar No. 204
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 502
[Report No. 107–615]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5005) to establish the
Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2002
Ms. PRYCE, 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. 5005) to estab-
lish the Department of Homeland Security, 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. 5005) to establish the Department
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
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order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on
Homeland Security. After general debate the bill shall be
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Select Committee on Homeland Se-
curity now printed in the bill. The committee amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.
All points of order against the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute are waived.
(b) 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 and amendments en bloc described
in section 3 of this resolution.
(c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules 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
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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.
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Select Committee on Homeland Security or
his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of
any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursu-
ant to this section shall be considered as read (except that
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on
Homeland Security or their designees, 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. For the purpose of inclusion in such amend-
ments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a
motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane
perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to
be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in-
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cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state-
ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman
of the Select Committee on Homeland Security or his des-
ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 5. 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. 204
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 502
[Report No. 107–615]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5005)
to establish the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, and for other purposes.
JULY 25, 2002
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed