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H. Res. 268
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 11, 2005.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1279) to amend title 18, United States Code,
to reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens
and communities from violent criminals, 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. 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
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 Committee on the
Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee amendment
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in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Not-
withstanding 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 report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment 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 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 pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
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tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1071 
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the independence of Belize and extending 
best wishes to Belize for peace and further progress, development, and 
prosperity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MEEKS of New 
York, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. CARSON) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the independence of 
Belize and extending best wishes to Belize for peace 
and further progress, development, and prosperity. 
Whereas Belize gained full independence from the United 
Kingdom on September 21, 1981, and was established as 
a sovereign and independent country; 
Whereas since Belize became an independent country, the in-
terests of Belize and the United States have been closely 
aligned; 
Whereas the people of Belize have established a unique, plu-
ralistic parliamentary democracy which includes freedoms 
cherished by the people of the United States, including 
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freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of asso-
ciation, and freedom of the press; 
Whereas Belize continues to serve as a model of democratic 
values by regularly holding free and fair elections, and 
promoting a free exchange of ideas; 
Whereas the bonds of association and friendship between the 
peoples of the two countries have been strengthened by 
the number of Belizeans who have migrated to the 
United States, where they make significant contributions 
to both the United States and Belize; and 
Whereas Belize is an integral member of both the Central 
American and Caribbean regions, and is a constructive 
partner of the United States in fulfilling the agenda of 
the Western Hemisphere: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 25th anniversary of the inde-
pendence of Belize; 
(2) extends warm congratulations and best 
wishes to Belize for peace, prosperity, and further 
progress; and 
(3) extends best wishes to Belizeans and 
Belizean-Americans residing in the United States as 
they celebrate the 25th anniversary of Belize’s inde-
pendence. 
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H. Res. 269
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 12, 2005.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster and smarter funding
for first responders, and for other purposes. The first reading
of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Homeland Security. After gen-
eral 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 rec-
ommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order
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misstatements he made regarding the war, and for failing 
to comply with Executive Order 12958. 
Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to respond to 
requests for information concerning allegations that he 
and others in his Administration misled Congress and the 
American people regarding the decision to go to war in 
Iraq (including his failure to respond to a letter signed 
by 122 Members of Congress on July 12, 2005, asking 
him whether the assertions set forth in the Downing 
Street Minutes are accurate), misstated and manipulated 
intelligence information regarding the justification for the 
war, countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman, and de-
grading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted in-
appropriate retaliation against critics of his Administra-
tion; 
Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to account for 
or explain misstatements he made in preparation for the 
United States military invasion of Iraq, including— 
(1) his October 7, 2002, statement that ‘‘[w]e’ve 
learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb- 
making and poisons and deadly gases’’, notwithstanding 
the fact that a February 2002 Defense Intelligence Agen-
cy document found that the source for the information 
‘‘was intentionally misleading the debriefers’’ in making 
claims about Iraqi support for al Qaeda’s work with illicit 
weapons; 
(2) his January 28, 2003, State of the Union Ad-
dress assertion that ‘‘the British government has learned 
that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quan-
tities of uranium from Africa’’, notwithstanding the fact 
that the Central Intelligence Agency had repeatedly ex-
pressed concerns with the basis for such assertions; and
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1073 
Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men 
has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address 
that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, 
and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African 
American men. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. MEEKS
of New York (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. 
CUMMINGS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African 
American men has reached epidemic proportions and 
urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis 
by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, 
and research specifically focused on how that disease 
affects African American men. 
Whereas the incidence of prostate cancer in African American 
men is 60 percent higher than any other racial or ethnic 
group in the United States; 
Whereas African American men have the highest mortality 
rate of any ethnic and racial group in the United States, 
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dying at a rate that is 140 percent higher than other eth-
nic and racial groups; 
Whereas that rate of mortality represents the largest dis-
parity of mortality rates in any of the major cancers; 
Whereas prostate cancer can be cured with early detection 
and the proper treatment, regardless of the ethnic or ra-
cial group of the cancer patient; 
Whereas African Americans are more likely to be diagnosed 
earlier in age and at a later stage of cancer progression 
than for all other ethnic and racial groups, thereby lead-
ing to lower cure rates and lower chances of survival; and 
Whereas, according to a recent paper published in the Pro-
ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, research-
ers from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard 
Medical School have discovered a variant of a small seg-
ment of the human genome that accounts for the higher 
risk of prostate cancer in African American men: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that prostate cancer has created 
a health crisis for African American men; and 
(2) declares the critical importance of the des-
ignation of increased funding for— 
(A) research to address and attempt to end 
the health crisis created by prostate cancer; and 
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(B) efforts relating to education, aware-
ness, and early detection at the grassroots levels 
to end that health crisis. 
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against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII,
no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of
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 des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable 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 de-
mand 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 consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
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passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) 
COVERED
HURRICANE
DAMAGES.—The 
term ‘‘covered hurricane damages’’ means damages 
suffered in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi 
as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
(2) PRESIDENT.—The term ‘‘President’’ means 
the President acting through the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
(3) STAFFORD ACT.—The term ‘‘Stafford Act’’ 
means the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULES FOR COVERED HURRICANE DAM-
AGES. 
(a) IN LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS.—In providing con-
tributions under section 406(c) of the Stafford Act (42 
U.S.C. 5172(c)) for covered hurricane damages, the Presi-
dent shall substitute 90 percent for the otherwise applica-
ble percentage specified in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) 
of such section. 
(b) PARTICIPATION
IN
PILOT
PROJECTS.—The 
States of Louisiana and Mississippi and local governments 
in such States shall be eligible to participate in the pilot
IV 
House Calendar No. 37 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 269 
[Report No. 109–77] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster and 
smarter funding for first responders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2005 
Mr. SESSIONS 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. 1544) to provide 
faster and smarter funding for first responders, 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. 1544) to provide faster and smarter 
funding for first responders, and for other purposes. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points
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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 
Homeland Security. 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 Homeland Security now printed in the 
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 
XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of 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
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of order against such amendments are waived. At the con-
clusion 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.
House Calendar No. 37 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 269 
[Report No. 109–77] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) 
to provide faster and smarter funding for first 
responders, and for other purposes. 
MAY 10, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed
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(3) his January 28, 2003, State of the Union Ad-
dress assertion that, as a result of information provided 
by defectors from Iraq, ‘‘we know that Iraq, in the late 
1990s, had several mobile biological weapons labs . . . de-
signed to produce germ warfare agents, and can be 
moved from place to a place to evade inspectors’’, not-
withstanding the fact that numerous United States and 
foreign intelligence officials had discredited the informa-
tion; and 
Whereas President George W. Bush has failed to comply with 
his obligations under Executive Order 12958 concerning 
the protection of classified national security information 
in that, notwithstanding the fact that several officials 
within his Administration disseminated classified national 
security information to the media concerning the status 
of Valerie Plame Wilson at the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy, the President has not disciplined or taken any correc-
tive action against any of these officials, including offi-
cials in his Administration that continue to have access 
to classified information: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives does 
hereby censure President George W. Bush for— 
(1) failing to respond to requests for informa-
tion concerning allegations that he and others in his 
Administration— 
(A) misled Congress and the American 
people regarding the decision to go to war in 
Iraq;
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(B) misstated and manipulated intelligence 
information regarding the justification for the 
war; 
(C) countenanced torture and cruel, inhu-
man, and degrading treatment of persons in 
Iraq; and 
(D) permitted inappropriate retaliation 
against critics of his Administration; 
(2) failing to adequately account for specific 
misstatements he made regarding the war; and 
(3) failing to comply with Executive Order 
12958. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 187 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 976 
[Report No. 110–525] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to extend the Protect 
America Act of 2007 for 21 days. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2008 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to extend 
the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
5349) to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 
days. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI. The bill shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions of the bill are waived. The pre-
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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1076 
Supporting the goals and ideas of a ‘‘National Plan Your Vacation Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. PORTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideas of a ‘‘National Plan Your 
Vacation Day’’. 
Whereas vacations create long-lasting and invaluable memo-
ries for families to share; 
Whereas travel opens our minds and hearts to different cul-
tures, places, and people; 
Whereas over 1⁄3 of employed adults in the United States re-
ported feeling better about their jobs and feeling more 
productive upon returning from vacation; 
Whereas travel contributes significantly to the global econ-
omy, generating $1.3 trillion in economic activity every 
year in the United States, significantly contributing to 
the economy of the State of Nevada where 2⁄3 of every 
dollar spent is due to the tourism industry; 
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Whereas travel and tourism is among the largest 3 employers 
in 29 States and the District of Columbia, creating 7.3 
million jobs; and 
Whereas online travel companies help more than 50 million 
travelers per year easily plan and book travel accom-
modations by demonstrating an unwavering commitment 
to customer service and innovation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideas of a ‘‘National 
Plan Your Vacation Day’’; and 
(2) requests the President to issue a proclama-
tion calling upon the people of the United States to 
observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and ac-
tivities. 
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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 26 
Congratulating the Downers Grove North High School Trojan football team 
and the students and fans of Downers Grove North High School on 
their outstanding sportsmanship and on winning the 2004 Illinois Class 
8A Football State Championship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself and Mrs. BIGGERT) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the Downers Grove North High School Tro-
jan football team and the students and fans of Downers 
Grove North High School on their outstanding sports-
manship and on winning the 2004 Illinois Class 8A 
Football State Championship. 
Whereas on November 27, 2004, in front of a crowd of more 
than 11,000 at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Sta-
dium in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, the Downers Grove 
North Trojans defeated the Maine South Hawks 33–13 
to win the 2004 Illinois Class 8A Football State Cham-
pionship; 
Whereas the State championship was the first for Downers 
Grove North’s football team, and was the first State
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championship for any male sports team in the school’s 
history; and 
Whereas the Trojans used a good defense and a running- 
based, ball-control offense to defeat their opponents 
throughout the playoffs, and held Maine South 30 points 
below its season average in the championship game: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
gratulates the Downers Grove North Trojan football team 
and the students and fans of Downers Grove North High 
School on their outstanding sportsmanship and on win-
ning the 2004 Illinois Class 8A Football State Champion-
ship. 
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