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provide incentives to registered owners of high polluting 
automobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel 
efficient and less polluting automobiles; and providing 
for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill 
(H.R. 2142) to require quarterly performance assess-
ments of Government programs for purposes of assessing 
agency performance and improvement, and to establish 
agency performance improvement officers and the Per-
formance Improvement Council. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill 
(H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and 
development, to improve the competitiveness of the United 
States, and for other purposes, with the Senate amend-
ment thereto, and to consider in the House, without inter-
vention of any point of order except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI, a motion offered by the chair of 
the Committee on Science and Technology or his designee 
that the House concur in the Senate amendment. The 
Senate amendment shall be considered as read. The mo-
tion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Science and Technology. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 
its adoption without intervening motion. 
SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 
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2751) to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and pro-
vide incentives to registered owners of high polluting auto-
mobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel efficient 
and less polluting automobiles, with the Senate amend-
ments thereto, and to consider in the House, without 
intervention of any point of order except those arising 
under clause 10 of rule XXI, a single motion offered by 
the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or 
his designee that the House concur in the Senate amend-
ments. The Senate amendments shall be considered as 
read. The motion shall be debatable for one hour equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
motion to its adoption without intervening motion or de-
mand for division of the question. 
SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 
2142) to require quarterly performance assessments of 
Government programs for purposes of assessing agency 
performance and improvement, and to establish agency 
performance improvement officers and the Performance 
Improvement Council, with the Senate amendment there-
to, and to consider in the House, without intervention of 
any point of order except those arising under clause 10 
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of rule XXI, a motion offered by the chair of the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform or his des-
ignee that the House concur in the Senate amendment. 
The Senate amendment shall be considered as read. The 
motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
motion to its adoption without intervening motion. 
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House Calendar No. 258 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1781 
[Report No. 111–692] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amend-
ment to the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innova-
tion through research and development, to im-
prove the competitiveness of the United States, 
and for other purposes; providing for consider-
ation of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 
2751) to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide 
and provide incentives to registered owners of 
high polluting automobiles to replace such auto-
mobiles with new fuel efficient and less polluting 
automobiles; and providing for consideration of 
the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2142) to 
require quarterly performance assessments of 
Government programs for purposes of assessing 
agency performance and improvement, and to es-
tablish agency performance improvement officers 
and the Performance Improvement Council. 
DECEMBER 21, 2010 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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