•HRES 610 RH 
ation of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business 
Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program and the Small Business Technology 
Transfer Program, and for other purposes. The first read-
ing 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, 
with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Small Business and 20 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Science and Technology. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment recommended 
by the Committee on Science and Technology now printed 
in the bill, 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 Small Business now 
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute are waived except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 
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•HRES 610 RH 
XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed 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. The pro-
ponent of any such amendment may modify its amend-
atory instructions before the question is put thereon. All 
points of order against such amendments are waived ex-
cept those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 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. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. 
SEC. 2. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com-
mittee on Small Business or her designee. The Chair may 
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•HRES 610 RH 
not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 
of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 
SEC. 3. During consideration of H.R. 2965, the Chair 
may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 
and 9 of rule XX. 
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House Calendar No. 85 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 610 
[Report No. 111–192] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) 
to amend the Small Business Act with respect to 
the Small Business Innovation Research Pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Trans-
fer Program, and for other purposes. 
JULY 7, 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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