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House Calendar No. 211 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 910 
[Report No. 109–554] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2006 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, 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. 9) to amend 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
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. 9) to amend the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
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are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
or their designees. 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 the Judiciary now printed in the bill. 
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be considered as read. Notwithstanding 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 accom-
panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified 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 
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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. 
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House Calendar No. 211 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 910 
[Report No. 109–554] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
JULY 12, 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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